[EVENTS]
March Feasts
Festa Celebration: A typical Maltese ‘festa’ with band marches, fireworks displays and religious processions. Sunday 10 St Gregory The Great. Ta’ Kerċem (Gozo) Tuesday 19 St Joseph, Rabat. Public Holiday
Events
Friday 1 – Tuesday 5 Carnival In Malta & Gozo. A Season of Colour & Fun. All Maltese Islands. Sunday 17 St Patrick’s Day. Valletta. www.irishmaltesecircle.org.mt Wednesday 20 & Thursday 21 Spring Equinox. Ħaġar Qim Temples. Heritage Malta will organise a special guided tour on the 20th and 21st March to witness the sun’s rays as they project themselves through the South Temple's main doorway and light up its main axis. A limited number of tickets for this event can be purchased from Heritage Malta’s sites and museums. www.heritagemalta.org Friday 29 Changing of the guard. St. George's Square, Valletta. 10:30. Formal Ceremony in which sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by new sentries. Sunday 31 Freedom Day. (National Public Holiday) On 31st March 1979, the Defence Treaty with Britain came to an end as the last British forces left the Island. Activities commemorating this important historic date take place every year, mostly in Vittoriosa where the monument marking this event is situated.
Re-Enactments
Daily Firing of Noon and Sunset Gun. Old Saluting Battery, Upper Barrakka Gardens, Valletta. 12:00 & 16:00 respectively. Monday – Saturday Victorian Garrison. Fort Rinella, Kalkara. 14:00 - 16:30. 19th Century Victorian soldiers take visitors on an animated tour around the Fort recreating daily life of late 19th century British garrison. Visitors may fire a cannon or a soldier’s musket. Sunday 10 Relive 1565 - Experience a City Under Siege. Compagnia San Michele, Xgħajra. 10:00
Theatre
Thursday 7 – Sunday 10, Wednesday 13 – Sunday 17 APOTHEOSIS. St James Cavalier, Valletta www.kreattivita.org Friday 15 – Sunday 17, Friday 22 – Sunday 24 An Inspector Calls. Blue Box Theatre - MSpace Msida. www.madc.com.mt Friday 15 – Monday 18 Macbeth - Unifaun Theatre Productions. Teatru Manoel, Valletta. 20:00-22:00 www.teatrumanoel.com.mt Saturday 30 Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat – The Musical. Teatru
Astra, Gozo. 20:00
Concerts
Friday 8 Women's Day Concert by Vox Dulcis Chorale. Malta Society of Arts, Valletta. 19:30-20:30 Saturday 9 Classics at the Museum. National Museum of Archaeology, Valletta. 19:30-21:00 www.showshappening.com Saturday 16 Queen Meets Coldplay. Aurora Opera House, Gozo. 20:00. www.teatruaurora.com Saturday 16 Mahler's Fifth-A Night of Great Music. Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta. 20:00-22:00. www.mcc.com.mt Friday 22 & Saturday 23 Music Of Mystery And Magic (Schools’ Performance). Teatru Manoel, Valletta. 10:00 - 11:00 www.teatrumanoel.com.mt Saturday 23 Movies in Concert. Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta. 19:30-21:30 www.showshappening.com
Entertainment
Wednesdays and Fridays Ta' Marija Folklore Dinner Show. Ta' Marija Restaurant, Constitution Street, Mosta. 20:00 - 23:00. www.tamarija.com Every Wednesday Chamber Of Mysteries Dinner & Show. Ir- Razzett L-Antik, Qormi. A Night of Wizardry, Wine and Wonder. Sunday 10 Exotic, Luxury and Supercars at Mellieha in Aid of Puttinu. Mellieħa. 09:30-12:30 Friday 29 Valletta Ghost Tour. 20:00-22:00. €15 per person www.colourmytravel.com
Opera
Monday 4 – Sunday 10 Cosi Fan Tutte. The third of the Da Ponte/Mozart operas. Teatru Manoel, Valletta. 19:30. www.tearumanoel.com.mt Friday 8 – Sunday 7 April Gaulitana 2019. Victoria, Gozo. This year’s edition promises to be an exciting programme of events focusing on the theme “Women in Society”. Saturday 30 & Sunday 31 Ġensna 2019. MFCC, Ta’ Qali. 20:00. www.showshappening.com
Lectures
Thursday 14 Lecture by James Holland: Malta – An Island Under Siege (1940-1942). The Ballroom, Phoenicia Hotel, Valletta petragd@guisthall.com Monday 18 – Saturday 23 Valletta Film Lab Documentary Workshop. Valletta. Wednesday 27 Mediterranean Routes through Intercultural Dialogue. The Malta Society of Arts, Valletta. 18:00 This seminar is organised by Inizjamed and addresses how different local realities can be brought together to reflect a wider, more common Mediterranean reality, or set of realities, that inter-relate with one another. The event is supported by the Centre
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for the Study and Practice of Conflict Resolution, the Department of International Relations, The Department of Maltese and the Institute for Tourism, Travel and Culture at the University of Malta. Thursday 28 Interpreting Blockchain Full-Day Seminar. Tower Business Centre, Tower Road, Sliema. www.aimacademy.com.mt Thursday 28 Cosmology@Malta2019: Understanding the Universe. Valletta University Campus. 19:00-20:00
Exhibitions
Friday 1 – Sunday 31 Exploring The Phoenician Shipwreck Off Xlendi The Citadel – Gozo. 08:00 - 16:00 The exhibition focuses on the discovery of a Phoenician shipwreck which dates back to 700 BC. Discovered off Xlendi in 2007, at a depth of 110m, this intriguing ancient vessel has attracted worldwide attention since it is the oldest wreck ever found so far in this region. Admission free of charge. www.heritagemalta.org Friday 1 – Tuesday 5 Filigree Masks Exhibition by Kevin Attard. Courtyard, Palazzo de La Salle, Valletta. An exhibition of Traditional Maltese Filigree by Master Filigree artist Kevin Attard focussing on masks www.artsmalta.org Friday 8 – Thursday 28 Where I lay down – visual arts exhibition by Ritty Tacsum. Art Galleries, Palazzo de La Salle, Valletta. www.rittytacsum.com Thursday 21 – Sunday 24 AMITEX Holiday Show. MFCC, Ta’ Qali. Friday 29 ‘Pastizzi’ by Kevin Attard. Courtyard, Palazzo de La Salle, Valletta. 19:00 We've eaten them long enough - it's time to immortalise them in traditional Maltese filigree to show our appreciation. Entrance is free. www.artsmalta.org
Events organized by the French Embassy for the Francophonie
Saturday 16 Victoria, Gozo. Concert of Cherif Mbaw, French-Senegalese singer + 1 musician as part of the Festival of Lights “Lejl Imkebbes” in the Citadella, Gozo. 18:00-00:00 In partnership with the Directorate for Culture at the Ministry of Gozo. Wednesday 20 Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta. Screening of the French Film “Place Publique” followed by a debate with the director, Agnès Jaoui, and one of the main actors, Nina Meurisse. 20:30 In partnership with the Alliance Française de Malte Méditerranée Friday 22 Surfside, Sliema. Concert of Cherif Mbaw, French-Senegalese singer + 2 musicians. 21:00 In partnership with the Alliance Française de
