THURSDAY 6TH OCTOBER
11.45 hrs
Official opening of the festival by the Minister for Tourism and Culture and the Executive Chairman of the Malta Tourism Authority
Re-enactment:
Grandmaster Pinto's visit to Pinto Wharf Chapel followed by folk dancing by
Gruppo Folk I Timetos
-
Sicily
Pinto Wharf Chapel (VISET), Valletta
12.00 hrs
Opening of the exhibition 'Fantasy by the Sea':
paintings and sculpture exhibition by various artists Pinto Wharf Vault 16 (VISET), Valletta
20.00 hrs
Concert:
Actus Melicus (Music in Motion)
Ruben Zahra, with Sharon Bezzina and Roberta Attard
Concert:
Lydia Buttigieg (Harp) and Joseph Lia (Baritone) Pinto Wharf Vault 17 (VISET), Valletta
FRIDAY 7TH OCTOBER
19.30 hrs
Senglea Evening:
Gruppo Folk I Timetos
-
Sicily
Pauleen's Dance Studio - Malta Victory Street, Senglea
20.30 hrs
Concert:
'For Old Times Sake' by the Mike Spiteri Band - Malta
Victory Street, Senglea
SATURDAY
8TH OCTOBER
19.30 hrs '
1565 . The Musical: Concert
Version
Masquerade Theatre Company - Malta Fort St Angelo, Vittoriosa
21.00 hrs
Birgu By Night:
Music and Maltese Food
Victory Square, Vittoriosa
21.00 hrs
Concert:
60's and 70's music by the Mark Spiteri Lucas Band
-
Malta
Victory Square, Vittoriosa
22.30 hrs
Night fever:
Excerpts from the musical by the Ghaqda Zghazagh Palmizi - Malta
Victory Square, Vittoriosa
SUNDAY 9TH OCTOBER
11 .00 hrs
Grand Re-enactment:
Inauguration of the Great Siege Monument 1705 Victory Square, Vittoriosa
19.00 hrs
Folk Dancing:
Gruppo Folk I Timetos - Sicily
Victory Square, Vittoriosa
19.00
hrs
Guided
Tours:
Ghosts of Birgu (starting point at St. Joseph's Oratory) Various streets, Vittoriosa
20.00
hrs
Animation:
Birgu by Candle Light Various streets, Vittoriosa
21.00
hrs
Concert:
Versatile Brass Ensemble - Malta Victory Square, Vittoriosa
MONDAY 10TH OCTOBER
10.00
hrs
Re-enactment:
'La Vallette - After the Great Siege'
Our Lady of Victory Church, Valletta 12.00
hrs
Re-enactment:
Mid-Day Gun Battery Salute
Upper Barrakka Garden, Valletta
TUESDAY 11 TH OCTOBER
12.00 hrs
Re-enactment:
Mid-Day Gun Battery Salute
Upper Barrakka Garden, Valletta
12.30 hrs
Traditional Maltese Folk Singing
Great Siege Square, Valletta
WEDNESDAY 12TH OCTOBER
12.00 hrs
Re-enactment:
Mid-Day Gun Battery Salute
Upper Barrakka Garden, Valletta
THURSDAY 13TH OCTOBER
10.30
hrs
Czech Republic Band and Majorettes
Republic Street, Valletta
12.00
hrs
Re-enactment:
Mid-Day Gun Battery Salute
Upper Barrakka Garden, Valletta
12.30
hrs
Re-enactment:
Traditional Maltese Folk Singing
Great Siege Square, Valletta
FRIDAY 14TH OCTOBER
10.00
hrs Animation:
Medieval life at Norman House - Mdina
10.00 hrs
Re-enactment:
'La Vallette - After the Great Siege'
Our Lady of Victory Church, Valletta
11.00 hrs
South Yorkshire Police Band
- UK
Mdina
11.00 hrs
3rd Cadet BattalionRoyai Regiment
of Wales - UK
Republic Street, Valletta
19.30 hrs
Czech Republic Band and Majorettes
St George's Square, Cospicua
.
20.30 hrs
Concert:
Salsa music by the Paul Abela Band - Malta
St George's Square, Cospicua
SATURDAY 15TH OCTOBER
10.30 hrs
Grand Re-enactment:
Napoleonic re-enactment
by the Historical Re-enactment Group of Malta
It-Tokk and Cittadella, Victoria, Gozo
10.30 hrs
Animation:
Medieval Life at Norman House Mdina
10.30 hrs
Street Theatre:
La Giostra Group - Sicily
Mdina
11 .00 hrs
The Wallace Pipes &- Drums
- Malta
Republic Street, Valletta
11.00 hrs
Pipes &. Drums of the 1st Battalion The Black Watch
(Royal Highland Regiment) - UK
Republic Street, Valletta
11.30 hrs
Concert:
Freddie Mizzi Big Band - Malta
Great Siege Square, Valletta
18.30 hI's
Valletta Military Tattoo
Palace Square, Valletta
SUNDAY 16TH OCTOBER
10.00
- 12.00 hrs
Animation:
Medieval life at Norman House
-
Mdina
10.30 hrs
Street Theatre:
La'GiostraGroup Sicily
Various, streets, Mdina
11.00hrs.
Grand Re-enactment:
The arrival of Count Roger in Mdina (1091)
Cathedral Square, Mdina
18,30 hrs
Valletta Military Tattoo
Palace Square,Valletta