Marco Carola's Music On Ibiza 2026: Full Season Breakdown

If there's a weekly Ibiza party that still earns the descriptor "relentless" without it becoming a cliché, it's Marco Carola's Music On. After more than a decade at Amnesia, the Neapolitan DJ and producer relocated the party to Pacha in 2019, and the setup has only grown in ambition since. This year's programme — 23 consecutive Fridays at Pacha Ibiza from May 15 through October 9 — is the most varied the booking sheet has looked in years, with a core of long-standing residents, a clutch of well-earned debuts, and at least one booking that raised every eyebrow in the room.

The Opening Night and the Shape of the Tech House Season

The season opener on May 15 set the tone efficiently: Carola surrounded himself with trusted names in Paco Osuna, Ilario Alicante, and Mason Collective, with Da Vid rounding out a bill designed to run deep into a Spanish morning. The formula was pure Music On — driving, hypnotic, technically demanding. The second date brought Cloonee, Franky Rizardo, and Ale De Tuglie into the support rotation, shifting the bill toward a more tech house flavour. That week-by-week variation in the support acts, while Carola anchors the night, is what makes Music On at Pacha a consistently different proposition from the island's festival-mentality lineups.

The Standout Music On Dates to Book Around

Three dates stand out as the season's real spine.

On June 12, Black Coffee joins the Music On bill. His pairing with Carola is self-evidently compelling — two artists from different ends of the genre spectrum who both operate from the conviction that the low-end drives everything. That one should sell quickly.

July 31 sees The Martinez Brothers return to Pacha. Without a dedicated weekly residency elsewhere on the island this summer, this becomes one of the few chances to catch them play together. Expect a set that runs long and leans hard into garage-influenced house.

September 25 shapes up as the deepest bill of the autumn stretch: Seth Troxler, Ilario Alicante, Chelina Manuhutu, and Neverdogs alongside Carola — a lineup built for serious late-session intensity.

Debuts and New Recruits

This season introduces several first-time Music On guests worth tracking. Manchester-based Fletch gets a slot on August 28, a booking that reflects years of steady output paying off at the right address. LIV Miami resident MEDNAS makes his European debut in September, a DJ whose US circuit reputation has outgrown his profile on this side of the Atlantic.

The most discussed booking, though, is Irish chart artist Jazzy on September 4, alongside Damian Lazarus and Dennis Ferrer. Her inclusion — following a high-profile collaboration with East End Dubs — signals that Carola is comfortable opening the room to voices outside the usual underground circuit when it makes sense. Whether it becomes a recurring policy or an intriguing one-off, the booking has already generated more conversation than most of the season's other announcements.

The Minimal Outlier: September 11

The date that makes least obvious sense on paper — and may be the most compelling night of the season's back half — is September 11. The lineup reads like a carefully assembled bill from the European minimal underground: Chris Stussy, Romanian duo Arapu, Priku, French producer Traumer, Mahony, and Danyelino. Six artists whose collective output sits well outside Music On's usual peak-time framework. It is a deliberate left turn, and it speaks to Carola's willingness to give the season textural variation rather than serving the same record shop order every Friday.

The Closing Parties

Music On closes across two nights. Thursday October 8 brings Michael Bibi, Cloonee, and Mason Collective — a tech house-forward finish that should push the Pacha room hard. Friday October 9 completes the run with Franky Rizardo, East End Dubs, and Ilario Alicante, a more groove-anchored final night. Running a two-night close acknowledges both the demand and the fact that one night is never quite enough to say goodbye properly to a season like this.

Full listings and tickets are available via Ibiza Spotlight's Music On listings page.

The 23-week Music On run at Pacha is a sustained argument that underground house music can hold a prime Friday slot without compromising. Whether it is Carola's core groove at 4am or a September night where Jazzy joins Damian Lazarus on a bill nobody quite predicted, the programme is designed to keep you second-guessing what to expect — which is exactly how a residency this long should work.