Symphony concert tonight Jan 19 in Lumpini Park at 17:30

[impulse]

Title says most of it.

 

One of my favorite things about Bangkok (in season). I stopped in and they're set up and the sound people told me starts at 5:30...

 

Well worth a visit.  Free.  MRT Silom, BTS Sala Daeng.

 

Edit: Bring a folding chair if you have one. They used to have a couple of guys who rent roll up mats. I suspect they still do...

[jas007]

4 hours ago, impulse said:

Title says most of it.

 

One of my favorite things about Bangkok (in season). I stopped in and they're set up and the sound people told me starts at 5:30...

 

Well worth a visit.  Free.  MRT Silom, BTS Sala Daeng.

 

Edit: Bring a folding chair if you have one. They used to have a couple of guys who rent roll up mats. I suspect they still do...

A free concert. Sounds like a good deal to me..  People don't know what they're missing. 

[impulse]

35 minutes ago, jas007 said:

A free concert. Sounds like a good deal to me..  People don't know what they're missing. 

 

A symphony concert isn't everyone's cuppa.  But I thoroughly enjoyed tonight's.  They did some classical and some contemporary and movie stuff.  They had a male and a female singer and it was apparent he's a big deal in Thai circles.  She had a great voice, and very attractive.  

 

They'll be doing it for the next 6 Sundays, same time and place.  Then it gets too hot.

[georgegeorgia]

Beautiful post 

Was it very crowded ?

I love sympathy concerts but don't like crowds 

I used to bring the orange witches hats to put around me at one time 

 

Please keep us updated on concerts as I'm heading to BKK in March 

[OneZero]

18 hours ago, impulse said:

 

A symphony concert isn't everyone's cuppa.  But I thoroughly enjoyed tonight's.  They did some classical and some contemporary and movie stuff.  They had a male and a female singer and it was apparent he's a big deal in Thai circles.  She had a great voice, and very attractive.  

 

They'll be doing it for the next 6 Sundays, same time and place.  Then it gets too hot.

Besides MRT Silom exit, there is MRT Lumpini exit also.  Enter Lumpini Park by the clock tower gate.  

 

[josephbloggs]

5 minutes ago, OneZero said:

Besides MRT Silom exit, there is MRT Lumpini exit also.  Enter Lumpini Park by the clock tower gate.  

 

It is Silom station that is next to the clock tower right at the entrance to the park. Lumpini station isn't very convenient for the park.

[impulse]

32 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

It is Silom station that is next to the clock tower right at the entrance to the park. Lumpini station isn't very convenient for the park.

 

That's why I mentioned Silom. If you didn't know better, most people would take the Lumpini exit.  But that's a longer hike.

 

Just like most people take the MRT Chatuchuk exit to go to Chatuchuk market.  But that's not the best one.

 

[georgegeorgia]

34 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

It is Silom station that is next to the clock tower right at the entrance to the park. Lumpini station isn't very convenient for the park.

Yes it is Bloggsy , thankyou for asking 

It's Silom and last time I was there they were fixing the footpaths surrounding , do something and finish it please ! 

 

[DonniePeverley]

I went last Sunday. Was meant to start at 5:30, but started much later. After one play, they started doing long speeches and congratulating officials and photo opps. I walked off. 

[impulse]

6 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

I went last Sunday. Was meant to start at 5:30, but started much later. After one play, they started doing long speeches and congratulating officials and photo opps. I walked off. 

 

That was the first concert of Season #32.  I'd forgive them for learning lumps and a little gratitude toward the people who make it possible.

 

This week, it started right on time and went swimmingly.  I'd concede that the audience participation part was mostly in Thai.  But hey, it's Thailand and the MC added enough English that we could keep up with what was happening.  And the crowd seemed to enjoy it.  I sure did, especially when they got the kids to conduct at the very end.  Most of the kids were blonde, and it was hilarious.

 

Quoting the Blues Brothers from 1980.  "Whaddaya want for nothing, rubber biscuits?"

 

[georgegeorgia]

2 hours ago, impulse said:

Most of the kids were blonde,

??? Thai children ?

[impulse]

15 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

??? Thai children ?

 

I'd guess that about 1/4-1/3 of the audience were foreigners.  And a lot of them bring their kids.

 

On an aside, in the past years they seemed to overlook people sipping wine on the lawn, watching the concert.  I didn't notice anyone drinking this time, but I didn't really look for it.

 

[georgegeorgia]

1 minute ago, impulse said:

 

I'd guess that about 1/4-1/3 of the audience were foreigners.  And a lot of them bring their kids.

 

On an aside, in the past years they seemed to overlook people sipping wine on the lawn, watching the concert.  I didn't notice anyone drinking this time, but I didn't really look for it.

 

I'm glad they aren't allowed to enjoy wine or any alcohol.

 

[impulse]

5 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

I'm glad they aren't allowed to enjoy wine or any alcohol.

 

That's not what I saw in years previous.  There were a lot of concert goers, Thai and foreign, discretely sipping wine from fancy fluted glasses.  No buckets of booze, but they seemed to allow wine sipping.  It's against Lumphini Park rules, but they looked the other way.

 

[georgegeorgia]

2 hours ago, impulse said:

 

That's not what I saw in years previous.  There were a lot of concert goers, Thai and foreign, discretely sipping wine from fancy fluted glasses.  No buckets of booze, but they seemed to allow wine sipping.  It's against Lumphini Park rules, but they looked the other way.

 

I really don't like to see people enjoying themselves 

[impulse]

1 minute ago, georgegeorgia said:

I really don't like to see people enjoying themselves 

 

Hey, to each his own.  I'm just reporting what I found, as a PSA.  You may want to stay away.  Others may enjoy sipping wine on a Sunday evening with the family in tow.  I don't drink, so it's not a big deal for me.

 

Just to be clear, I'm not advocating an illegal activity (alcohol in a city park).  And I'd suggest that anyone wanting to sip wine should keep it under the radar and take your cues from the locals and mostly respectable falangs.  Pull it out of the stay-cool bag only when you see others doing the same.

[OneZero]

On 1/20/2025 at 3:21 PM, josephbloggs said:

It is Silom station that is next to the clock tower right at the entrance to the park. Lumpini station isn't very convenient for the park.

Silom station is near the Dusit hotel / King Rama VI statue gate.  Lumpini station is near the clock tower gate. Google MRT stations.  MRT Lumpini station - Google Search

 

But the music venue is centrally located in the park so either entrance works.  Just advising that both stations are equally convenient to exit MRT.

 

[josephbloggs]

1 hour ago, OneZero said:

Silom station is near the Dusit hotel / King Rama VI statue gate.  Lumpini station is near the clock tower gate. Google MRT stations.  MRT Lumpini station - Google Search

 

But the music venue is centrally located in the park so either entrance works.  Just advising that both stations are equally convenient to exit MRT.

 

Good point. I was getting mixed up between clock tower and statue.