Istanbul Travel Blog

The annual music event, the Rock’n Coke Festival is to take place on 16th and 17th of July, as always at the Hezarfen Airport. This year it will be the 7th time that Rock’N Coke Festival will take place. There will be many famous national and international musicians taking place. The tickets...

May is like the most beautiful festival month of the year… There are so many things happening this month. I feel like I have only been blabbing about where you should be going and giving out directions “do this, that and this again”. :) Joke aside, we have been having a busy week for...

  Biletix infoing us again that one of the legendary rock and heavy metal sound groups, the Deep Purple, is going to be performing in Istanbul very (very) soon. Mark you calendars for May 18th. For tickets and more, you should go onto the official web site of Biletix itself. The venue of the event...

Yet another Children’s Event… The funny and smart movie featuring Johnny Depp as well as other many lovely people is now being staged by powerful and engaging musicians. The film music was composed by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer. Already several orchestras are playing the song (as can...

As the national Children’s Day approaches; the Children’s Events or performances by those who are still children (in terms of age) are mounting. The official day is the 23rd of April; which coincides with the weekend this year. This may not be so good news for the schooling children and the...

Chick Corea and Gary Burton gave an excellent concert on 31st of March at the magnificent concert hall of CRR (Cemal Reşit Rey). CRR is one of the major concert halls in Istanbul european side: and it is owned by the municipilaty of Istanbul. Although they are not completely counterparts of one another,...

The legendary music group U2 will be arriving in Istanbul on the 6th of September to give a concert in Istanbul Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadium. U2 will be here as part of its 360° concerts, which they will be performing on a round stage that will be supported by interconnected LED panels and 64 meters high...

Now is the time to go, because there is not much left. Until the end of summer (that is for another 3 to 4 weeks), there will be live and soft tunes of Salsa surrounding the Bosphorus and the Assk Cafe in Kuruçeşme. The live performances will occur only on Thursdays -starting at 22:00 PM. Do not try...

I have been so far to three concerts from the Festival -the details of which you may find under the events on the live NileGuide site. Two of them were at the Hagia Eirene Church inside the Topkapi Palace grounds: Radu Lupu with the Istanbul State Orchestra and the trio of Gulsin Onay, Antonio Meneses...

Let’s start off with the facts & news first. Four Seasons Sultanahmet has come up with a brilliant new idea: serving pre-concert menus during the Music Festival Season, during which many of the concerts are being held in Sultanahmet. The pre-concert menu is served between hours of 18:30 and...