After 12 years, Studio Lam is closing with an epic 49-night farewell party

After 12 years of welcoming music lovers from every corner of the globe, Bangkok's beloved underground venue Studio Lam is closing its doors for good at the end of February. The news has hit the city's indie and underground scenes hard, but the venue isn't going quietly.

Rather than a simple farewell, Studio Lam is throwing what can only be described as a festival. The send off runs for 49 consecutive nights starting now and ending in late February, with a different lineup of underground DJs and artists taking to the stage each evening. They're calling it ‘Last Dance’, and it's an invitation for everyone who's ever loved this place to come and jump around together one final time.

The venue has been a second home to Bangkok's alternative music community since 2014, hosting everything from experimental electronica to traditional molam fusion. It's the sort of spot where friendships formed over late night sets and debut performances turned into lifelong memories. For many in the city's underground scene, it's been the gathering place. The Studio Lam team said,

“Born in 2014 with a simple intention to create a home for music that lives outside the mainstream, Studio Lam grew into something far bigger than we ever imagined. A small bar, a listening room, a stage that somehow became a meeting point for ideas, experiments, friendships, late nights, first shows and lifelong memories.”

The farewell programme features familiar names and faces who've graced the venue over the years. Acts from Dubway Sessions and Paradise Bangkok's molam performers will be seeing the space through to the very end. The official final night falls on February 28, when Maft Sai and Studio Lam All Stars turn the last page of the venue's story.

These next two months are your last chance to experience Studio Lam before it becomes just another chapter in Bangkok's music history. It was brilliant while it lasted.