elrow Ibiza Closing Party presents ‘Dance with the Serpent 2.0’
On 3rd October at [UNVRS], Ibiza will host the only opportunity in 2026 to experience the spectacular staging of urban artist NYCHOS on the White Island.
elrow Ibiza will celebrate its final date at [UNVRS] in spectacular fashion on 3rd October. The famous Closing Party, starting at 23:30, will bring the curtain down on a residency that has brought thousands of people together around music, art and immersive production. This time, the event will feature the world premiere of ‘Dance With The Serpent 2.0’, the new evolution of the concept created alongside Austrian urban artist NYCHOS.
Alongside the immersive production, the night will feature a carefully curated selection of artists behind the decks. DJ and producer AAT will take over with her groovy house sound, which has established her as one of the brightest prospects on the European electronic music scene. The Chelina Manuhutu B2B Tini Gessler will bring together two of the most influential figures in international tech-house and promises to be one of the highlights of the night. Ilario Alicante, one of the most recognisable names on the Italian techno scene, will also join the line-up, while Paco Osuna, a key figure in the Spanish electronic music scene and one of the artists most closely associated with elrow, will bring the night to its grand finale.
“Last year, [UNVRS] was a discovery for all of us. It was a completely new space and we had to learn how to understand it and discover how far we could take elrow. This year, we already know the venue, we know how it responds, and that allows us to play much more and be more ambitious creatively. Dance With The Serpent 2.0 is a good example: we have returned to the universe we created with Nychos in 2023, but now with the possibility of taking it much further and making the most of everything [UNVRS] has to offer. For us, that evolution is also a way of showing where we want to take elrow next,” explains Juan Arnau, Founder and Chief Global Brand Officer of elrow.
A RECORD-BREAKING SEASON IN NUMBERS
The figures provide a clear picture of the scale reached by elrow Ibiza throughout 2026. Across 18 consecutive Saturdays and 14 sold-out events, the residency has presented 6 creative themes, featuring 206 international DJs and 2,034 performers on stage, consolidating a programme in which music, spectacle and production have come together throughout the summer.
These figures are complemented by 126 hours of uninterrupted dancing, more than 5,400 kilos of confetti used and 90 confetti drops or explosions during the residency. A production on this scale reflects the magnitude of a season that will reach its final chapter on 3rd October.
“There is something very special about reaching the Closing after 18 Saturdays. We have experienced this season week by week, watching how each theme transformed [UNVRS] in a different way and, above all, how the audience responded and made elrow their own every Saturday. The 14 sold-outs are an incredible figure, but behind those numbers there are thousands of people, a huge team and countless hours of work to make sure every night was different. On 3rd October, we want to celebrate that entire journey and close the season in the best way we know how: together, on the dancefloor, and taking the experience right through to the very last minute,” says Cruz Arnau, Brand Steward and Co-Founder of elrow.
DANCE WITH THE SERPENT 2.0: THE CLOSING’S MAJOR PREMIERE
The Closing Party will mark the world premiere of Dance With The Serpent 2.0, a new version of the visual universe developed in 2023 alongside NYCHOS, the Austrian urban artist known for his distinctive artistic language and his unique approach to anatomy, transformation and the representation of the human body, where the organic, the human and the imaginary coexist.
The Austrian artist returns to elrow to expand the concept created in 2023 and take it into a new dimension within [UNVRS]. The new production expands the original universe with new visual elements that will come to life across the venue’s giant screens, increasing its scale and immersive potential.
“For the Closing Party, we are going to take Dance With The Serpent to a completely different level compared with what we created and achieved in 2023. We have expanded the entire universe we began building back then, making it bigger, wilder and more immersive, with all kinds of new elements coming to life on those giant screens. Dance With The Serpent 2.0 represents a major evolution of everything we created previously and, definitely, I recommend that you don’t miss it,” says Nychos.
On 3rd October, Dance With The Serpent 2.0 will become the final major chapter of Enter the WORTEX, a season that has established [UNVRS] as one of Ibiza’s major summer destinations while further strengthening elrow’s international positioning. The Closing will bring this journey to its conclusion, following a season defined by constant evolution and a creative alliance that continues to explore new territories.
