South Eastern Old Time Gathering returns to Bangkok

The heat and welcoming Southeastern Gathering returns, inviting everybody to lose themselves within the uncommon sounds of acoustic music, from bluegrass to Irish trad and old-time, with artists from thailand and around the globe performing throughout six full days, October 20-25.

There’s a cause the final version offered out quick. Capped at simply 100 folks, that is folks music at its most intimate, the form of close-quarters affair the place you may watch a picker’s fingers transfer and catch each final grace observe. Workshops, jams, tunes and late-night classes unfold at a human scale, and the road between performer and punter blurs pleasingly because the week wears on.

Proceedings open with The Pickin’ Parlor, three upstairs nights from Tuesday to Thursday, each constructed round a single participant, instrument or theme, with metropolis views framing the room. Full payments and tickets floor nearer to the date. The weekend correct then takes maintain from Friday: a unfastened Welcome Jam and Free Flow to break the ice, a marathon Saturday and a gentler Sunday of Songs & Stories served alongside brunch.

Expect banjos, fiddles, mandolins, guitars, flutes, harps, voices and tales, performed by musicians steeped in these traditions for a bangkok roots crowd that grows just a little greater yearly.

Runs from October 20-25, Public House Bangkok, 7pm onwards (3pm on October 24). Tickets B999-3,299 through here.

One baby beneath 12 attends free with every paying grownup, although, given how hushed and unplugged all of it stays, dad and mom are requested to maintain the listening area respectful.