Events, Festivals and Exhibitions

Festivals in Cambodia

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  • Victory Over Genocide Day Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Monument

    Victory Over Genocide Day 2026 Cambodia

    Cambodia , Cambodia

    Also known as Cambodian Victory Day, Victory Over Genocide Day falls on January 7 and marks the ousting of the Pol Pot-led Khmer Rouge regime in 1979. Celebrations are sober

    Free
  • Chinese New Year

    Chinese New Year Festival in Cambodia, 2026

    Cambodia , Cambodia

    While Chinese New Year isn’t an official holiday in Cambodia, locals love an excuse to celebrate and what better excuse than to mark Chinese Spring Festival?...

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  • Royal ploughing ceremony National Museum of Cambodia

    Royal Ploughing Ceremony Cambodia 2026

    Cambodia , Cambodia

    The Royal Ploughing Ceremony, officially known as “Preah Reach Pithi Bonn Chrot Preah Neangkol”, is an ancient royal rite held in May to mark the end of the dry season and the start of the monsoons

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  • King Sihamoni's Birthday Queen Mother's Birthday Norodom Sihamoni’s Coronation Day Royal Palace Phnom Penh

    King Sihamoni’s Birthday Cambodia 2026

    Cambodia , Cambodia

    Cambodia celebrates King Sihamoni’s birthday annually with a public holiday on May 14. Until 2020, the event was marked with a three-day public holiday. This has since been slashed to

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  • Visak Bochea Day Buddha Cambodia Begins at 40

    Visak Bochea Day, Cambodia 2026

    Cambodia , Cambodia

    As the most sacred day in the Buddhist calendar, Visak Bochea Day is celebrated with great revere. It sees celebrators dress in white and dish out a form of rice pudding called kheer...

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  • King Sihamoni's Birthday Queen Mother's Birthday Norodom Sihamoni’s Coronation Day Royal Palace Phnom Penh

    Queen Mother’s Birthday, Cambodia 2026

    Cambodia , Cambodia

    June 18 marks the birthday of the Queen Mother, former Queen consort of King Sihanouk. Queen Mother's Birthday is celebrated with a public holiday and explosive fireworks...

  • King Sihamoni's Birthday Queen Mother's Birthday Norodom Sihamoni’s Coronation Day Royal Palace Phnom Penh

    King Norodom Sihamoni’s Coronation Day 2026 Cambodia

    Phnom Penh Riverside Sisowath Quay, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

    Norodom Sihamoni’s Coronation Day on 29 October marks the day that the current King of Cambodia officially took to the throne. It is celebrated...

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  • Independence Day of Cambodia Things to do in Phnom Penh Independence Monument

    Independence Day of Cambodia 2026

    Cambodia , Cambodia

    Independence Day of Cambodia is held each year on 9 November. It is a public holiday. Cambodia was under French rule for 90 years, and 9 November officially marks the

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