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From the first dance beneath the Ibiza sky to sunrise on the Terrace, the Closing Festival brought together thousands of people in a celebration shaped by music, memories and the energy of a community that has been making history at Amnesia for five decades.
On Saturday, 10 October, Amnesia brought its 50th-anniversary season to a close with a 19-hour celebration that began outdoors, with a stage set up for the first time in the club’s car park, and continued until midday on Sunday, as the sun streamed into the iconic Terrace. More than marking the end of summer, the celebration once again put the spotlight on what has defined Amnesia since its beginnings: freedom, musical experimentation and the connection that emerges when thousands of people share the same dancefloor.
The big new addition: a festival in Amnesia’s car park
The day began at 5 pm with an image deeply rooted in Amnesia’s history: dancing beneath the Ibiza sky. For the first time in the club’s history, its car park was transformed into the Anniversary Area, an open-air space that revived the spirit of those early years, when music filled the air beneath the stars and the dancefloor became a place for connection, freedom and shared celebration.
For six hours, the crowd enjoyed a selection of house music that accompanied the transition from afternoon to sunset with an energy that was as festive as it was nostalgic. Luca Donzelli opened the day, followed by an exquisite back-to-back set from Kolter and Traumer. One of the most special moments came with Joseph Capriati, a friend of the club and a key figure in Amnesia’s more recent history, who provided the soundtrack to sunset with a set that ended with an appearance by Locomía. Afterwards, Alisha B2B Julian Fijma kept the dancefloor moving before Groove Armada and Max Dean took over for the final stretch, delivering remixes of classic hits such as “Rapture”, “Lovelee Dae” and “World a Reggae” to bring this first part of the celebration to an euphoric close.
The Anniversary Area was much more than a new location within the Closing Festival. It was a way of returning to the club’s roots and remembering that, long before becoming an international benchmark in club culture, Amnesia was already a place where music and the Ibiza sky shared the spotlight. A symbolic return to the essence that continues to define its identity, fifty years on.
Three dancefloors, three stories, one feeling
At 11 pm, the celebration moved inside the club. The energy built up throughout the afternoon carried over into three spaces, each with its own personality and connected to a different dimension of Amnesia’s musical history.
In the Main Room, the night unfolded to powerful techno sounds, with a prominent presence from the female artists who had helped shape the season. Katnada, one of the club’s residents, opened the dancefloor, paving the way for Estella Boersma, one of the scene’s emerging talents. Later, Serafina and Yanamaste shared the decks for a back-to-back set that once again showcased the Georgian artist’s ability to create moments of intensity on the dancefloor, following a particularly remarkable season at Amnesia.
Nina Kraviz and Deborah De Luca took over, bringing the familiarity of artists who know the club’s energy well, as well as an audience that had shared much of the summer and previous years with them. Their sets became one of the season’s final encounters between artists and clubbers, before Future.666 pushed the intensity even further. The night continued with Klangkuenstler, whose performance marked his only announced Ibiza date of 2026, bringing his trademark hard-hitting sound to the Main Room.
But Amnesia’s story is not told solely through musical genres or the names that take to its decks. It also lives in its spaces, its people and the collective memories they hold. In the Main Room, where some of the most influential chapters in Ibiza’s club culture have unfolded over the decades, that history seemed to be part of the dancefloor’s very energy.
Another new addition to this Closing was the opening of El Taller, a small room with a distinctive sound that, for the occasion, paid tribute to Amnesia’s musical heritage and the different decades that have shaped its identity. With Franco Moiraghi, Jason Bye and Les Schmitz behind the decks, the space offered a musical journey steeped in nostalgia and the club’s legacy. Les Schmitz, a long-standing Amnesia resident and the person responsible for selecting the tracks featured on the club’s 50th-anniversary vinyl releases, was one of the key figures connecting this new room with the history of the iconic venue. El Taller offered a more intimate way to celebrate five decades of music.
On the Terrace, the night followed a different path, shaped by house music and the connection between artists and the crowd. This musical identity has been part of Amnesia’s legacy since the years when figures such as Alfredo, Ricardo Villalobos and Luciano helped define a distinctive approach to music on the island. During the Closing, that heritage found new expressions through the artists who took to the decks.
The sets by Jamie Fielding, Luke Dean B2B Locky, Marco Faraone B2B Obskür and Max Dean B2B Sidney Charles shaped the Terrace’s musical journey, leading up to one of the day’s most symbolic moments: Mar-T’s set. The club’s musical director and a key figure in its history, the resident delivered a session that turned the dancefloor into a tribute to five decades of Amnesia, combining music and visuals to revisit the club’s memories and everything it represents.
The emotion gave way to one of the morning’s most eagerly anticipated musical encounters. As the first rays of sunlight entered the Terrace, Saoirse and Enzo Siragusa took to the decks for a back-to-back set that delivered a masterclass in house music, carrying the dancefloor towards sunrise with a musical connection that needed no explanation. The set also included a nod to the club’s history with a version of “Night of the Jaguar”, a classic closely associated with Amnesia’s legacy.
At 9 am, Joseph Capriati and Josh Baker took over for the season-closing set. For three hours and eight minutes, both residents kept the dancefloor packed, with arms raised and feet constantly moving — or, more accurately, jumping. Tracks that defined the set included classics such as “I Want Your Soul” and “Benediction”, alongside special selections such as Martin Buttrich’s “I’m Going There One Day”. The session culminated in a final track that sparked a huge wave of people jumping to Eurythmics’ 1983 classic “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”. During this final hour, Amnesia welcomed a special guest: Pepe Roselló, the founder of Space Ibiza, who made a surprise appearance at the club’s entrance to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Those who experienced that sunrise on the Terrace know that some moments are difficult to describe but easy to recognise when you are there. The light entering the room, the music playing on and a crowd moving as one create a feeling that belongs to the experience of dancing at Amnesia itself.
The day also produced images that captured what happens when a community comes together through music: groups of people embracing and jumping together, a marriage proposal, singing and exchanged glances between those saying goodbye to another season. Spontaneous moments that are not part of any script, yet ultimately define the memory of a night and the history of a club like Amnesia.
Fifty years after opening its doors, Amnesia remains a place where music allows people to forget the outside world, connect with others and become part of something greater than themselves. This year’s Closing was not simply the end of a season; it was a celebration of everything that has been experienced and of the people who, generation after generation, have made the club what it is today.
50 years dancing in freedom. An idea that found its clearest expression over 19 hours: beneath the open sky of the Anniversary Area, across the club’s three dancefloors and during that final sunrise, when thousands of people danced together and made history once again.
