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Greetings:

Thursday night in Phnom Penh, alongside the Noisy Chili and LOLA open mics, check out the jazzy-jam with George Hess at The Deck.  Also La Union are at Samai Rum Distillery and The Extraordinary Chambers are joined by Gaby Courroux at Oscar’s on the Corner.

Friday night in Phnom Penh, Smack the Unicorn are at The Tin Hat, solo violinist Arianna is at Botanico and Adam Marsland is at The Box Office.  Meanwhile Pocket Change are at Noisy Chili, Bustaka Band are at Bat Muk Yu, Zakk Zoot is at The Vine and JP Kotzé is at Little Susie.  Louder, Nightmare A.D. are joined by DJ Gibbeux (FR) at Hometown Hangout, and then later Miss Sarawan is at Uniga and The Blue Souls are at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Siem Reap, Kodi Hudson hosts the open mic at The Panthers Hut and Vort-X are at Laundry.   In Kampot, Packo’s Busking Kings are at The Manor on Friday and First Bar on Saturday.

In Phnom Penh on Saturday Phnom Penh Symphony Orchestra are at PPUA Concert Hall, and the season finale for The Originals sessions features Poca, Adam Marsland and Northpoint at The Deck.  Second birthday celebrations at Maloop Garden will include a performance by Kampot band Wooden Bridge (featuring Chiet from the Kampot Playboys).  Elsewhere Vart Van is at Botanico, Shining Hearts are at Vinoteca, Summer Lee Carlson & Mute Speaker are at Bat Muk Yu and Judy J & the Dr G Trio are at Au Marche.  Louder, Reign in Slumber and DJ Gibbeux (FR) are at Cloud, and later The Visa Runners are at Hometown Hangout and The Lark are at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Siem Reap, Gareth Bawden is at Mex’d Up.

Looking forward to Sunday, Miss Sarawan & Scoddy are at Villa Grange, Adam Marsland is all British at The Tin Hat, Sunday Sundowners open mic at Tacos Kokopelli has Liam Garth Jones as a guest host, and Stu Cottom is at Bar Oz.  Later, The Extraordinary Chambers with Gaby Courroux are at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Siem Reap, Ubuntu have an open mic.

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This week we welcome yet another new Friend of LengPleng, YK Art House, a guesthouse with a vegan restaurant, a library, an art gallery, and a secondhand store.

    

      

 

 

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Steve Porte Photo of the Week

Steve is on his annual vacation in New York City.  “Pretty thin this year.  15C and rain isn’t street music climate.”

 

 

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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 29 May 2025

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By Weekly Wrap