Local artists receive European Citizen’s Award for ‘Lockdown Festival’

Local artists Vegard Flatoey, Zoe Camilleri, Niels Plotard and Keith Bonnici organised a successful festival comprised of various performers and artists.

👯‍♀️🔒 Elated to announce that Lockdown Festival, organised in #Malta when the pandemic upended our lives from March…

Posted by European Parliament in Malta / Il-Parlament Ewropew f'Malta on Tuesday, 16 February 2021

Despite the lockdown closing theatres and restricting crowds, the artists overcame the challenges posed to the performance communities in Malta and received a European Citizen’s Award in recognition of their work.

The festival, broadcasted through Facebook from the artists’ homes last March, received an audience of over sixty thousand spectators.

Their work has raised €3,000 and distributed to all those involved, garnered European acclaim and created a network for artists during such turbulent times.

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