Highlights
Festival · HighlightsGümüşlük Music Festival
Key moments in the Festival’s history.
| Year | Highlight |
|---|---|
| 2004 | The first Festival, at Eklisia Chapel, with İdil Biret, Hüseyin Sermet, Gülsin Onay, Hande Dalkılıç and Stephen Gutman |
| 2006 | The Eklisia Summer Music School, forerunner of the GFA, with 20 students from 6 countries |
| 2007 | First concerts at the Bodrum Ancient Theatre; first corporate sponsors |
| 2010 | 42 concerts at five venues, with an audience of 15,000 |
| 2011 | The Festival opens at Bodrum Castle for the first time. The Ministry of Culture supports the Festival. |
| 2012 | The Ancient Quarry at Koyunbaba becomes the main stage |
| 2014 | Volunteers build Toprak Ev in four months |
| 2015 | Two concerts by the Kronos Quartet |
| 2016 | The three main stages, Suda · Kumda · Taşta, are introduced |
| 2017 | Egberto Gismonti performs in Türkiye for the first time; press coverage reaches 51 million |
| 2020 | Türkiye’s first green festival |
| 2023 | Gripper & Sissoko at the Ancient Quarry: the concert recording passes 310,000 views on YouTube within a year |
| 2025 | Stages of Renewal: a stage built from reclaimed material |
23 editions, 2004–2026 · 600+ events
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