Fiday 8 th October 2010:
The Birgu Local Council invites all the public and private schools of Malta and Gozo to visit the City of Birgu. Cultural tours will be organised for these school children, where they will be given the possibility to visit all the cultural and historical places, for free, together with seeing historical re-enactments and given educational lectures.
On Friday evening, musical concerts will be held with free public access.

Saturday 9 th October 2010:

Is the day that everyone, will be waiting for, where the “Birgu by Candlelight” event will take place. In this 5th consecutive year, the Birgu Local Council, will be organising this event with a slight difference where it will be competing to attain the “Guinness Book of Record” for having the City lit by Candles with an impaccable amount of candles.
In morning will be a musical parade by the Wallace Pipes and Drums, who will lively the City with their music. Till late in the night musical concerts will be held in various open spaces and choral concerts take place in th various church found in Birgu.
In the same time, museums will be open till late at reduced prices and various re-enactments and street theatre will take place. Not only, foreign musicians will also take part in this festival as part of the European funded project that the Birgu Local council is participating in the “Oralities” project.

Sunday 10th October 2010:
Birgu will be alive again as various activities will be organised such as cultural tours, re-enactments and yet another performance by the Wallace Pipes and Drums.


Please find more information here: www.birgu.gov.mt