The 18th Istanbul Jazz Festival, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, and sponsored for the 14th time by Garanti Bank, will take place between July 1-19.

The 18th Istanbul Jazz Festival will again fill the heart of Istanbul with jazz with over 40 concerts and more than 300 local and foreign artists. Legendary names as Joss Stone, Jamie Cullum, Herbie Hancock, Marcus Miller, Paul Simon, Michel Camilo, Randy Crawford, Joe Sample, Dianna Reeves, Buika, Matt Bianco, Raul Midón, Richard Bona, Amadou & Mariam, Zakir Hussain, İlhan Erşahin, Patrick Wolf and more will be performing in the open air theatre.