Fireworks Festival - Displays in various localities

Firework displays are being held in various parts of Malta and Gozo this week and next week in connection with the Malta International Fireworks Festival. The festival started yesterday with an eight minute pyromusical show by FireOne Malta in collaboration with St. Nicholas Fireworks Factory of Siggiewi at the Excelsior Hotel following the welcome reception launching the International Symposium on Fireworks conference being held in Malta. The following is the rest of the programme: TODAY      9.45 – 10.30 pm   Mdina   -  Pyro-musical displays by Scarpato/PyroDigiT (Italy) and Mount Carmel Fireworks Factory of Zurrieq, Malta.   WEDNESDAY   6.30 p.m. to 11 p.m.  Mellieha – A variety of traditional and unique Maltese fireworks (including daylight and night multi-break fireworks and mechanised ground fireworks held amidst a Maltese festa ambience). Sixteen Maltese fireworks factories are participating. THURSDAY    9 pm. to 10.30 p.m.   St. Paul’s Bay / Bugibba Promenade – A variety of Maltese Ground Fireworks that relate to the Chronological development of this form of pyrotechnic display from traditional Catherine wheels to mechanised pieces. Nine Maltese fireworks factories are...