Brass bands, beautifully decorated churches, food stalls, and amazing fireworks. Malta’s summer months are characterised by traditional village feasts, or ‘festas’ which form an important part of the Maltese culture. If visiting Malta during the summer months, a visit to a festa is highly recommended!
Upcoming feasts:
Feasts s in Malta and Gozo in August
5th – St. Dominic, Valletta
– St. Peter in Chains, Birzebbuga
– Our Lady of Lourdes, San Gwann
– St. Joseph, Qala Gozo
6th – Christ Our Saviour, Hal Lija
10th – St. Laurence, Vittoriosa
12th – St. Laurence, San Lawrenz, Gozo
– San Gaetan, Hamrun
15th – The Assumption of Our Lady:
Mqabba
Qrendi
Mosta
Gudja
Attard
Ghaxaq
Victoria
Birkirkara
Hal-Muxi Zebbug
19th – The Assumption of Our Lady, Comino
– 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
26th – St. Bartholomew, Gharghur
– St. Joseph, Manikata
– Maria Regina, Marsa
– Conversion of St. Paul, Hal Safi
– St. Julian, St. Julian’s
– St. Dominic, Vittoriosa
– Our Lady of Loreto, Ghajnsielem
Feasts in Malta and Gozo in September
2nd – St. Catherine, Zurrieq
– St. Gregory the Great, Sliema
– St. Francis of Assisi, Qawra
– Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Xlendi, Gozo
8th – The Nativity of Our Lady:
Naxxar
Mellieha
Senglea
Xaghra, Gozo
9th – Our Lady of Graces, Zabbar
16th – Madonna tal-Ħniena – Bir id-Deheb, Żejtun
16th – St. Augustine, Valletta, Santu Wistin Parish
Feasts in Malta and Gozo in October
6th – Our Lady of the Girdle, Valletta
7th – Our lady of the Rosary, Gudja
28th – Our lady of the Girdle, Gudja
Feasts in Malta and Gozo in November
18th – St. John of the Cross, Ta’Xbiex
Feasts in Malta and Gozo in December
8th – Immaculate Conception, Cospicua
9th – Santa Lucija, Santa Lucija, Gozo
13th – St. Lucy, Mtarfa
16th – Santa Lucia, Kercem, Gozo
Source: www.maltainfoguide.com
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