Cafe Istanbul Performance Theater – New Orleans

Café Istanbul is a 3,800 square feet performance hall with the mission of fostering and promoting live music, dance, theatre, poetry, comedy, film and visual arts. Located at 2372 St Claude Ave, inside the New Orleans Healing Center on the Rampart Street side, Cafe Istanbul anchors the St Claude arts district, providing coveted space for the ever-burgeoning NOLA theatre and performance community.

Since 2011, Café Istanbul has been a top notch platform for local musicians. It provides a high quality JBL sound system with effective, low-end sound proofing.
The balcony has been dedicated as gallery space, displaying the work of local painters and photographers on a monthly rotating basis.

Café Istanbul has a clean & wide oak stage that spans 12′ by 24, With 4′ sections which increase the stage’s size to 16′ by 24′, it was designed with dancers & acrobats in mind. The sand-filled Stage is regularly reconfigured with a 12′ run way, to host fashion shows

Café Istanbul has the capacity to show movies in stereo and 5.1 surround sound. Check Monday listings.

Live music is more connected to the cultural fabric of New Orleans than in any other city in the country. No matter what they say in Austin, Texas, New Orleans is still the real centre of American music, all over the world; if there is any doubt, one only has to watch the HBO seriesTreme.

Café Istanbul was designed from its inception with performance art in mind. There isn’t a bad seat in the house.