Bangkok Pride Festival 2007 ( November 3 - 11, 2007)

Bangkok Pride Festival is a number of community events held throughout the year and culminating with a parade and a community day. Bangkok Pride Festival strives to engender a sense of community among the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Trans gender(GLBT) population in Thailand, and to empower everyone with a stronger sense of pride. Over the years, the Bangkok annual event has undergone organizational changes, resulting in a current focus on the long-held goal that the Bangkok events and parade be created by and for members of the Thai GLBT community, with support from gay and gay-friendly business and civil society sectors—Thai and foreigners alike.

History of Bangkok Pride Festival

Pride celebrations started in Thailand in the late 1990’s and were first organized by Khun Pakorn Pimton with the support of several Thai gay businesses. Under the name of Bangkok Gay Festival, they presented Thailand’s first gay pride parade in the Silom business district in 1999. This parade attracted representatives from Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and other Asian, as well as Western, countries and subsequently led several other countries to follow with their own events. [Source from; pridefestival.org]

Ronan Keating Live in Bangkok

Ronan Keating–the man behind such worldwide smashes as “Life Is A Rollercoaster” and “When You Say Nothing At All” – is returning to Thailand this May. BEC-Tero Entertainment PLC and Nokia Nseries are proud to present Nokia Nseries presents Sharing Discoveries with RONAN KEATING Live in Bangkok on May 7, 2007 at the Royal Paragon Hall. Ronan Keating will return to Thailand to celebrate his 10th year in the music industry. His hits include " Iris", "If Tomorrow Never Comes" and many more. Ronan started off his career as a member of British boy band Boyzone. He was not only the band's lead singer but also played an important role in the songwriting and the band's music production. After that, he became a solo artist with hit albums such as Ronan, Destination, Turn It Out, 10 Years Of Hits and Bring You Home. He also proved his talents by being the band manager of Westlife. Ronan gave a concert in Thailand in 2003 at the Indoor Stadium, Hua Mak, Bangkapi. Tickets sold out very quickly. His mini-concert at the Met 107 Radio station's launch was also very well received by his fans.