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Greetings:

Tonight Thursday in Phnom Penh at Friends Futures Factory, Creative Generation presents Life, an evening of performance and conversation with Performance Lab artist in residence composer Gardika Gigih with Lokru Nuon Sok and Ni-O Panha.  On Sunday 19, at the same location, Gardika Gigih presents two workshops, Sound Story at 1.30 pm and Collective Composition at 4 pm.   Also on Thursday D’Amore are at Riverview Restaurant, Adam Marsland is at Samai Rum Distillery and then later at The Silk Route, and The Extraordinary Chambers are at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Siem Reap, Rod Tolentino is at Koulen Central and PMac is at The Pizza Garden.

On Friday night things kick off early with the Darryl Paxton Memorial Cruise with Packo’s Busking Kings, then Jazz Sauce are at Khmer Funk Sky Bar, Brooke Palmer is at Botanico, Cambodia Sound Base are at Uraetei Lite, Mr Joe is at Little Susie and Miss Sarawan is at Bat Muk Yu (not Riverview Restaurant as mistakenly listed in the slideshow).  Adam Marsland is at The Tin Hat, and Punch Drunk are at Noisy Chili.  Gunfingerz & Good Vibes ft Alliencen (Niko Yu and Patrick Suyono Chan, rap partners from Niko’s Denmark days) are at Hometown Hangout and Shake79 at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Siem Reap JamCha at Mex’d Up for their second anniversary party.

Saturday afternoon in Phnom Penh find Rockustic Trio at Villa Grange, then Bustaka Band at The Deck and Supernova (Arianna & Vart Van) at Botanico.  The Broken Cymbal are at Au Marche, Mathieu & Co are at Little Susie, Rockustic Duo at Tropico and Stu Cottom is at Boran Bar.  Muz Muskett is early at Oscar’s on the Corner and then later and louder it’s Temple.  On the coast, Melody & Joe are at The Wave: Kep West and Roberto Salgado hosts an open mic at The Bay.  In Siem Reap new reggae outfit Rainy Season are at Laundry.

Come Sunday in Phnom Penh Vince Solomons is at The Vine, the Sunday Sundowners open mic is at Tacos Kokopelli, John Peter is at Botanico and Sammy & Dave are at Bar Oz.  Martin Ng from Singapore sings German Masterpieces of Romanticism at Raffles Le Royal, and Shaken Spirit are at Oscar’s on the Corner.

Department of SOS

Cesar needs your help

Cesar Toni, a beloved member of the musicians community in Cambodia, is seriously ill.  Since Sunday, he has been hospitalized in Siem Reap Provincial Hospital for Stage 5 kidney failure and lung inflammation and other complications. He is now at Calmette in Phnom Penh where he will receive better, and urgent treatment, including dialysis. We in the musicians community are doing all we can to help Cesar tide through this emergency, and we would be extremely grateful for any donation. You can scan the ABA QR code in the poster attached. No amount is too small. The account you are donating to belongs to Cesar’s long-time partner Gloria.

For further details, please contact Paul Mackie.   On behalf of Cesar and Gloria, we thank you for your help.

– Cambodia musicians community

Department of New Releases and Festivals

Geography of the Moon have a new video, I Came Here For, a song from their most recent album Aberdeen Hiroshima, celebrating the glamours of being a touring musician.

Preliminary details have been released for the forthcoming second Dave Fest to be held during Bon Om Touk (Water Festival), 4 – 7 November, at M’Pai Bai Bay, Koh Rong Somleoun.   Acts include Knell, Soselo Summer, Jazz Sauce, Vince Solomons, Johatsu, Wind-Up Mice, Drunk on Champagne, Bullshit Boy, Nightmare A.D..

Dates have been announced for Brett Perkins’ Siem Reap Songwriters Festival, 16 – 23 November, to be followed by the Phnom Penh Songwriters Festival (23 – 30 November).

The LengPleng Interview

Weaponised silliness – the life and times of Brooke Palmer

Brooke Palmer has been playing around in Phnom Penh for some years now, and LengPleng felt it was time to have a sit down to find out some of her back story – the ukulele, the singing, the looping and everything else.

LP:  I was reading your Passing Chords mini-profile in preparation for this, and there I found the phrase that I recalled:  this little instrument changed my life.

BP:  Yes.  It still is!  I started my affair with the ukulele when I was living in China.  It was one of those planet alignment things.  They were becoming really trendy at the time, and there was an article a local magazine called That’s Shanghai talking about a street where there were lots of instrument shops – the photo they picked was a wall of ukuleles.  I thought maybe I should get one of those.

Read the full interview here

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Steve Porte Photo of the Week

Cesar Toni back in 2023

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See you around the traps.
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LengPleng.com
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Weekly Gig Guide – week commencing Thursday 16 October 2025

** residency/weekly

For DJs and clubs, we recommend Phnom Penh Underground

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Tuesday

Wednesday

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

Coming soon:

Thursday 23 October

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

Friday 24 October

Saturday 25 October

Sunday 26 October

Thursday 30 October

Friday 31 October

  • The Sock Essentials, 7 pm, Tacos Kokopelli
  • The Louisiana Layabouts, 7.30 pm, The Tin Hat
  • Carnival Youth (Latvia) plus Japan Guitar Shop , 8 pm, B-BOX – note ticketed event
  • Rave and Grave Madness with Sam Rocker, After God, Doch Chkae and DJs, 8.30 pm, Cloud – $5 entry (includes one beer)
  • Alli G & TheQuilas, 10 pm, Oscar’s on the Corner

Saturday 1 November

Sunday 2 November

4 – 7 November

  • Dave Fest featuring Knell, Soselo Summer, Jazz Sauce, Vince Solomons, Johatsu, Wind-Up Mice, Drunk on Champagne, Bullshit Boy, Nightmare A.D., Brooke Palmer and more, M’Pai Bai Bay, Koh Rong Somleoun.

Friday 7 November

Saturday 8 November

  • Niki Buzz Band, 7 pm, Chew & Bash
  • Carnival Youth (Latvia) plus Japan Guitar Shop , 8 pm, The Labyrinth (Siem Reap) – note ticketed event

Friday 14 November

Saturday 15 November

  • Rainy Season, 7 pm, Sojourner House
  • Bullshit Boy (Hamburg) plus Jõhatsu, 8 pm, Atlantis (Siem Reap) – $5 entry

Saturday 22 November

  • Niki Buzz Band, 9 pm, Laundry (Siem Reap)

 

 

 

By Weekly Wrap