Be the first to comment!End of Summer Fest at Mgarr Harbour, with carnival and much more
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Gozo will be celebrating an End of Summer Fest this weekend, with the official launch carried out by Minister for Gozo Dr Justyne Caruana.
The beautiful setting of Zewwieqa in Mgarr Harbour will be the venue for the Summer Fest, which will be held over three evenings from the 13th to the 15th of September.
Dr Caruana explained that the Ministry had been involved in organising a large number of activities and cultural initiatives around the island during the summer months, “ensuring that each location is given the importance it deserves.”
“It is appropriate that this weekend’s festival spread, which will be held over three days at Mgarr Harbour, is bringing the summer activities to an end,” she said.
The festival is organised by Cultural Council within the Ministry of Gozo in collaboration with Arts Council Malta and will include music, dance, carnival and above all, lots of fun and laughter for all ages.
Minister Caruana thanked everyone who had contributed to making the activities over the summer such a success and urged everyone to attend this weekend’s events.
Entrance is free of charge and the programme is as follows:
Friday 13th September – Rock Legends
The opening night gets underway at 10:30pm with the second edition of – Rock Legends – featuring the bands Strait Ahead and The Rock Troupers, alongside singers Kenneth Calleja, Leo Stivala and Chris Grech.
Saturday 14th September – Gozo Summer Carnival
Carnival can come more than once a year and starting at 7:00pm, Mgarr will come alive with the second edition of the Summer Carnival with street parades featuring 8 triumphal floats, grotesque masks, 11 dance companies, 3 local band clubs and live entertainment by The Jazz Knights with Pennydix Band.
Visitors to the carnival can take advantage of two ‘park and ride’ services that will be available from the Gozo heliport and Qala Street to Zewwieqa, and back.
Sunday 15th September – Jazz Do
Jazz Do will provide the entertainment for the closing night of the festival, starting at 8pm. The concert will feature sessions by Dominic Galea: Generation, Angie Vella Zarb Trio and The Malta Concert Orchestra. The Jazz Do concert is organised in collaboration with Pjazza Teatru Rjal.
Photograph: MGOZ/George Scerri
