Ibiza Opening

Parties
Everything you need to
know about Ibiza's Opening
Parties

Want to be the first to hear about

Ibiza Opening Parties 2023? Leave
your email and we’ll be in touch

Email
!

SIGN UP

very year in May, Ibiza

E wakes up from its winter

hibernation. Energised,
fresh, and ready to take on
the new summer season, workers and
locals prepare for another 5 month
adventure that always ends up being
di!erent to the last.

Ibiza returned with a bang in 2022 after 2

years of li"le to no dancing at all. It was
the longest season in the island’s history,
and long may that continue!

Will you be ready for another season to

remember in 2023?

···

In this article:

When do Ibiza Opening Parties

take place?

Is May a good time to visit

Ibiza?

The International Music Summit

(IMS)

Ibiza Club Opening Parties

Confirmed Ibiza Opening Parties

2023

If you just can’t wait for your Ibiza fix,

then look no further than heading to the
island for Opening Parties. It’s a period of
acclimatisation before the season really
gets into its rhythm, typically spanning a
few weeks from mid-May to early June.

Some, but not all clubs, host their own,

one-o! parties that aren’t a#liated with
any specific promoter. With it being such
a unique time on the island, you often
find people coming to Ibiza purely for
either opening or closing parties.


Opening parties are all about
se!ing a standard for the rest
of the season.

···
Plano Individual Amil

DJ Line ups are often amongst the

strongest, and clubs may well extend
opening hours or change the layout of
the club for these one-o! events.

We still have fond memories of Opening

Parties at Space (now Hï). The entire car
park at the back of the venue was
opened up, creating an incredible
festival-like atmosphere that completely
changed the vibe of the whole club. Ah…
memories.

This page is regularly updated: lots of

Ibiza Opening Parties get announced
from January until April.

So make sure to keep this page

bookmarked. You can also sign up to our
newsle"er for the latest Ibiza 2023 news.

Go directly to confirmed 2023

Opening Parties

 

When do Ibiza
Opening Parties take
place?

___

···

When exactly do Ibiza Opening Parties

take place? As with Ibiza’s Closing
Parties, there’s no o"cial time period for
when the season starts or finishes. In the
past few years, many see the
International Music Summit (IMS) as the
time when the season really gets
underway. Its end of conference finale at
Dalt Vila is often the same weekend when
you’ll see a lot of other opening parties
kicking o!.

IMS typically takes place over the course

of a few days between the 20th-24th
May. So in a normal year, most Opening
Parties start in Ibiza by the 21st-23rd
May.

However, 2022 was the longest season

Ibiza has ever seen, with IMS and Opening
Parties taking place a whole month
earlier, at the end of April. As the years
go by we are seeing the Ibiza season
window ge"ing larger and larger.

···

And the good news is… this is also the

case for 2023. IMS have confirmed their
conference takes place between
Wednesday the 26th – Friday 28th April
2023.

As a result, Ibiza’s Opening Parties began

on Wednesday the 26th April 2023. And
some even earlier!

Skip to Ibiza 2023 Opening Parties –

What we know so far

Looking at previous seasons, it’s

definitely ge"ing more and more di#cult
to guess when Ibiza clubs and parties get
underway.

We analysed the last few seasons of

Opening Parties, which shows us they are
taking place earlier every year:

We can comfortably predict plenty of

parties will already be ge"ing underway
by the 21st May.

However, there’s no doubt you’ll be able

to find lots going on earlier that month.

···


Perhaps the future of Ibiza’s
Opening Parties will be aligned
with the Early May Bank
Holiday in the UK, which falls on
the first Monday of May each
year.

IBIZA CLUB
CALENDAR 2023
Discover the best parties and find
tickets for your trip to Ibiza

E X P LO RE

Is May a good time to

visit Ibiza?

···

But what can you expect if you do

decide to kickstart your summer early
with a trip to Ibiza in May?

For us, May is one of the best times to

visit the island.

With it not being peak season, you’ll be

able to find some cheaper deals for
ge"ing to and staying on the island.

Flights can be found for under £100.

Accommodation in May is cheaper too.

You will typically find hotel prices in May
30% cheaper than in the peak months of
July and August. So there are lots of
deals to be had. Check out our Ibiza Party
Villa and Ibiza Party Hotel articles for
some inspiration on where to stay on the
island.

The Weather in May is definitely a factor

if you decide to come for Opening
Parties. May is not the ho"est time of
year to visit Ibiza, but you can still
expect plenty of sunshine, with
temperatures in the low 20s. In the last
couple of seasons, the average
temperature in May has been 23 degrees.

Finally, coming to Ibiza in May will be a

more relaxed holiday than in peak
months. With fewer tourists, and
workers/locals energised from the winter
break, it’s an exciting and non-stressful
time to visit.

···

Ibiza Opening Parties

Mostrar Lista

Carregando
mapa...

The International
Music Summit (IMS)

···

You may have heard mentions to IMS and

wondered what it’s all about. IMS stands
for the International Music Summit, an
annual music industry conference that
has taken place in Ibiza since 2008.

Often considered as the European

version of Miami’s WMC (Winter Music
Conference), it has hosted many of the
world’s top music execs and artists alike:
Seth Troxler, Nile Rodgers, Carl Cox,
deadmau5 & Moby have all been amongst
the guests to feature on panels and
talks, with Pete Tong being one of the
summit’s founders.

Check out the YouTube channel for some

of the talks that cover all sorts of topics
from music publishing, touring, mental
health in the dance music industry, and
of course the season ahead in Ibiza.


For us, May is one of the best
times to visit the island.

···

It’s all interesting stu!, but many

associate IMS with one thing in
particular: the “Grand Finale” parties in
Ibiza Old Town’s Dalt Vila.

These special parties are the only time

that the UNESCO Heritage site is
permi"ed to be used as a music venue
throughout the whole year, and they are
a sight to behold.

With a wide range of artists typically on

the line up for their Grand Finale parties,
they are the perfect way to kickstart the
Ibiza clubbing season, and many consider
this weekend to be when the island really
wakes up for the summer.

The conference was held virtually in 2020

& 2021 due to the pandemic. In 2022 the
conference was finally able to move to its
new home at Pacha‘s Destino Hotel
Resort for the first time.

2023 sees IMS take place between the

26th – 28th April 2023.

Ibiza Club Opening

Parties

We mentioned already that some clubs

host their own one-o! opening parties,
and next season will be no di!erent.
Once we know more about each club’s
o#cial opening party, we’ll update the
information below.

···

A MNE S IA 

H Ï / U S H UA ÏA 

PAC HA 

P RI V I L E G E 

EDEN 

I B I Z A R O C KS 

O B E AC H 

IBIZA 2023
NEWSLETTER
Get the latest Ibiza 2023 news
delivered straight to your inbox

SIG N UP

Ibiza Opening Parties

2023

What we know so far

Watch this space for more 2023

announcements!

···

Ibiza Party
Calendar July
Ushuaïa & Hï will hold a joint day & 2023 - Ticket…
Line Up &
Events
night party on Saturday the 29th April,
called “Signal”
Pacha opens on Friday the 28th of