The Cambodian Cowboy Comes to Boston | Mabazza Foundation
The Cambodian Cowboy Comes to Boston IS POSTPONED STAY TUNED
A one-night Cambodian Texas BBQ, live music, art, and community gathering supporting cancer survivorship awareness, AAPI cultural visibility, and community healing.
Friday, August 14, 2026 · 6:00 PM · Boston Chinatown · Limited capacity: 250 guests
Presented by the Mabazza Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity. EIN 33-2353033.
The Experience
Where smoke, story, music, and mission gather at the same table.
Food has a way of gathering people before anyone even knows what the night will become. For one night only, the Mabazza Foundation is bringing nationally featured Cambodian Cowboy BBQ to Boston for a cultural food experience rooted in flavor, care, visibility, and connection.
Meet the Cambodian Cowboy
From Long Beach to Boston.
Chad Phuong, known as The Cambodian Cowboy, is an acclaimed Cambodian American pitmaster whose food blends Cambodian flavor, Texas BBQ technique, and a deeply personal immigrant story.
Guests will experience a rare Boston appearance centered on food, culture, craft, and storytelling, with Cambodian Cowboy BBQ, live music, selected Mabazza Foundation artwork, and a brief mission moment recognizing cancer survivorship, resilience, and life after treatment.
Why This Matters
Joy can be part of healing.
Cancer survivorship is not only about treatment. It is also about life after treatment, rebuilding connection, being seen, and finding moments of celebration again.
Survivorship awareness
Creating a warm public moment that recognizes life after treatment, recovery, caregiving, and resilience.
AAPI cultural visibility
Celebrating Cambodian American culinary creativity and cultural presence in Boston's Chinatown.
Community gathering
Bringing people together through food, music, art, storytelling, generosity, and shared experience.
Foundation outreach
Supporting Mabazza Foundation's 2026 wellness, art, survivorship, and community-centered work.
The Food
A small gallery of smoke, sauce, fire, and generosity.
Cambodian Texas BBQ meets a Boston community table: brisket, ribs, chicken, sausage, noodles, corn, macaroni, pickles, peppers, and the kind of food that announces itself before it reaches the plate.
Admission & Sponsorship
Reserve a seat, sponsor the table, or help make the night possible.
This is not a formal gala. It is not a clinical lecture. It is a joyful, full-hearted community evening built around smoke, flavor, music, art, and meaning.
Early Supporter Admission
Cambodian Cowboy BBQ, live music, art viewing, and community gathering access. Tickets begin at $125.
VIP Supporter Admission
Early entry, BBQ, live music, art preview, preferred seating if available, and meet-and-greet access where available.
Community Sponsor
Includes one admission and supporter recognition.
Table Sponsor
Includes 8 admissions, reserved group seating, event page recognition, logo/name placement, and social media acknowledgment.
How Support Helps
Give at the level that brings the evening closer.
Producing a one-night BBQ and live music event requires upfront commitments before the night can happen. Funds raised help cover guest chef participation, food service, venue needs, live music, sound, permits, insurance, staffing, guest support, outreach, signage, and event supplies.
The minimum production threshold is $7,500. The full event budget may increase depending on final attendance, menu selection, staffing, venue needs, and guest experience details.
Art, Atmosphere, and Meaning
Not a booth. Not a lecture. A living room for culture and care.
Selected artwork donated or loaned to the Mabazza Foundation by artists and friends of the Foundation may be displayed throughout the space as part of the event atmosphere and available to purchase.
The artwork helps create a warm and meaningful setting, connecting food, beauty, memory, resilience, and community. Selected pieces may be available by inquiry or silent auction, if available.
One Night Only
Help bring The Cambodian Cowboy to Boston.
Your ticket, donation, sponsorship, or share helps bring Cambodian Texas BBQ, live music, art, cancer survivorship awareness, and community connection to Boston's Chinatown.
Friday, August 14, 2026 · 6:00 PM · Boston · Limited to 250 guests
Mabazza Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity. EIN 33-2353033.