BaBa ZuLa // support

Name: BaBa ZuLa // support
Start: 2026-10-23T20:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-23T22:00:00+02:00
Location: Burgerweeshuis

took place · 23 Oct 2026

Burgerweeshuis, Deventer

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BaBa ZuLa performs original compositions with so much improvisation that no two shows are ever the same. The Istanbul-based band - founded in 1996 - blends shamanic roots with contemporary Istanbul, using the electric saz and wooden spoons among other instruments.

On stage they combine music, poetry, dance and theatre, enhanced by hypnotic rhythms and colourful costumes.

About: BaBa ZuLa

Thirty years after forming in Istanbul, BaBa ZuLa remain a restless force: Anatolian psychedelia, dub and electronics collide in shows that are never the same twice, driven by Murat Ertel's electric saz and Levent Akman's rhythmic machines.

84.5K

monthly listeners on Spotify

~100

concerts per year (pre-pandemic)

What's new

2026-09
BaBa ZuLa releases their jubilee album XXX on 25 September 2026 via Glitterbeat Records, exactly thirty years after the band's founding.
2026-06
The band shared the first single 'Kutsal Zeytin Halayı' from the upcoming album XXX, accompanied by a visualiser.
2026-10
BaBa ZuLa plays a European tour in October 2026 through cities such as Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Prague, Vienna, Munich and Salzburg.

Tour

BerlinLeipzigDresdenPragueViennaMünchenSalzburgHamburgIstanbul

Tracks

Arsız Saksağan (Cheeky Magpie)Lead single from İstanbul Sokakları (2024), featuring protest footage from Turkey

Yok Haddi Yok HesabıSingle from İstanbul Sokakları (2024), with official music video

Pisi Pisi HalayıTrack from İstanbul Sokakları (2024)

Kutsal Zeytin HalayıFirst single from anniversary album XXX (2026)

Hayvan GibiLive direct-to-disc recorded album (2020), recorded at Artone Studio, Netherlands

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