GRV Zante Opening Party Confirmed for Monday 25th May — A Week Earlier Than Planned

The GRV opening party has been brought forward. Monday 25th May 2026 is now the official launch date for Zante Bible's brand-new beachfront event at Infinity Beach Club — a full week ahead of the original 1st June schedule.

The reason is simple. The island is filling up earlier than anyone expected for 2026, the UK May Bank Holiday lands on Monday 25th May, and the demand for a Monday daytime event in that specific week was too strong to leave on the shelf. So we've moved.

If you're arriving the week of Saturday 23rd May, your Monday afternoon now has GRV in it. If you're still deciding whether to book that May Bank Holiday trip, the calendar just got a lot more interesting.

Here's everything you need to know.

Why GRV Has Been Brought Forward

GRV was originally scheduled to launch on Monday 1st June 2026, in line with the wider events calendar fully ramping up across the strip. That plan has changed.

Three things drove the decision:

The May Bank Holiday lands on Monday 25th May. Thousands of UK 17–24s are landing in Zante across that weekend specifically to take advantage of the long weekend. It's the unofficial kick-off of the season for the UK market, and the bookings have backed that up.

Demand for the week of 25th May is running well ahead of last year. Package bookings, accommodation in Laganas, and flight load factors out of the UK for that week are all sitting at numbers we'd normally associate with mid-June. The 25th is no longer a soft early-season week — it's a full one.

Infinity Beach Club opens on Thursday 1st May. By the time GRV launches on the 25th, the venue will already be more than three weeks into its season. Sound system, beachfront setup, bar service, and the resident team are all fully operational. There's no reason to make package holders arriving that week wait a Monday for an event the venue is ready to host.

It's the kind of decision you can only make when you've got a team on the ground watching the bookings come in. We've watched, and we've moved.

What the GRV Opening Party Looks Like

GRV runs 3pm–6pm at Infinity Beach Club, directly on Laganas Beach. Four-minute walk along the sand from the main strip, or in through the back from any of the nearby hotels.

The format is what's been planned all along. A three-hour daytime beach club session built around quality house music — deep house, tech house, melodic house. Less commercial club bangers, more sophisticated beach club energy. Think Mykonos and Ibiza beach club programming dropped onto the Ionian Sea.

The setup at Infinity is purpose-built for this kind of event. Beachfront DJ booth, full sound system, daybeds and cabanas across the venue, and direct sea access whenever you need to cool off. Bar service throughout. Award-winning cocktails. Zero distance between the music and the water.

The opening Monday is going to be one of the busiest GRV sessions of the entire summer. It's the first event of the residency, it falls on the Bank Holiday Monday, and it's the day the island officially comes alive for the UK summer. The energy on the 25th is going to be exactly what you'd want from a launch.

The opening DJ is under wraps for now. Watch the Zante Bible socials in the run-up.

Who This Affects

The schedule change splits package holders into three groups.

Arriving the week of Monday 25th May. Your Monday afternoon now includes GRV. Nothing to do — tickets are tied to the week of arrival, and your access carries across automatically. You've effectively gained an event compared to what was originally on the calendar for that week.

Arriving the week of Monday 18th May. GRV is not running that week. The rest of the events package operates as normal, and Infinity Beach Club is open and trading from 1st May regardless. The 18th May week remains a quieter early-season window — exactly what some groups specifically book for.

Still deciding on the May Bank Holiday. This is where the change matters most. The week starting Saturday 23rd May now runs the complete event lineup — Tidal Boat Party, GRV, Nathan Dawe LIVE at IKON, ABODE at Pure Beach Club, and Champagne Spray at Pure. Five events across four venues in seven days, and the package starts at £119 with a £5 deposit. If you've been waiting for the early-season week to fill out, it's filled out.

How to Secure Your Spot for the Opening Party

GRV is exclusive to Zante Bible. It is not sold through any other operator, any reseller, or on the door at Infinity Beach Club. The only routes in are the Zante Bible Event Package or a limited release of standalone GRV tickets via zantebible.com.

Zante Bible Event Package — £119 Standard, £144 VIP, deposit from £5. Includes GRV plus four other headline events, free entry to CherryBay and Aura Club, the Zante Bible discount wristband for 40+ venues, and a free VIP table booking service.

Standalone GRV tickets — Limited weekly allocation, available directly through zantebible.com.

VIP at GRV — Includes priority entry, VIP area access, and exclusive bottle deals at Infinity Beach Club. The VIP allocation per week is genuinely limited, and opening-week VIP tends to move first.

Tickets and wristbands are collected in resort at the Zante Bible office, based inside Infinity Beach Club itself. Office hours are 12pm–4pm daily throughout the season. Bring your booking confirmation and valid photo ID.

GRV Mondays From 25th May Onwards

The 25th May date is now the permanent start of the residency. From that Monday onwards, GRV runs every Monday at Infinity Beach Club from 3pm–6pm, right through to the end of the 2026 season. No further schedule changes are planned.

For anyone building out their Zante itinerary, the Monday combination from 25th May onwards is one of the strongest days of the week — GRV in the afternoon at Infinity, then Nathan Dawe LIVE at IKON in the evening. One day, two completely different experiences, both included in the package.

The Bottom Line

The GRV opening party is locked for Monday 25th May 2026, 3pm–6pm, at Infinity Beach Club. A week earlier than originally planned, on the UK May Bank Holiday, with the full events calendar already running across the strip.

If you're already booked in for that week, you've gained an event. If you're not, this is the week the early season properly arrives.

Lock your spot before it's gone — opening Mondays don't come around twice.

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