Malta International Arts Festival 2024

The Malta International Arts Festival (MIAF) blends innovation with accessibility - curating a programme of artistic excellence with strong contemporary aesthetics, accessible to a wide audience. MIAF goes beyond the conventional performance by hosting most of the programme within unique heritage sites. Every festival can programme a concert recital ... but this year MIAF is proposing concerts inside the subterranean 16th century cistern built by the Knights ... and invites audiences on a beautiful two-masted vessel to experience a theatre production set within the unique panoramic views of Grand Harbour.

This year's performances include an itinerant concert by KorMalta, a contemporary dance and music performance by Malta's national dance company, ŻfinMalta, a theatre performance featuring characters from local folklore and legend, concerts in the underground cisterns of Valletta by Simon Reitmaier and Thomas Bloch, an orchestra concert by the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, dance residencies and community projects, among other events.

MIAF isn’t just a festival ... it is an “experience” where Malta becomes the stage and the backdrop.