The weekend is for clubbing:

Various events & locations

The start of the summer season marks the start of several weekly residencies at Malta’s best clubs and party venues. This weekend, there’s lots to choose from! On Friday, take your pick from Bedouin Bar Fridays at The Westin Dragonara for a chilled out vibe, the signature G7 Fridays at Gianpula Village and Playa Fridays at Qui-Si-Sana. On Saturday, hit the dancefloor at local favourite DJ Ziggy’s Saturday Weekly at Uno Malta, or if urban Latin music is your jam, head to Gianpula Rooftop for Move it Summer. If drum & bass is more your thing, the Groove Gardens launch party at Gianpula is sure to be a hit, while fans of British trio Disciples should head straight for Marrakech, also at Gianpula Village, for an unmissable night. Finally, you need not slow down on Sunday, thanks to Panthera Sundays at Marrakech, which will be dishing out afro-house and tech house, or, if you’re all partied out but still looking for a good vibe, head over to CDM Sundays at Café del Mar for the ultimate in chill out, cocktail in hand.

For the love of art:

Friday 15th June at 6pm: Creative Circuit Ep.01 by The Malta Creative Collective – Valletta; Friday 15th June at 8pm: Malta's Got Some Character by Zack Ritchie – Iniala5, Valletta; Friday 15th June at 7:30pm: Kira Ni – Valletta Contemporary, Valletta & from 15th June at 10am: Claudio Chiariotti – 54, Cathedral Street, Sliema.

Art lovers will rejoice this weekend, thanks to a number of art-centric events and openings. Visit the capital for Creative Circuit ep. 01, the Malta Creative Collective's first collaborative event that will take you across Valletta to discover emerging and established spaces and faces. Also in Valletta on Friday, ceramic artist Kira Ni will showcase her timeless pieces at the Valletta Contemporary Gallery Shop, and over at Iniala5 Gallery, Zack Ritchie’s Malta’s Got Some Character offers up a Disney-inspired exploration of Maltese iconography. Finally, Lilly Agius Gallery in Sliema will present a collection of artworks by Italian painter Claudio Chiariotti, also starting on Friday.

Music to your ears:

Saturday 16th June at 9pm: Beangrowers - Band in a Can – Hole in the Wall, Sliema; Saturday 16th June at 11L30pm: Mozart at midnight – Teatru Manoel, Valletta; Sunday 17th June at 7pm: St Petersburg Capella Symphony Orchestra – Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta.

Saturday night brings about a special experience at Hole in the Wall in Sliema, with the second in a series of intimate and experimental live shows by local favourite band Beangrowers. The audience will listen in via wireless headphones, making for a unique gig! Meanwhile, classical music fans can look forward to the second edition of Mozart at Midnight at MCC, which will see the orchestra under the direction of Austrian conductor Michael Lessky, and on Sunday, the legendary St Petersburg Capella Symphony Orchestra, also at MCC, which will include the Rachmaninov second piano concerto played by acclaimed pianist Arkadi Zenziper.

A dose of history:

Friday 15th June at 8:30am: The Victoria Lines National Trail – Hagar Qim, Qrendi; Friday 15th June at 7:30pm: Medieval Night at Castrum Maris – Fort St Angelo, Birgu.

An informative seminar on the proposal for the development and management of a new self-guided heritage trail along Malta’s historic Victoria Lines takes place on Friday morning, with the aim of offering an innovative tourism product and an unparalleled recreational open space for locals, while protecting this heritage asset and the beautiful countryside it traverses. Later on Friday night, a medieval combat demonstration will be performed, followed by a guided night tour of Fort St Angelo at Medieval Night at Castrum Maris, organised by Heritage Malta.