A guitarist's hand on the fretboard, live in Hội An
Edition 02 · 2026 Hội An · Việt Nam

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What's On Tonight

Tonight

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At 7pm – 10pm Roots Bar Movie Night Movie Night An outdoor screening, with fresh popcorn.
At 7pm – 10pm Red Lantern Cocktails Brendan Naughton Live Music Acoustic / Blues / Pop / Rock
At 7:30pm – 10pm Bungalow Open Mic Open Mic Weekly Solo acts and bands, covers or originals, four songs each, hosted by Matthew Wallace. Come early for the list.
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The weekly residencies you can count on. One-off shows and the full month are on the calendar.

✦ Special Events 6 one-offs·See Them All
31 Oct Voodoo Rice Fields Ritual 31 Oct Halloween Bar Crawl 31 Oct Halloween Karaoke Night 31 Oct Halloween Party 6 Nov Smithscetera play The Smiths 15 Nov Band Camp Vol. 2: The Show
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№2 This Month's Featured Interview · September
Featured interview, Vũ Đinh Trọng Thắng

Vũ Đinh Trọng Thắng

Songwriter and frontman of Ngọt, now writing alone in Hội An

"I like to be the observer of the world, and now the world is observing me.

Hội An is a port for artists. People visit and show me their music, and I am blown away.

№3 A Highlight You Missed · September
Missed a month? The archive

July 2026

KoFi Comes Home: Thập Phương Hoan K in Hội An

Summer Band Camp ended on 12 September at Roots Bar, with four new bands playing eight original songs, every one of them in front of a crowd for the first time. Vol. 2 is open to everyone. Meet your band on Sunday 4 October at Roots Bar: drop in any time 4-6pm, or sign up online. Sign ups close on 10 October.

"Strangers met, grouped into four bands and spent the next six weeks writing two original songs."

Border Run playing Summer Band Camp at Roots Bar
Border Run closing the night · Roots Bar, 12 September
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It started as something not too serious: a fun way to celebrate the end of summer and play something a bit different. Nobody chose who they played with. The bands were drawn at a meet your band night at Roots Bar on 31 July, and from there each one had to find a sound, write two songs and learn to play them together. Roots Bar held the whole thing, the practice sessions as well as the show.

Mosquito opened as a two piece, acoustic, with Quân and Dũng. Black Garlic brought rap and soul with Minh, Ly, Devon and Hicham. Chasing Rabbits played indie rock with Dũng, Rozz, Rachael and Devon, and Border Run closed the night with Jaretta, Dũng, Hicham and Andrew.

It was free and all ages, with a BBQ from 6pm and music from 8pm. Vol. 2 is coming, and it is open to everyone. The meet up is on Sunday 4 October at Roots Bar, and the next show is Sunday 15 November at 8pm.

№4 This Month's Featured Venue · September
AO Space, Cửa Đại

AO Space

Saturday nights in a garden lounge, and an open mic every other Thursday.

Art, culture and community under one roof, in a house wrapped in banana leaves. Every Saturday from seven the lounge fills with live music, and every other Thursday Lara Nova hosts an open mic for anyone ready to take a turn. Between the sets, the board games come out.

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№5 This Month's Visual Artist · September

On the Walls · Sơn Nguyễn

Two artists, one shared space. Nguyễn Trịnh Quang Minh is a painter from Hà Nội. Viviana Ruiz Gomez is an artist from Bogotá, Colombia. Mas Arroz is their home and working studio, a place for making art, hosting workshops and exhibitions, and bringing people together. Their work is on this edition's pages. A new visual artist features each edition.

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Work hung in the roots of the old tree at Secret GallerySecret Gallery
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Mathilde Granveau at the galleryMathilde Granveau
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