DJ Maura Loe describes the relentless pace of working through the island’s peak season, from sleepless nights and sweltering humidity to weeks when “you no longer care what day it is”.
While many visitors say goodbye to Ibiza at the end of summer, not everyone on the island is sad to see the season come to an end. For those who live and work there, the quieter months can also mean a welcome chance to slow down. That is the experience shared by DJ Maura Loe (@mauraloe_), who has posted an Instagram video about the intensity of working through Ibiza’s busiest months.
“Ibiza summer season is finally over. How did you survive?” she writes alongside the video. Loe begins with a feeling many island residents will recognise: the excitement that comes with the end of the season. “Don’t get me wrong, we love summer. Who doesn’t? But the intensity of a summer in Ibiza would test even the toughest of us,” she says, before describing what it is like to spend several consecutive months working in nightlife.
Falling asleep at sunrise several times a week
Loe uses the experience of people working in nightlife between May and October to illustrate the demands of the season. During those months, she explains, they may find themselves going to bed at sunrise two or three times a week on average, with all the disruption that brings to their daily routines.
She highlights the lack of morning daylight and the way working through the night can completely throw everyday life off balance. Eventually, she says, “you no longer care what day of the week it is”.
“You won’t even remember whether it was yesterday that you were DJing here, working there, networking at a party, attending an event or playing tour guide to your friends who are visiting and think you’re on holiday all the time,” she says.
The relentless schedule is compounded by another familiar feature of an Ibiza summer: the heat and humidity. With a touch of irony, Loe describes getting through the season with plenty of coffee, the occasional ice cream and gym sessions, among other ways of coping with the demands of the busiest months.
“They think you’re on holiday all the time”
One of the central themes of Loe’s video is the contrast between Ibiza’s image as a holiday destination and the everyday reality of those who work there. While friends and visitors arrive on the island to unwind, people working through the season juggle shifts, parties, professional commitments and nights that stretch all the way to sunrise.
For them, the end of summer can bring a sense of relief as well as the prospect of a quieter pace of life.
“These are some of the ways to survive the Ibiza summer season, and that’s why we’re pretty happy it’s over,” Loe concludes.