Summer season starts at Babylon Aya Yorgi on June 9th! It’s time to enjoy sea, sun, music, nature and fun at Babylon Aya Yorgi. The dream of Babylon continues at the beautiful bay of Cesme, Aya Yorgi with 20 acres of lemon trees, a wide beach, and the magnificent blue...
Death in Vegas
posted by Antoine
Surprisingly, Death in Vegas has never been playing in Turkey before. Richard Fearless (Richard Maguire) and Tim Holmes, the two original members of Death in Vegas are finally coming to Istanbul and will be playing at our beloved temple of Babylon this Saturday 12th of...
Babylon Istanbul
posted by Antoine
Babylon turns Istanbul on! Babylon opened its doors in 1999 as a multi-purpose performance center and is Turkey’s best live music venue. Babylon presents a monthly program featuring eclectic selections from jazz to reggae, world music to electronica, Latin to Turkish...
Sun Ra Arkestra
posted by Antoine
The blown-up black and white photo seen on Babylon’s wall actually has a lot to say. On April 15th 1990, after Istiklal had been closed to traffic a large lorry began its journey with jazz guru Sun Ra on top performing their extra-terrestrial music. This was followed by two outstanding and equally mesmerising concerts at Cemal Resit Rey concert hall. The Sun Ra concerts were the first time people heard of Pozitif and this in a sense is the reason behind Babylon’s existence. Sun Ra sadly passed away in 1993, however his band the Sun Ra Arkestra made a come back to Istanbul in 2002 with two amazing performances at...
The Gaslamp Killer
posted by Antoine
Thank you Babylon Istanbul for hosting yet another impressive performance! Last Saturday,The Gaslamp Killer turned the venue on fire, and he had a few tools to help him do that: not only he proudly claims his grandmother is from Tekirdag, Turkey, but he also insisted on his...
Nouvelle Vague
posted by Antoine
“Long Way From Home” is a video project which aims to capture the feeling of -mostly- foreign music in Istanbul. While Nouvelle Vague was in Istanbul in May ’11, they shot this very intimate video of the band playing “Où veux-tu qu’je...
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