Suan Lum Night Bazzar, Bangkok

Unlike any puppet performance you have ever seen!!!

First Show 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Puppet & Mask Making Demonstration
7:30 PM - 8:45 PM
Performance starts

Office Hour Mon - Fri, 9:30 AM - 9:30 PM
Sat - Sun, 1:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Ticket price
for tourist (Adults) 600 Baht
for tourist (Age 7 - Age 15) 300 Baht
Kids under 7 years of age, Free

The Joe Louis Puppet Theatre in Bangkok is the only troupe of Thai theatrical puppeteers in existence! It is a very unique experience! Each puppet required the synchronised manipulations of 3 puppeteers who move and dance with the puppet as one! Each puppeteer is skilled in traditional Thai dance, which is necessary in order to dance simultaniously with the puppet and each other. Each puppet is hand-made with painstaking care taken in it's detailed Thai costumes! The highlight of the show is when the 'puppets' come into the audience and 'kiss' and greet and tease many people. Just across from the theater is the busy Suan-Lum Night Bazaar, so after the show you can go shopping or eating! The shows run only once every evening. The shows are in Thai. I think they usually give out a synopsis of the story in English that you should read before the show (so you know who all the characters are and know what's going on!). I really enjoyed the show and would recommend you go and get a taste of traditional thai theatre!

Suan Lum Night Bazaar is a permanent organized night market in the heart of central Bangkok. It attracts Thais and tourists every night to enjoy stadium-style entertainment, buy unique Thai souvenirs at bargain prices like the Thai security wallet made of jeans which is not found in other parts of Asia, watch Thai puppet shows, listen to Thai puppetry talks at its Joe-Louis Cultural Centre and taste its fabulous Thai-style and delicious international hawker cuisines.

At Joe-Louis Cultural Centre, I was fortunate to know that Thai puppetry conserves the art of Chinese puppetry as I have never seen Chinese puppets in Singapore. One enactment from the Ramakien shows the Thai-speaking minor character Ding Dong a Chinese puppet, whose garment is from the Qing Dynasty, with a pigtail. After visiting Joe-Louis Cultural Centre, there is no need to visit the National Museum anymore, unless one is a fan of Thai myriad of cultures.

Soi Saphan Khu is one of the old alleys of Bangkok. It plays an important historical role in the development of Bangkok metropolis. Though in Thai, soi means lane like lorong, it is not quite lit at night and it is quite narrow. However, no crime has been reported from this area and no problem has arisen with Charlie House's guests for the past ten years about this area.

Saphan Khu means Double Bridge in Thai. Its meaning is inspired by the Thai-Belgian Bridge which criss-crosses Thanon Vitthayu (Wireless Road) and the road leading to Bangkok International Airport, as this concrete flyover is constructed by Thai and Belgian engineers before the 1990s, and Soi Saphan Khu is directly opposite near Thai-Belgian Bridge. Soi Saphan Khu and Soi Ngam Duphli nearby form the first lanes before the Sathorn canal was transformed into Thanon Sathorn Nuea (Sathorn North Road) and Thanon Sathorn Tai (Sathorn South Road).

Near Soi Saphan Khu is Suan Lum Night Bazaar. On the first five days, I stopped at Suan Lum Night Bazaar for very cheap lunch, dinner and drinks.

Suan Lum Night Bazaar is a permanent organized night market in the heart of central Bangkok. It attracts Thais and tourists every night to enjoy stadium-style entertainment, buy unique Thai souvenirs at bargain prices like the Thai security wallet made of jeans which is not found in other parts of Asia, watch Thai puppet shows, listen to Thai puppetry talks at its Joe-Louis Cultural Centre and taste its fabulous Thai-style and delicious international hawker cuisines.

At Joe-Louis Cultural Centre, I was fortunate to know that Thai puppetry conserves the art of Chinese puppetry as I have never seen Chinese puppets in Singapore. One enactment from the Ramakien shows the Thai-speaking minor character Ding Dong a Chinese puppet, whose garment is from the Qing Dynasty, with a pigtail.

After visiting Joe-Louis Cultural Centre, there is no need to visit the National Museum anymore, unless one is a fan of Thai myriad of cultures.

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here also similar with chatukcak weekend market,,the price is ok,,,,here u can buy anything u want,,also have good food court,,good restaurant,,,joe louise puppet theater,,,,,

We went to Suan Lum night market just to ride the Ferris wheel. Nothing fancy. But it's a good alternative to dining at Sirroco if you simply want to get a breathtaking view of the city lights.

Suan Lum is open until midnight. Go shopping. Haggle. Watch the band. Try the local food sold at food stalls around the area.