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Date for fireworks for the Nativity of Our Lady Festa?

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Please help, it has been really hard to find information on the festas! I booked a hotel in Mellieha for September 8th, because I read they had a wonderful festa on that day with a fireworks display. However, I just read in a forum post that the fireworks are the day before the festa. (However, that is the first time I read anything saying that!)

Will the main activities of the festa be on Friday September 7th or Saturday September 8th? I need to know if I should try to move up my booking!

Thanks so much for the help!

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http://www.mellieha.gov.mt/the-locality/mellieħa-an-introduction-to-a-destination-for-all-seasons

If you read what it says on link.

Festivities start up to two weeks before,but the main celebrations are on the 8th,from what I remember the fireworks are on the main day at night is the 8th,not being for a while tho.

Eileen

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According to http://www.mellieha.com/vitorja/ the festivities start on 30th August and the fireworks are on 7th September this year.

I also found this old thread : https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g230152-i1509-k7082648-Il_Vitorija_festival_in_Mellieha-Mellieha_Island_of_Malta.html which also mentions 7th September, and https://www.maltainfoguide.com/malta-village-feasts.html so it does look like you might want the start date of your holiday.

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Sorry - too late to edit now, but the last sentence should read "...you might want to change the start date of your holiday". And I can't even blame fat finger syndrome for that, I just completely mis-typed.

And while I think of it, your arrival time in Malta will depend on which airline you fly with, so if you arrive late evening on the 7th you may miss the fireworks anyway. You may want to consider arriving on the 6th or earlier.

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Fireworks are always on the eve of the festa day itself - in this case, 7th September.

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Thank you! The 7th it is. Now I just have to find a way to make sure I’m there...

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