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Shugar - Pink Istanbul Edition

Shugar - Pink Istanbul Edition

Saturday 14 October 2023

Saturday 14 October 2023

In Tolhuistuin - Club

Doors: 23:30, Doors close: 05:00, Main programme: 23:59

Şugar (pronounced Shoe-gar) is back, and this time with a special 'Pink İstanbul' edition. Pink Istanbul links art, music and people from Amsterdam and Istanbul with an exciting, culturally up to date programme with live acts, djs and performances. In light of recent developments in Turkey towards the LGBTQ+ community, we're turning up the volume on visibility, solidarity, and activism, through art, dance and music. Let’s celebrate love, freedom, equality and respect and get ready to make some noise!

Sugar (Shoe-gar)* is an open minded party connecting the LGBTQ+ sounds and ballroom scenes of Beirut, Athens and Istanbul. Expect the sounds of the famous scene clubs and hidden parties, house and disco, with electronic Arabic to pumping Turkpop, and from Greek çiftetelli to hiphop beats from the orient and beyond.

These cities are connected through historical, cultural, social and musical ties and Sugar brings all these connections to the stage with DJs, shows, performances and art.

* Sugar means nice, great, hot in the secret gay language of ancient and modern Ä°stanbul.

Line-up:

İpek İpekçioğu (Ber)
CakeMosq (Ä°st)
Jiletsebahat (Ä°st)
Nuri Harun Ateş (kafası karışık kontretenor) - Live (İst)

More to be announced…

Line-up

Club

  • Ä°pek Ä°pekçioÄŸu
  • CakeMosq
  • Jiletsebahat
  • Nuri Harun AteÅŸ

How to get to Tolhuistuin

Tolhuistuin (formerly Paradiso Noord) is located at IJpromenade 2 in Amsterdam North. A free ferry is departing from Amsterdam Central Station to Buiksloterweg. Turn left and you’ll walk into Tolhuistuin. For club nights, the rear entrance is used (Buiksloterweg 5C), which can be reached via the Overhoeksplein. Restaurant THT serves an extensive menu for any music lover – making a reservation is recommended.

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