31 December 2026 · Palma and Mallorca
New Year’s Eve 2026 in Palma and Mallorca
Mallorca sees the year out above the Bay of Palma: at a long dinner in a castle on the hill, or in the old town as the clock of Cort strikes midnight. Here is what we could confirm for Thursday 31 December 2026 and the first days of 2027 on the venues’ and organisers’ own pages on 12 November 2026, with the gaps we will fill as programmes are published.
Updated October 2026
Galas above the bay: Son Vida and Arabella
Castillo Hotel Son Vida, the castle hotel in the hills above Palma, invites its guests to welcome 2027 at its Grand New Year’s Eve Gala with Fireworks on the new terrace of Es Balcó de Son Vida: a dinner with live music, then an open bar, a DJ and fireworks from the terrace at midnight, before the party moves to the Salón Real for late-night snacks and dancing. The hotel does not print its times or prices: book through the hotel.
Below it, on the golf courses of Son Vida, the Sheraton Mallorca Arabella Golf Hotel bids farewell to 2026 with a New Year’s Eve Gala Dinner at Es Carbó: a festive cocktail reception, the gala dinner with live music and an open bar, a toast at midnight beneath a fireworks display, and the traditional midnight snack. Times and prices are given on booking.
Our advice: both hotels are a short taxi ride from the old town; book a room for the night and the evening takes care of itself.
Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © Joan Gené · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsCastillo Hotel Son Vida: holidays Sheraton Mallorca Arabella Golf Hotel: holidays
A palace in the hills: Grand Hotel Son Net
In Puigpunyent, in the hills inland from Palma, the Grand Hotel Son Net has published its programme for the 2026 festive season at the palace, as a brochure on its own website. Our advice: read it there and book directly with the hotel; festive tables in the country fill early.
Grand Hotel Son Net: 2026 festive season
New Year concerts in Palma
The Orquestra Simfònica de les Illes Balears opens 2027 with its New Year concert on Friday 1 January at 8pm in the Palau de Congressos de Palma, on the seafront; the orchestra had not yet published the programme when we checked. Tickets are sold through the Palau’s own box office, linked from the orchestra’s website.
On Saturday 2 January at 6pm the Auditòrium de Palma, on the Passeig Marítim, holds its Concierto de Año Nuevo: Strauss, with the Orquesta Clásica Santa Cecilia under Kynan Johns in the Sala Magna, from Light Cavalry and Die Fledermaus to The Blue Danube and the Radetzky March. Tickets are from €50 (stalls €70). The same evening at 9pm, the Royal Film Concert Orchestra plays Williams, Zimmer y 100 años de cine.
The International Ballet Company follows at the Auditòrium with The Nutcracker on Sunday 3 January at 6pm and Swan Lake on Monday 4 January at 8pm.
Our advice: the Strauss concert is the classic Viennese New Year, a day later; book the stalls early.
Orquestra Simfònica de les Illes Balears Palau de Congressos: New Year concert tickets Auditòrium de Palma: New Year Concert Auditòrium de Palma: Williams, Zimmer and 100 years of film Auditòrium de Palma: The Nutcracker Auditòrium de Palma: Swan Lake
Midnight in the old town, and what is still to come
Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © Travelinho · CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsPalma’s public New Year’s Eve is held in front of the town hall in Plaça de Cort, under the clock of the Ajuntament. When we checked, the Ajuntament de Palma and Visit Palma had not yet published the programme for 31 December 2026, and we will add it, with times and any road closures, as soon as it appears.
Also not yet announced for New Year’s Eve 2026 when we checked: Cap Rocat, Castell Son Claret, The St. Regis Mardavall, Hotel Can Alomar, Belmond La Residencia, Can Bordoy, Hotel Sant Francesc, Jumeirah Mallorca and the Teatre Principal. Our advice: check the town hall’s page in the week after Christmas, and arrive in Plaça de Cort well before midnight.
Before you go
Christmas in Palma begins with the switching-on of the lights, on 24, 27 and 28 November, and its great musical moment is the Song of the Sibyl, the medieval chant sung at Matins on Christmas Eve in many Mallorcan churches, above all in the cathedral, and declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2010. The cathedral had not yet published its 2026 times when we checked.
Our advice: New Year’s Eve is a Thursday, and the galas sell early. Book your gala, your table and your taxi home at the same time, and keep New Year’s Day for a long walk along the Parc de la Mar below La Seu.
Visit Palma: Christmas in Palma Christmas in Mallorca
Questions and answers
Are there fireworks in Palma on New Year’s Eve 2026?
The Ajuntament de Palma had not yet published its 2026 programme for Plaça de Cort when we checked. Castillo Hotel Son Vida and the Sheraton Mallorca Arabella Golf Hotel both include fireworks at midnight in their New Year’s Eve galas.
Where can I have a New Year’s Eve gala dinner in Mallorca in 2026?
Castillo Hotel Son Vida holds its Grand New Year’s Eve Gala with Fireworks on the terrace of Es Balcó, with live music, an open bar and a DJ, and the Sheraton Mallorca Arabella Golf Hotel a gala dinner at Es Carbó. Grand Hotel Son Net in Puigpunyent has published its 2026 festive programme.
Is there a New Year’s concert in Palma?
Yes: the Orquestra Simfònica de les Illes Balears plays its New Year concert on 1 January 2027 at 8pm at the Palau de Congressos, and the Auditòrium de Palma has a Strauss New Year Concert on 2 January 2027 at 6pm, from €50.
Every event from the venue’s or organiser’s own page (marriott.com for Castillo Hotel Son Vida and the Sheraton Mallorca Arabella Golf Hotel, sonnet.es, simfonicadebalears.com, auditoriumpalma.com, visitpalma.com), checked 12 November 2026. Prices are as each venue prints them. Check before you go.