Locali affini a Pera 77 Jazz & Blues Club

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

Beyoğlu's serious 400-cap live room, international bookings (Sextile, Hugo Kant), no tribute bands

Quiet oasis in leather armchairs with book-jacket shelves

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

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.

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

Iconic club-restaurant hybrid with wraparound views

The quieter Kilyos alternative, surfing, kiteboarding, sand bar.

Cognac, cigar and Friday-night jazz inside the Ottoman shipyard

Turkish viticulture by the glass at the Tünel mouth, 85 boutique producers, no foreign-name flex

Living-room-sized wine bar with charcuterie that punches above the General Yazgan address

1871 Pera wine house in the Hazzopulo Pasajı arcade, intellectuals' canteen, not a museum

Ten-tap Somx microbrewery with a vinyl wall and DJ booth on Jurnal Sokak

Tower-foot jazz bar in a former mosaic workshop

Late-night jazz bar with live trios and curated vinyl at the renovated Hilton Bosphorus