Mġarr festa 2026 is on Sun 23 Aug, the feast of The Assumption of Our Lady.
Sunday, 23 August 2026, Mġarr parish
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List your business, freeMġarr on Malta has one feast in the 2026 church calendar: The Assumption of Our Lady on Sunday, 23 August 2026.
The biggest one is the feast of The Assumption of Our Lady, run by the Mġarr parish.
The 2027 date comes when the Archdiocese publishes it. Most feasts move to a Sunday that suits the parish, so we do not guess.
A festa is a village party for the saint of the parish church. The church is lit up with thousands of bulbs and the streets are hung with flags and statues.
The days before the feast are full of band marches. On the eve there are often fireworks. On the day itself the statue of the saint is carried through the streets.
Anyone can go. It is free, it goes on late, and there is usually a stall selling nougat and hot snacks. Wear comfortable shoes and expect crowds near the church in Mġarr.
Parking near the church is hard on feast days. Take the bus, or leave the car at the edge of Mġarr and walk in.
Fireworks are loud, so small children and dogs may not enjoy them. To go inside the church, cover your shoulders and knees.
Times change from year to year. The parish office and the local band club share the full programme a few weeks before the feast.
Parish church: Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Santa Marija
Mġarr in Malta keeps the Assumption at the end of August. The parish church is the Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Santa Marija at 47 Triq Dun Edgar, the church with the egg-shaped dome. The Archdiocese says the villagers began planning a new church after 1898 and finished it in 1946 with their own work and money.
Mġarr is the parish for two of the oldest temple sites in Malta, Ta' Ħaġrat and Skorba, both a few streets from the church, and for the bays of Ġnejna and Għajn Tuffieħa below the village. The Archdiocese page gives 21572578 as the parish number.
Mġarr is a farming village known for its rabbit restaurants, which fill up on feast nights, so book. The bus from Valletta or from Mosta ends at the square in front of the church. Do not confuse it with Mġarr in Gozo, the ferry port.
Mġarr is L-Imġarr in Maltese. The hamlets of Żebbiegħ and Binġemma and the bay of Fomm ir-Riħ, the wildest on the island, are inside the parish, and the Victoria Lines end on the ridge above the village.
Sources: Archdiocese of Malta, Mġarr parish.
Towns close to Mġarr have their own feasts in the same month.
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Dates from the Archdiocese of Malta feasts calendar for 2026, checked on Thursday, 24 September 2026. Parishes sometimes change plans, so check with the parish before you travel.