The run-up to the feast of the Ascension of Our Lord, known as Lapsi, is being celebrated in Gozo with the sixth edition of Lejlet Lapsi – Notte Gozitana, organised by the Ministry for Gozo, on the weekend of the 18th-20th of May.

Costumes from the National Collection are being displayed under the auspices of Heritage Malta in the Exhibition Hall of the Ministry for Gozo, Victoria; paintings by Emvin Cremona are on display at the Banca Giuratale on Independence Square, Victoria; and the Cittadella Centre for Culture and Arts has two exhibitions – the 70th anniversary of the awarding of the George Cross and the Santa Maria Convoy, and the Gentes IV Collective Exhibition.

On Friday, the18th of May at 9 p.m. Soundtracks Spectacular is being held on St Francis Square, Victoria, with music, dance and film by the Gozo Youth Orchestra and the Moveo Dance Company with the participation of professional Maltese and Italian dancers.

Foot and bus tours are being held on Saturday the19th and Sunday, the 20th at 10am from the Victoria Bus Terminus taking in rural chapels, the countryside and the Citadel’s hidden curiosities.

A local crafts fair starts at 10am on Saturday the 19th of May on St George’s Square. An Artists’ Garden, with the students of the Music, Arts and Drama Schools in Gozo celebrating the four seasons of culture in art, music, dance and drama, also starts at 10am in Villa Rundle Gardens. There are free horse-drawn carriage rides, including in the traditional karozzini, between Savina Square and Villa Rundle Gardens.

Several parts of Victoria come alive from 9pm, with various music and dance events, including Villa Rundle Gardens, the Cathedral Square and Gran Castello in the Citadel, and Victoria’s narrow streets and alleys. Independence Square will have live music on a grand piano and is the main chill-out venue from midnight.

On Sunday the 20th, Villa Rundle Gardens will host Gozitan folk groups, traditional games and animation from 9am and at 8pm. “Stella and Leone,” a musical based on the novel by Gozitan poetess Mary Meilaq, is presented by the Gozo Theatre Club.

For more information please call 2215-6700, e-mail info@gozoculture.com or visit www.gozo.gov.mt, www.eco-gozo.com or www.gozoculture.com.

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