***for full gig listings jump to the bottom***
Greetings:
On Thursday night in Phnom Penh choose between The Busking Kings at Villa Grange, Loopy Reggae Duo at The Box Office and The Extraordinary Chambers at Oscar’s on the Corner.
On Friday night in Phnom Penh we have Mirasol, George and Mika at Craft, a solo Joe Wrigley at Farm To Table, Loopy Reggae Duo at Voodoo Boulevard and Scott Bywater at Botanico. Woody Dares & the Frog Eaters are at Back Street Bar, MY WAY hosts a hip hop night with Koalition Supreme and Aisha & Serdar are at Little Susie. New project Wind-Up Mice debut at Oscar’s on the Corner followed by Oscar Band. In Kampot Summer Lee Carlson & Mute Speaker are at KAPAL and in Siem Reap Sokunthea & Friends are at Ben’s Corner and Jam-Cha is at Laundry.
Saturday in Phnom Penh Green Leaf Motif are at The Deck, Hugo Marcellesi is at Craft, while Ice & Dara are at Botanico and The Broken Cymbal are at Seekers Spirits. Loopy Reggae Duo are at Cloud, Cardboard Li-Fi are at Sundance and Dan Reidy is at Little Susie. Later on The Lark are at Oscar’s on the Corner. In Siem Reap, Rod & Chema are at Ubuntu, and Roberto Salgado is at Kep Natural in Kep.
On Sunday in Phnom Penh find Nestor at Villa Grange, Silver & Taylor at The Vine, Gareth Bawden hosting the Sunday Sundowners open mic at Tacos Kokopelli, and later on blender takes a Sunday outing at Oscar’s on the Corner. Miss Sarawan and Scoddy are at Saravoan in Kep, and in Siem Reap Ya is at New Leaf and Bless & Giuliano Turello are at Duckmart.
For those looking for live music on Wednesday for Valentine’s Day – and there is a wide variety of options – in Phnom Penh The Blue Souls are at Hemisphere, Metta Legita is at Green Pepper, Sinville Roadshow are at Blue Veranda, Gareth Bawden is at Back Street Barand Miss Sarawan is at The Waterside. For other options David Zdriluk hosts an open mic at Little Susie, you could try Around the piano with Phil Javelle at Excelsior and blender are at Oscar’s on the Corner. In Siem Reap the contrast is between Sokunthea and Giuliano at Fellini and the Siem Reap Soundlab featuring Simon Gilbert at Arin’s, and Havard Beyer is at KAPAL in Kampot.
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Weekly Gig Guide – week commencing Thursday 8 February 2024
** residency/weekly
For DJs and clubs, we recommend Phnom Penh Underground
Thursday
- Autumn Band, 5 pm, Autumn **
- The Busking Kings, 6 pm, Villa Grange
- Intan & Phil, 6.30 pm, Elephant Bar **
- Loopy Reggae Duo, 7 pm, The Box Office
- 4Play, 7 pm, Prince Brewing **
- Ella & Yarak, 7 pm, The Velvet Room
- House band, 7 pm, Yang Pov Riverside **
- Jam session, 7 pm, Tiki Garden (Kampot)**
- Band@Work, 7 pm, Hard Rock Cafe Angkor (Siem Reap)**
- Cornerstone, 7.30 pm, Hard Rock Café Phnom Penh **
- Soul Diva Band, 7.30 pm, Hotel Cambodiana **
- Giuliano Turello, 7.30 pm, Temple Food & Beverage (Siem Reap)**
- Nestor Garcia Joa, 8 pm, Despacito Latin and Jazz Club **
- Metro Band, 8 pm, Metropole Underground **
- Open mic, 8.30 pm, Cloud **
- Stu Cottom and Kevin Sysyn, 9 pm, Excelsior **
- The Extraordinary Chambers, 10 pm, Oscar’s on the Corner **
Friday
- Autumn Band, 5 pm, Autumn **
- Mirasol, George and Mika, 6.30 pm, Craft
- Joe Wrigley, 6.30 pm, Farm To Table
- NT Acoustic Band, 6.30 pm, Lantern **
- Sunset piano with Phil Javelle, 30 pm, Elephant Bar **
- Scott Bywater, 7 pm, Botanico
- Kola Rachana, 7 pm, The Velvet Room
- Khmer Magic Music Bus, 7 pm, Bouchon Wine Bar **
- Intan & Friends, 7 pm, Mealea Restaurant **
- House band, 7 pm, Yang Pov Riverside **
- Sokunthea & Friends, 7 pm, Ben’s Corner (Siem Reap)
- Gerard Evans, 7 pm, Endora (Siem Reap) **
- Band@Work, 7 pm, Hard Rock Cafe Angkor (Siem Reap)**
- Jampot open mic, 7 pm, Karma Traders (Kampot)
- Loopy Reggae Duo, 7.30 pm, Voodoo Boulevard
- Cornerstone, 7.30 pm, Hard Rock Café Phnom Penh **
- Soul Diva Band, 7.30 pm, Hotel Cambodiana **
- Friday Shack open mic with PMAC, 7.30 pm, The Mended Drum (Siem Reap) **
- Andy Luna, 7.30 pm, Temple Food & Beverage (Siem Reap)**
- Woody Dares & the Frog Eaters, 8 pm, Back Street Bar
- Hip hop night with Koalition Supreme, 8 pm, MY WAY
- Aisha & Serdar, 8 pm, Little Susie
- Nestor Garcia Joa, 8 pm, Despacito Latin and Jazz Club **
- Metro Band, 8 pm, Metropole Underground **
- Open mic, 8 pm, Mex’d Up (Siem Reap)
- Jam-Cha, 8.30 pm, Laundry (Siem Reap)
- Summer Lee Carlson & Mute Speaker, 9 pm, KAPAL (Kampot)
- Wind-Up Mice followed by Oscar Band, 10 pm, Oscar’s on the Corner
Saturday
- Intan & Friends, 11.30 am, Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra **
- Green Leaf Motif, 5 pm, The Deck
- Autumn Band, 5 pm, Autumn **
- Hugo Marcellesi, 6.30 pm, Craft
- Ice & Dara, 7 pm, Botanico
- The Broken Cymbal, 7 pm, Seekers Spirits
- Tepi & Bunly, 7 pm, The Velvet Room
- Mirasol & James, 7 pm, Le Moon
- Ex-Pulse Acoustic, 7 pm, The Waterside **
- House band, 7 pm, Yang Pov Riverside **
- Rooftop beats with Phil Javelle, 7 pm, Palace Gate Hotel **
- Band@Work, 7 pm, Hard Rock Cafe Angkor (Siem Reap)**
- Rod & Chema, 7 pm, Ubuntu (Siem Reap)
- Roberto Salgado, 7 pm, Kep Natural (Kep)
- Seawolf, 7.30 pm, Hard Rock Café Phnom Penh **
- Andy Luna, 7.30 pm, Temple Food & Beverage (Siem Reap)**
- Soul Diva Band, 7.30 pm, Hotel Cambodiana **
- Cardboard Li-Fi, 8 pm, Sundance
- Dan Reidy, 8 pm, Little Susie
- Nestor Garcia Joa, 8 pm, Despacito Latin and Jazz Club **
- Metro Band, 8 pm, Metropole Underground **
- Kellie Olsen and George Town, 8 pm, The Bay,(Kampot)
- Loopy Reggae Duo, 8.30 pm, Cloud
- The Lark, 10 pm, Oscar’s on the Corner
Sunday
- Nestor, 2.30 pm, Villa Grange
- Ya, 4 pm, New Leaf (Siem Reap)
- Sunday sessions with Silver & Taylor, 5 pm, The Vine
- Sunday Sundowners open mic hosted by Gareth Bawden, 5 pm, Tacos Kokopelli **
- Autumn Band, 5 pm, Autumn **
- Miss Sarawan and Scoddy, 5 pm, Saravoan (Kep)
- No pros open mic, 5 pm, Pomme (Siem Reap)
- Sunday Shack open mic with PMAC, 5 pm, The Mended Drum (Siem Reap) **
- Stu Cottom, 6 pm, Bar Oz **
- House band, 7 pm, Yang Pov Riverside **
- Sunday piano sessions with Jim Latt, 7 pm, Miss Wong (Siem Reap)**
- Band@Work, 7 pm, Hard Rock Cafe Angkor (Siem Reap)**
- Soul Diva Band, 7.30 pm, Hotel Cambodiana **
- Andy Luna, 7.30 pm, Temple Food & Beverage (Siem Reap)**
- Arome Khmer, 7.30 pm, Bat Muk Yu **
- Kevin Sysyn and friends, 8 pm, Little Susie **
- Nestor Garcia Joa, 8 pm, Despacito Latin and Jazz Club **
- Metro Band, 8 pm, Metropole Underground **
- Bless & Giuliano Turello, 8 pm, Duckmart (Siem Reap)
- blender, 10 pm, Oscar’s on the Corner
Monday
- Autumn Band, 5 pm, Autumn **
- House band, 7 pm, Yang Pov Riverside **
- Diego Dimarques, 7 pm, Endora (Siem Reap) **
- Seawolf, 7.30 pm, Hard Rock Café Phnom Penh **
- Giuliano Turello, 7.30 pm, Temple Food & Beverage (Siem Reap)**
- Scott Bywater, 8 pm, Little Susie **
- Alli G, 9 pm, Phnom Penh Yacht Club **
- Blue Mondays with Jeffro, 10 pm, Oscar’s on the Corner **
Tuesday
- Autumn Band, 5 pm, Autumn **
- Carpenters tribute with Mikayla & Jed, 30 pm, Craft
- Phnom Penh Ukulele Circle, 7 pm, Bong Bonlai restaurant (YK Art House)**
- House band, 7 pm, Yang Pov Riverside **
- Rod Tolentino, 7 pm, Pasta La Vista (Siem Reap) **
- Band@Work, 7 pm, Hard Rock Cafe Angkor (Siem Reap)**
- Seawolf, 7.30 pm, Hard Rock Café Phnom Penh **
- (TBA), 7.30 pm, Karma Traders (Kampot)
- Andy Luna, 7.30 pm, Temple Food & Beverage (Siem Reap)**
- Loopy Reggae Duo, 8 pm, The Big Easy **
- Lone Star Saloon open mic, 8 pm, Lone Star Saloon **
- Temple, 10 pm, Oscar’s on the Corner **
Wednesday
*Note that Wednesday events are often not announced until early in the week – check back here for updates*
- Autumn Band, 5 pm, Autumn **
- The Blue Souls , 6 pm, Hemisphere
- Metta Legita, 6.30 pm, Green Pepper
- Sinville Roadshow, 6.30 pm, Blue Veranda
- Latin Quarter with Phil and Nestor, 6.30 pm, Elephant Bar **
- NT Acoustic Band, 6.30 pm, Lantern
- Sokunthea and Giuliano, 6.30 pm, Fellini (Siem Reap)
- Miss Sarawan, 7 pm, The Waterside
- (TBC), 7 pm, Bouchon Wine Bar
- Tepi & Bunly, 7 pm, The Velvet Room
- Band@Work, 7 pm, Hard Rock Cafe Angkor (Siem Reap)**
- Amok Trio, 7.30 pm, Le Moon
- Cornerstone, 7.30 pm, Hard Rock Café Phnom Penh **
- Soul Diva Band, 7.30 pm, Hotel Cambodiana **
- Siem Reap Soundlab featuring Simon Gilbert, 7.30 pm, Arin’s (Siem Reap) **
- Gareth Bawden, 8 pm, Back Street Bar
- Open mic with David Zdriluk, 8 pm, Little Susie **
- Nestor Garcia Joa, 8 pm, Despacito Latin and Jazz Club **
- Open mic, 8 pm, Copacabana **
- Dennis plus open mic, 8 pm, Can Can **
- Havard Beyer, 8 pm, KAPAL (Kampot)
- SR epic open mic, 8 pm, Laundry (Siem Reap) **
- Around the piano with Phil Javelle, 9 pm, Excelsior **
- blender, 10 pm, Oscar’s on the Corner **
Coming soon:
- Greg Beshers, 6 pm, 15 February, Villa Grange
- Darthreider & The Bassons (Japan), 9 pm, 15 February, Laundry
- Silver & Taylor, 30 pm, 16 February, Craft
- Green Leaf Motif, 7 pm, 16 February, Botanico
- Arnab Bhattacharya & Nilimesh Chakraborty, 7 pm, 16 February, Meta House
- Loopy Reggae Duo, 7 pm, 16 February, The Box Office
- Jimi Watusi, 8 pm, 16 February, Little Susie
- Bob Passion & The Indispensables, 10 pm, 16 February, Oscar’s on the Corner
- Sinville Roadshow, 5 pm, 17 February, The Deck
- Absolute Zero, 7 pm, 17 February, Copacabana
- Coz Collective recreates Simon & Garfunkel’s Concert in Central Park, 8 pm, 17 February, Little Susie
- Loopy Reggae Duo, 8 pm, 17 February, Noisy Chili
- Daro Bin, 8.30 pm, 17 February, Cloud
- Brian Wood tribute by The Handsome Devils, 8.30 pm, 17 February, Laundry (Siem Reap)
- Darthreider & The Bassons (Japan), 10 pm, 17 February, Oscar’s on the Corner
- Phil Javelle, 2.30 pm, 18 February, Villa Grange
- Gareth Bawden, 5 pm, 18 February, The Vine
- Stu Cottom, 6 pm, 22 February, Villa Grange
- Arnab Bhattacharya & Nilimesh Chakraborty, 9 pm, 22 February, Laundry (Siem Reap)
- Arome Khmer, 30 pm, 23 February, Craft
- Loopy Reggae Duo, 7 pm, 23 February, The Box Office
- Lewis McTighe, 5 pm, 24 February, The Deck
- Boat cruise with Penh Pals and The Broken Cymbal, 6 pm, Tacos Kokopelli – tickets $7.50
- Sinville Roadshow, 6.30 pm, 24 February, Craft
- Green Leaf Motif, 7 pm, 24 February, Seekers Spirits
- Loopy Reggae Duo, 8 pm, 24 February, Little Susie
- Bangarang (Japan), 9 pm, 24 February, Laundry
- Craft beer festival with Summer Lee Carlson & Mute Speaker, 6 pm, 24 February, Monkey Republic (Kampot)
- Scott Bywater, 2.30 pm, 25 February, Villa Grange
- David Zdriluk, 6 pm, 29 February, Villa Grange