Venue of the Month: Baan Sillapin Artist Village

Originally this feature was going to be the venue of the week! Oh, well. These things happen.

Baan Sillapin Artists Village is Hua Hin’s original arts centre, opened in 1998 on a 10-rai (approx. 4 acres or 1.6 hectare) site in the hills just to the West of central Hua Hin. It is the base for the Hua Hin Artists Group, and the residence of Hua Hin’s most famous artist, Tawee Kesa-ngam and other artists who also are members of his family.

Baan Sillapin includes large galleries of arts and antiques, artist studios, a coffee and gift shop, and classrooms for their very-popular classes in painting and sculpture. The facility is a frequent host of special exhibitions and performance events. Read on…

The Hua Hin Arts Guide ON-AIR!

We have a radio show! That’s right. Sky Web Radio 98.5 FM, broadcasting from the top floor of Market Village , have invited us to do a  report every Monday at 3pm. It’s a dual-language show, with the fabulously bilingual “DJ Sunny” (Satsanee Sitapan), a professional interpreter, interviewing us and translating our English into Thai on the spot. First broadcast was this past Monday, 25 October, with the next show on 1 November. Check us out!

News Up! Vic Hua Hin November Schedule and Shuttle Service

Vic Hua Hin have announced that for the month of November, the famous Joe Louis Puppet Theater of Bangkok will be in residency. The Saturday evening shows (06, 13, 20, and 27 November) will be a production called “Kurumawatan: Rahoo and the Myth of the Lunar Eclipse“. It should be an amazing show.

Vic management also announced that for every show there will be a free shuttle bus running between Market Village Shopping Mall and the theatre.

This Week in Hua Hin (21-28 Oct.)

It’s time for another big multi-topic post (4 separate stories, keep on reading), to report what we’ve seen this week and give you some ideas how you might like to spend your time in the days ahead.

1. Report: Debut Jam Session at Chez LouLou

Despite the threat of rain (and a busted keyboard), we had a fine time at LouLou’s opening session for the season. Here’s a slideshow of the jam and other images for this week:

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In many ways, we enjoy these early-season shows the most.

Biggles Big Band, 26-27 October

Tuesday and Wednesday, 26-27 October, will be “Jazz Days in Hua Hin” with the Biggles Big Band from the Netherlands performing at the Municipal (“Boxer Statue”) Stage behind City Hall.

You can find out more about the band at www.bigglesbigbandontour.nl. And here’s a clip from YouTube to whet your appetite…