Il-Festa l-Kbira, a one-off event in which the four main feasts and the two band clubs of Valletta will come together for the first time ever, is taking place today and tomorrow as part of the Valletta 2018 cultural programme. The Freedom Day regatta is also being held as part of these celebrations.

This evening, the King’s Own Band Club and the La Valette Band Club will start marching at 7.30pm from Freedom Square to St George’s Square, where they will hold a joint concert at 9pm.

Tomorrow’s activities start with the traditional regatta in the Grand Harbour at 11.45am.

After Mass in the four parish churches at 5pm, there will be processions with the titular statues of St Paul, St Dominic, Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Augustine. These will con-verge in St George’s Square at around 6.45pm where Archbishop Charles Scicluna will lead prayers.

At 8pm, the statues, along with the bands accompanying them, will then make their way through Republic Street to City Gate before heading back to their respective churches.

A pyrotechnic spectacle will take place in the Fort St Elmo area at 8pm.

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