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At 9 PM
The first set on a Thursday is the band at ease: nothing to prove, everything in tune. The hall is about two-thirds and the stage-side tables are half taken by eight.
The band from 9 PM to 1 AM · the regulars' night · open till 3
Thursday: the band at full strength and the room still half yours.
Thursday is the band's third night, the set is warmed up, and the weekend crowd has not landed yet. It is the night the regulars pick on purpose, which tells you something: the people who could come any night come on Thursday.
Photo to come
A Thursday crowd at KQ's tables, mixed ages, the band mid-set
Thursday, 10 PM
The band
MHz Band Thailand, 9 PM–1 AM
6 PM – 3 AM
The counter, every night
Seats go
Come by half past seven for the row along the stage edge
No cover
No minimum, no dress code
What Thursday has that the other six do not
The regulars' table.
There is a table near the counter that is, by long habit rather than any rule, where the people who come every week sit on a Thursday. You will know it by the fact that Min knows what they drink before they sit down. Say hello. They have opinions about the set list and they are usually right.
How the night runs
The opening. Ten. After midnight.
Three snapshots of the room from behind the counter, because "open 6 PM to 3 AM" tells you nothing about which hour is yours.
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At ten
The second set is the best of the week for the songs that need the whole room singing. Thursday crowds sing. We do not know why. They just do.
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After midnight
Thursday runs until 1 AM. The people who came at eight are still here at one, and the late set gets the requests that the earlier ones did not have time for.
The move
What to do with a Thursday.
Make it the night you talk to the band. They are on a break every forty minutes or so, the bar is not so busy that the singer cannot stop at a table, and Thursday is when they take the odd request they would not risk on a Saturday.
When the seats go: Come by half past seven for the row along the stage edge. By nine you will be at a table one row back, which is still a good table.
Pair it
One other place, chosen for a Thursday.
Pair it with Matador on Soi Buakhao, two minutes away, if you want something heavier after our second set. Their band leans into metal.
The other six
Pick another night.
- MonThe front row, uncontested · DJ Monday
- TueThe first band night of the week · band 9 PM–1 AM
- WedThe Wednesday count-in · band 9 PM–1 AM
- ThuThe regulars' table · band 9 PM–1 AM
- FriThe 7:30 rule · band 9 PM–1 AM
- SatEleven o'clock, on your feet · band 9 PM–1 AM
- SunThe Sunday request · band 9 PM–1 AM
Asked about Thursdays
Three questions.
Is Thursday a good night at KQ Bar?
It is the night the regulars choose. The band is on, the room is about two-thirds, and the stage-side tables are still gettable at half past seven.
How long are the band's sets?
About forty minutes with short breaks, from 9 PM to 1 AM. The screens behind the counter carry the sport, sound off, in the breaks.
Is there a cover charge?
No. There is no cover charge and no minimum at KQ Bar or at the complex.
Checked 17 October 2026. The schedule is the bar's; how each hour feels is the counter's opinion, and the counter has been watching Thursdays for two years. If a night changes, this page changes the same week.
How to find us
Walk to the stage. Look right.
One way in, one way out. Nine bars stand between the gate and us, and each will invite you in. Keep walking.
Come in from Soi Diana
The big Las Vegas Beer Garden sign, two minutes from LK Metro. Free entry, no ticket, no dress code.
Walk straight up the middle
Past Pocket Kings, Palace, the V Bar, Full House, Viva, Aces High, MGN and Black Jack. The music gets louder with every step.
At the stage, look right
A black disc ringed with bulbs, a gold crown over the K. That's the door. The toilets are just past it, which is why everyone walks by at least once.
Or let your phone do it
KQ has its own pin on Google Maps, separate from the complex. Tap it and the blue dot ends at our bar, not the front gate.
Open KQ Bar in Maps