INTERNATIONAL ESKİŞEHİR PORSUK FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

Preparations have been completed for the International Eskişehir Porsuk Festival, which will be organised for the first time by Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality as part of the 2026 Year of Eskişehir.

WEDNESDAY, 2 SEPTEMBER

ADALAR AREA - KÖPRÜBAŞI

18.30 -- Street Parade | Vilayet Square

20.30 -- River Parade | Porsuk Boulevard

21.30 -- Mapping Show | Hakan Yılmaz

22.00 -- DJ Kemal Kaya Batmaz

THURSDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER

ADALAR AREA - KÖPRÜBAŞI

16.00 -- Theatre | "Bavul Dolusu" | Independent Theatre Artist Luigi Ciotta | Italy

17.00-18.00 -- National and International Folk Dance Performances | Bulgaria, Kosovo, North Macedonia, NAKEM, ERBALDER, Anadolu University Folk Dance Ensemble of the Folklore Research and Application Centre

18.00 -- Music on the Gondola | Golden Gondol

19.00 -- Musical Performance | "Porsuktan Akan Yunus"

21.00 -- Jomy Jai Ensemble Concert | Jomy Jai, Rocco, David Collum, Laurel Fink | British Jazz Ensemble

HALDUN DORMEN STAGE

19.30 -- Theatre | Craft Atölye | "Dalgakıran"

FRIDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER

SÜMERPARK

15.00 -- Design Market

15.00 -- Art Workshop | From Waste to Art Sculpture Workshop and Baycan Dalga Workshop

15.00 -- Opening of the Populous Sculpture Exhibition | Throughout the Festival

15.00-17.30 -- International Art Workshop | Nehir Kenarı Şövaleleri

Participants: Sanju Jain (India), Ritu Singh Panday (India), Ritu Aggarwal (India), Shraddha Panday (India), Shilpa Kishore Patole (India), Sujata Vijay Achrekar (India), Maha Sabry (Egypt), Giulia Iosco (Italy), Tudor Serbanescu (Romania), Andrew Smith (United Kingdom), Petri Hilden (Finland), Shikha Gupta (Egypt), Ülkü Usta (Türkiye), Doğa Deniz (Türkiye), Ece Zeber Özyurt (Türkiye), Bora Uluyol (Türkiye), Ekatarina Dunaeva (Russia), Simon J. Houlton (England), Seyit Ömer Kurban (Türkiye), Barış Özyurt (Türkiye).

15.00-19.00 -- Red Bull Activities

15.00-19.00 -- Cengohaus DJs | Eren Coşan and Furkan Boran

17.00 -- River Talks | The Life of Yunus Emre | Tansu Biçer (Actor) | İskele 26

18.00 -- River Talks | "Can Suyu 15" Documentary and Talk | Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Climate Working Group, Batuhan Bayram, Merve Özkiremitçi | İskele 26

19.00 -- Improvisational Theatre | "Suare" | İskele 26

20.00 -- Mini Concert | Efe Yılmaz and Olgun Koçak | Sümer Stage

20.00 -- River Cinema | "Bildiğin Gibi Değil" | İskele 26

21.30 -- Mini Concert | Soup Opera | Sümer Stage

21.30 -- Talk | Vuslat Saraçoğlu (Director) | İskele 26

KENTPARK

16.00 -- Workshops | Veronika Aydın (Russia), Antonina Kramchanina, Valeria Sonar (Russia), İrina, Angelika, Tatiana Çakır

16.00-19.00 -- Eskişehir Yeni Çizgi Exhibition (Cartoon Exhibition)

16.00-19.00 -- International Sister Cities Photography Exhibition | Lansing, Michigan (USA), Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Nicosia, Kyrenia (TRNC), Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (Belgium), Frankfurt (Germany), Linz (Austria), Changzhou, Jiangsu Province (China), Paju (South Korea), Kazan (Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation)

18.30 -- Concert | Jön | Kentpark Stage

19.30 -- Concert | Piiz | Kentpark Stage

21.30 -- Korean Gyeonggi Sinawi Orchestra | Kım Sung Jın, Park Sung A, Chanyoung Jeon, Shım Hyun Kyoung, Park Sunghye, Jeong Gıll Soon, Park Hye Yun, Lee Shın Ae, Kım Seungae, Lee Seung Chul, Ahn Geon Yong, Lee Suk Jong, Park Nam Eon, Lee Seung Uk, Song Hyobın, Myungsup Kım, Sungeun Chungs, Sungyeol Jeon, Juyon Song, Soyoung Yang | Kentpark Stage

ADALAR AREA - KÖPRÜBAŞI

16.00 -- Puppet Show | Burgas State Puppet Theatre, Bulgaria

17.00 -- Roma Orchestra | Porsuk Stage

18.00 -- Music on the Gondola | Golden Gondol

20.00 -- Concert | Gözen Vural | Porsuk Stage

ART AND CULTURE CENTRE (OPERA)

19.30 -- Theatre | Bahçe Galata | "Nora 2"

SATURDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER

SÜMERPARK

09.30 -- River Yoga | Hilal Kartal

15.00 -- Design Market

15.00 -- Art Workshop | From Waste to Art Sculpture Workshop and Baycan Dalga Workshop

15.00-17.30 -- International Art Workshop | Nehir Kenarı Şövaleleri

15.00-19.00 -- Red Bull Activities

15.00-19.00 -- Cengohaus DJs | Alihan Durmaz and Yeşim Ceylan

16.00 -- Children's Play | "Rüzgârda Savrulan Yapraklar" | Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality City Theatres

17.00 -- River Talks (Yunus Emre) | Prof. Dr. Medine Sivri | İskele 26

18.00 -- River Talks | Güven İslamoğlu | İskele 26

19.00 -- Improvisational Theatre | "Kim Sahne" | İskele 26

20.00 -- River Cinema | "Aile Arasında" | İskele 26

21.00 -- Mini Concert | Petunya | Sümer Stage

KENTPARK

16.00 -- Workshops

16.00-19.00 -- Eskişehir Yeni Çizgi Exhibition

16.00-19.00 -- International Sister Cities Photography Exhibition

18.00 -- Concert | Role | Kentpark Stage

19.00 -- Concert | Blingone K-Pop Group | Mingli Ji, Ruining Jiang, Haiqian Chen, Leying Gao, Wanxin Zhang, San Park, Xinran Ms Wang, Heewon Jeon, Hyun Jong Lee | Kentpark Stage

20.00 -- Concert | Selin Çıngır | Kentpark Stage

21.30 -- Concert | Pinhani | Kentpark Stage

ADALAR AREA - KÖPRÜBAŞI

18.00 -- Music on the Gondola | Golden Gondol

20.00 -- Concert | Big Band Firebird Orchestra | Porsuk Stage

HALDUN DORMEN STAGE

19.30 -- Theatre | Luminart | "En İyi İkinci"

SUNDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER

SÜMERPARK

09.30 -- River Yoga | Yasemin Göl

15.00 -- Design Market

15.00 -- Art Workshop | From Waste to Art Sculpture Workshop and Baycan Dalga Workshop

15.00-17.30 -- International Art Workshop | Nehir Kenarı Şövaleleri

15.00-19.00 -- Red Bull Activities

15.00-19.00 -- Cengohaus DJs | Akın Şener and Berkay Sinmez

16.00 -- Children's Play | "Rüzgârda Savrulan Yapraklar" | Eskişehir City Theatres

17.00 -- Acoustic Concert | Valeria Sonar, Russia | Sümer Stage

18.00 -- River Talks (Nasreddin Hodja) | Prof. Dr. Zülfikar Bayraktar | İskele 26

19.00 -- Theatre | Artalan Kolektif | "Yıldız" | İskele 26

20.00 -- River Cinema | "Neşeli Günler" | İskele 26

21.00 -- Mini Concert | Cosmokiss | Sümer Stage

KENTPARK

16.00 -- Workshops

16.00-19.00 -- Eskişehir Yeni Çizgi Exhibition

16.00-19.00 -- International Sister Cities Photography Exhibition

20.30 -- Council of Europe Flag of Honour Award Ceremony

21.30 -- "Mor ve Ötesi" Symphonic Concert, conducted by Orçun Orçunsel | Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Symphony Orchestra | Kentpark Stage

ART AND CULTURE CENTRE (OPERA)

19.30 -- Dance Performance | "Khatun"

Detailed information about the International Eskişehir Porsuk Festival, the festival programme and all events to be held as part of the festival is available at porsukfest.org