About this festa

Mqabba is Malta's fireworks capital, home to pyrotechnic factories whose displays have won international competitions and whose reputation draws visitors from across the island for both of the village's two annual festas. The Lily feast in June and Santa Marija on 15 August are both celebrated with extraordinary fireworks displays. The Torre tal-Dawl, the Tower of Light, a 62-metre steel structure that fires around 10,000 shots in the Santa Marija eve display, has become one of the most iconic spectacles of the entire Maltese festa season. Santa Marija in Mqabba is inseparable from the village's legendary fireworks tradition. The Tower of Light, a steel structure purpose-built for the eve-of-feast display, is one of the most technically ambitious pyrotechnic structures in Europe, firing thousands of shots in a precisely choreographed sequence. Mqabba's fireworks factories have won international competitions and the village is simply Malta's first destination for anyone who loves fireworks.