Festivals In Istanbul
and in the stambouliote area

	INTERNATIONAL MYSTICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL Concert hall of Cemal Resit Rey Konser Salonu - Harbiye Every year in June, in the downtown. INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL OF ISTANBUL Web : www.istfest.org. E-mail: press.pr@istfest-tr.org Tel.: 293 31 33. Fax: 249 55 75 The festival is organized by the Foundation of the Art and the Culture of Istanbul. Every years in July.  Concerts in Open Air  Theatre (Açik Hava Tiyatrosu). INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MUSIC Web : www.istfest.org. E-mail: press.pr@istfest-tr.org Tel.: 293 31 33. Fax: 249 55 75 Every years in June to the beginning of July The festival is organized by the Foundation of the Art and the Culture of Istanbul. INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE & TECHNO (ULUSLARARASI DANCE VE TECHNO FESTIVALI) HIP Productions, website: www.hippro.com Every years in September since 1998. EFES PILSEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF BLUES (ULUSLARARASI EFES PILSEN BLUES FESTIVALI) Pozitif Production, Web : www.pozitif-ist.com Festival created in 1987,  every years in October. Tickets : on the spot or by Biletix, Web : www.biletix.com, Tel.. : (216) 454 15 55. FESTIVAL OF ALTERNATIVE MUSIC (ALTERNATIV MÜZIGI FESTIVALI) HIP Productions, website: www.hippro.com Every years in October AKBANK  JAZZ FESTIVAL (AKBANK CAZ FESTIVALI) Ak Bank, Web : www.akbankcaz.com Every years in the end of October or at the beginning of November.   Tickets(except in Aya Irini)  : by Biletix, Web : www.biletix.com, Tel. : (216) 454 15 55. THE NIGHTS OF THE FORTRESS OF ROUMELIE (RUMELI HISARI YILDIZLI GECELER) Web : www.rumelihisari.com FESTIVAL OF GYPSY MUSIC Of ISTANBUL (ISTANBUL ÇIGANE MÜZIGI FETIVALI) Information : www.armada.com First week of May, every year. INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (ULUSLARARASI ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVALI) Information : Istanbul Kültür ve Sanat Vakfi, Istiklal Caddesi 146, Luvr Apt, 80070 Beyoglu. Director : Hülya Uçansu. Web : www.istfest.org. E-mail: film.fest@istfest-tr.org Tel.: 334 07 23. Fax: 334 07 02 Every year in lApril. INTERNATIONAL DAYS OF THE SHORT METRAGE - ISTANBUL (ISTANBUL ULUSLARARASI KISA FILM GÜNLERI) Information : Hilmi Etikan, Sofyali Sokak 4 - Beyoglu /Tünel festival@kisafilm.com Web : http://members.tripod.com/hilmietikan/Sayfa7.htm (in French) Tel.: 252 57 00. Fax: 249 38 88 Every year in April. GAY FILM FESTIVAL  - ISTANBUL Information : lambda@lambdaistanbul.org In the middle of January of every year. INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF THE VISUAL ARTS Information Web : www.istfest.org. E-mail:press.pr@istfest-tr.org Tel.: 293 31 33. Fax: 249 55 75. Organized every year in September - October by the Foundation of Arts. INTERNATIONAL THEATER FESTIVAL Information Web : www.istfest.org . E-mail: press.pr@istfest-tr.org Tel.: 293 31 33. Fax: 249 55 75 Every year in  May. ROUMELIE FORTRESS FESTIVAL OF THEATER (RUMELI HISARI TIYATRO FESTIVALI) Information : www.istanbul.com.tr/tiyatro.asp In June. INTERNATIONAL MARATHON OF ISTANBUL Information : www.istanbulmarathon.org Every year in October. MUSIC FESTIVAL Information : www.geocities.com/fetedelamusic This festival born in the Eighties in France, is also present in Turkey since the middle of the Nineties, in June. In Istanbul, one can attend concerts of amateurs or professional Turkish, free in several parks public (Taksim, Sultan-Ahmet, etc). TRADITIONAL WRESTLING FESTIVAL OF KIRKPINAR Information Tel.: (0284) 213 91 80. Fax : (0284) 212 57 57 Information (nonofficial) : www.kirkpinarwrestling.com and www.kirkpinar.net In June.

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