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INVITATION

24 – 26 October 2025 | MALTA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

Location: Mdina, Malta

FESTIVAL DETAILS

• Dates: 24 – 26 October 2025
  
  
• Venue: Various sites in Mdina and Valletta
  
  
• Director: G.P.I. & WOFA
  
  
• Application Deadline: 30 July 2025

PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS

Festival Welcomes:

• Folk ensembles, flag-waving groups, bagpipe bands, majorette troupes and other traditional performance groups (children, youth, adult).

General Rules:

• Performances include outdoor parades and stand-still performances.
  
  
• For parades, groups use their own instruments.
  
  
• For stand-still performances, the festival provides an audio system (CD & USB compatible) and five microphones.
  
  
• Groups must arrange their own airfare or other transportation to Malta.
  
  
• Local transfers to all performances are included.
  
  

• Submission of CV and promotional photos via email is mandatory upon application.

ACCOMMODATION DETAILS
Participants stay in 3-star hotels in Bugibba, Qawra, St. Paul’s Bay or St. Julian’s—Malta’s most touristic areas.

PARTICIPATION FEE

• € 245 per person: 3 nights, bed & breakfast
  
  
• € 20 per person per day: half-board supplement (lunch or dinner, water included)
  
  
• € 20 per person per night: single-room supplement
  
  
• € 5 per person per night: non-performer supplement (friends, family, etc.)
  
  
• Free for children up to 3 years
  
  
• 1 free package for every 25 paying guests

Additional Costs:

• € 46 per person per extra night (bed & breakfast)

INCLUDED BY ORGANIZERS

• Transfers from airport/harbour to hotel (arrival & departure)
  
  
• Transfers from hotel to all performances
  
  
• On-site assistance by festival personnel
  
  
• Festival registration
  
  
• Tourist tax

NOT INCLUDED

• International travel to Malta (airfare, ferry, etc.)
  
  
• Optional cultural excursions (unless booked through festival)
  
  
• Insurance

PAYMENT & CANCELLATION POLICY

• Deposit: 30 % of total fee due upon confirmation (non-refundable)
  
  
• Balance: Full payment due one month before festival start date
  

• Cancellation:

• Refund (minus deposit) if cancelled on or before 14 September 2025 (10 days prior)
  
• No refunds for cancellations within 10 days of the festival

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Day 1 – Friday, 24 October

• Arrival in Malta; transfers to hotel
  
  
• Evening performance in a Maltese town alongside local folk groups

Day 2 – Saturday, 25 October

• Morning: Optional cultural excursion (extra cost)
  
  
• Evening: Performance in a second Maltese town with local ensembles

Day 3 – Sunday, 26 October

• Morning parade along Valletta’s main streets
  
  
• Official presentations by Maltese authorities and festival organizers

Day 4 – Monday, 27 October

• Departure of all international groups; transfers to airport/harbour

OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS (extra cost)

• The Three Cities (Vittoriosa, Senglea, Cospicua)
  
• Mdina, the “Silent City” and former Maltese capital
  
• Marsaxlokk fishing village market
  
• Other bespoke tours upon request