WHAT’S ON: THIS WEEKEND AND BEYOND

MUSIC & DANCE GMM online festival

July 4-5 at 2pm

GMM Grammy, in collaboration with South Korea’s online app Vlive, presents the “GMM Online Festival”, which brings an impressive line-up of Thailand’s top singers to perform on four different stages for live broadcast and VOD via Vlive app. They include Peck Palitchoke, Paradox, Klear, Atom Chanakan, 25 Hours, Cocktail, Getsunova, Meyou, Milli, Sanam and many more. Featuring pop, rock, hip-hop, dance and indie music, the online concert is interactive and the audiences can greet their favourite musicians through virtual meeting. Vlive will provide Thai audio with subtitles in English and Chinese and people from 200 countries can access the show.

Tickets cost 350 baht for the twoday shows from vlive.tv/vstore/ ch/gmmgr. Visit facebook.com/ GMMGRAMMYOFFICIAL.

SoundBox Online concert

July 18, 24 and 26 at 7pm BEC-Tero, PM Center and Joox present “SoundBox Online”, a series of online live shows that promise to offer as experience as close to attending a physical concert as possible. The first show in the series will be “Slot Machine: Chan Chao 10th Anniversary Virtual Live From The Moon” on July 18, “Max Jenmana Live … Nowhere Nowhere It’s Just a Matter Of Spacing” on July 24 and “Twopee Southside Presents SouthSide Ambassador Virtual Live” on July 26. They will be live streamed in high definition via Joox app.

Tickets cost 499 baht from thaiticketmajor.com (tickets for the July 24 and 26 shows will be available from July 5). Call 02-262-3838.

THEATRE Play from home

Until December

The Bangkok International Children’s Theatre Festival (BICT) is back with “Play From Home”, a new project featuring a collection of family-oriented activities on the online platform. It is divided into two phases. The first is the “Stories From Home” podcast featuring a series of unique storytelling sessions by 11 invited families every Saturday and Sunday at 10am until July 25. The second phase is “BICT ‘n Friends At Home” featuring a series of online theatre activities on YouTube every Saturday at 10am throughout September and October. They will be presented by Sutarath Sinnong, director of Homemade Puppet Theatre and British actor and magician James Laver.

There is no admission fee. Visit facebook.com/bictfest.

Save for later

Multi-function room, 1st floor Bangkok Art and Culture Centre Pathumwan intersection July 17 from 4pm and July 18-19 from 1.30pm

FullFat Theatre, a Thai performance group renowned for site-specific performance design, presents Save For Later, a single-audience performance that explores the impact of the over-exploitation of energy and natural resources on our daily lives, making alternative energy a necessary solution. Directed by Nophand Boonyai with a team of nine performers, the show is designed to correspond with social distancing measures. There will be eight rounds on July 17 and 12 rounds on July 18 and 19. Each round is limited to only 10 people.

There is no admission fee but prior registration is required. Visit facebook.com/fullfattheatre or call 097-963-2262.

FAIRS & SALES Crew market

Helix Garden, 5th floor EmQuartier, Sukhumvit Road Until July 5, 11am-7pm

The “EM Save Thai Crew Market” offers high-quality food and lifestyle products from pilots and flight attendants of Thai airlines affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Products include clothing, accessories, cosmetics, bags, shoes, collectibles, food, and homemade desserts. Participating shops are Brix Dessert Bar, Skinhead Kitchen, Missfayfaye Bake Studio, Salad Factory, Prive Cuisine, Long Ta and Toeyhom Homemade. Also available are 100% reusable face masks from Ladyglam, imported ceramic kitchenware from Kutekitchen, and environmentally friendly 100% Japanese cotton tote bags from Soonowaste.

Visit facebook.com/ EmporiumEmquartier.

Savoury menus by Angels

Seacon Square, Srinakarin Road Until July 5, 11am-8pm

Set in the atmosphere of an airport runway, the “TG Angels Cooked Meals for You” fair features more than 130 savoury dishes and tasty beverages prepared by the cabin crews of Thai Airways who have been affected by the Covid-19 situation and transformed themselves into chefs and food entrepreneurs for this event. Among the favourite dishes on offer are pumpkin soup, barbecue smoked ribs, smoked German pork legs, yellow curry with fish, stir-fried pork belly with prawns and sato beans, crispy shrimp chilli paste, minced beef custard, ground chicken liver, toffee cake, red velvet brownie, and egg tart.

Call 02-721-8888.

Book sale

Neilson Hays Library’s Garden Cafe Surawong Road Until July 26, 9.30am-5pm Tuesday-Sunday

Locals, expats and tourists are invited to the “Neilson Hays Library Book Sale”, which features second-handed English books in all genres — fiction and non-fiction books, plus a selection of other languages — donated by the library’s supporters or withdrawn from the library shelves. Prices start at 20 baht, with a few rare books going at market value. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own bags in order to help us reduce waste, or Neilson Hays Library tote bags can be purchased from the cashier.

Visit facebook.com/NeilsonHaysLibrary or call 02-233-1731.

U market place

Central Festival EastVille Praditmanutham Road

Until July 29, 11am-9pm

The “U Market Place” is a gathering of a variety of food, products, fashion items and craft works from 270 online shops from the online communities of university alumni including Chulalongkorn, Kasetsart, Mahidol, Silpakorn, Thammasat and Assumption universities. The market is also running at CentralPlaza Rama III until July 31 and CentralPlaza Salaya from July 14-31.

Visit facebook.com/CPNLife or call 02-021-9999.

Best deal of the year

Central Village, Suvarnabhumi Until July 31

11am-9pm Monday-Thursday and 10am-9pm Friday-Sunday

The “Super Brand Grand Sale” is offering 35-90% discounts at 130 brand name stores at the country’s first luxury outlet, which brings together more than 220 Thai and international brands, covering all categories of products — clothes, accessories, bags, shoes, watches, leather items, IT products, kitchen appliances, home products, kids’ clothes, toys and restaurants. Expect to see selected items priced from 990 baht in the “Weekly Wow Price” promotion. The Food Village offers special dishes at 25 baht while regular dishes have 20% discounts until June 30.

Visit centralvillagebangkok.com.

Beauty queen’s T-shirt for auction

Until July 31

Camillian Home for Children Living with Disabilities presents an online auction of the one and only T-shirt donated by Miss Supranational 2019 Anntonia Porsild. The shirt features a photo and also an autograph of the half-Danish and half-Thai model and beauty queen who also holds the Miss Supranational Thailand 2019. It will go to the highest bidder with all proceeds going to the Camillian Home. For people wishing to support the home, they can purchase the “Sharing Kindness to Children with Disabilities” T-shirts, which are priced at 199 baht each. There are 200 shirts in S, M, L, XL and 2XL sizes available for sale, totalling 1,000 pieces.

Visit facebook.com/Camillian.Home or call 02-360-7852 and 092-708-0708.

Holy week

Seacon Bangkae, Phetkasem Road July 3-12, 11am-8pm

The “Khao Phansa Maha Mongkhol: 150 Years Of Luang Pu Mun” fair brings the world’s only white jade replica statue of Phra Ajarn Mun Bhuridatta; his relics, hairs and requisites; as well as the replica statues of his disciples such as Luang Pu Fan Ajaro, Luang Pu Tesk Tesrangsi and Luang Ta Maha Bua for Buddhist faithful to pay respect to. Visitors are also invited to join the traditional candlelit circumambulation ceremony to pay homage to Lord Buddha and try the touchless Chinese fortune sticks. More than 50 shops are selling local handicrafts and Isan food.

Call 02-454-7777.

Fair for a good cause

Promotion Hall, B floor

Future Park, Phahon Yothin Road July 8-19, 11am-8pm

The “Shop & Smile By MOL” fair features a selection of outstanding products from all regions across the country under the same roof. Expect to shop for Thai fabrics, accessories, savoury dishes and desserts, and processed products available from almost 150 booths. Part of the proceeds will go to support needy children and women at the Miracle of Life Foundation.

Call 02-958-0011.

FILM Drive-in cinema

Crystal Design Center Praditmanutham Road

July 3-5 at 7pm

SF Cinema and CAT Telecom presents “CAT Drive-in Cinema”, a new way of enjoying your favourite film, to be projected on a large outdoor movie screen using Laser Projector 4K, in the comforts of your own car. Picked for this one-of-a-kind experience is Trolls World Tour, a 2020 American computer-animated jukebox musical comedy. Snacks, popcorn and beverage will be available alongside activity booths.

For tickets, visit bit.ly/2NDQ4eP.

EXHIBITIONS Inspirational art shop

The Commons Thonglor, 1st floor Sukhumvit 55

Until Sept 19, 8am-1am

Silver Lining Pop-up Shop is a threemonth project initiated by The Commons with the aim to assist the artistic community that is among those signif- icantly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The shop will transform into an exhibition space to display beautiful artwork that portrays the uplifting side of life as society emerges from hardships of the pandemic. Proceeds from the sale of the artwork directly benefits the artists. The pop-up shop is also running at The Commons Saladaeng.

Visit thecommonsbkk.com/thonglor/ silver-lining.

The meaning of home

People’s Gallery, 2nd floor Bangkok Art and Culture Centre Pathumwan intersection

July 3-Aug 2, 10am-7pm Tuesday-Sunday

Artists Maneerat Thamnarak and Pantira Chaikaew have portrayed the meaning of home through their unique artworks during the “Rern” exhibition. The exhibition title is a local word from Southern Thailand believed to be slightly distorted from “ruen”, which means home. In their eyes, home is not only about the exterior construction but also the whole of the inner feelings.

Visit bacc.or.th or call 02-214-6630—8.

GET-TOGETHER Ally’s party

July 11 at 7pm

Achiraya “Ally” Nitibhon is giving the first online fan meeting in her life where she promises to bring many surprising specials. Presented by Four One One Music (411 Music), the “Ally’s Party” will feature the newest song which will be performed for the first time at the event. Through Zoom App, the online party will get her fans to sing and dance along many other songs and also enjoy exciting activities. Hailed as a young and wonderful girl in the T-pop music circle, Ally made it big with her debut single, How To Love (feat. GRAY), early this year.

Tickets cost 350 baht from 411ent. com. Visit youtube.com/411ent or facebook.com/fouroneoneent.

SEMINARS Study in Ireland

July 8, 5pm-7.30pm

Mentor International is holding a global webinar on “Study In Ireland” where representatives from six institutions from Ireland — Trinity College Dublin, Griffith College, Dublin Business School, National College of Ireland, University College Dublin and University of Limerick — will talk about their curricula, how to apply, scholarship opportunities and campus life. The webinar is conducted in English and will conclude with a question-and-answer session.

Visit bit.ly/MentorStudyinIreland or call 088-185-0304.

Study in the UK

July 11, 1pm-3pm

Presented by Hands On Education Consultants, the “UK Study Day” is an online seminar to help students planning to further their undergraduate and postgraduate studies in the UK. They will learn the UK’s education system, how to apply to university, how to write a successful Statement of Purpose (SoP), and how to choose the right university and accommodation. The webinar will be conducted in Thai by a counsellor who has graduated from the UK. Several alumni will be ready to share their experience and answer questions.

There is no admission fee but advanced registration is required. Visit hands-on.co.th/events/ uk-study-day-july-2020.

CONTESTS Design awards

The 2020 Golden Pin Design Award (GPDA) and Golden Pin Concept Design Award (GPCDA) are now accepting entries until July 9 and July 15, respectively. Organised by the Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI), this is a chance for design talents from around the world to flaunt their products and projects on a global design arena. The GPDA competition is open to works that have already been commercialised and sold on the market. Eligible works may be submitted by either the manufacturer or the design team (with registration fee waiver for the first 100 submissions from Thailand). The GPCDA competition is open to works that have not been manufactured or sold on the market, were not commissioned by a client, and will not be executed during the current year.

Visit goldenpin.org.tw/en and facebook.com/GoldenPinDesign. For Thailand submission enquiries, call 094-768-2454 and 080-392-8970 or email ogilvy.gpaward@gmail.com.

New normal for new generation

The Department of Cultural Promotion invites Thai youngsters to express their opinions on the topic of “The New Normal Lifestyle And Covid-19” through an article or an essay in Thai language to vie for prizes and certificates from the Ministry of Culture. The competition has two categories — children (six-14 years old) and youths (15-18 years old). Entries for the first category shouldn’t be longer than one A4-size paper page while the written pieces for the latter shouldn’t exceed two pages of A4-size paper.

Entries should be sent to evadcp2018@gmail.com by July 30. Visit culture.go.th or call 02-247-0013 ext 1327/8.