scene & heard - april 2005
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
After a difficult few months Phuket finally put on its gay finery and partied on in grand style for Phuket Gay Festival 2005. Meanwhile, despite the drought, the whole country is gearing up for Songkran (Thai New Year) with water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink!
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scene & heard - december
Sunday, December 12, 2004
'Tis the season to be jolly, and if you are not already all party'd out by Bangkok and Pattaya pride celebrations then relax and get ready for Christmas and New Year madness, then it is on the Phuket in February for their pride weekend - as they say in Phuket, it never stops!
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bangkok pride week 2004 begins
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
With the usual mix of fun, food, sport, sexy bodies, fundraising and AIDS awareness raising, thousands of locals, expats and visitors flocked to Lumphini Park as Bangkok Pride Coalition launched its Pride Week 2004 with "Pride in the Park".
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scene & heard - october
Sunday, October 17, 2004
The little yellow flags seen everywhere around town means it vegetarian Food Festival time, and they will soon be replaced with rainbow flags in Bangkok and Pattaya as the gay festivals in both cities reach their climax for 2004!
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scene & heard - september
Monday, September 27, 2004
Zoning laws are now a reality in Bangkok and elsewhere but don't be surprised if you don't notice the difference - but if you been around the scene recently you would have seen that there is certainly no shortage of new places to go to and fun things to do!
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scene & heard - july
Monday, August 02, 2004
The 15th International AIDS Conference has come and gone in Bangkok, with lots of promises made, lots of grabbing the limelight and political grandstanding, but with so many people in town it certainly made for a busy time in the scene in Bangkok - and that looks like continuing into a promising August!
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scene & heard - june
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
June is typically the lowest point of the slow season but looking at the full calendar for the month and some fairly full venues around Bangkok some nights you might not have known that! But it is all up from here, and it gets off to a good start in July with an estimated 20,000 people coming to town for the 15th International AIDS Conference - the biggest AIDS conference ever, and the biggest conference ever to come to Bangkok!
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scene & heard - may
Thursday, May 20, 2004
It never rains but it pours here - the fun that is, not the real rain! In between the occasional showers there has been so much going on in Silom Soi 4 it is impossible to keep up - parties every week this month and special promotions to keep everybody happy! What's pouring in Pattaya is money: into the Pattaya Gay Festival charity coffers as they continue their fundraising as only the Pattayan's know how!
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scene & heard - april
Friday, April 30, 2004
Love it or hate it, Songkran is over for another year, Bangkok is sweltering in one of the hottest hot seasons ever and the rainy season is rapidly approaching, but who cares about the weather - the scene is hotter then ever as well so there is lots to do to distract you from the heat!
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scene & heard - march
Saturday, March 20, 2004
With the hearts and flowers of Valentine's Day gone back in storage for another year, Bangkok and Pattaya both got into a festival mood with major events by Bangkok Pride (handing over the donations to its charities) and Pattaya Gay Festival (starting their fundraising with a bang). Even the government got in the mood with further fine-tuning of the venue closing time regulations - basically bringing it all full circle with most venues allowed to stay open the same hours they were open last year!
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scene & heard - february
Friday, February 13, 2004
Phuket showed us all how to have fun with Beach Road and the Paradise complex full of music and colour for the Phuket Gay Festival 2004 earlier this month, with Bangkok and Pattaya making do admirably with Chinese New Year. Then just as everyone is gearing up for Valentine's Day the government throws a small bucket of semi-cold water on things with their new closing time regulations - but it was nothing like the huge bucket of freezing water that was the worst case outcome suggested by some in the Interior Ministry!
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scene and heard - january
Saturday, January 17, 2004
As Phuket gears up for its 2004 gay pride festival at the end of January Bangkok and Pattaya have already begun planning for their 2004 gay festival events later this year and everyone else is gearing up for Chinese New Year. Meanwhile it is local politics at its best with a proposal for condoms for everyone entering the country (but still not for everyone entering gay saunas) and a (possibly only temporary) reprieve from the threatened 10:00PM closing time for all entertainment venues!
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scene and heard - december
Saturday, December 27, 2003
The Pattaya Gay Festival is over for another year, Christmas has come and gone and New Year's is looming large on the celebration horizon. Meanwhile it is two steps forward and one step back in the new social order campaign - just another typical month in paradise!
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scene and heard - november
Friday, November 28, 2003
As Bangkok Pride 2003 winds down, Pattaya is gearing up for the climax of its gay festival this weekend to coincide with World AIDS Day on Monday, and Silom will be going gay once again with the Bangkok Gay Festival parade this Sunday. Meanwhile the local press is full of articles about nipples, prostitution and transgender issues - a disturbing time for conservative elements indeed, but fun times all around for the rest of us!
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bangkok pride parade 2003
Monday, November 17, 2003
With the usual delays, and with darkness falling rapidly, the police escort finally moved off and to the cheers of the assembled crowd who had been watching the final preparations, the Bangkok Pride 2003 parade was underway.
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bangkok pride parade this sunday
Friday, November 14, 2003
Don't miss the hightlight of Pride Week 2003 - the annual Bangkok Pride Parade and Party.
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bangkok pride week 2003 begins
Sunday, November 09, 2003
An estimated 10,000 people had a day of fun in Lumphini Park as Bangkok Pride Coalition launched its Pride Week 2003 with "Pride in the Park"
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scene & heard - october
Monday, October 27, 2003
The good news is APEC is over so there are no more foreign dignitaries cluttering up the streets with their motorcades, the even better news is that over the next few weeks the streets will be full of partying gays from Thailand and all around the world as Bangkok and Pattaya both celebrate as only gays know how!
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sphinx restaurant and theatre phuket
Thursday, October 02, 2003
Sphinx announces the opening of their new restaurant and theatre in Phuket.
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scene & heard - august/september
Thursday, September 25, 2003
Even with all the moves by the powers that be to spruce up Bangkok for the APEC meeting next month, and the new social order's advances, there were good times aplenty to be had around the country over the last few weeks, and lots more planned for next month!
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scene & heard - may/june
Monday, June 30, 2003
Even with SARS, terrorism scares and the war conspiring to produce the "slowest of the slow" slow season's in Thailand there has been lots going on around the traps with birthdays, festival happenings and the usual ups and downs with the new social order!
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scene & heard - april
Sunday, April 27, 2003
Songkran, people seem to either love it or hate it (and I am definitely in the second camp), but at least it is over for another year. If you were not too busy getting (or trying to avoid getting) wet, there was a lot more going on around the traps to keep us all occupied.
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gay festivals gearing up
Saturday, March 22, 2003
Festival committees in Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket are gearing up already for the next celebrations.
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scene & heard - february
Wednesday, February 12, 2003
It was Phuket's turn to show its gay pride last weekend, and show it they did in true Phuket style - the Paradise complex was alive with soi parties and shows and the parade itself attracted a good crowd on Sunday.
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bangkok pride appreciation party
Tuesday, February 11, 2003
As the final event for Bangkok Pride 2002 the Bangkok Pride Coalition held their appreciation party last week to thank the participants and to distribute more than 300,000 baht to charities.
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scene & heard - december
Saturday, December 07, 2002
As the recent few weeks of rainbow flags everywhere has shown, Bangkok Gay Festival, Bangkok Pride and Pattaya Gay Festival are three very different organisations and have very different objectives but all three have achieved their objectives well and a lot of people have managed to have a lot of fun in the process!
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scene & heard - november
Saturday, November 09, 2002
Bangkok Pride 2002 is finally upon us - the official launch was held last night with Bangkok Pride Coalition members and guests lighting candles and incense and presenting offerings at the Rama 6 statue at the entrance to Lumphini Park.
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scene & heard - october
Saturday, October 05, 2002
September was certainly a busy month around the traps particularly if you are in any way interested in the gay festivals in Bangkok and Pattaya - lots of interesting developments and events from both camps!
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scene & heard - august
Tuesday, August 20, 2002
The rainy season has set in with a vengeance, better late then never I suppose, but there is lots going on around town to keep you entertained and out of the rain.
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dick's 3rd birthday party
Saturday, July 13, 2002
A day at the beach was the theme, a pig was on the spit, and a good time was had by all as Dick's Cafe celebrated their 3rd birthday.
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scene & heard - july
Thursday, July 04, 2002
Not being an American, I don't really have anything to celebrate today, but the bars are ready to party - any excuse to get some decorations up and encourage some fun!Not worth celebrating so far has the introduction of the new entertainment zones in Bangkok and some other provinces.
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scene & heard - may
Friday, May 10, 2002
Well, Songkran was its usual wet and wild self that left me avoiding all my favourite places for a few days because they were located in what became war zones!
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scene & heard - february
Monday, February 25, 2002
The Phuket Gay Festival 2002 held earlier this month was a great success given the current situation with the new social order campaign. Most venues participated in the parade, and a good crowd watched the parade and partied in the main Paradise soi after.
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bangkok gay festival 2001 report
Wednesday, November 14, 2001
Well, the Bangkok Gay Festival is over for another year, and this year's festival has raised a number of interesting issues and while the festival was a great success there are many important decisions to be made about future festivals.
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