Malta Jazz Festival
Top 10 in Top 12 Most Famous Festivals in Malta
One of the most famous festivals in Malta, the Malta Jazz Festival, which takes place every year in July in Malta (previously part of Arts Council Malta and the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts). It takes place on the Valletta shoreline, outside Our Lady of Liesse Church.
The event was controversially taken away from Gatt, a pioneer of Maltese jazz, in 2006 and placed in the hands of private promotion business N'n'G, which intended to turn it into a more populist 'Rock and Jazz' festival.
Following that, the Malta Jazz Festival's line-ups were almost entirely devoid of modern jazz content, instead featuring a slew of past rock musicians, reunited prog rock ensembles, and tribute bands, leading to a brief period of decline.
Date: July
