If you’re a student this package deal to Ibiza Rocks Hotel with Union sounds pretty damn good value. From 14th - 18th June:

UNION are the UK’s premier student club promoters. Ibiza is the epicenter of the global dance floor: it was only a matter of time before the two came together…

UNION Vs IBIZA ROCKS is set to be the biggest EVER student invasion of Ibiza: four days and nights of cool poolside parties, red hot live bands, azure blue skies and a warm Mediterranean sun, all taking place at the coolest damn hotel on the island, THE IBIZA ROCKS HOTEL.

• 4 nights at Ibiza Rocks Hotel
• Union welcome party in ‘Electric Lounge’, Ibiza Rocks Hotel
• Free admission into Eden (Monday)
• Union pool party at the abandoned zoo (incl. free bus there & back!)
• Ibiza Rocks gig ticket - featuring live acts and full support
• Ibiza Rocks after-party @ a legendary Ibizan super club
• Union @ the world famous Es Paradis water party
• Union party @ Bar M
• Discounted drinks at Ibiza Rocks all week long.
• Discounted food at Ibiza Rocks Diner @ Bar M
• Limited Edition Union Ibiza T-Shirt

The packages are £159 and you can reserve your studio now with a £50 deposit and there are also a limited number of VIP packages.

Bookings dont open until 9am tomorrow morning from unionibiza.com

The itinerary sound pretty good as well:

Monday 14th: arrival at Ibiza Rocks Hotel, welcome pool party followed by Union DJ’s & guests play Electric Lounge. (Not open to public, free admission with Union Vs Ibiza Rocks wristband)

Free admission into Eden

Tuesday 15th: Ibiza Rocks (free admission with Union Vs Ibiza Rocks wristband) an unforgettable concert featuring top live bands… right in your hotel!
Ibiza Rocks afterparty @ venue tbc.
Free admission to both events with your wristband (normally this would cost €35 + €25 = €60)

Weds 16th: Union goes Ape! Pool party at the abandoned zoo (not open to general public, free return bus and admission with Union wristband).
Union host Es Paradis Fiesta Del Agua (water party) Free admission with your wristband (normal door price: €45)

Thurs 17th: Cream pre-party @ Bar M

(optional) Cream opening party @ Amnesia. Free with VIP package - (On island ticket price: €45)

Friday 18th: Departure

The BRITISH STUDENT DJ CHAMPIONSHIPS will also be taking place throughout the week.

Ibiza Rocks will further expand the brand with the opening of a second destination concept hotel next summer. The 330 room Mallorca Rocks Hotel, situated in Magaluf, will be based on the same successful model as the Ibiza Rocks Hotel, encapsulating a whole lifestyle under one roof, including up to six gigs at the hotel during it’s opening season.

Magaluf is the biggest youth resort in the Mediterranean and it’s about to get it’s biggest makeover. The live music line up at the Mallorca Rocks Hotel will be revealed early next year and like the flagship Ibiza Rocks Hotel, guests can expect to see some of the world’s best acts playing live under the stars in the hotel’s courtyard throughout the summer. Eventually, the gigs will run weekly and many of the acts booked will perform at both Mallorca Rocks and Ibiza Rocks within 48 hours.

Whilst Ibiza Rocks will retain its role of booking cutting edge DJ’s and breakthrough bands as well as established acts in order to cater for its more music savvy crowd, Mallorca Rocks will initially focus more on the mainstream, championing the best big artists playing Ibiza Rocks, in the aim of establishing a regular, quality live event in Magaluf and rejuvenating the islands music scene.

Andy McKay, Promoter said: “We are an unrivalled youth focused brand, providing great quality accommodation and entertainment at great value. Most of all, we provide something relevant to a new generation of live music loving holidaymakers. Having pioneered the social rejuvenation of Ibiza with Ibiza Rocks, we want to emulate this success in Mallorca and make quality live music much more accessible giving our target audience better value, flexible travel and ultimately, more choice.”

Mallorca Rocks Hotel location and photos

Our good friends at www.ibizapanoramas.com have produced a great 360 degree panorama of Ibiza Rocks Hotel:

Use the mouse to move around left or right and up and down and the mouse scroll bar to zoom in and out.

We went over to San Antonio and Ibiza Rocks Hotel for a meeting with head Ibiza Rocks honcho Andy McKay. Afterwards he gave us a tour of the Ibiza Rocks Hotel with 2009 changes.

The “2nd pool” in the main area of the hotel has gone and the stage moved forward about 2 metres. The pagoda has also gone - this makes the area much more gig friendly. They have also changed the front Ibiza Rocks Hotel sign. There is a good fire exit that now leads outside from underneath the main gig/pool area and more safety measures have been added.

Later we went down to Bar M where they have launched their Ibiza Rocks diner - it looks good and the food is very reasonably priced - as is the beer - 2 euros for a bottle of san miguel is good value.

here’s some photos we took today:

(middle 3): Pepa Mari (Tourist minister), Juame Ferrer (President Consell Insular de Formentera), Josep Mayans (Conseller Turismo)

Our esteemed politicians enjoying the Ibiza Rocks Hotel’s hospitality at the Fox Bar at the World Travel Market in London this week:
Vicent Mari (Santa Eulalia), Jose Sala (San Antoni), Jose Torres (ex Conseller Turismo) and Jose Ramon Serra (Pilot) (San Antoni)

Ibiza Rocks and Ibiza Rocks Hotel continue on their quest for world domination…

This week is the World Travel Market in London so Andy & Dawn have taken Ibiza Rocks there to showcase the hotel and also to do a bit of pr for San Antonio.

Andy: “the aim of Ibiza Rocks and its hotel at the WTM, is to broaden the awareness of the hotel and the regeneration of San Antonio within the UK travel trade”.

It’s the final XBox weekender this weekend. At the Ibiza Rocks hotel will be Radio 1’s Zane Lowe with an exclusive DJ set.

On Saturday night though the Mystery Jets will be playing - also over the weekend will be comedy genius Mike Cuban performing as his hospital radio alter-ego DJ Barry Peters. Completeing the lineup are those moustachiod rockers the Cuban Brothers. Expect great tunes, a great laugh and pool parties.

Finally, partygoers at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel will be treated to the talents of rising star and cutting edge DJ, Doorly. Utilising five decks and a mountain of effects units, expect an eclectic mix of tuneage spanning everything from house and electro through to indie and hip hop to keep the party pumping regardless of genre.

Once again Ibiza Rocks delivers contrast. Hot on the heels of the Mike Skinner (The Streets) approach to crowd management, and much to the relief of the local Health & Safety executive, the band charged with bettering that experience were Soulwax - masters of the remix rather than the microphone.

At times the show went so retro that older hacks in the audience could recall the days when dance culture made the decision to worship the DJ hunched over the decks rather than the front man and his axe wielding accomplices. How times change?

Soulwax, in all their guises, are fundamentally two Belgian DJs trying various different formulas wrapped around an apparently weak set of material. For no obvious reason they demoted themselves to second in the line up for the night, making 2 Many DJs (also themselves) the headline act for the night.

So first up were a four piece band with a drummer and electric guitarist doing electronic classics. Interesting we all thought as we admired their flashing light show whilst it slowly dawned on us that there weren’t going to be any vocals, just the odd sample thrown in here and there.

Then there was the problem of the white tuxedos and dickie bows, no doubt in deference to the white island but not really practical for the stage on a hot August night.

Nonetheless, there we were listening to a combination of M25 rave breakdowns with drum solos and guitar interchanges at the end of each song to the point where the crowd didn’t know when to start clapping. Or maybe there was some other reason?

Unfortunately the E’s aren’t as strong as they used to be and this audience aren’t bothered anyway, so the repetitive beats and the flashing lights were never going to work the way they did twenty years ago. On the other hand, I have to confess to not having been to Belgium for a long time.

The equipment was cleared from the stage and it looked as if that was that, but eventually 2 Many DJs appeared and it soon became apparent that the name was appropriate. Their set consisted of teasers from other people’s anthemic intros whilst two blokes reached across each other to twiddle distant knobs on the mixer as if the audience wasn’t there. The lights flashed and the audience did their bit, but this wasn’t ‘live’ music?

After 20 excruciating minutes two cuties appeared front of stage, where the band’s equipment had earlier filled the void, and the back lighting took our attention away from the two guys arguing behind the decks.

A few more Eurythmics intros swiftly followed by twiddle and squeak and the show was over. Next week should be better…

Sorry we’re late with these but we stayed at Ibiza Rocks Hotel due to a family sibling 40th birthday and we’ve only just got back home…

After supporting the Arctic Monkeys last year, Reverend And The Makers headlined Ibiza Rocks this year. Matt Helders from the Arctic Monkeys did a DJ set and as is their want, (like last year), their management didn’t want any photos being taken of their precious commodity - so there are no photos of some bloke from the Arctic Monkeys…

However Jon McClure et al were more than accommodating. At one point he wanted one of the photographers camera to take a photo from the stage - sorry Isabel you sholuld’ve said yes - I was at the other end of the pit at the time otherwise we’d have a piccy from stage view…

Anyway - it was another good gig - plenty of beer and bog rolls flying around and I think i got a request played at the after party but I can’t quite remember…

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