Summer Village Festas in Malta

If there’s one thing we know how to do in Malta, it’s throwing a super Village Festa. It’s a skill that we’ve perfected to an art because we get a lot of opportunities to practice. You see, with 300 days of sunshine, no less than 13 public (Bank) holidays and more than 60 village festas a year, for us, celebrating is simply second nature.

The majority of our village festas happen during the summer – between the months of June and September. During this time of year, religious processions, street decorations, local brass bands blaring, street parties pumping, and fire works blasting, are the rule of the day.

Village Festas form a huge part of Malta’s history and culture and whilst they’re all religious in origin, the festas in Malta and Gozo have also acquired a modern and secular side to them. Organised by the parish church with the help of local enthusiasts, the facade of the main church in the village is covered in hundreds of light bulbs, beautiful fireworks compete with nearby villages, as do rival bands, and night-time celebrations.

Activities start from days before the actual feast, with all towns and villages having their own program of events. These programmes can usually be found at the village parish or the band club (some of which have websites.)

Here’s a list of summer festas that we guarantee will leave you breathless. All of the locations mentioned below (except for Gozo) are less than a 20-minute car ride from the Valletta G-House. They are also easily accessible by busses that can be boarded just a few meters away from the house. Gambling legal in Canada

 

Summer Village Festas in Malta 

 

June – Village Festas in Malta and Gozo

4th

·      St. Joseph, Hal Ghaxaq

11th

·      Holy Trinity, Marsa

·      Christ the Saviour in the Eucharist, Ghasri (Gozo)

·      St. Philip of Agira, Haz-Zebbug

18th

·      Sacred Heart of Jesus, Fontana (Gozo)

·      Our Lady of Lily, Mqabba

·      Corpus Domini, Rabat

·      St. Catherine, Zejtun

25th

·      St.John the Baptist, Xewkija (Gozo)

·      St George, Hal Qormi

·      St. Nicholas, Siggiewi

·      Immaculate Heart of Mary, Burmarrad

29th

·      St. Peter and St. Paul, Mdina and Nadur (Gozo)

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July Village Festas in Malta and Gozo

1st
·      Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Fleur-De-Lys

2nd

·      Our Lady of Lourdes, Qrendi

·      Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Sacro Cuor Parish, Sliema

·      St. Andrew, Hal Luqa

·      The Visitation of Our Lady, Gharb(Gozo)

·      St. Paul, Rabat

·      Immaculate Conception, Hamrun

9th

·      St. Joseph, Kirkop

·      Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Gzira

·      The Annunciation, Hal-Balzan

·      Our Lady of Soccorso, Kercem (Gozo)

·      Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Fgura

16th

·      St. Joseph, Kalkara

·      Our Lady of Holy Doctrine, Tarxien

·      St. Sebastian, Hal Qormi

·      Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Valletta

·      St. Joseph, Msida

23rd

·      St. Margaret, Sannat

·      Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Zurrieq

30th

·      St. Anne. Marsascala

·      Our Lady of Sorrows, St. Paul’s Bay

·      Christ the King, Paola

·      Our Lady of Pompei, Marsaxlokk

·      St. Lawrence, San Lawrenz Gozo

·      Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Balluta

·      Santa Venera, Santa Venera

·      St. Joseph, Zebbug
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August Village Festas in Malta and Gozo 

6th

·      St. Dominic, Valletta

·      St. Peter in Chains, Birzebbuga

·      Our Lady of Lourdes, San Gwann

·      St. Joseph, Qala (Gozo)

·      Christ Our Saviour, Hal Lija

10th

·      St. Laurence, Vittoriosa 13th – San Gaetan, Hamrun

15th

·      The Assumption of Our Lady:
Mqabba, Qrendi, Mosta, Gudja,H’Attard, Ghaxaq,Victoria (Gozo), Birkirkara

20th

·      Our Lady Star of the Sea, Stella Maris Parish, Sliema

·      St. Leonard, Kirkop

·      The Assumption of Our Lady, Zebbug (Gozo)

·      Assumption of Our Lady, Mgarr

·      The Assumption of Our Lady, Dingli

·      Our Lady of Lourdes, Paola

·      St. Helen of Constantinople, Birkirkara

27th

·      St. Bartholomew, Gharghur

·      St. Joseph, Manikata

·      Maria Regina, Marsa

·      Conversion of St. Paul, Hal Safi

·      St. Julian, St. Julian’s

·      Dominic, Vittoriosa

·      Our Lady of Loreto, Ghajnsielem (Gozo)
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September Village Festas in Malta and Gozo

3rd

·      St. Catherine, Zurrieq

·      St. Gregory the Great, Sliema

·      St. Francis of Assisi, Qawra

8th

·      The Nativity of Our Lady, Naxxar

·      The Nativity of Our Lady, Mellieha

·      The Nativity of Our Lady, Senglea

·      The Nativity of Our Lady, Xaghra (Gozo)

10th

·      Our Lady of Graces, Zabbar

29th

·      Our Lady of Consolation, Santu Wistin, Valletta