According to media reports, at the start of the party season on Mallorca, the bars at Ballermann were more frequented than they had been for a long time. From Friday the cult bars really got going again. The “Beer King” was bursting at the seams, reported the “Mallorca Zeitung” on Saturday. According to the “Mallorca Magazin”, dozens of artists perform in the huge bar over four days: Roberto Silver, Peter Wackel, Mia Julia, Julian Sommer, Dorfrocker, Unnormal, Sabbotage, Tim Toupet, Specktakel, Asphalt Anton, Kreisligalegende, Zipfelbuben, Rumbombe or apron (“Layla”), to name just a few of many. “It has never been so much fun to work in the Bierkönig,” quoted the “Mallorca Zeitung” DJ Aaron. In a few days, the “Megapark”, the largest dance temple on the Ballermann, will follow suit.
For many party vacationers, it’s the first big party after winter, and that’s why they celebrate excessively. A year ago it was particularly bad. “It was worse than ever before,” Beatrice Ciccardini, landlady of the “Zur Krone” pub, remembers last year’s start. Drunks threw up in the streets, got into fights and generally showed a severe lack of good manners. “Then God and the world travel to Playa de Palma. It’s the pure Ballermann audience,” she says. This year, however, nothing was known of such a riot.
The opening parties are actually not the actual opening of the bars. The “Bierkönig” is open all year round, the “Megapark” opened its doors again at the end of March. The season just starts with a big bang.
The discotheques are increasingly trying not to let the parties get completely out of hand. Drinking tourism is no longer desired on Mallorca. Last year, the nightclubs established a code of conduct, according to which drunks are no longer allowed in and a minimum of clothing is required: shirt, pants, shoes. Slippers are also allowed. “You can tell that people are paying more attention,” says Ciccardini.
Especially since the “Megapark” is breaking new ground. Songs about sex, alcohol and drugs should no longer get a stage. A large investment has been made in a laser show intended to evoke glamorous parties on the neighboring island of Ibiza. There will also be a number of new artists. Jürgen Drews has ended his career as “King of Mallorca”.
“Mallorca Zeitung” “Mallorca Magazine”
