Building bridges between researchers, artists, and the community, for over a decade.
Science meets creativity, ideas become action.
Welcome to Science in the City, Malta’s national science and arts festival, where curiosity takes centre stage and communities come together to imagine a better future.
Since 2012, Science in the City has transformed the Maltese Islands into a vibrant space for discovery, dialogue, and creativity. What began with 12,000 attendees has grown into a festival welcoming over 33,000 people annually, more than 6% of Malta’s population. With the support of 600 volunteers, 90 organisations, 80 researchers, and local and international performers, the festival continues to grow in scale, ambition, and impact.
Every year, the festival is shaped by a unique theme that inspires its workshops, performances, exhibitions, and experiences. In 2025, Past Forward explored how science, the arts, and history intertwine, revealing how discoveries from the past continue to shape our present and influence the futures we create together.
In 2026, the 15th edition of this popular festival, we invite you to Research, Resist, Reimagine.
This year’s theme challenges the idea that research belongs only in labs or lecture halls. Research is part of everyday life. It questions assumptions, confronts injustice, sparks creativity, and empowers communities to rethink the world around them. Interaction and engagement, we will explore how critical thinking and active citizenship can inspire meaningful change.
On the 25th and 26th of September 2026, scientists, artists, researchers, and the community will once again gather to share ideas, ignite conversations, and celebrate curiosity in all its glory.
At its heart, Science in the City is about participation. Every year, we strive to make the festival more accessible, inclusive, and representative of our communities, creating spaces where people from all walks of life can connect with research, creativity, and each other.
This festival would not exist without the passion of our core team, our collaborators, our volunteers, and you.
Join us as we question, create, discover, and reimagine the future together.
See you at the festival.
