Ibizalocation-guides.com - location guide to Ibiza featuring Ibiza Festivals information, annual festival listing for Ibiza, Spain - Last updated 31/12/2008.
The island of Ibiza is known for its year-round party atmosphere and diverse selection of festivals and entertainment, which include yachting regattas, carnivals and street parades. Popular festivals in Ibiza include the following events.
Annual Ibiza Festivals
January: Revelta i Beneides de Sant Antoni Abat, taking place each year in the middle of the month, with costumed processions, dancing and large bonfires
February: Carnival, with many spectacular parades around central Ibiza, together with fancy dress balls and a range of other events
March: Semana Santa, religious festival celebrated throughout the Ballearic Islands, with the most prominent events in Ibiza being held on Good Friday and Easter Sunday
April: Princess Sofia Trophy, without doubt the largest and most popular yachting regatta in the area
June: Sant Antoni de Juny, taking place each year on June 13th, in the Arta area of nearby Mallorca, with feasting and colourful parades
July: Dia de Virgen de Carmen, honouring this important patron saint, where many fishing boats are blessed
August: Assumption of the Virgin, held in the middle of the month each year, with celebrations all over the country
August: Sant Ciriac, with plenty of food and drink to celebrated the historic recapture of the Balearic Islands by the Spanish many years ago
The island of Ibiza is known for its year-round party atmosphere and diverse selection of festivals and entertainment, which include yachting regattas, carnivals and street parades. Popular festivals in Ibiza include the following events.