Ibiza's last week of August is when the island quietly changes register. The beaches are still full and the sea is at its warmest, but the calendar tips towards something older and slower: a violin echoing off 16th-century stone inside the walls of Dalt Vila, a free film projected onto a wall in Platja d'en Bossa, grapes being trodden barefoot in a village square. If you are looking for things to do in Ibiza this week that have nothing to do with a wristband, this is the best seven-day stretch of the whole summer for it.
Here is what is on across the island from Monday 24 to Monday 31 August 2026 — with the practical detail you will actually need.
Three nights of classical music inside Dalt Vila's Dominican cloister
The headline of the week is the eighth edition of Ibiza Conciertos, the island's International Classical Music Festival, which builds an open-air stage inside the Claustro de los Dominicos — the cloister of the old Dominican convent in Dalt Vila, a few minutes' climb inside the walls. Under the artistic direction of violinist Linus Roth, three consecutive nights run from Saturday 29 to Monday 31 August, with the Brazilian Johann Sebastian Rio Orchestra in residence.
- Saturday 29 August, 21:00 — SamBach. The opening night sets Bach's violin writing against Brazilian arrangements, with samba and choro rhythms slipping into the counterpoint. A world premiere programme.
- Sunday 30 August, 21:00 — Vivaldi's Four Seasons. The Four Seasons alongside Brazilian works for string orchestra. If you only go to one night, this is the one people will still be talking about in September.
- Monday 31 August, 21:00 — Noche Brasileña. Villa-Lobos, Santoro, Aguiar and Guerra-Peixe, plus samba and choro classics, to close the festival.
Tickets start at roughly €35–40 depending on the night and seating. A shuttle runs up to the cloister on concert evenings, which matters more than you would think — Dalt Vila's cobbles are steep and unforgiving in anything but flat shoes. Arrive an hour early and walk the ramparts at dusk; the view over the port from the Baluard de Santa Llúcia around 20:30 is the free half of the evening.
Rodrigo Cuevas closes Nits de Tanit — and it costs nothing
Friday 28 August, 22:00, at the Recinto Ferial in Ibiza Town. The Consell Insular's Nits de Tanit cultural festival, now in its 12th edition, brings Asturian artist Rodrigo Cuevas to the island. Cuevas is genuinely hard to file: traditional folk song rewired with electronica, cabaret staging, sharp humour and a subversive streak that has made him one of the most original live acts working in Spain. Free entry.
Come early if you want a decent view, and bring a light layer — late-August evenings away from the coast cool off faster than visitors expect.
Cinema under the stars, no ticket required
The Ajuntament d'Eivissa runs Cine a la fresca per la igualtat, a series of free open-air screenings in public squares. Two fall in this window:
- Friday 28 August, 20:00 — Campeones, on Avinguda Platja d'en Bossa.
- Saturday 29 August, 20:00 — Figuras Ocultas (Hidden Figures), in Plaça de Bob Marley, Es Pratet.
Screenings are in Spanish, seating is basic, and locals turn up with folding chairs and a cushion. It is one of the most pleasantly ordinary things you can do on the island in August, and it is completely free.
Sant Agustí's big weekend, and grape-treading at Jesús
Three village fiestas overlap this week, and they are where you will find Ibiza's actual culture rather than its export version.
Sant Agustí des Vedrà hits its stride on Friday 28 August: sung mass at 19:00, followed by the procession, ball pagès from Grup Folklòric Sa Colla des Vedrà and the pregó delivered by Pep Ribas 'Hereva'. From 21:00 the Plaça de Sant Agustí fills for a night of concerts with Balkan Paradise Orchestra, The Groggy Dogs and Arredefolk. The night before, Thursday 27 August at 21:00, the village marks Santa Mónica with theatre and the debut of local group Amigos para siempre. Saturday 29 August at 18:00 brings the second edition of the Gran Gimcana Jove 'Missió Cuc de Garrova', a street-wide game trail for teenagers, followed by more live music. It closes on Sunday 30 August at 20:00 with the traditional fiesta payesa at the Pou des Rafals, one of the village's historic wells: folk dress, flaüta i tambor and neighbours dancing round a water source that predates all of us. Free.
Over in Jesús, the month-long Fiestas de Jesús open on Friday 28 August at 19:00 in the Plaça de Jesús. The one to diarise is the fonyada de raïm on Saturday 29 August at 18:30 — the traditional treading of the grape harvest, followed by a fiesta payesa in the square. It is a working ritual rather than a show, and one of the clearest links between the island's farmland and its table. The festivities run on to the misa mayor on 8 September.
In Sant Antoni, the Festa de la Terra rounds off the Festes de Sant Bartomeu on Sunday 30 August from 18:00 at Passeig de ses Fonts: craft stalls, local produce, t-shirt painting, traditional games, folk performances and the popular torrada of sardines and local vegetables. Free entry, and genuinely family-friendly.
Markets, folk dancing and a free exhibition for the daylight hours
- Viu l'Artesania, the Consell's craft fair, opens in Ibiza port on Saturday 29 August, running 19:30–00:30 daily except Wednesdays through to 9 October. Handmade work from local artisans, and an easy hour before dinner.
- Visibles, at the Sala d'Exposicions Sant Jaume 72 in Santa Eulària, opens Tuesday 25 August and runs to 12 September — a selection of works by women artists from the municipal collection. Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00–13:30 and 17:00–20:00. Free.
- Ballades d'estiu: free weekly folk-dance evenings in Santa Gertrudis church square on Friday 28 August at 21:00, and in Plaça d'Espanya, Santa Eulària on Saturday 29 August at 21:30 with Grup de Ball Pagès Es Broll. Forty-five of the most authentic minutes you can watch on the island without booking a thing.
For the early risers and the swimmers
The last weekend of August is also a big one for community sport. The XXV Día de la Piragua sets off from Club Nàutic Sant Antoni at 09:00 on Saturday 29 August, paddling out to Racó des Salt d'en Portes and back. The same morning at 09:30, O Beach Ibiza and Bam-Bu-Ku host their monthly beach cleanup — eighth consecutive year, all materials provided, no registration needed. On Sunday 30 August at 10:00, the XXVI Travesía a nado a la Cova de ses Llagostes sends open-water swimmers across the channel from Caló des Moro; spectators line the shore. Midweek, the Group Social Trail Run meets on Wednesday 26 August at 09:00 for €4, with the meeting point announced weekly.
How to plan your culture week
Book the Dalt Vila concerts first — the cloister is small and the Vivaldi night will go. Everything else on this list is either free or under €5, so build around the two ticketed evenings and fill the rest by geography: Sant Josep's villages on Friday and Sunday, Ibiza Town and Santa Eulària on Saturday.
A few practical notes. Village fiestas run late and start later than advertised; 21:00 on a poster usually means 21:20 in practice. Parking in Sant Agustí and Jesús is difficult on the big nights, so go early or take a taxi. And almost every one of these events is outdoors, so check the forecast in the afternoon rather than the morning.
For the full, continuously updated listing of what is on across the island — concerts, fiestas, exhibitions, markets and everything in between — browse the calendar at ibiza-calendar.com.
