Café Istanbul is a 3,800-square foot, handicapped-accessible performance hall with a mission of fostering, encouraging and promoting the performing arts in New Orleans. The line up of events includes live music, dance, theatre, poetry, comedy, film and visual arts. It’s located at 2372 St Claude Ave, in the New Orleans Healing Center, a 55,000 square feet building, formerly Universal Furniture. Fr
om its inception, Café Istanbul has been designed to be a top notch platform for local artists. The balcony’s ceiling was constructed as an acoustic bass trap to prevent loud sounds from escaping from the room. This acoustic ceiling treatment includes 5 inches of Quiet Batt insulation and 10 inches of regular home insulation. Unfortunately, while the city has reaped the benefits of the cultural economy with music being a huge part of it, we have invested very little in its infrastructure. Very few venues accessible to local musicians are equipped to adequately showcase their talents. Many of the current live music venues were houses never built with the intention of presenting music or any other performing arts. Many top-ranked local musicians perform infrequently in New Orleans because acoustics and sound are not adequate in many places. Many of the current music establishments are bars that have music; Café Istanbul will be a performance hall that has a bar. New Orleans deserves Café Istanbul and the musicians of New Orleans deserve it as well. Owner Contact Information:
Suleyman Aydin
(504) 329-5483
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Chuck Perkins
Ph: (504) 975-0286
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