Notte Bianca

Notte Bianca is this year being held throughout the night of September 25.

Launching the event during a news conference this afternoon, Malta Culture and the Arts chairman Adrian Mamo said the event was the biggest organised by the council during the year.

The council was seeing a growing interest in cultural and artistic events and this year's programme, which will include some 100 activities, will be announced at a later stage.

Hotel Phoenicia is ideally located at the gates to Valletta an ideal starting spot to an interesting night. Follow this space for more interesting information about Notte Bianca and special offers at the Phoenicia.

Elton John Live concert in Malta

Elton John is honouring his promise to visit Malta again, returning for a concert on 26th September at the Granaries (Fosos) in Floriana.

The concert will see the return of one of the music icons of the last 40 years. The British singer has sold more than 250 million albums, and produced classic songs like Daniel, Your Song and Candle in the Wind.

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The Phoenicia is located just meters away from the concert venue. Special accommodation packages are available including concert tickets.

BOV Opera Festival

The month of March at the Manoel Theatre is synonymous with the BOV Opera festival. This year The Manoel Theatre presents yet another series of fresh and exciting operas for this annual event.

The Manoel Theatre will stage its own opera production on the 17th and 19th of March, featuring a selection of Malta's best singers and the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Brian Schembri. This will be a double-bill opera night, consisting of 'Aleko' by Rachmaninov and 'Il Cambiale di Matrimonio' by Rossini.

On the 20th March there will be a vocal recital by highly talented young Maltese singers, featuring operatic arias in Sala Isouard. Handel's 'Alcina' will be staged on the 22nd and 24th of March. This opera will be produced and performed by the Weiner Akademie, conducted by Maurice van Lieshout.

Hotel Phoenicia Malta is located in Valletta within walking distnace from the Manoel Theatre.

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Easter in Malta

Good Friday and Easter are celebrated in Malta in a liturgical and ceremonially prominent manner. On Palm Sunday, one may assist to the liturgical rites that usher in Holy Week. On Thursday evening and Friday morning, churches have their paintings draped over in purple or black velvet. The Maltese folk turn out in their thousands to visit and pray in seven different churches as traditionally observed.

On Good Friday, late afternoon, some 17 different towns and villages commemorate the Passion of the Christ by an organised and very solemn procession of statues. Each of these statues represents a particular episode in the Passion of the Christ and is carried by pallbearers. Between one statue and another (some ten in all) participants are dressed as biblical characters who take part in the procession in a dignified manner. Many processions include men in penitence bearing a cross and sometimes dragging chains as well tied to their bare feet as penitence.

Easter manifests itself in a happier and festive mood. The Statue of the Risen Christ signifies the last act of the Passion of the Christ - Christ triumphant over death. This time all will rejoice to the commemoration that ‘Christ is Risen from the Dead'. Tradition dictates that children carry their Easter pastry (figolla) to be blessed by the statue of the Risen Christ. Easter is a demarcation line in the calendar of Malta's seasonal calendar as it heralds the beginning of Spring.

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Ronan Keating Live in Malta

Hot on the heels of Tom Jones, Irish superstar Ronan Keating is set to thrill audiences in Malta on April 3 in a live concert organized by NNG Promotions.
Keating kicked off his career with pop band Boyzone and then went on to release a steady stream of solo successes. In Malta, he is expected to perform a selection of his recent hits.

With his music that offers a mix of pop and rock, Ronan Keating is one of the most followed artistes of our time. He has been the recipient of a number of Smash Hit and MTV Awards and since his first solo “When You Say Nothing At All” his career has gone from strength to strength. Since that first single topped all charts in the summer of 1999 and sold in excess of half a million copies, Keating has gone on to record a number of love anthems including “Life Is A Rollercoaster”, “Once Upon A Lifetime”, “If Tomorrow Never Comes” and others. His Malta concert is an extension of his Songs For My Mother tour, which will see him performing in a number of European countries.

A special package is available for the Ronan Keating Malta Concert with rates starting from 98.00euros per person per night sharing a Classic Twin/Double Room on bed and breakfast basis. Package includes concert tickets in the standing area of the arena..

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Medieval Mdina Pageantry & Flower Festival

The city of Mdina offers you a unique setting for a wide variety of unforgettable events. Bursting into the gates of the city with action and adventure including thrilling jousting tournaments, breathtaking birds of prey, medieval football competitions, human chess challenges, medieval knights, colourful characters, artists at work and displaying their paintings, traditional medieval food and an abundance of wine and beer.

Discover our history through medieval exhibitions, lectures on interesting facts relating to medieval Mdina and guided tours of sites and relics of the past. Children can enjoy characters of bygone times with various attractions like, jesters and jugglers, donkey rides and much much more!!!

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Malta International Fireworks Festival

The 9th Edition of the Malta International Fireworks Festival will be organised by the Parliamentary Secretariat for Tourism and the Malta Tourism Authority. Grand Harbour will once again provide the perfect setting for this event, which will take place on the 29th and 30th of April 2010.

More information will be available in the coming weeks.

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