“It’s been 20 years and we are still in the fight and in the commitment to program live music on the island,” says Diego Calvo, who in this 2025 unites the three musical brands he promotes: Rock Nights, Dorado Live Shows and Sonorama Ibiza each with its own personality, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the rock parties and the tenth anniversary of the concert series. There will be eight musical events with names such as Depedro, Joe Crepúsculo, Alcalá Norte, Natalia Lacunza, León Benavente and Shinova, among others.
The stages will also be varied, although the center of operations will continue to be the Venice Bay space in Cala de Bou, there will be trips to the Pereyra Theater and the port of Sant Antoni. The main novelty here will be in the Rock Nights party, which after twelve seasons at the Pikes Hotel in Sant Antoni, will open its own club in 2016 and this year will have another venue yet to be announced. Of course, at the Pikes will be held every year the anniversary party, which this year will be on Thursday July 17.
The dates with this veteran party will begin on Thursday, April 17, already at Easter, and will end on Friday, October 31 with a Hallloween party, both at the Pereyra Theater, but in each one there will be a concert first.
The concerts
In order, the kick-off will be on Thursday, April 17 at the Pereyra Theater with the acoustic concert of Depedro opened by the rockers Cachorros, followed by the Rock Nights party with resident DJs: Colin Peters, Simone, Giorgio Bonetti and Diego Calvo and as guest, Alvaro Naive. Lola Von Dage will lead the karaoke in the hall.
On May 17 the Rock Nights Festival, suspended last year, returns next to the wall of the port of Sant Antoni, in collaboration with the City Council. The festival will feature live performances by Joe Crepúsculo, The Parrots and the Ibizan Morning Drivers and will continue with the party on the same stage, with Silvia Superstar, Fat Gordon and Ibizan artist Marcos Torres as guest DJs.
On Thursday, June 12 will be the first concert in Venice Bay of the summer, in collaboration with Mallorca Live Festival. It will kick off with the live performance of the revelation band of Spanish rock: Alcalá Norte, opened by Manchester band The Small Fortunes. The after show this time will feature Nasty Mondays founder Soren Manzoni as a guest, along with the resident djs. This time, the party will be at a secret location that will be revealed two weeks before the event.
The 20th anniversary of Rock Nights will be celebrated on Thursday, July 17 and will begin with the acoustic live performance of Natalia Lacunza, opened by Julia Nar, as part of the live music series Dorado Live Shows at Venice Bay. The party will continue at the legendary Pikes Hotel with Marc Dorian, Silvia Superstar and Álvaro Naive as guests, plus resident djs.
Sonorama Ibiza
The August date will be Thursday 14th, eve of a public holiday, with the main band being León Benaventeopened by the Ibizan band Niños Raros. The party will continue at the secret location with guest dj David Kano from the band Cycle.
On the first Thursday of September 4th, the Basque band Shinova will headline the night of music and guitars in Venice Bay, opened by Sandy Valley. The after show will be at the secret location with guest dj Jota Pop.
The summer will culminate with the Sonorama Ibiza Festival in Venice Bay on Saturday, October 4 and two free concerts at the Auditori Caló de s’Oli, with the support of the City Council of Sant Josep. The names of the artists will be unveiled over the last few months.
And to put the finishing touch, on Friday October 31 the two posters will merge at the Halloween party at the Teatro Pereyra.
“I think we have put together a very varied and complete lineup, waiting for the names of Sonorama, which will have a different format. And I have to thank the city councils of Sant Josep and Sant Antoni for their collaboration to make this a reality”, says Calvo, CEO of Concept Hotel Group.
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