As well as the official season club closings during October, at the end of the month comes extra treasure in the shape of Ibiza's Halloween parties. It's a time to raise hell and celebrate the passing of the 2016 season, knowing next year's is still to come. Go dressed as witches and ghouls, swathed in bandages, sporting fangs or fake blood and embrace your dark side for an end of season party that everyone gets to join in on. Halloween on the island seems to get bigger each year and for 2016 you have a terrific line-up of petrifying parties with top island DJs that guarantee a bit of murder on the dance floor. Here's our selection of some of the best.
Heart Ibiza Club Restaurant
The first ever Halloween ‘gathering' comes to HEART Ibiza - the wicked laboratory of art, music and food created by Guy Laliberté of Cirque du Soleil fame and gastronomes, the Adrià brothers. The OpenLab gang will take over for this shindig, which will also serve as the official season closing of this unique venue for the season, so be up for a spirited night of scary sonics from sound masters like Robert Miles and Matthew Dekay. Summon up your best zombie, vampire or monster mates for a party that will leave you quaking in you disco boots.
Witching hour: 1 h till 6 h / 31 October 2016
Pikes
Ibiza institution, Pikes, is the home of one of the most famous Halloween celebrations on the island. This year, it returns with the eerily titled "Something Evil This Way Comes". Pull together your most spine-chilling outfits and wander round the spookily-named rooms to catch some top DJ talent from the Melon Bomb crew and Bushwacka in Freddie's Chamber or The Brothers Grim in the Spider's Nest. This is one of the best loved hair-raising parties on Ibiza where paranormal party pleasure is guaranteed.
Note: tickets for this event are now sold out as of 27 October 2016.
Witching hour: 21 h till late / 31 October 2016
Bambuddha @ Pacha
This year two legendary island names unite for Bambuddha's Halloween event when the party moves from the iconic restaurant to Pacha. One hell of a party is promised with top DJs from across the island's best venues. Expect a night that will reach “new depths of depravity” and ghoulishness, so make your costume as weird and wonderful as you can. The Halloween dinner will be served from 9 PM on the central dance floor then cleared so you can freak out Halloween style. Costumes are obligatory, so now's the time to source your spookiest gear.
Witching hour: 20 h - 7 h / 31 October 2016
Hard Rock Hotel Ibiza
This Saturday - a little earlier than most Halloween celebrations - is HardrockWeen at the Hard Rock Hotel Ibiza with the free to enter (18+) Monster Ball guaranteed to chill your blood and bones. Dress up in creepy clothes as you dance to the music of Xicu Portas. Check out the special room deals in the hotel, like the Nightmare Stay that includes a Frightening Breakfast and evening Terrifying Dinner buffet, plus of course, a one or two night stay in either a standard room or a studio suite gold for extra luxury.
Witching hour: 23 h till late and by day, 11 h - 18 h / 29 October 2016
Boutique Hostal Salinas
Boutique Hostal Salinas is the place for people of the night - and we don't just mean scary ghosts. For a real let-it-all-loose-and-party night out, this spellbinding place is hard to beat. The annual Monster Mash Morning Sessions are the stuff of legend among islanders and this haunting hostal's Halloween party grows in reputation every year. Plus you have a line-up that includes Bushwacka, Andy Baxter and Antz, who'll hopefully scare the living daylight out of you - in a good way, of course. Picture credit: phrank.net
Witching hour: 3 h till 18 h / 1 November 2016
Babylon Beach Bar
The cool beach club, Babylon invites you to a family-friendly day of fearsome fun with fancy dress a must for adults and children. Expect loads of ghoulish games, eerie entertainment and frightening face painting. There's a ‘spooktacular menu' (table reservation recommended), a blood bath of themed cocktails plus music from resident DJ George Solar and Willie Graff. A great chilling day out for all the big and little monsters out there.
Witching hour: 13 h - 22 h / 31 October 2016
Here's wishing you a night that's full of tricks and many treats at one of these fang-tastic parties.
WORDS | Julian Heathcote
