Until April 1920, there was only one society in Balzan. Three youths Giuseppe Muscat, Giuseppe Falzon and Salvatore Attard visited the Parish Priest Fr Annibale Sisner, and on the 20^th April 1920 he rented them the house in No. 5,  St Mary Street, Balzan so that they could form a new Society. They wanted to name the club "San Valentino" for the second patron saint in Balzan. Sisner, being a very diplomatic person and looking ahead, to avoid that in the future there will be two primary feasts he suggested that the club should be named after the Archangel Gabriel, so that both clubs will work for one primary feast. The youths accepted and by this move rivalry between the two clubs was eliminated till this day.

Therefore the official date for the founding of the Club should date should be 19^th April 1920.The minutes of that historical meeting if they ever where written have never been found, but in the book "L-Introito e Esito" in those days, we see that the "Circolo San Gabriel" began with twenty members who each gave (12c 5m) for the rent. Here we should note that the rent was of  £2 every 6 months. From the minutes one reads that Pearson was the first president. Its interesting to note that in the  financial records of the 13^th November 1920, we see that an income of  5s (25c) for the ‘rent of a room for the Football Club’ this showing that the football club already existed in Balzan in those days.

The aim of the Circolo as it was known till 1944 was to help in the external feasts which were held in Balzan in honour of The Annunciation. The proof lies in the pedestal which depicts Judith, money was collected  after five years that the Circolo was founded for the new pedestal as we know it today. Apart from this the club used to organise social, religious and cultural activities for its members.

St. Gabriel Band Club in 5 different Places


1.The first building rented for the use of the club, in those days "Circolo San Gabriel", was No 5, St. Mary Street. It opened on the 19th April 1920. 

2. The second place the society went to was in Church street next to the church. It opened on the 12th of June 1921. 
This building was used for about 15 months.

3. The third place opened in 125, in 205 Main Street. This building was later on demolished to open the village square we have today.         

  4. The fourth was in 92, Main street, on the 23rd November 134. The club remained here till 1957, here the band was founded.

5.  The building we know today was bought by the initiative of Gabriel Caruana and was opened on the 1st September 1957. 
Since 1957 to this date the building has gone through many alterations.