The Three Palaces Festival, run by Festivals Malta, brings theatre, music and immersive performances to some of Malta’s most beautiful historic buildings. The 2026 edition runs from Tuesday 27th October to Sunday 1st November 2026.
Event details
- Dates: 27th October to 1st November 2026
- Where: historic venues around Malta, including Valletta, L-Isla (Senglea), Ta’ Xbiex, Żejtun, St John’s Co-Cathedral and Auberge d’Aragon
- Tickets: about €10 to €50 per performance, booked through festivals.mt
Programme highlights
- 27 October: Letters to a Young Poet
- 28 October: Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Unversed…
- 29 October: Alice Invites You to Tea, a Mad Hatter’s tea party, and ORA Singers in Golden Ages at St John’s Co-Cathedral. The concert ticket includes access to the Caravaggio Wing, with doors opening an hour before.
- 30 October: a public lecture on the painter Giuseppe Calì, and a toy piano and tango performance, …and other stories
- 31 October: Soft Weapons, a multisensory show for ages 18 and over, with sessions at 6pm, 7:15pm and 8:30pm
- 1 November: La Monica: The Night She Left and Postcards from Malta: Jazz and Timpana! at Auberge d’Aragon
Tips
- Each show is booked separately, so check the venue and time of every performance when you buy.
- St John’s Co-Cathedral and the Valletta venues are walkable from each other. See our Valletta guide.
- Make a long weekend of it: Halloween on 31 October is a Saturday, see Halloween in Malta.
All the latest listings are on our Malta events calendar.
Programme details are taken from the festival’s website and may change. Check festivals.mt before you go.