The following is a list of National and Public Holidays in Malta during 2009:

• 1st January - New Year's Day
• 10th February - Feast of St Paul's Shipwreck. This feast commemorates the shipwreck of St.Paul in Malta in 60 A.D., an event registered in the Acts of the Apostles.
• 19th March - Feast of St Joseph. This feast is celebrated in Rabat.
• 31st March - Freedom Day. A commemorative ceremony is held at the War Memorial at Floriana. During the afternoon, traditional regatta boat races are held in Grand Harbour.
• 10th April 2009 - Good Friday. Good Friday processions are held at about 17.00 hrs in 14 different towns and villages. During these processions, a number of life-size statues depicting scenes from the passion and death of Jesus Christ are carried shoulder high in procession along the main streets of various localities. Men and women personifying Biblical characters from the Old and New Testament, dressed in period costumes, take part in the processions.
• 12th April 2009 - Easter Sunday
• 1st May - Worker's Day
• 7th June - Sette Giugno. A commemorative ceremony is held at Palace Square, Valletta, in remembrance of the incidents of the 7th June 1919.
• 9th June - Feast of St Peter and St Paul Known in Maltese as 'Mnarja', this is a traditional folkloristic event. The festivities open on the eve of Mnarja with open-air folk-singing and a musical programme at Buskett Gardens which continues up to the early hours of the 29th day of June. Maltese dishes are served for the occasion with fried rabbit being a traditional specialityof the evening. On the 29th, activities at Buskett continue with band marches and an agrarian exhibition. During the afternoon, traditional horse races are held at Saqqajja Hill, Rabat. The word Mnarja is derived from Luminarja (illumination), when Mdina, Malta’s medieval capital, was illuminated by bonfires for the occasion.
• 15th August - 'Santa Maria' Feast of the Assumption Festivities are celebrated at Mqabba, Qrendi, Gudja, Ghaxaq, Attard, Mosta and Victoria in Gozo.
• 8th September - Victory Day A commemorative ceremony in Valletta, to celebrate the lifting of the 1565 siege against the Turks, the capitulation of the French in 1800, and the siege of the Axis powers in 1943. The traditional colourful and keenly contested boat race or regatta, is held at the Grand Harbour in the afternoon. Festivities are also held at Senglea, Naxxar and Mellieha in Malta and at Xaghra in Gozo.
• 21st September - Independence Day Malta became independent on this day in 1964. A full programme of activities takes place in various localities.
• 8th December - Feast of the Immaculate Conception
• 13th December - Republic Day Malta became a Republic in 1974 by resolution of the House of Representatives.
• 25th December - Christmas Day