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39 Events maltatoday, SUNDAY, 17 JULY 2016 Wider selection of beers than ever at this year's Farsons Beer Festival THE Farsons Beer Festival is back from Friday 22 to Sunday 31 July at Ta' Qali National Park, with this 36th edition promising a fan- tastic line-up of musicians, artists and bands, accompanied by the most extensive selection of award- winning local and international beers the festival has ever offered. Malta's most popular open air summer festival runs for 10 days and will be featuring over 50 beer and cider brands and variants, 30 bars and food stalls, with over 70 beer draught installations, and a record number of 60 music acts across three stages. Some of the new specialty beers available will include Leffe and Hoegaarden from Belgium, Bala- din's hand crafted beers from Italy, Hobgoblin from Wychwood brewery and Trooper, Iron Maid- en's, the legendary heavy metal band, very own beer, brewed by Robinson's brewery from the UK. A wider selection of specialty beers from the prestigious St Aus- tell's brewery in Cornwall UK, will also be on offer. Alongside these international specialty beers, the festival will also supply Farsons' own range of classic ales and its Cisk range of award-winning beers, including the recently launched Cisk Pils- ner, available from the new Cisk Specials Bar in the Rock Area. Other international brands in- clude Carlsberg, Budweiser, Coro- na Extra, Beck's, Guinness, John Smith's, Kilkenny Irish Cream, Newcastle Brown Ale, as well as ciders. The Farsons Beer Festival is sponsored by Vodafone which has lots of surprises prepared for all visitors, including a huge Wheel of Fortune, where every spin is a win. Apart from a vast range of fan- tastic gadgets, visitors will also be given the opportunity to win a huge daily prize – a holiday pack- age to Europe with flight and ac- commodation included! The Festival is also supported by GasanZammit Motors, Krea Malta, Malta Tourism Authority and Vibe FM who will be hosting the Rock Stage. Doors open at 7.30pm every night and entrance is free of charge with ample free parking available. For information and updates visit www.farsonsbeerfestival. com or follow The Farsons Beer Festival on www.facebook.com/ thefarsonsbeerfestival. An evening of music at the Seashells Resort at Suncrest GUESTS of the Seashells Resort at Suncrest were treated to a fan- tastic impromptu evening per- formance by students from the Hampton School in the UK who were on holiday in Malta. The students played a wonderful rep- ertoire from their jazz and swing ensembles, covering timeless classics such as Birdland, Penn- sylvania 65000 and Chattanooga Choo Choo. Casino Malta sponsors 50 MSPCA dogs and cats AS part of the company's year long calendar of corporate social responsibility initiatives, Casino Malta has proudly partnered with the MSPCA (The Malta Society for the Protection and Care of Animals) in a pro- gramme they insist is the most simple and effective way to help rehabilitate and re-home ani- mals. For the amount of €52 per animal, Ca- sino Malta has com- mitted to sponsor 50 an- imals entering the MSPCA Re-Homing Centre, Floriana. In addition to food and medical sup- plies, this sponsorship programme provides things like animal bed- ding, special dietary food, toys, treats, leashes and other supplies that help to make an animal's life at the MSPCA as happy as possible until they find that loving home. To celebrate this partnership with Casino Malta, the MSPCA shall be naming these 50 animals with a fun association to the 'ca- sino' world. So over the next few months be on the look out for: Ace, Lucky, Black- jack, Dice and many more… Their stories will be told, from entering the Re- Homing Centre, health checks, fun walks, to the final successful re-homing event. The MSPCA would like to thank Casino Malta for their generous and heart-warming donation of €2,500 and helping to promote kindness and prevent cruelty to animals, through educa- tion and advocacy. Contact the MSPCA on 2123 4431 to find out how you can be- come a SADC sponsor or email us on sadc@spcamalta.org Sail your way to freedom this summer SAILING in the lap of luxury is part of the promise that Fairway Shipping aims to give their cus- tomers, and Malta is the perfect location for yacht charter given its abundance of bays, ports and wonderful swimming destina- tions. Its climate makes it ideal to charter throughout the whole year, with a pleasantly active peak in summer. With a choice of three options, the 64 foot Galeon 640 Fly, the 40 foot Baja Special and the 38 foot Rib, together with a personal wa- ter craft tending to each vessel, a skipper available all day and a food package that is delivered up- on request, Fairway's chartering scheme accommodates all types of client demands. The services range from water- sport activities, day trips, luxury sailing and weekend getaways. The Fairway website, set to launch at the end of July, will allow you to conveniently book by setting a date and placing a deposit. Back in October of 2011, Fair- way Shipping and Chartering was established after the potential in Malta's sea-based tourist industry escalated considerably. Since then, it has strived to ensure that people chartering through their company experi- enced nothing short of a magnifi- cently satisfactory trip. Chartering with Fairway means getting the opportunity to experi- ence a hassle free, one-of-a-kind adventure, which will completely change your impression of the Maltese waters as you know it. For more information send an e- mail to: info@fairway.com.mt The Food Waste Challenge NEV ER has the inter- national and European outcry to combat food waste been louder, and Malta is no exception when it comes to the need to reduce our food waste. When we throw away our surplus food as a result of purchasing or cooking too much, we rarely pause to think of the significance and repercussions of our actions and the negative impacts that food waste has on the envi- ronment. Food waste accounts for ap- proximately half of Malta's household waste: approximately 22% of the food we purchase ends up being wasted – that's €1 out of every €5 spent which goes straight to the bin. As consumers we have a deter- mining role to play and our ac- tions can reshape the food waste landscape. It's really a win-win situation: you produce less and you save more! To begin with, we need to become smarter shoppers by thinking about what we are buy- ing, when it will be consumed, and how to utilise it to the maxi- mum. As from this week, spokesper- sons from the national aware- ness campaign 'Don't Waste Waste', will be present in many leading supermarkets to offer tips and advice on how to shop wisely and how to effectively implement habits which help in suc- cessfully reducing your food waste and spending less money. A number of leading su- permarkets among them Pavi, Pama, Park Towers, Scotts, Smart and Arka- dia in Gozo, are all on board, so do look out for these waste spokespersons as they will also be handing out useful give- aways. Do your bit too – come talk to us to become a smarter shopper. Sure you can! Further tips on how to re- duce food waste can be found on http://w w w.dontwastewaste. gov.mt/ Students give an evening performance The Farsons beer festival is always heavily patronised Freedom and peace at sea