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On Thursday night in Phnom Penh find the jazz jam with Dr George at The Deck, Niel & Aisha at Little Susie, Steven Bee at Cloud and the open mic at Noisy Chili hosted by Muz Muskett.  Later on Hugo St Leger & the Barangutans are at Oscar’s on the CornerBamboo Train at Kampot River Nest and Christabel is at The Pizza Garden in Siem Reap.

Friday night in Phnom Penh sees Ritchy & Phil at Aroma, Sara Garcia & Ali Syed at Khmer Funk Sky Bar, Antonio Elchico at The Vine, Cardboad Lo-Fi at Botanico and Hugo St Leger hosts an open mic at The Box Office. In Tuol Tom Poung D&Y: The Revivals are at The Tin Hat and Skeptical Chemistry are at Distortion Dive Bar, while Adam Marsland is at Little Susie.  Later, Montra are at Oscar’s on the Corner.  On the coast, the Jampot open mic at Karma Traders is hosted by Johnny Stock and Jazz Sauce are at Monkey Republic.  In Siem Reap JamCha are at The Pizza Garden.

On Saturday afternoon in Phnom Penh the Phnom Penh Singers hold a concert at Le Point.  In the evening find Melissa Lesnie & Christophe Astolfi at Seekers Spirits, Wayfarer State (Trey Wallace) at The Deck and Messenger Band at Hiroshima House (inside Wat Ounalom).   Bouchon Wine Bar host a farewell party for Matau featuring Ritchy & Phil, Raphael Biamonti and James Parm, while Brooke Palmer is at Botanico, John & the Scallywags are at The Tin Hat, Adam Marsland is at Tropico, Matsamura Fishworks are at Noisy Chili , Kim & Co. are at Velvet and Cambodia Country Band are at Oscar’s on the Corner.  On the coast, Jazz Sauce are at The Wave: Kep West, Packo’s Busking Kings are at First Bar and Drunk on Champagne are at Monkey Republic.  In Siem Reap, Paul Mackie is at The Pizza Garden and Rainy Season are at Laundry.

Come Sunday, Ritchy & Phil take brunch at La Coupole Sofitel, Mimi & the Merrymakers celebrate their appreciation of Farm to Table, Brooke Palmer is at The Vine, Adam Marsland is at Botanico, the Sunday Sundowners open mic at Tacos Kokopelli is hosted by Hugo St Leger, and Stu Cottom is at Bar Oz.

Later, Melissa Lesnie is accompanied by the Dr G Jazz Trio at House of Jazz and More and Shaken Spirit are at Oscar’s on the Corner.

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Steve Porte Photo of the Week

Summer Lee Carlson of The Velvet Compromise making their debut at Motodop on Saturday 14 February 2026

 

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See you around the traps.
your correspondent,

 

 

Guillermo Wheremount
LengPleng.com
gigs@lengpleng.com (mailto:gigs@lengpleng.com

 

Weekly Gig Guide – week commencing Thursday 19 February 2026

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Coming soon:

Thursday 26 February

 

Friday 27 February

 

Saturday 28 February

  • Escape Festival with Brass on the Block, Checkered Past, Bustaka Band and Intan and Friends, 1 pm, Maloop
  • The Originals Sessions (line up TBA), 6 pm, The Deck
  • Loopy Reggae, 7 pm, Botanico
  • Melissa Lesnie Trio (FR), 8 pm, Au Marche
  • AlliG & TheQuilas, 10 pm, Oscar’s on the Corner

 

Monday 2 March

  • Scott Bywater birthday party – beginning a month of Mondays, 8 pm, Little Susie **

 

Saturday 7 March