Ibiza village festivals: the year's calendar, town by town

Ibiza Connects · Updated on October 16, 2026 · 11 min read

Village fiestas are the side of Ibiza you won't see on the club posters. Every parish on the island has its patron saint, and on that saint's day the whole village dresses up: the bells ring, the statue is carried out into the street, a folk group dances in front of the church and, once it's over, someone hands round doughnuts and wine. They're free, open to anyone and, apart from the four or five best known, almost entirely attended by locals.

This guide puts the year's calendar in one place, month by month, explains what you'll actually see and tells you where to find each year's programme, which is the only thing that really changes.

Ibiza traditional festivals: what a village fiesta is like

The main day is usually the saint's day itself, wrapped in a programme that can last anything from a weekend to a whole month, with sport, concerts and activities for children.

How the big day runs

1. High mass in the village church, often led by the bishop and sung by the parish choir.
2. Procession: the saint's statue makes a short loop through the streets or around the church, followed by local dignitaries, the folk group in traditional dress and the villagers.
3. Ball pagès: the village dance group performs in the square or outside the church. This is the moment everyone photographs. If you've never seen it, read up first on what ball pagès is and how it's danced.
4. Bunyols and country wine: the town hall or the fiesta committee usually treats everyone to doughnuts, orelletes (thin, sweet fried pastry) and local wine. They go fast.
5. At night, a concert, a street dance or a DJ in the square. In the bigger towns, fireworks too.

What surrounds the saint's day

In the weeks around it you'll find parades of antique horse-drawn carts, shows of Ibizan hounds (podencos), card, dominoes and pétanque tournaments, community lunches and events for older residents. In the inland villages you may still spot an elderly woman in everyday peasant dress, and the men in the dance group wear the red barretina cap.

Ibiza festival calendar month by month

The table shows each parish's saint's day, which doesn't move. What does move are the events: if the day falls midweek, the parade or concert may shift to the nearest weekend, and the full programme runs for days or weeks. Fiestas tied to a Sunday or Saturday change date every year, so check the town hall's programme before you go.

One thing that confuses visitors: in Ibiza villages are named after their parish, and several belong to a municipality with a different name. Sant Mateu, Santa Agnès and Sant Rafel are part of Sant Antoni; Sant Miquel, Sant Llorenç and Sant Vicent belong to Sant Joan; Jesús, Sant Carles, Santa Gertrudis and Puig d'en Valls to Santa Eulària; Sant Jordi, Sant Agustí and es Cubells to Sant Josep. The programme is published by the municipal town hall, not the village. To get to know them beforehand, see our guide to the prettiest villages in Ibiza.

The biggest fiestas of the year

Santa Eulària: the First Sunday of May

Santa Eulària des Riu honours its patron saint in February, but its big day is the first Sunday of May, the centrepiece of a month of Festes de Maig and one of the busiest dates on the island. In 2026 it fell on 3 May. The bells rang at eight, the Ibizan hound show opened at nine, then the statue of the Mare de Déu del Roser was carried across and at eleven came mass with ball pagès. The highlight arrived at midday: farm carts, riders and vintage cars rolling through the town centre. The evening before, the May Fair and a flower and plant show open.

Many of those carts have been restored by the families who own them, and the only time you'll see them all together is that day. Get there early: by midday the promenade is packed. For the rest of the town, see our guide to Santa Eulalia.

Sant Joan de Labritja: the night of 23 June

The village named after the saint celebrates the shortest night of the year with a party that draws people from all over the island. It gets its own chapter in our guide to summer fiestas: Sant Joan, Virgen del Carmen and August, with times, buses and tips.

Ibiza Town: Santa Maria and Sant Ciriac

The Festes de la Terra fill the capital for almost three weeks between late July and mid-August. Its two big days are 5 August, the Mare de Déu de les Neus, patron saint of the island, with masses in the cathedral in Dalt Vila, and 8 August, Sant Ciriac or Ibiza Day, which marks the Catalan conquest of 1235 with a procession through Dalt Vila, ball pagès from every folk group and fireworks over the harbour at midnight. The day-by-day programme, including sa Berenada and the Corsairs' party, is in Ibiza's summer fiestas.

Sant Antoni: Sant Bartomeu

On 24 August Sant Antoni de Portmany (San Antonio) honours Sant Bartomeu with mass and a procession at dusk, ball pagès in the church square and fireworks over the bay. In 2026 the programme ran from 9 August to 13 September. If you're staying a few days, see what to see and do in San Antonio.

September: Jesús, Sant Mateu and Sant Miquel

September is the month of the countryside fiestas. Jesús, five minutes from Ibiza Town, celebrates on the 8th, and its church holds a late 15th-century Gothic altarpiece that's worth the visit on its own. Sant Mateu d'Albarca, surrounded by vineyards, follows on the 21st with traditional card games and ball pagès. Sant Miquel de Balansat closes the month on the 29th around its fortified hilltop church, one of the loveliest on the island.

Winter fiestas: January, February and March

With no tourists around, the winter fiestas belong entirely to the people who live here, and they're livelier than you might expect.

• Sant Antoni Abat (17 January). Sant Antoni de Portmany opens the calendar with mass, a procession, ball pagès and the blessing of the animals: dogs, cats, horses and the odd surprising pet. It's the village kids' favourite.
• Santa Agnès de Corona (21 January). One of the smallest villages on the island, on the north-west plateau, celebrates its saint with mass, a procession, a cart parade and ball pagès. In 2026 the fiestas continued until 1 March, including a day built around a sitja, the traditional kiln where charcoal was made.
• Santa Eulària (12 February). The patron saint's day, more intimate than the May celebration.
• Sant Josep (19 March). In 2026 it fell on a Thursday, with mass, a procession, a show by the village folk group, music in the bars and video mapping projected onto the church façade. Around it ran almost a month of events, including the Sant Pepe Rock festival.

And in December there are two dates that aren't patron saints' days but are very Ibizan: the Festa des Vi Pagès in Sant Mateu, where locals bring out the red wine they make at home and sobrassada and botifarra sausages go on the grill, and the Matines on Christmas Eve, the midnight mass where the caramelles are sung to flute and drum. More ideas for those dates in Christmas and New Year in Ibiza.

What people eat and drink at the fiestas

A village fiesta is also the best place to try sweets that aren't always in the bakeries:

• Bunyols: fried doughnuts, sometimes dusted with sugar or drizzled with honey. The classic treat handed out after the procession.
• Orelletes: thin fried pastry shaped like an ear and dusted with sugar.
• Vi pagès (country wine): homemade red, rough and full of character, the star in Sant Mateu.
• Sobrassada and botifarra: grilled at the winter fiestas, which is pig-slaughter season.

Our guide to traditional Ibiza food explains these flavours properly.

How to find each year's programme

Programmes come out two to four weeks before the fiesta, almost always as a PDF in Catalan and Spanish. Where to look:

• The town hall's website and social media for the municipality: Eivissa, Sant Josep, Sant Antoni, Santa Eulària and Sant Joan. This is the reliable source for dates and times.
• Posters in the village: on the church door, in the bar and in the grocery shop.
• Local press and tourist offices: they publish what's on and flag changes due to rain or wind.

In the Ibiza Connects app you can create a plan to go to a fiesta with other people or share a car, because parking in the inland villages is the hardest part of the night.

Tips for going to a village fiesta

• Arrive before mass if you want to see the procession and the ball pagès up close: the dance starts straight afterwards and doesn't last long.
• Respect the religious events. You can go into the church, but quietly and without flash. During the procession, don't cut between the statue and the people following it.
• Leave the car if you're drinking. The big fiestas usually have special or extra buses. See our guide to Ibiza bus routes and, for getting back in the small hours, the one on taxis.
• Bring cash. The fiesta committee's bar doesn't always take cards.
• Watch the weather. In autumn and winter, rain or wind can postpone outdoor events; check the town hall's social media on the day.

Common mistakes

• Trusting a date from another year. The saint's day doesn't change, but the parade or concert does.
• Looking for the programme on the village's own website. Small villages don't have their own town hall: look on the municipality's.
• Only turning up for the night-time dance. The most authentic part happens at midday or early afternoon.

Sources and official information

• Ajuntament d'Eivissa · Festes de la Terra 2026 programme
• Ajuntament de Sant Josep · Festes de Sant Josep 2026 programme
• Ajuntament de Sant Josep · Sant Jordi 2026 programme
• Ajuntament de Sant Antoni de Portmany
• Ajuntament de Santa Eulària des Riu
• Ajuntament de Sant Joan de Labritja
• La Voz de Ibiza · First Sunday of May 2026 programme in Santa Eulària
• Ibiza Spotlight · Village fiesta calendar