There is a particular kind of week in Ibiza that locals quietly look forward to all year, and this is one of them. The summer crowds have gone, the clocks went back on Sunday, and the island's kitchens have shifted into the season they actually enjoy: squid, slow-cooked fish, village fairs, markets where the producers themselves are standing behind the table. If you are wondering where to eat in Ibiza this week, between Monday 26 October and Sunday 1 November, the honest answer is that you should follow the food calendar rather than the restaurant guides.
Here is how the week lays out, from a Wednesday market that is closing for the season to the island's tenth squid fair on Halloween Saturday.
The island's big food event: the 10th Squid Fair in Sant Carles
The headline act is the 10a Fira Gastronòmica des Calamar, the Squid Gastronomy Fair, which returns to Sant Carles de Peralta on Saturday 31 October from 11:00. Ten editions in, it has become one of the most popular food events on the island and the clearest expression of what Ibizan autumn cooking actually tastes like.
The format is simple and very local: restaurants and producers set up around the village centre and build their dishes around one ingredient — squid. Expect it grilled with nothing but oil and lemon, stewed, stuffed, folded into rice, and served as tapas-sized plates you can carry from stall to stall. Entry is free; you pay per dish and per drink.
Practical notes: go hungry and go early. Parking in Sant Carles fills quickly, the village is small, and the best dishes tend to sell out before the afternoon tails off. If you only make one food plan this week, make it this one.
Markets worth planning your week around
This is the week when the market calendar visibly changes gear, so the day you go matters.
Wednesday 28 October — the last Punta Arabí of the season. The Hippy Market at Punta Arabí in Es Canar, the island's biggest and oldest market, runs from 1 April to 28 October, which makes this Wednesday its final day of 2026. October hours are 10:00 to 18:00 and entry is free. Over 200 trades' worth of crafts, Ibizan fashion and food stalls, plus live music — and then it goes quiet until spring. Afterwards, Es Birra, directly opposite the market, keeps the day going with craft beer, food and live music from 19:00.
Friday 30 October — Mercat de sa Cooperativa, Santa Eulària. Fridays, 9:00 to 14:00, year-round and free. This is a working agricultural market: kilometre-zero and organic produce straight from island growers. Fruit, vegetables, cheese, wine, sobrassada. It is where you shop if you are cooking rather than grazing.
Saturday 31 October — three good options. The Mercado de Forada opens 10:00 to 16:00 with local, artisan and organic produce, plus paella at genuinely popular prices. Las Dalias Hippy Market in Sant Carles runs 10:00 to 19:00 with more than 200 stalls, live music and a solid food offer — and it pairs neatly with the squid fair a few minutes up the road. And Juntos Farm in Santa Gertrudis holds its free Saturday programme of workshops, nature and food, which is the most hands-on of the three.
Sunday 1 November — Sant Joan and Las Dalias again. The Sant Joan artisan market in the northern village runs year-round from 10:00, free, with crafts, organic produce, local food stalls and usually live music in the streets around the church. Las Dalias switches to its November Sunday hours, 11:00 to 17:00.
Dinners with a live soundtrack
The autumn live-music programme is at its best right now, and almost all of it happens in restaurants and bars rather than venues — which means dinner and a concert for the price of dinner.
- Wednesday 28 October — Miso Hungry at Bambuddha, Sant Joan. The Wednesday buffet runs through September and October, from 19:00. 48 € for adults, 20 € for children, with a resident discount. Worth booking.
- Monday 26 October — La Mesa d'Es Vedrà at Petunia, Cala Carbó. Mediterranean and Balearic cooking beside the pool, looking straight at Es Vedrà, with live music twice weekly. Free entry; you are paying for dinner and one of the best views on the southwest coast.
- Thursday 29 October — The Rosemary Family at Cas Costas, Sant Jordi, from 20:00, free, as part of the Sant Josep live-music programme. The same night, LaCalle play the terrace at Can Jordi Blues Station from 19:00, and Los del Varadero bring rumba and pop to Tribu in Cala de Bou from 20:00. All free.
- Friday 30 October — jazz at Clab, Cala de Bou, with singer and pianist Abby Pianoman from 20:30. Free.
- Saturday 31 October — closing day. Racó Verd in the centre of Sant Josep closes its concert season from 13:00 with Melomaniacs, running from jazz standards through soul and pop to house classics. Up at Can Jordi Blues Station, also from 13:00, Little Green Hipo — the youngest band on the island, three friends who started playing together aged 11 and 13 — play their second show at the Station. Both free.
Tots Sants, bunyols and a Sunday when the island closes
Sunday 1 November is Dia de Tots Sants, All Saints' Day, and a public holiday across Ibiza. Families visit the village cemeteries with flowers in the morning, shops and offices close, and the bakeries do the thing that makes this the best pastry day of the Ibizan year: bunyols de vent and other autumn sweets, sold by the bag and best eaten within the hour.
If you want to taste the island's own calendar rather than a restaurant's, buy bunyols from a village bakery on Saturday afternoon or early Sunday — they sell out. For lunch, Sundays at Aubergine by Atzaró, between Santa Gertrudis and Sant Miquel, runs from 12:00 with food and live music, and is one of the few places that treats Sunday as an occasion rather than a day off.
Practical tips for eating out this week
- Book ahead on Friday and Saturday. Fewer restaurants are open in late October, so the ones that are fill up — especially the ones with live music.
- Carry cash for markets and fairs. Most stalls take cards now, but not all of them, and queues move faster with coins.
- The clocks went back on 25 October. Sunset is now around 18:00, so evening plans start and feel later than they did a week ago. Bring a jacket for terraces.
- Expect closures on Sunday 1 November. Supermarkets, shops and some kitchens shut for the holiday. Shop on Saturday.
- Check before you drive. Season closings are happening weekly in late October; opening hours change fast, so it is worth a quick look at the venue's own channels before setting off.
Autumn is the season when Ibiza cooks for itself. Browse the full week of fairs, markets, concerts and tastings on the Ibiza Calendar events listings, and plan your week around the food.
