SUNDAZE
Anew
ARTISTS

Creative
Encounters

The people, performances and collaborations that shaped the SUNDAZE atmosphere.

A SUNDAZE artist performing in the last light of the dayISTANBUL · GOLDEN HOUR · LIVE ARCHIVE
PERFORMANCES

For more than a decade, SUNDAZE has brought internationally celebrated artists together with emerging local voices.

Each performance became part of a larger atmosphere — shaped not by status or genre alone, but by presence, openness and the people gathered around it.

FROM THE ARCHIVE
AMONG MANY — ACROSS LOCAL SCENES, CITIES AND YEARS
THE CORE ARCHIVE

Performance Archive

A full concert field seen from within the audienceLIVE PERFORMANCE · THE FIELD IN FULL
IISTANBUL

Where the field first took shape.

ISTANBUL · SINCE 2014WHERE THE FIELD FIRST TOOK SHAPE
A SUNDAZE gathering beside the water at sunsetISTANBUL · WATERFRONT · GOLDEN HOUR
SUNDAZE ARCHIVE
Peggy GouSELECTED ARTIST
Peggy GouSUNDAZE ARTIST ARCHIVE
Fruit offered at the entrance to a SUNDAZE gatheringISTANBUL · ENTRANCE WITH FRUIT
ISTANBUL · SUNDAZE ARCHIVE
2020 · THE FORM CHANGED

When gathering at festival scale became impossible, SUNDAZE created Kulüp — a smaller, more intimate form shaped by the conditions of its time.

A dancer moving through blue and violet light at KULÜPKULÜP · DANCER IN LIGHT
KULÜP · SUNDAZE ARCHIVE
IIZAAROUR · BEIRUT

Ten gatherings above the clouds.

A SUNDAZE gathering in Zaarour above a field of clouds at sunsetZAAROUR · 1,800 M · ABOVE THE CLOUDS
SUNDAZE ARCHIVE
ZAAROUR · 1,800 MCLOUDS BELOW · TEN GATHERINGS
SELECTED VOICES — ACROSS THE FIELD
IIIPARIS · SEINE

One gathering. One river. A field in motion.

A SUNDAZE riverboat gathering on the Seine at sunsetPARIS · RIVERBOAT ON THE SEINE
SUNDAZE ARCHIVE
PARIS · SEINEONE RIVERBOAT · A FIELD IN MOTION
IVBERLIN

Lake, open field, quiet room — the field kept changing shape.

PLÖTZENSEE · 2022THE FIRST BERLIN FIELD OPENED BESIDE THE LAKE
The SUNDAZE field beside Plötzensee lake in BerlinBERLIN · PLÖTZENSEE · LAKE EDGE
SUNDAZE ARCHIVE
Fruit prepared for the SUNDAZE entrance ritual in BerlinBERLIN · ENTRANCE WITH FRUIT
SUNDAZE ARCHIVE
A mirrored light sphere above the SUNDAZE field by the Berlin lakeBERLIN · LAKE FIELD
SUNDAZE ARCHIVE
TEMPELHOF · 2023 · GUERRILLA SUNDAZEA LOCATION REVEALED TWO HOURS BEFORE GATHERING
REFINING · 2025THE FIELD BECAME QUIETER
An artist leading a Refining listening session beside the waterREFINING · LISTENING PRACTICE
Listening, conversation, returnSUNDAZE ARTIST ARCHIVE
VMEXICO CITY

The field, carried across an ocean.

MEXICO CITYTHE FIELD, CARRIED ACROSS AN OCEAN
SELECTED VOICES — CONTINUED
BEYOND PERFORMANCE

Not every encounter happened on a stage. Refining brought original sound practice, listening and conversation into the field — collaborations in sound, space and form that continue between gatherings.

WIDER ARTIST ARCHIVE

AND MANY MORE — ACROSS LOCAL SCENES, CITIES AND YEARS.

The names above are only part of a much wider musical history — many more local artists, collectives, live acts and soundsystems across different cities and years.

More than performances. More than names. Moments remembered together.