Ibiza Gay

YOU MUST BE OVER 18 TO ENTER ANY CLUB IN IBIZA

One thing needs stating at the the beginning of this little attempted explanation, if you are looking for a gay club, that you will immediately recognise as a gay club, stick to Anfora within the walls of Dalt Vila in Ibiza Town, or, for as long as it is open, 'Babylon' in Botafoc across the harbour from Ibiza Town and not forgetting the 'SOAP Club' which is fairly busy out of season. (SOAP CLUB tends to be used as a very relaxing terrace in Season.)

Gay visitors to Ibiza tend to fall into two categories, you are either an ardent clubber, that needs to be out and seen at the right place at the right time, that has been saving up holidays, cash and energy for the opening of Ibiza's party season, or, you have never been anywhere near a night club any more challenging the Anfora.

Either way completely missing out on the Ibiza club scene would be an unholy disgrace...

Ibiza does have some of the best, biggest and wildest clubs in the world, hitting the hard core clubbers addiction head on... It also attracts some of the biggest dj's, preposterous egos, and a rather large collection of toys for throwing out of the occasional pram.

All in all the mad mix that descends on Ibiza every summer produces one amazing night life, that spreads out from the clubs in to the streets for the nightly promotional precessions.

The venues are reasonably static, but some do, bizarrely, open for a year, close for a couple of years, then reopen again, and then continue to repeat the whole cycle. The 'parties' are a different thing, and the newer the party the more likely it is to jump around venues before becoming a regular fixture or alternatively disappearing from the island completely.

When things do change on the club scene, they change with a vengeance. In 2006 most of the gay related parties - relocated to SPACE in Playa Den Bossa. Since then there has been a considerable number of soft toys flying across the island, as prams have quickly emptied.

What you make of the club scene is totally individual, being with the right friends and on the the right planet, can make or break a night as much as felling that you have being seen in the right place at the right time.

LUCIFER reopened as a gay disco, called BABYLON, ANFORA the islands long time gay club, being ANFORA.

One good piece of news is that most clubs appeared to cut their entry prices and occasionally, if you tried very hard, you could just about avoid being given a free entry wrist band for one party or another.

So apart from SPACE and the smaller clubs in and around Ibiza town, there is little point in traipsing off anywhere else unless you are a DJ whore desperate for a sniff at some sweaty DJ undies... If you still do not think a night out at one of the big parties is for you, take your mother to La Troya and try to keep up!

The venues include PRIVILEGE, AMNESIA, EL DIVINO, PACHA, ANFORA, and BABYLON and not forgetting the SOAP CLUB (there are many more).

The best source of current 'what's on' information are the daily posters displayed around every square inch of the islands bars and shops, lamp-posts etc.

More information on the island's parties can be found by clicking on PARTIES.