Bangkok has a good one this weekend. The city is in a creative mood, the parks are busy, and there is enough going on between Lumpini and Khlong Toei to fill all three days without doubling back. If last weekend’s line-up left you wanting more, this one picks up where it left off.
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| Event | Date | Location | Highlight |
|---|---|---|---|
| EU Film Festival 2026 | June 18 to 28 | Siam Society, House Samyan, Lido Connect | 21 films from 19 countries, running free across three Bangkok venues for ten days. |
| Made By Legacy Flea Market No. 20 | June 19 to 21 | PAT Arena, Khlong Toei | The 20th edition of Bangkok’s most anticipated flea market moves to a new indoor home near Bangkok Port, with 250+ vendors and live music until 11pm. |
| Book stalls at Chatuchak Weekend Market | June 21 to 22 | Section 27, Soi 69, Chatuchak Market | A cheeky but justified inclusion, the back corridors of JJ Market hide some of Bangkok’s best used book hunting. |
| House of Toy Story 5 | June 15 to 25 | Outdoor Square C, CentralWorld | A free outdoor pop-up built around the opening weekend of Toy Story 5, with oversized sets, collectables, and photo moments. |
| THE POP 2026 | June 18 to 21 | CentralWorld PULSE, 7th–8th floor | Thailand’s first international creative and IP art fair, with 60+ artists from 12 countries, free workshops, and character installations. |
EU Film Festival 2026
Date & Time: Thursday 18 to Sunday 28 June (screenings across the full run)
Location: Siam Society, House Samyan, and Lido Connect
Price: Free entry, first-come, first-served. Arrive early.
The EU Film Festival 2026 runs for ten days across Bangkok, and this weekend sits right in the middle of it. The programme brings together 21 films from 19 countries, each selected by their respective EU member state embassy, making things feel like a fast-moving cinematic tour through different languages, cities, and perspectives.
This year’s theme, “See Beyond. Feel Beyond,” leans toward intimate dramas and character-driven stories that tend to stay with you after the credits. A strong pick this weekend is Waves, a Czech historical thriller set during the 1968 Prague Spring, screening at House Samyan.
All screenings are free with no advance booking; seats go at the venue counter, so arriving early is the practical advice. The full programme is at eeas.europa.eu.
Made By Legacy Flea Market No. 20
Date & Time: Friday 19 to Sunday 21 June, 1pm to 11pm
Location: PAT Arena, Bangkok Port, Khlong Toei
Price: 160 baht at the door (children aged up to 13 free, pet-friendly)
Made By Legacy is one of those Bangkok events that has built a reputation strong enough to make the venue part of the anticipation. For its 20th edition, the market moves into PAT Arena, an indoor sports complex right by Bangkok Port in Khlong Toei, and the new setting gives the whole thing a slightly different energy than previous rounds.
Over 250 vendors cover vintage clothing, designer pieces, handmade crafts, vinyl records, pottery, home décor, art, books, and collectable furniture, the kind of range that makes it worth an afternoon.
The indoor setting is a bonus during this time, where things can go from extremely hot to raining in the snap of a finger, though open-air zones keep the food, drinks, and DJ sets running outside. A free shuttle runs from MRT Queen Sirikrit Exit 1 or 4, which takes most of the logistics out of the trip.
Book stalls at Chatuchak Weekend Market
Date & Time: Weekends, 9am to 6pm
Location: Chatuchak Market – MRT Kamphaeng Phet
Price: Free entry
This one is a bit of a cheat; Chatuchak is not exactly a hidden gem, but its second-hand bookstores are always worth a stop, and this makes it hard to leave it off the list!
The stalls in Section 27 are buried in the back corridors and easy to miss, which is part of what makes them worth finding. Shoulder-high stacks of used hardbacks and paperbacks, novels, guidebooks, the odd map, and things that are hard to categorise but somehow end up in your bag.
Stock changes constantly, prices are low, and the stall holders are usually happy to point you in the right direction if you ask. Go in the morning before the crowds pile in, bring cash, and leave room in your bag.
House of Toy Story 5
Date & Time: Monday 15 to Thursday 25 June, 10am to 10pm
Location: Outdoor Square C, CentralWorld, Ratchadamri Road
Price: Free entry
Toy Story 5 opens in Thai cinemas today, June 19, which makes this weekend the perfect moment to catch the pop-up that has taken over the outdoor square at CentralWorld.
House of Toy Story 5 is built as an immersive experience rather than a simple promotional display. The centrepiece is a recreation of Bonnie’s bedroom scaled to make visitors feel toy-sized, complete with oversized furniture, rare collectables, and merchandise corners for anyone still attached to Woody, Buzz, and the rest of the gang.
It is free, it is outdoors, and it works just as well for families making a dedicated trip as for people who stumble across it while heading to THE POP a few floors above. Pairing the two into one CentralWorld afternoon is probably the easiest plan this weekend.
THE POP 2026
Date & Time: Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 June, 10am to 10pm
Location: CentralWorld PULSE, 7th–8th Floor, Ratchadamri Road
Price: Free entry throughout
Thailand’s first international creative and IP art fair arrived this week, and the final weekend is the easiest time to catch it. THE POP 2026 brings together over 60 artists, studios, and galleries from 12 countries under the theme “Safe to Bloom,” aiming to position Bangkok as a hub for Asia’s growing creator economy.
The event is built around original characters and narrative-driven creative universes, which means the crowd is as much creators and collectors as casual browsers. Participating studios include Space Rabbit Studio from the US, visiting Thailand for the first time, alongside Hong Kong’s Fools Paradise.
Thai talent holds its ground too, with illustrators Tum Ulit and Nual the Dog sharing the floor with their international counterparts. Beyond the stands, there are screen-printing workshops, a Blacklight Room installation, artist talks, and large-scale character sculptures throughout the venue. Free across all four days.
A few tips for the weekend
June is firmly in the rainy season, which in Bangkok means hot and sunny until it suddenly is not. Most of this weekend’s events are either fully indoors or have covered areas, but it never hurts to be on the safe side.
Bring a compact umbrella and keep it somewhere easy to reach rather than buried at the bottom of your bag. A small portable fan is also worth having if you are spending time outside, especially around noon.
Whether the plan is to dig through vintage finds, browse an international creator fair, rummage through used books, catch a free film in the evening, or let a Toy Story pop-up pull you into a detour, there is enough here to fill all three days without it ever feeling like a stretch.
Happy weekend!
The story 5 things to do in Bangkok this weekend (June 19 to 21) as seen on Thaiger News.
