Music entertainment in Istanbul
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Ghetto
Decor-wise, this three-storey club behind the Flower Passage (Çiçek Pasaji) combines Renaissance-style painted high ceilings with modernist touches including a long, back-illuminated bar with bottles that seem to glow in the dark. The musical program is equally interesting, comprising creative foreign or local live acts. In summer, it hosts Peymane @ Ghetto Teras (reached via a back staircase), an open-air restaurant-cum-music lounge that ‘doesn’t close until the sun is up’. Check the website for schedules and cover charges.
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Despina
Established in 1946 by the glamorous Madame Despina, whose faded photograph greets guests at the entrance, Despina is mainly patronised by neighbourhood locals, who come for its good Armenian/Greek food (à la carte only) and the live fasıl music played by very accomplished musicians. On a warm evening the garden is a great setting for musical revelry.
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Andon
In addition to a rooftop restaurant with fine views over the Bosphorus, a wine bar with a rowdy soloist, a disco in the ground-floor and a third floor dedicated to the so-called İstanbul sanat (art) music, Andon is known for the fasıl music performed in its excellent fourth-floor meyhane. Come prepared to sing along.
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Roxy
Bright young things flock to this dance-and-performance club, off Sıraselviler Caddesi, Taksim, that includes a gallery, a party space and YAN Gastrobar. If you eat here before clubbing, you get in free via a side door, dodging the long lines outside and the possibility that you might not get past the door staff.
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Reina
Many of the Beyoğlu clubs are closed from June or July – when the party crowd moves down to Turkey’s southern coasts – until the end of September. Those clubbers who stay in town tend to flock to the open-air waterfront spots such as Reina.
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Tonique
Perched as a part-open-air penthouse duplex on the top floor of the Balans building, this has been the scene of many recent memorable electronic music and MTV happenings in the city. Resident and foreign guest DJs creatively vie to captivate beautiful scenesters.
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Donjon
Hip young things loll on the beanbags downstairs and listen to the in-house DJ spin his stuff; others seek out the pleasant roof balcony or the terraces with its swimming pool and imposing views over the Bosphorus. It's the second café from the fortress.
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Angelique
Angelique is a safe bet if you want to have dinner, a few drinks and a dance or two. You’ll need to make reservations though.
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Blackk
Blackk is a good option if you want to have dinner, a few drinks and a dance. You’ll need to make a reservation.
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Süreyya Opera House
Most performances by İstanbul State Opera and Ballet take place here.
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