With Easter Weekend over, you’d think that Malta would be getting ready for a relatively chilled weekend this time round. Well, you’d be pleasantly surprised to know that you’d be wrong.

This weekend in Malta promises to be another busy one, with well over a dozen things happening around the island, from talks and conferences to parties and concerts. But if you’re stuck as to where to go, here are nine events to help get you started.

Friday 6th April

The much-awaited return of TEDx in Malta

TEDx UniversityofMalta is back for its third annual conference, and it’s promising to be another solid one. This year’s topic is the elusive Shift which societies are currently going at an alarming rate, and with the five speakers that have been announced for this year, it’s set to be one for the books.

Talks will be spanning from fruit flies to artificial intelligence, so you can be sure there’s something for everyone.

The beginning of a grand, nine-day classical music extravaganza

This year’s edition of the International Spring Orchestra Festival has a lineup like no other. Veteran Basque pianist Joaquín Achúcarro, Mariinsky and St. Petersburg Opera singers Yuri Vlasov and Larisa Pominova, and conductor Brian Schembri will each be delivering magical performances throughout the festival, but they’re just the awesome tip of the iceberg.

Everything kicks off tonight at the recently-refurbished Manoel Theatre, as grand a stage as the artists could hope for. The opening concert will see an incredible matching of European Union Chamber Orchestra, soprano Larisa Pominova, bass Yuri Vlasov and conductor Schembri, all bringing to life Shostakovich’s 14th Symphony.

The album launch of one of Malta’s biggest bands

The Travellers have been going from strength to strength in the last couple of years, and they’re finally ready to launch their debut album, Iljuni fis-Silġ. 

If you loved tracks like Ħafi Paċi Kuluri and Ilkoll Flimkien, get ready for 10 more instant favourites to be unveiled on the night.

A night all about hip hop

If you love hip hop, get ready for one very long night of everything from old school to future beats and trap. 

With Six different DJs bringing a mix of British, French, Dutch and Maltese tastes to the night, Tale are back with the 10th edition of their popular hip hop nights. 

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An epic BMX festival full of competitions and races

Bikers unite: get ready for a weekend full of everything from the Park Scooter competition to the BMX Racing, Big Air and Bunny Hop competition. Pass by if you are a fan of the sport or just love seeing people grabbing radical air.

Saturday 7th April

An activist press conference

Kamp Emerġenza Ambjent and Moviment Graffitti are teaming up with Pembroke residents to launch their campaign Tidfnuniex Ħajjin (‘Do Not Bury Us Alive’) this Saturday morning.

Following a public meeting last month which saw over 200 residents expressing their alarm at the proposed high-rise development on the current ITS site, this press conference will see Pembroke residents continue to pile on the pressure.

A day dedicated to electronic music technology and audiophiles

Spazju Kreattiv will once again be hosting Circuits this year, one long day of discussions, performances, presentations, installations and interactive workshops aimed at exchanging ideas at the cutting edge of music, technology and creative practice.

This time round, Electronic Music Malta’s (EMM) voluntary efforts are being supported by Valletta 2018, and the music conference’s third edition will feature everything from workshops to modular synthesizer performances. 

There will also be a very special display of an analogue modular synthesiser which was built from the ground up by a Maltese electronic enthusiast. 

A dark festival all about gothic, industrial and metal music

A six-act extravaganza of local and foreign acts bringing their darkest A-game to the ever-popular The Garage in Żebbuġ, the rock scene’s latest haunt.

Come one, come all, and get ready for a long and heavy one.

A celebration of Maltese music throughout the years

In the run-up to the three-day Rock The South Malta Festival which will be gracing our island next weekend, this weekend’s warmup will come in the form of a night dedicated to the tiny island with a lot of music to offer.

“We are going to party in style with some of the best, worst, and in-between of Maltese music,” the organisers explained on the official Facebook event page, and judging by the last couple of decades in Malta, they’ve got a lot to choose from.

Sunday 8th April

A strawberry festival? Yes please

Festa Frawli is back!

Attracting thousands of people to the beautifully quaint village of Mġarr, the strawberry festival is popular among locals and tourists as a harbinger of spring, and the official start of the warm season on the island.

Also, strawberries.

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David Grech Urpani

Lovin Malta's Head of Content, Dave has been in journalism for the better half of the last decade. Prefers Instagram, but has been known to doomscroll on TikTok. Loves chicken, women's clothes and Kanye West (most of the time).