Concerts at IMPACT Arena and Thunder Dome, Muang Thong Thani, 2023

Overview of Muang Thong Thani concerts in 2023

2023 was a year when the concert schedule at Muang Thong Thani filled up again. Based on events recorded from July to December 2023, a total of 30 concerts and music events were held at IMPACT, spread across IMPACT Arena, Thunder Dome, IMPACT Challenger and IMPACT Exhibition Hall. These covered Thai artists, Korean artists, Western artists, Japanese artists, as well as fan meetings and multi-artist events.

This article lists all events by month, with a summary table of dates, event names and halls, so you can look back at what took place on the Muang Thong Thani stages over the past year, and so anyone planning to attend an event the following year can get a sense of the venue's concert season pattern. One note before reading: this data set starts recording from July, so it does not yet cover events from the first half of 2023.

Summary table of all 30 concerts in 2023

Going through each month

July 2023: 9 events

July opened with immediate excitement, starting with THE HIDDEN CHARACTER FINAL EPISODE at IMPACT Exhibition Hall 5 on July 1. Next was IVE THE FIRST FAN CONCERT IN BANGKOK at Thunder Dome over two consecutive days, July 8-9. Mid-month, on July 15, two events overlapped on different sides of the venue: PANDORA 2023 at IMPACT Challenger Hall 1 and 2023 (G)I-DLE WORLD TOUR [I am FREE-TY] IN BANGKOK at Thunder Dome. This was followed by New York rock band The Strokes live in Bangkok 2023 on July 18, and PATRICK 1st Fanmeeting in Bangkok on July 22, both also at Thunder Dome.

The month closed with the heaviest weekend of the second half of the year. On July 29-30, two major events ran in parallel: GRAMMY X RS : 90's Versary Concert at IMPACT Arena and aespa LIVE TOUR 2023 'SYNK : HYPER LINE' in BANGKOK at Thunder Dome. Then on July 30, MUT MAX 2023 at IMPACT Challenger Hall 1 added yet another overlapping event.

August 2023: 4 events

August slowed down but stayed varied. The month opened on August 5 with ATEEZ WORLD TOUR [THE FELLOWSHIP : BREAK THE WALL] in BANGKOK at IMPACT Exhibition Hall 8, followed by August 12, which saw ROAD TO SONIC BANG at IMPACT Exhibition Hall 5-6 and TAEYEON CONCERT - The ODD Of LOVE in BANGKOK at IMPACT Arena, held over two days, August 12-13. The month closed on August 19 with a Thai band taking the main stage in full: The Concert Application presents Three Man Down Live in IMPACT Arena 2023.

September 2023: 5 events

September was a busy month for IMPACT Arena. It started on September 9-10 with Thai Life Insurance presents GRAMMY X RS : 2K Celebration Concert, a sequel to the Thai concert series held in July. Then on September 14, Post Malone: If Y'all Weren't Here, I'd Be Crying Tour landed at IMPACT Challenger, and September 16 was the turn of Kodaline Live in Bangkok at IMPACT Exhibition Hall 5.

Late in the month, the focus returned to IMPACT Arena with TWICE 5TH WORLD TOUR 'READY TO BE' IN BANGKOK on September 23-24, closing out with MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Mr.SLIM Presents NONT EP.02 SO SERIOUS (For Real) CONCERT, which spanned two months, held September 30 to October 1.

October 2023: 2 events

October had few events, but both were internationally known names, and both were at IMPACT Arena: Sam Smith GLORIA the tour in Bangkok on October 3 and Charlie Puth presents The "Charlie" Live Experience on October 6, just 3 days apart.

November 2023: no events in this data set

The data set used for this article has no concerts recorded for November 2023, marking a gap between the October wave and the large year-end wave.

December 2023: 10 events

December was the busiest month of the year, with 10 events packed into the period from December 2 to 23. It started with GOLF-MIKE : BOUNCE TO THE FUTURE CONCERT at IMPACT Arena on December 2, followed by yama 1st AISA TOUR "thanks for waiting" on December 3. Then on December 9, two events overlapped: Christina Q Concert at IMPACT Arena and Daniel Caesar Presents "Superpowers World Tour - Leg 3 : Australia + Asia + Hawaii" at IMPACT Exhibition Hall 5.

The following week was a stretch of rock and hip-hop. On December 12, ONE OK ROCK Luxury Disease Asia Tour 2023 in Bangkok at IMPACT Arena; on December 16, RS MUSIC together with Ampol Food Present CONCERT SHORT CHARGE SHOCK REAL ROCK RETURN at IMPACT Arena; on December 17, 2023 WOODZ WORLD TOUR 'OO-LI and' in Bangkok at Thunder Dome; and on December 19, 50 CENT 'THE FINAL LAP TOUR 2023 BANGKOK' GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' - 20 YEARS LATER at IMPACT Arena, before the year closed on December 23 with two events at once: MERRY POP FESTA 2023 at Thunder Dome and GMMTV STARLYMPIC 2023 at IMPACT Arena.

By artist category

Thai artists and Thai labels: 9 events

• PANDORA 2023 (Jul 15, IMPACT Challenger Hall 1)
• MUT MAX 2023 (Jul 30, IMPACT Challenger Hall 1)
• GRAMMY X RS : 90's Versary Concert (Jul 29-30, IMPACT Arena)
• The Concert Application presents Three Man Down Live in IMPACT Arena 2023 (Aug 19, IMPACT Arena)
• Thai Life Insurance presents GRAMMY X RS : 2K Celebration Concert (Sep 9-10, IMPACT Arena)
• MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Mr.SLIM Presents NONT EP.02 SO SERIOUS (For Real) CONCERT (Sep 30 - Oct 1, IMPACT Arena)
• GOLF-MIKE : BOUNCE TO THE FUTURE CONCERT (Dec 2, IMPACT Arena)
• RS MUSIC together with Ampol Food Present CONCERT SHORT CHARGE SHOCK REAL ROCK RETURN (Dec 16, IMPACT Arena)
• GMMTV STARLYMPIC 2023 (Dec 23, IMPACT Arena)

One clear pattern is that almost all Thai events chose IMPACT Arena as their home, especially multi-artist concerts from major labels that needed capacity for several thousand people and a stage that could support a full production setup.

Korean artists: 7 events

• IVE THE FIRST FAN CONCERT IN BANGKOK (Jul 8-9, Thunder Dome)
• 2023 (G)I-DLE WORLD TOUR [I am FREE-TY] IN BANGKOK (Jul 15, Thunder Dome)
• aespa LIVE TOUR 2023 'SYNK : HYPER LINE' in BANGKOK (Jul 29-30, Thunder Dome)
• ATEEZ WORLD TOUR [THE FELLOWSHIP : BREAK THE WALL] in BANGKOK (Aug 5, IMPACT Exhibition Hall 8)
• TAEYEON CONCERT - The ODD Of LOVE in BANGKOK (Aug 12-13, IMPACT Arena)
• TWICE 5TH WORLD TOUR 'READY TO BE' IN BANGKOK (Sep 23-24, IMPACT Arena)
• 2023 WOODZ WORLD TOUR 'OO-LI and' in Bangkok (Dec 17, Thunder Dome)

4 of the 7 Korean events were held at Thunder Dome, while artists with a broader fan base, such as TAEYEON and TWICE, moved to IMPACT Arena, and both held 2 shows.

Other international artists: 9 events

• The Strokes live in Bangkok 2023 (Jul 18, Thunder Dome)
• Post Malone: If Y'all Weren't Here, I'd Be Crying Tour (Sep 14, IMPACT Challenger)
• Kodaline Live in Bangkok (Sep 16, IMPACT Exhibition Hall 5)
• Sam Smith GLORIA the tour in Bangkok (Oct 3, IMPACT Arena)
• Charlie Puth presents The "Charlie" Live Experience (Oct 6, IMPACT Arena)
• yama 1st AISA TOUR "thanks for waiting" (Dec 3, IMPACT Muang Thong Thani)
• Daniel Caesar Presents "Superpowers World Tour - Leg 3 : Australia + Asia + Hawaii" (Dec 9, IMPACT Exhibition Hall 5)
• ONE OK ROCK Luxury Disease Asia Tour 2023 in Bangkok (Dec 12, IMPACT Arena)
• 50 CENT 'THE FINAL LAP TOUR 2023 BANGKOK' GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' - 20 YEARS LATER (Dec 19, IMPACT Arena)

Fan meetings, festivals and other events: 5 events

• PATRICK 1st Fanmeeting in Bangkok (Jul 22, Thunder Dome), the only full-fledged fan meeting in this data set
• IVE THE FIRST FAN CONCERT IN BANGKOK (Jul 8-9, Thunder Dome), counted as a fan concert, and also included in the Korean artists category
• THE HIDDEN CHARACTER FINAL EPISODE (Jul 1, IMPACT Exhibition Hall 5)
• ROAD TO SONIC BANG (Aug 12, IMPACT Exhibition Hall 5-6), a music festival featuring multiple artists
• MERRY POP FESTA 2023 (Dec 23, Thunder Dome)
• Christina Q Concert (Dec 9, IMPACT Arena)

Events in this group are combined here because they are multi-artist events, festivals, or events where the source data did not specify enough artist detail to be categorized by nationality.

Muang Thong Thani concert statistics in 2023

• 30 events for the year in total, counted by event, not by number of performance dates.
• December held the most events at 10, followed by July with 9. Together these two months account for 19 of the 30 events in the data set.
• IMPACT Arena hosted the most events at 14, nearly half of the total, followed by Thunder Dome with 7.
• 7 events ran for more than 1 day: IVE, GRAMMY X RS : 90's Versary Concert, aespa, TAEYEON, GRAMMY X RS : 2K Celebration Concert, TWICE and NONT EP.02.
• There were 4 days with 2 concerts held at the same time in different halls: July 15, July 29-30, December 9 and December 23. On these days, traffic around Muang Thong Thani gets especially heavy.
• By category: 9 Thai artist events, 9 other international artist events, 7 Korean artist events, and 5 fan meetings or multi-artist events.

Planning your trip to see a concert at Muang Thong Thani

Anyone who attends events often knows that leaving after a concert ends can take longer than the concert itself on some nights, especially on days when 2 halls have overlapping events, like December 23, 2023. Staying overnight in the area helps a lot with this. Novotel Bangkok IMPACT connects to IMPACT Challenger via a covered walkway, about a 3-minute walk, suited to events on the Challenger side such as Post Malone or PANDORA. ibis Bangkok IMPACT is about a 5-minute walk to IMPACT Arena and Thunder Dome, matching most events in this article, which are concentrated in these 2 halls for 21 of the 30 events. If you want to check what's scheduled before booking a room, see the IMPACT event schedule.

Summary

The overview of 2023 reveals a lot about the event rhythm at Muang Thong Thani. The second half of the year averaged 5 concerts per month, with 2 clear peaks: late July and throughout December. Major Thai events and international world-tour concerts tended to go to IMPACT Arena, while Korean events and fan meetings mostly chose Thunder Dome, and IMPACT Challenger and IMPACT Exhibition Hall took on events that needed more flexible space. Anyone planning to attend an event the following year can use this pattern to help gauge travel timing and accommodation decisions.