Malta Fireworks Festival
30/04/2009 to 01/05/2009
The 8th edition of the Malta International Fireworks Festival will be organised by the Parliamentary Secretariat for Tourism and the Malta Tourism Authority.
The Grand Harbour will once again provide the perfect setting for this edition, which will take place on Thursday, April 30 and Friday May 1.
On each of the two evenings the festival will kick off at 21.30 hrs with a 15-minute fireworks display, designed by a foreign pyrotechnic company. This will be followed by a set of fireworks displays from thirteen local factories in a ‘one by one’ competitive series of displays. This is meant to involve, more than ever before, the local pyrotechnic enthusiasts. For each category, there is a trophy as well as prize money to be won. A fireworks display synchronized to music will close the event on each evening.
Everyone is invited to attend and enjoy the spectacle free. The best locations for viewing the displays are Ta’ Liesse / Barriera Wharf, and Valletta Waterfront or else the top of the bastions that surround Malta’s capital and have commanding views over Grand Harbour.
The festival also serves to commemorate Malta’s accession into the European Union on 1st May 2004.