Malta festivals and big events
Updated Tuesday 6 October 2026
October
Valletta Waterfront Oktoberfest
7 to 9 October 2026
Valletta Waterfront, Floriana · Free entry
Birgufest
Saturday 10 October 2026
Birgu, Fort St Angelo and the Inquisitor's Palace · Free entry
Malta Comic Con
10 and 11 October 2026
MFCC, Ta' Qali
Rolex Middle Sea Race
Saturday 17 October 2026
Grand Harbour, Valletta · Free entry
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026
23 and 24 October 2026
MFCC, Ta' Qali
Żejt iż-Żejtun
24 and 25 October 2026
Żejtun village centre
The Three Palaces Festival
27 October to 1 November 2026
Verdala Palace, Palazzo Parisio, the Grand Master's Palace and St John's Co-Cathedral
Malta Classic Mdina Grand Prix
A weekend in October
Mdina, outside the walls
Notte Bianca
A Saturday in early October
Valletta
November
December
Dalma Festival
4 to 6 December 2026
MFCC arena, Ta' Qali
Mariah Carey's Christmas Time in Malta
Tuesday 8 December 2026
MFCC, Ta' Qali
New Year's Eve in Valletta
Thursday 31 December 2026
Valletta and the Grand Harbour
Bethlehem f'Għajnsielem
Selected dates from mid December to early January
Għajnsielem, Gozo, a walk from the Mġarr ferry
Fairyland Christmas village
Early December to early January
Triton Fountain and the Granaries, Floriana
January
February
March
April
May
June
Earth Garden
4 to 6 June 2027
Ta' Qali National Park
Malta International Arts Festival
11 to 20 June 2027
Forts, palaces and squares in Valletta
Victoria International Arts Festival
11 June to 12 July 2027
Victoria, Gozo · Free entry
L-Imnarja
28 and 29 June 2027
Buskett Gardens
Malta International Wine Festival
Five evenings in June
Argotti Gardens, Floriana
Mediterrane Film Festival
Late June
Valletta and Fort St Elmo
July
August
September
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