Top Festivals in Malta

Each year, the country’s Grand Harbour provides the perfect backdrop for the Malta International Fireworks Festival. Featuring both local and international pyrotechnics experts, the event is free of charge. This festival highlights the country’s longstanding tradition of lighting fireworks for important event, such as the election of a pope.

Malta is a historically rich country, and is famous for its UNESCO World Heritage Sites and other cultural attractions. Each year, as in many other countries across the world, Malta takes part in the Notte Bianca. Held in the capital city of Valetta, this night gives visitors the chance to see the city’s famous sites free of charge, and makes the monuments accessible to all for one evening.

Another worldwide event that is celebrated in Malta is Carnival. The streets of the city of Nadur are filled with costumed and masked revelers who help make this event a unique celebration. Nadur Carnival is not planned by any official organization, and therefore no rules apply to this spontaneous event.

No visit to Malta is complete without participating in one of the country’s village festas. From May to September, a series of long weekends when Maltese villages honor their patron saints take place. For three evenings, food and drink flows freely and the festival atmosphere is in full swing. Music, fireworks, street parties and lavishly decorated streets are common, and definitely worth checking out while visiting this Mediterranean country.

An annual, free open-air concert, Isle of MTV – Malta edition usually attracts an audience of 50 thousand. Bringing some of the world’s most popular acts to this tiny Mediterranean island, this concert also brings visitors from all over Europe to take part in one of the country’s largest concerts.

Though this country is famous for its rich history, its modern life is as exciting as ever.