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Greetings:

In Phnom Penh on Friday night find the Penh Pals at the Welsh Consulate, JP & Mara at Hybrid Kitchen, Judy J & Dr. G at Botanico, Greg Beshers at The Vine and Japanese duo Cambodia Soundbase at Stories.  Elsewhere Alli G Rockustic is at Tropico, The Riverside Kings are at Oscar’s on the Corner and Miss Sarawan is at Uniga.  In Kampot, Apricot Jam 019 at Anida features Frankie Teardrop Dead and DJs, while Adam Marsland is at The Bay, and in Siem Reap Carlos & Andy are at Ubuntu.

On Saturday in Phnom Penh Alli G is at The Deck, The Inks (Mikayla & Serdar) are at Botanico, Judy J & Dr G are at Stories, Kim’s World are at Bassac Square, Clay George is at Tropico and The Extraordinary Chambers are at Oscar’s on the Corner.  On the coast, Adam Marsland is at The Wave: Kep West.

On Sunday in Phnom Penh, Scott Bywater is at Villa Grange, Miss Sarawan is at The Vine, Sunday Sundowners Tacos Kokopelli open mic is hosted by Michael McCann, and later Cambodia Country Band are at Oscar’s on the Corner.

Established this month is Songwriters Session (Phnom Penh chapter) – join the Facebook group here – with the first gathering to be held at Java Tuol Tom Pong on Sunday 27.    “This will be an ongoing, monthly meeting to share music we’re working on, share feedback, have an ongoing proactive group for motivation to finish songs, work on prompts for extra creativity, get inspiration, collaborate & more.  Feel free to message Summer Lee Carlson, Brooke Palmer or Cameron McCracken Smith if you have questions.”

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Will to beauty – the Monaco Boys Choir visits Cambodia

Perhaps a series of concerts by the Monaco Boys Choir is one of the more unlikely tours coming through Vietnam and Cambodia this month, but it’s part of a greater mission to expand a particular section of the cultural sector in this part of the world.  LengPleng sat down rather early one Saturday to chat to the organiser of the tour, Father Will Conquer, to discuss the beauty and inspiration of music, and the challenges of developing choirs in Southeast Asia.

“If music be the food of love play on, as Shakespeare would say,” says Father Will.  “It’s beautiful in itself.  So the first priority is to offer a beautiful programme.

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A four-piece version of Penh Pals at The Box Office, Friday 11 July 2025.

 

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Weekly Gig Guide – week commencing Thursday 17 July 2025

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*Note that Wednesday events are often not announced until early in the week – check back here for updates*

Coming soon:

Friday 25 July

Saturday 26 July

Tuesday 29 July

Wednesday 30 July

  • Khmer Magic Music Bus, 10 pm, Uniga

Thursday 31 July

  • Jazz jam with George Hess, 7 pm, The Deck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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