Sing, sing, sing:

Saturday, 11 August from 8:30pm – 11pm: Notte Italiana - Pjazza Teatru Rjal, Valletta

Come Saprei. Maledetta Primavera. Vivo per Lei. Fatti Mandare dalla Mamma. La Solitudine. These and many more are the tracks which will be played by the Malta Concert Orchestra at Notte Italiana (Italian Night), under the musical direction of Joe Brown, a conductor with over 20 years’ experience. Singers Alex Schembri, Neville Refalo, Georgina, Olivia Lewis and Nadia Vella will be joining the orchestra on stage to really pull out all the stops on Saturday, an evening which promises to recall the best, the most familiar and the most popular of Italian music. Tickets from here. 

Saturday, 11 August from 9pm: Trios - Castello Lanzun, San Gwann

The 15th century Castello Lanzun in San Gwann may not be on everyone’s Malta map of where to go and what to see, but this weekend it gets star treatment with a special concert being organised by Teatru Manoel, the Malta Association for Contemporary Music and the Valletta 2018 Foundation in collaboration with The Military and Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem. This event, which forms part of the cultural calendar for the Valletta 2018 European Capital of Culture, will see musicians collaborate in a selection of orchestrations consisting of clarinet, violin and piano trios as well as duets and piano solo works. Tickets are on sale online. 

You’d better not kill the groove:

Friday, 10 August from 10:30pm – 4am: Sound Salon Fridays - Featuring Kungs - Uno Malta, Crafts Village, Ta' Qali; Saturday, 11 August from 10pm – 4am: Ziggy Presents 90's Special Part 2 - Uno Malta, Crafts Village, Ta' Qali

Sleepless escapades at Uno Malta? This seems to be the order of the day - or should we say the night - at this club which has a long history of pumped up music, international DJs on the decks and packs of friends hitting the dancefloor, out for the kill. Tomorrow, Sound Salon Fridays is welcoming one of its international guests: Kungs, responsible for such tracks as This Girl, Don’t you Know. But, if the golden 90’s is more your thing, Saturday is your night: will the club play the rhythm of the night? That's what we want to know!

Gorge to your heart’s content:

All weekend: Delicata Classic Wine Festival 2018 – Upper Barrakka Gardens, Valletta;  Friday, 10 August from 6pm – midnight: Gozo Edition - Malta International Food Festival 2018 - Xewkija, Gozo

The Delicata Classic Wine Festival starts tonight and keeps on going throughout the weekend, so you’ll have plenty of time to get to the capital and enjoy an evening of top-notch booze, starlight and run-ins with acquaintances and friends. But for some more nosh, hop over the channel tomorrow night, and you will have the opportunity to savour a wide variety of cuisine at the Gozo edition of the Malta International Food Festival – just in case you missed the Mdina version of the event a couple of weeks ago. 

More to do when night falls:

Saturday, 11 August from midnight: Perseids - Spectacular Synchronized Fireworks Display - San Lawrenz, Gozo; Saturday, 11 August from 7pm: Sleepover at Għar Dalam – Għar Dalam, Birzebbuga

Maltese village feasts in summer are as ubiquitous as beachgoers in Mellieha on a hot summer’s Sunday, so it may come as no surprise that this weekend the feast of San Lawrenz in Gozo is putting on quite a show to distinguish itself from the crowded holiday season. Aptly called Perseids, after the popular meteor shower which lights up skies peak summer, all eyes will also be turned upwards to see the synchronized fireworks display above. Too much glare? Head inside, deep into Ghar Dalam for their sleepover between Saturday and Sunday. The night will start out with an evening walk, followed by a visit to the bronze age temple of Borġ in-Nadur and, finally, Għar Dalam Cave itself – tickets from here!