Nightlife Previews and reviews in Mallorca

A packed theatre saw the Pirates Charity Gala Event last night raise over €50,000 for the Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. In it’s seventh year, the event is supported by British celebrities, local residents and visitors to the island. The evening started with a chance to view the prizes that would be won in the charity auction.

The nights in Palma are busy, there is always something going on. The days are so hot here in Mallorca that one of the best times of day is as the sun starts to set. There's no shortage of great bars and restaurants in Palma and shopping in Mallorca usually continues until about 9pm too. A new initiative trying for your attention combines a bit of everything; Sa Bimbolla night fair and market.

There are so many different spots for a good night out in Palma de Mallorca. One of my favourite this summer was in Santa Catalina.

Exploring a city looking for decent bars can either be a great deal of fun, or hugely frustrating. Without any insider knowledge, there is a danger of wandering the streets for hours without finding anywhere that you actually want to spend your drinking tokens. But of course, there is always the prospect of stumbling across some absolute crackers. In the name of 'research', on Saturday night, The Frenchman, James (who does our video reports), and your correspondent decided to take our chances, and explore the streets in and around La Llonja, in Palma.

If you are looking for nightlife in the north of Mallorca then the Banana Club in the Port of Alcudia is an absolute must on your party location list. The closest thing the north has to the endless party that is Magaluf; Banana club is a chaos of late night action, theme parties, drink promos, podium dancers and D.Js.

The Kaiser Chiefs played Mallorca Rocks last night in the Majorca beach resort of Magaluf. The Chiefs were only the second band since the opening party with Ed Sheeran three weeks ago. Since then the crowds have been treated to the likes of Maverick Sabre and Chase and Status but this was the first full band with guitars and vocals and it was a band who are making something of a come back after a long hiatus. Could they still be enough to entertain the Mallorca crowd?

Bar Atlantico has an exciting new cocktail menu with flavours that will thrill your taste buds. Opened in the 50s by an American marine, the bar still retains its original feel with every inch of its walls covered in mementos, shields, flags, number plates and felt-tipped messages from over fifty years of happy customers. 

Gin and tonic was one of the reasons Brits conquered the world. Quinine in tonic helped treat malaria and as a result the sun never set on the British Empire. If you feel that as it's a cornerstone of British triumph gin and tonic should be treated with reverence and respect then you need to make a trip to Ginbo in Palma.

If you’re looking for a peaceful and elegant spot for an evening drink then look no further than Gin & Tonic Corner, the quite little cocktail bar of the stylish Hotel Illa D’Or, located on Puerto Pollenca’s Pine Walk area.

In an effort to impose my own austerity measures in this time of financial crisis, and to show the Canadian something new in Mallorca, last Wednesday we set out on a bar crawl along the Ruta Martiana in Palma's Gerreria district. Every Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, the bars in this area offer tapas and pinxos (little open sandwiches) with either a beer or or glass of wine for just two Euros. This makes it one of the cheapest nights out in Palma de Mallorca and a fun way to see a bit of town often overlooked by tourists but popular with the Palma locals.

Out of all the many food festivals that are held on Mallorca throughout the year, The Frenchman and I were most eagerly awaiting the Tapalma tapas festival (7-11th October 2010). I mean, seriously, who wouldn’t want to crawl round dozens of Palma’s bars and restaurants, eat their best tapas at bargain prices, and wash it all down with lashings of discounted beer and wine? It sounded like the grown-up version of a student pub crawl.