To say we were excited when Space announced two of their biggest parties would be kicking off even earlier out at sea this year would be putting it lightly. Both Carl Cox on Tuesdays and We Love on Sundays will start the party a good few hours earlier, with four boats setting sail across the week. For each iconic night, revellers will get the chance to warm things up on the Float Your Boat parties, embarking from either San Antonio or Playa d'en Bossa.
Space has lined up some of the island's finest talent to share duties as the Float Your Boat resident DJs. We Love resident Jason Bye will be testing his sea legs, along with Pacha's Andy Baxter, man about the island Paul Reynolds, and another Space favourite, Marco Loco. But who will be joining them? Onto the line-ups...
The first wave comes mostly from Playa d'en Bossa's Float Your Boat for Carl Cox, and confirms what we'd all been hoping for, that some of the biggest names hitting Space's decks on these iconic nights will also be making appearances on the boats. You can expect to see the likes of Just Be, Pan Pot, Jon Rundell, Yousef, Charlie Hedges, Guy J and Elio Risa all out at sea, and Cox fans make sure you cancel all your plans on the the 9th September, as the main man himself will be on board in charge of the decks.
Playing the Playa d'en Bossa waters on Sundays, we so far know that tech-house legend James Zabiela will be doing the honours at the end of the month, 29th June, with Jon Ulysses and Jo Mills following suit in July.
If you're staying in San Antonio, I'm afraid you'll have to wait a little longer to find out who will be headlining the pre-parties, as Space has only released one of the artists hitting the San An waters so far, keeping the rest very much under wraps. However like with the artists announced for the Bossa boats, the one they have announced is certainly a good'un. On the 27th July, Gorgon City will be warming up on board for their main set at We Love... that evening.
Warming up for the big names on the boats for four dates over the summer will be our very own DJ competition winners, before they play our Ibiza Spotlight takeovers in Space's El Salon in the evenings. The first of these very special dates is in just over a week, where our first winner DJ Venus will be playing at FYB and El Salon for Sunday's We Love... on the 29th June, followed by Jamie Ings on the 27th July, Ric James on the 7th September, and finally DJ Anthy playing on Tuesday 19th August at Carl Cox.
The Carl Cox Float Your Boat warm ups kick off with the Opening Party next Tuesday, 24th June, and with We Love.. already going strong, this Sunday will be your next chance to hit the sea for these new parties. Tickets include entry to Space. All aboard!
