Thu, 21 Mar
|Pinto Wharf, Valletta Waterfront
Art Explora Festival - Day 1
Entrance: Free of charge subject to booking
Time & Location
21 Mar 2024, 21:00 – 23:40
Pinto Wharf, Valletta Waterfront, Triq il-Vittmi Furjaniżi tal-Gwerra, Floriana
About the event
The Art Explora Festival and its museum-boat will dock in Xatt Pinto, Valletta Waterfront from the 21st to the 31st of March 2024. The travelling festival and its museum-boat will offer 10 days of FREE artistic and cultural programming on board and on the quayside
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*Etnika has a two-decade track record of creating original and interactive performances and creative projects that raise awareness of Maltese traditional music, whilst challenging and broadening the concepts of local culture through innovation and integration.
Since 1999, the project developed large-scale productions in site-specific contexts, reclaiming unused public spaces for cultural activities whilst spearheading the revival of traditional Maltese music by discovering creative pathways towards original artistic expression within the context of contemporary trends.
An unlikely mix of artists, characters and instruments, *Etnika’s sound layers enchanting melancholy with traditional tunes & lyrics over effected guitars, retro-futuristic synths, unconventional percussion and footwork, deep, groovy bass,…