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Get ready to roam freely across Istanbul’s most iconic rooftops with a single ticket.
Rooftop Festival brings together selected premium terraces across Istanbul into one unified experience on Saturday, May 16.
With your festival ticket, you can enter all participating rooftops and move freely between venues throughout the day. Each terrace offers a different music program, atmosphere, and energy. From sunset into the night, you’ll shape your own route through different stages and views in a single day. You can join workshops at selected rooftops, experience brand activations firsthand, and explore various activities.
Among the special experiences available during the festival is the Tattoo Corner, created in collaboration with boon.art studio. With exclusive tattoo designs prepared especially for Rooftop Festival, you can turn this experience into a lasting memory.
In addition, a special Vintage Corner awaits you within the festival area. Beloved vintage brands of the city, Preloved Ist, Wald Vintage, and PDM Vintage, will offer a unique shopping experience tailored to the festival atmosphere.
With a 13-year history of hosting hundreds of international artists and thousands of participants, Rooftop Festival stands as one of Istanbul’s most distinctive urban experiences—reserve your place now.
For all details: @rooftop.festival
2026 Theme: Togetherness
Under the same sky, across different rooftops; we come together with a single collective energy. Across the city, in the same rhythm.
Different sounds. Different views. One experience.
2026 LINE-UP
PALMS TRAX · CHAOS IN THE CBD · JULYA KARMA · MARC GONEN CHEW CHEW · DORUK · EZGI · JAY GREED · JULYA KARMA · KEKURA · KRISDJ · MAONO · MARC GONEN · ORKUN BOZDEMIR · PALMS TRAX · POLE POSITION · SHARED SYSTEM · SONIDO · TEREZA · THIMBLE
ROOFTOPS / VENUES
THE ROOF AT THE RITZ-CARLTON, ISTANBUL
GALATAPORT M TERRACE
SPAGO ISTANBUL
FRANKHAN (main room + sound room), (after hours)
WORKSHOPS
Participation in workshops requires a separate workshop ticket in addition to the festival ticket. Capacity is limited.
Create Your Tapas by Koca Rifo
Location: The Roof at The Ritz-Carlton
In this special workshop led by Koca Rifo, participants will choose from various seafood options and prepare their own tapas plate. This hands-on experience blends gastronomy and creativity while matching the Rooftop Festival atmosphere.
Session 1: 16:00 – 17:00
Session 2: 18:00 – 19:00
Spritz Making Workshop
Location: The Roof at The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul
Led by Mert Kuralay, this workshop offers participants the chance to experience the preparation of an Aperol Spritz, make their own cocktail, and discover the key techniques behind spritz making.
Details and schedule information will be announced soon.
Paloma Making Workshop
Location: Galataport M Terrace
In this special workshop led by Mert Kuralay, participants will explore the fresh and vibrant world of the Paloma cocktail while preparing their own drinks and learning the techniques behind it.
Details and schedule information will be announced soon.
For workshop updates, follow us on Instagram:
@rooftop.festival
Event Rules
-Unlimited entry and exit to the rooftops is allowed with the festival ticket. There are no restrictions.
-Real-time occupancy rates of the rooftops will be shared live on our Instagram page during the festival day.
-Each rooftop will feature a different music program. Every rooftop participating in the festival will have different set times.
-Information regarding which rooftops the artists will perform at, along with workshop and set times, will be announced via our Instagram page.
-During the festival, participants will be able to follow the real-time occupancy rates of the rooftops through the Rooftop Festival website.
-Information about which rooftops will host the workshops will be announced on our Instagram page: @rooftop.festival
-Special cocktails created by different mixologists and exclusive finger food selections prepared by chefs will be available for purchase at the rooftops.
-Festival start time is 15:00 and end time is 02:00.
-The festival will take place in a standing format.
-The festival is restricted to participants aged 18 and over.
-As food and beverages will be available for purchase during the festival, bringing outside food and drinks into the festival area is prohibited.
-Food, cocktails, and workshops are not included in the ticket price.