Ground Zero Festival

The city's new independent music and culture festival!

From December 4–5, 2026, Paribu Art will host Ground Zero, a festival focused on music, publishing, and independent culture. Bringing together artists, independent record labels, publishers, and culture producers from different countries, Ground Zero gathers everyone in Istanbul for two days.

Ground Zero's two-night music program features The Bug feat. Warrior Queen, Lorenzo Senni, KAVARI, Charlie Osborne, Rat Section, and Prison Religion from the international electronic music scene, along with Granul, Grup Ses & Gökalp K., Sami Baha, Syntia & Jtamul, UZ3ME, and many others from Istanbul's independent music scene. Live performances and DJ sets create a program that spans experimental electronic music to club culture, presenting diverse sounds and approaches.

During the day, the festival highlights vinyl records, printed publications, and idea exchange. Local and international independent record labels, publishers, and culture platforms gather at the record fair to showcase and sell their vinyl and publications. Participants like N.A.A.F.I., Doyenne, Hundebiss, Never Sleep, Caz Plak, and Oath Records bring together different production and distribution channels of independent publishing.

The Forum program brings together artists, curators, publishers, and culture producers under this year's theme, "Word of Mouth." It examines how independent culture spreads—often not through official channels, but through people, communities, and collective production.

Ground Zero

December 4–5, 2026

Paribu Art, Kadıköy / Istanbul

Tickets on sale.