The 2017 Maltese Presidency of the Council of the European Union will be holding a workshop with BandAdriatica in collaboration with the Malta World Music Festival. The workshop will be held at the Fortress Builders, Valletta on Wednesday, 17 and Thursday, 18 May between 6.30 and 9pm.

Sessions are open to Maltese singers/songwriters and musicians who perform within the genre of folk and in the Maltese language, folk bands and band clubs. BandAdriatica's research and creative process is based on a local element wherever they work.

The participants will collaborate with BandAdriatica and will present their material on Saturday, 20 May during BandAdriatica's performance.

Applications close on Friday, 28 April at 12noon. Places are limited and are subject to evaluation and selection by the artistic director, Renzo Spiteri.

Interested applicants have to send a one-page CV and online links of their works on [email protected] or deliver their CV and samples of their work by hand in a sealed envelope marked MWMF + BandAdriatica's Floating Art Workshop to Arts Council Malta at 16 Casa Scaglia, Mikiel Anton Vassalli Street, Valletta.

Participants will be informed if they are accepted for the workshop once the evaluation process has been concluded.