Babylon Istanbul

Istanbul · TR

Babylon is an Istanbul live music venue that opened in Asmalimescit in 1999 and moved in 2015 to Yapi Kredi bomontiada, the historic Bomonti brewery site in Sisli. Its own about page counts roughly 29,000 attendees a year and 142 events in the 2024 season, and lists past bookings including Sun Ra Arkestra, Jimmy Scott, Jane Birkin, Patti Smith, Marianne Faithfull, Thurston Moore, Macy Gray, Charles Bradley, Lykke Li, Diplo, Apparat and Moodymann. The programme is described as running from jazz to rock and from electronic to world music, and confirmed 2026 dates include Isabel van Gelder on 26 September, Ben LaMar Gay Ensemble on 1 October, Yazmin Lacey on 7 October, Kassa Overall on 9 October, Kelly Lee Owens on 16 October and Bilal on 11 December, alongside the Babylon Soundgarden festival at Bonus Parkorman on 22 and 23 August 2026. The venue also hires the room out through a Kiralama page. The one published route in is a general address, which the contact page says is for questions about Babylon and for collaboration requests; the only form on the site is a newsletter signup, so there is no separate booking form.