Music

Fat fun

By Tatat Bunnag

Indie fest rocks Bangkok

From noon to midnight on the weekend of November 7 and 8, music lovers descended on Challenger Hall at Impact Arena to check out the annual Fat Festival. Now in its ninth year, Fat Fest is renowned for presenting a huge variety of bands that are innovative, unconventional and just plain fun.

Fat Fest fans always enjoy seeing the surprising new festival themes each year. This year's festival was decked out Indian style, with gigantic artworks everywhere depicting local musicians and bands in fantasy Bollywood-style film posters.

	Huge Bollywood-style artworks decorate the festival walls.
	Slow Reverse give a moving performance on the second day of the festival.
	Playground invite the crowd to jump up and down during their set.
	Slur singer Yeah waits to see Slow Reverse.
	DJ Surahit gives the victory sign before his live set on the Dhoom Dhoom stage on Sunday night.
	Indie couple Koy and Yong sell signed photos at the festival.
	Mild singer Pae takes a break from signing autographs for fans.
	Concert goers enjoy one of the non-musical activities at the festival.
	Singer Win Sirivongse looks pleased after performing with Sqweez Animal.
	Yellow Fang bassist Pui poses next to a cool vintage VW Beetle.
	Disco duo Diet Pills on hand to launch their debut album.
	Singer and actress Yarinda Bunnag smiles at the Smallroom booth.

The festival's five stages - Hutcha, Harem, Ramasing, Majare and Dhoom Dhoom - all came to life with indie favourites like Mild, Proud, Playground, Apartment Khunpa, Brand New Sunset, Tattoo Colour, Koy-Yong & Friends and Groove Riders. Also featured were hot newcomers like Goo, The Papers, Yellow Fang and Slow Reverse.

Student Weekly went along to Fat Fest this year to soak up the amazing atmosphere and to take photos of bands, fans and festival fun.

	descend on (phrasal v): to visit something on large numbers renowned (adj): famous and respected innovative (adj): introducing or using new ideas, ways of doing something, etc. unconventional (adj): different and interesting deck (v): to decorate something with something depict (v): to show an image of something or somebody in a picture

Idiom
come to life: to become more interesting, exciting or full of activity