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Organized by the İstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), the İstanbul Jazz Festival will be held with a new programme in September.
The 27th Istanbul Jazz Festival, which was postponed to a later date due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, will meet the festival audience both in open-air venues on September 2-14, 2020 and on a digital platform on September 4 - October 16, 2020.
The concerts will be available for streaming after two days on the online platform for those who would like to watch the festival in distance.
The online concerts will be open to worldwide access for 45 days with tickets. Details of the online platform will be announced in the coming days.
The programme of the 27th Istanbul Jazz Festival comprises concerts in open-air venues and on the digital platform. Concerts will be held with a limited audience due to pandemic measures. Concerts can also be streamed online from September 4 to October 16, which will require tickets.
Following priority sales for Black and White Tulip Card holders, tickets for the jazz festival go on sale on August 14 at 10.30, on biletix.com.
Festival programme
- Selen Gülün Quintet feat. Sibel Köse & Ece Göksu, Wednesday, September 2, 21.30, Sultan Park - Swissôtel The Bosphorus
- Can Güngör, Thursday, September 3, 21.30, Sultan Park - Swissôtel The Bosphorus
- Baba Zula // Make Mama Proud, Vitrin Showcase Nights, Monday, September 7, 20.00, Feriye
- Ayyuka // Pitohui // Yasak Helva, Vitrin Showcase Nights, Tuesday, September 8, 18.30, Feriye
- Islandman // Tuğçe Şenoğul // Guguo, Vitrin Showcase Nights, Wednesday, September 9, 18.30, Feriye
- Kardeş Türküler and guests Tuluğ Tırpan & Elina Duni // Andalusia Trio, Thursday, September 10, 20.00, Kuruçeşme İspark
- Bilal Karaman's MANOUCHE A LA TURCA feat. Muhammed Yıldırır & Ramazan Sesler // Büşra Kayıkçı, Saturday, September 12, 20.00, Kuruçeşme İspark
- Jülide Özçelik // Bilge Günaydın Quintet 'Daydream', Monday, September 14, 20.00, The Marmara Esma Sultan Mansion
Lifetime Achievement Awards
The 27th Istanbul Jazz Festival's Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to Atakan Ünüvar and Barbaros Erköse.
This year, with COVID-19 measures in mind, the festival's Lifetime Achievement Awards will be delivered to the artists without any ceremony.
Continued support for gender equality
Istanbul Jazz Festival keeps chasing its goals towards gender equality set by the Keychange Programme that monitors gender equality in the music industry. Pledging for a gender balance of at least 50 percent in music festivals until 2022, Keychange Programme is a pioneering international music initiative based in the United Kingdom (UK).
Currently over 300 festivals are members of the Keychange programme including Istanbul Jazz Festival since 2019, and others from Turkey such as Ankara Jazz Festival, Bozcaada Jazz Festival and Zorlu PSM Jazz Festival.
Click here for the detailed programme of the festival
(AÖ/SD)
