The 3rd edition of the Qala International Folk Festival, opens this year on Thursday the 25th of September, and continues until Sunday the 28th of September.

The Festival is orgainised by the Qala Local Council and the Menhir Qala Folk Group. There will be a mix over the three days of traditional Gozitan and Maltese folk music, song and dance. Performances will be given by both local and foreign folk groups and bands, including instrumental and brass.

On Sunday the 28th of September, the special attraction will be a It-Tieg-fl-Antik (a traditional Maltese wedding). It will commence at 11am and will be a complete re-enactment of a Maltese wedding. Starting at Imgarr Road they will move in procession towards St Josephs Square. The wedding will be concluded with a small ‘festin’ serving traditional wedding delicacies. Immediately after the wedding festivities there will be the opening of the local Gozitan and Maltese traditional hand-crafts exhibition.