The Malta Independent on Sunday
The Farsons Beer Festival in full swing
The Farsons Beer Festival has kicked off to a great start, continuing until Saturday, 4 August. Held at Ta’ Qali National Park, the festival offers a great night out in a lovely park setting for all the family. Doors open at 8pm every night and entrance is free.
The festival offers a wide selection of beers from the Farsons Group portfolio, including new beers Gold Label Pale Ale, the latest addition to the Farsons Classic Brews range, launched especially to mark 90 years of brewing in Malta, as well as imported brands Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc, Desperados, speciality beers Grimbergen, Dunkel Fester, Guinness West Indies Porter, non-alcoholic beer Carlsberg 0.0% and cider brand Old Mout.
Local ska band The Rifffs will be headlining the Main Stage tonight, preceded by Vinyl Paradise, while bands The Plakard Project, Mirage and Pyramid Suns, will be rocking the Rock Stage. The Blues n Brews Stage features Kylie & Noogie as well as Cheryl Balzan. The programme for the coming days: Monday, 30 July Main Stage – The New Victorians, The Travellers Rock Stage – Grotium, Align the Tide, Clubmurder Blues N Brews Stage – Brazilian Quartet, Chris Tanti Tuesday, 31 July Main Stage – Xarulu, Tribali Rock Stage – Hunting Cain, Kenneth Calleja, Scar Wednesday, 1 August Main Stage – Matthew James & Band, Ziggy ft Skarlet Rock Stage – Cryptic Street, The Velts, Beangrowers Blues N Brews Stage – Wayne & Luca, Lyndsay & Stefan
This year, a solid waste management infrastructure has been put in place in partnership with Wasteserv, recycling cooperative GreenPak and NGO Zibel.
PlastiKaxxa, an initiative by GreenPak and Zibel, and supported by the Farsons Foundation, will facilitate an increase in the collection of recyclable material at the festival. Visitors can dispose of their crushed plastic bottles and cups in seven containers made of re-used nets and wood placed around the festival site.
Smaller containers will also be installed for the disposal of plastic caps which will be collected for GreenPak’s Nirricikla Ghall Istrina campaign.
Additionally, in an extension of their Crush & Win campaign, a lucky winner will be drawn every night and awarded €50 by GreenPak. This campaign encourages the public to crush recyclable items before disposing of them responsibly.
Susan Weenink Camilleri, head of Marketing and Communications at Simonds Farsons Cisk plc, commented: “Although always present, this year we are stepping up our efforts to ensure proper waste management on site. We encourage our visitors to follow instructions and, together with our partners, we will ensure that waste is kept separate from collection through to disposal.”
This year’s edition of the Farsons Beer Festival is once again sponsored by Vodafone and supported by XFM, Algida and Krea. Other partners include PRS for Music, Taxify, Focal Maritime, Mapfre Middlesea and Go Sport.
The Farsons Beer Festival is organised by Simonds Farsons Cisk plc. For information, news and updates follow the Farsons Beer Festival on Facebook and Instagram.