The Gozo Guide
Churches and Festivals:
Gozo Festa Season -
July - Gharb
July - Kercem
July - Victoria
July - Sannat
August - Qala
August - San Lawrenz
August - Victoria
August - Zebbug
August - Ghajnsielem
Sept.- Xlendi
Sept.- Xaghra
Sept. Victoria
Calendar of Maltese Village Feasts for 2018
When are the Maltese festi on this year? Here’s an overview of all village feasts by date, showing you which locality celebrates a festa and in honour of which saint.
You’ll find that in some localities, like Valletta and Rabat, multiple parishes each celebrate their own festa at different times of the year.
January
27th: Iklin – The Holy Family
27th: Valletta – St. Paul’s Shipwreck
28th: Mdina – Conversion of St Paul
February
10th: Munxar (Gozo) – St. Paul’s Shipwreck
March
11th: Kerċem (Gozo) – St. Gregory the Great
19th: Rabat – St. Joseph
April
15th: Floriana – St. Publius
May
1st: Birkirkara – St. Joseph the Worker
20th: Valletta – St. Augustine (Santu Wistin Parish)
27th: Marsa – Holy Trinity
27th: Munxar (Gozo) – St. Paul’s Shipwreck
June
3rd: Gwardamanġa (Tal-Pietà) – Our Lady of Fatima
3rd: Tarxien – The Annunciation
3rd: Għaxaq – St. Joseph
3rd: Għasri (Gozo) – Christ the Saviour in the Eucharist
10th: Żebbuġ – St. Philip of Agira
17th: Fontana (Gozo) – Sacred Heart of Jesus
17th: Mqabba – Our Lady of Lily
17th: Rabat – Christ the Saviour in the Eucharist
17th: Żejtun – St. Catherine
24th: Xewkija (Gozo) – St. John the Baptist
24th: Qormi – St. George
24th: Siġġiewi – St. Nicholas
24th: Burmarrad – Immaculate Heart of Mary
29th: Mdina – St. Peter and St. Paul
29th: Nadur (Gozo) – St. Peter and St. Paul
July
1st: Fleur-de-Lys – Our Lady of Mount Carmel
1st: Qrendi – Our Lady of Lourdes
1st: Sliema – Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Sacro Cuor Parish
1st: Luqa – St. Andrew
1st: Rabat – St. Paul
1st: Hamrun – Immaculate Conception
8th: Kirkop – St. Joseph
8th: Gżira | Fgura – Our Lady of Mount Carmel
8th: Balzan – The Annunciation
8th: Kerċem (Gozo) – Our Lady of Relief
15th: Kalkara – St. Joseph
15th: Tarxien – Our Lady of Holy Doctrine
15th: Qormi – St. Sebastian
15th: Victoria (Gozo) – St. George Martyr
16th: Valletta – Our Lady of Mount Carmel
22nd: Żurrieq – Our Lady of Mount Carmel
22nd: Sannat (Gozo) – St. Margaret
22nd: Msida – St. Joseph
29th: Marsaskala – St. Anne
29th: St. Paul’s Bay – Our Lady of Sorrows
29th: Għarb (Gozo) – The Visitation of Our Lady
29th: Paola – Christ the King
29th: Marsaxlokk – Our Lady of Pompei
29th: Balluta (St. Julian’s) – Our Lady of Mount Carmel
29th: Santa Venera – St. Venera
29th: Żebbuġ – St. Joseph
August
5th: Valletta – St. Dominic
5th: Birżebbuġa – St. Peter in Chains
5th: San Ġwann – Our Lady of Lourdes
5th: Qala (Gozo) – St. Joseph
6th: Lija – Christ Our Saviour
10th: Birgu (Vittoriosa) – St. Lawrence
12th: San Lawrenz (Gozo) – St. Lawrence
12th: Hamrun – San Gaetan
15th: Mqabba | Qrendi | Mosta | Gudja | Attard | Għaxaq | Victoria (Gozo) | Birkirkara | Żebbuġ (Ħal Muxi Parish) – The Assumption of Our Lady
19th: Comino | Mġarr | Dingli | Żebbuġ (Gozo) – The Assumption of Our Lady
19th: Sliema (Stella Maris Parish) – Our Lady Star of the Sea
19th: Kirkop – St. Leonard
19th: Paola – Our Lady of Lourdes
19th: Birkirkara – St. Helen of Constantinople
26th: Għargħur – St. Bartholomew
26th: Manikata – St. Joseph
26th: Marsa – Maria Regina
26th: Safi – Conversion of St. Paul
26th: St. Julian’s – St. Julian
26th: Birgu (Vittoriosa) – St. Dominic
26th: Għajnsielem (Gozo) – Our Lady of Loreto
September
2nd: Żurrieq – St. Catherine
2nd: Sliema – St. Gregory the Great
2nd: Qawra – St. Francis of Assisi
2nd: Xlendi (Gozo) – Our Lady of Mount Carmel
8th: Naxxar | Mellieħa | Senglea | Xagħra (Gozo) – The Nativity of Our Lady
9th: Żabbar – Our Lady of Graces
16th: Żejtun (Bir id-Deheb) – Madonna tal-Ħniena
16th: Valletta (Santu Wistin Parish) – St. Augustine
October
6th: Valletta – Our Lady of the Girdle
7th: Gudja – Our lady of the Rosary
28th: Gudja – Our lady of the Girdle
November
18th: Ta’ Xbiex – St. John of the Cross
December
8th: Cospicua – Immaculate Conception
9th: Santa Luċija (Gozo) – St. Lucy
13th: Mtarfa – St. Lucy
16th: Kerċem (Gozo) – St. Lucy
Church Festival Victoria Gozo Christmas 2015
Xewkija Village church
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Ta Pino



Home of Miracles! Ta Pino Church

The magnificent Parish Church at Xaghra

(Just around the corner from the Temples of G'gantija and a 'must see'.)