Welcome to Ibiza's secret nightclub
A supposed secret club, without a phone and by invitation only, promises the most 'underground' electronic music on the island.
IbizaIbiza's territory naturally breeds nightclubs. They're like thistles, mosquitoes, or that new roundabout: one day it's gone, and the next you have to swerve around it. The rumor of a new secret nightclub hasn't surprised us locals much. We're already used to it. The MDM website (midnightdancemusic.comThe website specializing in electronic music covered it with the headline: 'A new hidden club in Ibiza, without a phone and by invitation only, could open this year.' Bullshit Party (a perfectly serious publication despite its name) the style was more direct: 'Rumors point to a secret club in Ibiza by 2026'. The local press has also picked up on it, and Ibiza Daily He recalled the case of The Kave, a cave in San Carlos de Peralta converted into a club and which functioned as after Without any permit for an indeterminate number of years, until the Santa Eulària Town Hall shut it down.
It's well known that hidden things wield a power that visible things lack. It's the essence of eroticism in any of its forms: horizontal, vertical, or lying down. Not even the entire universe (insert UNVRS if you wish) can compete with a small, clandestine dive. No, you won't be able to take a picture, but you can 'say' you've been there, and others will look at you with that greenish envy that comes with a tinge of envy. According to the rumor, widely circulated on social media, this secret club will have a capacity of only 300. clubbersIt will not allow phones (otherwise the secret could soon be out) and will be in a hidden location on 'the mountain' that can only be reached by invitation.
The new establishment will focus on the latest electronics undergroundPure techno and innovative rhythms, trends relegated to irrelevance by large clubs and massive crowds, represent the current Ibiza nightlife business: making a killing with the allure of famous DJs and more or less mainstream music. The average Ibiza tourist isn't exactly a music lover either. The longing for the authentic Ibiza threatens to overflow the island's narrow confines. The locals yearned for a time when you could go to the beach without background music. And the old-timers... clubbers And some newcomers long for the parties of yesteryear, without cell phones and without so much posing. The issue is more serious than it seems: according to the MDM website, there are already several clubs in Ibiza that don't allow cell phones. One is the legendary Pikes, an iconic boutique hotel where Freddie Mercury, Grace Jones, and George Michael stayed in the 80s, and which organizes parties where cell phones are prohibited. The other is the Tomodachi club, born with a much more laid-back spirit. underground And it doesn't have a fixed location, in principle; to find out what's happening and where, you have to track them down online, and to register on their website, you have to declare your three favorite parties, as if to prove you're not an infiltrator. Tomodachi presents itself as a club offlinewith a "strict no-phones policy".
A Summer Without Detectives
And speaking of infiltrators, the Ibiza Council last year abandoned one of its most successful initiatives: hiring private detectives to infiltrate illegal parties and report them. The Council maintained this service for four years with excellent results; in 2023 alone, the detectives managed to infiltrate 33 illegal parties in villas and other unregulated venues, a figure that gives us an idea of the scale of this underground economy. We don't know if the Ibiza Council will again employ a private detective service in 2026. The latest official position is that the situation is much more under control than in previous years, and that perhaps it's no longer necessary to call in Sherlock Holmes to keep an eye on the most enthusiastic partygoers. During the Covid-19 pandemic and immediately afterward, between 2020 and 2022, illegal parties proliferated on Ibiza, replacing the regular offerings of nightclubs. The bubble grew to considerable proportions, and alarm bells started ringing within the powerful nightlife sector.
That time has passed. Ibiza's nightlife sector has been revived under the tutelage of the Matutes family, the new champions of nightlife; the reported revenue for 2024, from entrance fees alone, was 150 million euros. This doesn't include income from drinks or other revenue streams, and it's without UNVRS yet open—the largest nightclub in Ibiza with a capacity of 10,000 people, scheduled to open in 2025. We don't have revenue figures for last year. The sector's actual turnover must necessarily be much higher. Right now, there's no one who can outdo the nightclub owners. Last season ended with a detail that gives us an idea of their power and effectiveness. During the DANA storm of October 2025, Ibiza came to a standstill. Between October 10 and 13, especially on Saturday the 11th, businesses, public transport, and even the airport shut down for a couple of hours...; everything except the nightclubs, which served their 30,000 customers without any particular incident. clubbers that were circulating on the island because of the closingsThat's right: in case of emergency, the best thing to do in Ibiza is party; if you're in Ibiza and the world ends, find a nightclub to take refuge in.
In the nightlife sector, nothing can overshadow it. But there's background noise. The fact that a simple rumor about a secret club is bouncing around like this, without much concrete information, is proof of that. I hope the people at the secret club in the mountains do well, that they can open, and that they secretly invite me. If so, you can be sure I won't tell.
