Good Times, Do Good: Potato Head Bali Turns 15 with Purpose and a Party

PUBLISHED July 4th, 2025 11:26 pm

In the heart of Seminyak’s sun-drenched shoreline, where coconut palms sway to the beat of tropical hedonism, Potato Head Bali has been redefining what a beach club can be. This year, the iconic destination celebrates 15 years of blending high design, deep grooves, and sustainability with soul.

Since its audacious debut in 2010, wrapped in a skin of 6,600 reclaimed teak shutters, Potato Head Bali has grown into something much more than a beach club. It’s now a full-blown creative village: Desa Potato Head. Equal parts design hotel, zero-waste hub, recording studio, and cultural playground, this beachfront utopia has become a touchstone for conscious travel and global cool.

You don’t just go to Potato Head Bali to party (though you absolutely can). You go to be moved—by music, by mission, and by the kind of design-forward thinking that makes you want to rethink your own footprint. Grace Jones, Erykah Badu, and Snoop Dogg have all graced the stage here. Disclosure recorded an album on site. And with DJ Harvey returning this July to headline the club’s 15th anniversary party, the beat goes on.

But if you ask the founders, the true headline is transformation. In 2025, Potato Head Bali has reduced its landfill waste to just 0.5%. Under the stewardship of Chef Felix Schoener, its new food program is rewriting kitchen culture. Upcycling food by-products into bold, flavour-forward dishes, with a goal to source 25% of ingredients from what used to be discarded.

This summer, the anniversary celebrations will unfurl across three months of pop-ups, performances, and cultural rituals. The 26 July party is just one of many events welcoming collaborators from around the globe. And the next day? A spiritual ceremony led by Pak Sedana, rooted in the Balinese Tri Hita Karana philosophy, will remind guests what truly grounds this place: harmony between people, planet, and spirit.

Fifteen years in, Potato Head Bali isn’t just a case study in sustainable hospitality. It’s a manifesto in motion. A living, breathing example of what happens when creative freedom meets ecological responsibility. The result is global yet deeply local, euphoric yet intentional.

And if you haven’t been, well, it’s about time.

Book your stay in Bali today. 

Sharmaine Khoo

A storyteller and explorer, Sharmaine moves through the world with a curiosity for music, nature, and the wisdom of ancient healing traditions. Whether unearthing hidden sounds, wandering through the wild, or crafting narratives, she finds meaning in the details. Because the best stories are lived, not just told.