Improv Comedy Group – Ince Ayar

My friend Emily told me about a comedy improv group that perform in Jungle Bar in Kaleici every second Sunday, so I had to go along and check it out even though I knew I wouldn’t understand 90% of what they were talking about due to my severe lack of Turkish comprehension abilities.  It cost [...]

Salsa Lessons

I have been helping to run a free Salsa lesson night here in Konyaalti in Antalya. Here is the details of this weeks free Salsa Lessons at the Black Betty. Beginners welcome so if you haven’t been before why not pop along and give it a try. It’s all good fun. Because of the growing [...]

Aspendos Opera Night

On Wednesday we went to watch an opera in Aspendos amphitheatre. It was a nice 3 acts show accompanied by a lovely orchestra. The name of opera was DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL and it was performed by Ankara State Opera and Ballet.  The actors sang in Turkish, German and English, and I even heard some French [...]

Efes Blues Festival Highlights

Efes Blues Festival, Antalya 2010 I went along with my friends Joe and Dorothy to The Talya Hotel to see the Efes Pilsen Blues Festival that tours Turkey every year.  I enjoyed it last year as well but I have to say this years performers were excellent, especially the headliner, Kenny Neal. If you are thinking [...]

Efes Blues Festival 2010

This Saturday the Efes Pilsen Blues Festival will roll into Antalya. It will be the second city out of 20 in Turkey that it will visit this year. The complete tour from 1 October to 7 November 2010 consists of Denizli, Antalya, Konya, Kayseri, Mersin, Adana, Antioch, Cyprus, Gaziantep, Diyarbakir, Erzurum, Trabzon, Ankara, Edirne, Canakkale, [...]

Volkan Konak Antalya Concert

Volkan Konak will be playing a concert at Antalya Konyaalti Open Air Theatre: 21 May 2010 – Click the link to buy tickets. He has a new album out which you can order from the Volkan Konak website. Here is one of his songs and you can listen to quite a few more on his [...]

Antalya Sandcity 2010

  The International Sand Sculpture Festival opened on Friday with the theme of “Mythology II” on Lara Beach in the Mediterranean resort province of Antalya. Organized by the Culture and Tourism Ministry, the Antalya and Muratpaşa municipalities and the Antalya Association of Journalists. The festival has drawn 30 sculptors from 10 countries, including Brazil, Portugal, [...]

Salsa Festival Turkey

Turkish International Salsa Festival   If you like to dance then a visit to the Salsa Festival Turkey in Belek is an absolute must.  It will take place at TAT Golf Belek International Golf Club which is one of the most prestigious Golf Clubs in Belek and also in Turkey in general. Here is an [...]