An initiative offering free holidays in Ibiza and other destinations to NHS and public sector health workers from across Europe has launched a crowdfunding campaign.
Announced last summer, Together for Health Heroes (T4HH) aims to provide a complimentary vacation to key staff who showed professionalism and strength during the pandemic.
Illegal parties and gatherings in Ibiza will be infiltrated by foreign "detectives" in a bid to tackle rising cases of Covid-19.
Spanish officials have announced that nationals from other countries aged between 30 and 40 will be employed to locate clandestine events taking place on the island. The decision has been made following two weeks of worrying infection figures which have seen cases rise to 1,814 per 100,000 people.
Ushuaïa Ibiza will fully reopen its doors for the first time in more than 21 months this Saturday, 31st July, with music events now beginning to return to Ibiza following the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kicking off this summer's season Ushuaïa is hosting a new open-air, seated event concept created especially for this year, called Palmarama. The event series is the work of The Night League, the team behind both Ushuaïa and Hï Ibiza.
Paul van Dyk has remixed Energy 52’s Ibiza trance anthem, ‘Cafe Del Mar’.
The track, named after the iconic White Island sunset hangout, was first released in 1993, but it wasn't until later in the decade that it achieved real recognition. The seminal Three 'N One (1997) and Nalin & Kane (1998) versions are arguably the best known, although Marco V (2002), deadmau5 (2008), and Tale of Us (2018) are all noteworthy in their own right.
The Balearic Islands are set to be put back on the UK’s amber travel list from 19th July.
Ocio de Ibiza has proposed a ban on DJs that perform at illegal parties in villas and other private locations, which "are becoming more and more professionalised."
The organisation — which represents the interests of clubs, venues, and other nightlife businesses on the island — made the suggestion that these DJs be banned from playing established venues in a meeting last week. The lack of regulatory powers to close down gatherings has led to the idea that the industry itself should take action.
Ibiza's first pilot club event has recorded no new coronavirus infections.
The first pilot event on the White Isle took place at the Hard Rock Hotel on Friday 25th June, with 1200 of the island's key workers invited for a session aimed at testing COVID-19 protocols within nightlife and music settings ahead of clubs being allowed to return en masse.
Update 7/07/2021: A previous version of this article inaccurately stateed that 500 new COVID-19 cases had been reported in Ibiza last week. This has been amended to reflect the correct number of cases reported across the Balearic Islands on Monday.
The Balearic government is introducing new restrictions in the Sant Antoni area of Ibiza, in order to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Tourists arriving into Ibiza from the UK will need to show a negative COVID-19 test or proof of vaccination in order to enter. The new requirements will come into effect on Friday 2nd July.
Cova Santa – the outdoor Ibizan venue owned by Amnesia – has announced a series of events throughout July 2021.
International event brands like All Day I Dream, Pyramid, Do Not Sleep, Rumours and WooMoon will be bringing DJs like Sasha, Guy Gerber, Ricardo Villalobos, Lee Burridge, Adam Beyer and Ida Engberg, FINA Records Simon Morrell and son of Balearic legend Alfredo. Jamie Fiorito. Indie pop group Sophie and the Giants will also play an Italo- and disco-inspired set while the White Island Orchestra will play a live set of Ibiza classics.
