Jazz & Live Music in Istanbul
16 places to explore
Ağaç Ev
Kadıköy
Brick-lined snug pub with live blues, rock and jazz seven nights a week
Asa Khai Jazz Club
Karaköy
Live jazz, refined cocktails and dining inside Khai Hotel Karaköy
Blind
Beyoğlu
Beyoğlu's serious 400-cap live room, international bookings (Sextile, Hugo Kant), no tribute bands
Buddha Sahne
Kadıköy
Kadife Sokak classic with a downstairs stage and a different band every night
Gowden Club
Kasimpasa
Cognac, cigar and Friday-night jazz inside the Ottoman shipyard
Hayal Kahvesi Çubuklu
Beykoz
Bosphorus-side live-rock institution out at Burunbahçe
Kumsaati Jazz Blues Club
Beyoğlu
Beyoğlu's long-running blues dive run by Mehmet the Blues
Pera 77 Jazz & Blues Club
Beyoğlu
Lobby-floor jazz room at The Marmara Pera, four nights a week of local and international sets.
Sazzou
Harbiye
Late-night jazz bar with live trios and curated vinyl at the renovated Hilton Bosphorus
The Badau
Yeldeğirmeni
Gastro-jazz lokanta run by jazz musician Eren Noyan with a proper stage
Touché by N Kolay
Beşiktaş
Zorlu PSM's 120-seat jazz box, live programme, intimate room, cocktails with the set
Karga Bar
Kadıköy
Multi-level candlelit bar that shaped Kadıköy's music scene since 1996
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