Show Your Face / Uri Wiċċek

The "Show Your Face / Uri Wiċċek" event transforms St George’s Square in Valletta into an immersive experience dedicated to cancer research. The free event, taking place on September 24th from 6pm onwards, combines music, entertainment, and a variety of activities for all ages, with a special focus on engaging younger visitors.

Children are invited to become "Junior Researchers," receiving personalized ID cards to complete a series of eight interactive experiments. These include hands-on activities like making giant white cloud slime, participating in a snowball challenge, knocking down oversized laboratory towers in the White Bowling Lab, and experimenting with enormous soap bubbles at the Giant Bubble Lab. Upon completing all eight experiments, children officially graduate as researchers.

Community art installations are a central part of the experience, with a four-meter white T-shirt transforming into a "Shirt of Hope" as children add colourful handprints, drawings, and messages. A giant graffiti wall also provides a large canvas for collective creativity. Throughout the evening, hourly "Cloud Release" moments fill the space with white foam, accompanied by bouncing giant beach balls and music, creating a celebratory atmosphere. Live science demonstrations, showcasing dramatic foam reactions, instant snow, and bubble science, also occur periodically. The event culminates with the creation of a "Face of Hope" wall, formed by individual face silhouettes decorated by the children, symbolizing individuality, hope, and togetherness.