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Lobby-floor jazz room at The Marmara Pera, four nights a week of local and international sets.

Zorlu PSM's 120-seat jazz box, live programme, intimate room, cocktails with the set

Library-fronted speakeasy, no sign, no social media, referral entry only

Quiet oasis in leather armchairs with book-jacket shelves

Faux-supermarket-fronted late room running consistent house and disco edits till 04:00

Cihangir garden-club where DJs push funk, disco, chill house past midnight

Microphone-free fasıl ensemble in a restored 20-year house, the real version of what Sultanahmet sells tourists

Three-floor Ottoman waterside mansion, a pre-Reina icon still hosting Istanbul's see-and-be-seen crowd

Legendary cultural hub and live music venue since 1999

Intimate nightly jazz, blues and soul off İstiklal

Beyoğlu's long-running blues dive run by Mehmet the Blues

Open-air terrace with private Bosphorus-front cabanas

The Black Sea's original beach-club institution, open June–September.

The former Babylon Kilyos, now curated music festival beach.

Istanbul's most prestigious live-music stage, jazz, funk, electronic, indie in an ex-brewery, the Robert-College-kids' institution

Bosphorus-side live-rock institution out at Burunbahçe

Cemil Topuzlu'da 30 yıllık kurumsal-canlı müzik adresi, soliste kadeh kaldırılan yer.

Glamorous open-air Bosphorus entertainment complex

Iconic club-restaurant hybrid with wraparound views

Berlin-inspired industrial techno temple