What’s on in Malta and Gozo this week: September 22 to 28, 2025 By Hot Malta staff Valletta’s Republic Street smells of freshly-ground coffee and ħobż biż-żejt this Monday morning, but by sunset the scent will shift to warm honey and almonds – the first trays of imqaret being fried for Notte Bianca. The capital’s…
What’s on in Malta and Gozo this week: September 15 to 21, 2025 By Hot Malta staff Valletta’s limestone façades are already warming under the generous September sun when the first brass-band chords ricochet through Strait Street at 07:30 on Monday morning. It’s not a rehearsal—it’s the traditional “Marċ tal-Bieraħ”, a 150-year-old custom that marks…
Floriana’s Independence Arena was already humming by 07:30 this morning as school bands tuned their drums beneath the orange-flecked ħarruba trees. By the time the Chief Herald stepped onto the stone dais at 08:00 sharp, the crowd—grandparents clutching plastic bottles of Kinnie, toddlers waving paper Maltese crosses—had swollen well past the 5 000 mark. The…
Notte Bianca returns to Valletta ‘stronger and more inclusive’ – Owen Bonnici By Hot Malta Staff Valletta is set to reclaim its title as the island’s after-dark cultural capital when Notte Bianca lights up the fortifications on 5 October, promising what Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government Owen Bonnici calls “the…
