Renzo Spiteri's Latin Jazz Quintet at WorldFest 2005

This year's fair trade festival WorldFest will be held on Sunday at the Upper Barrakka Gardens in Valletta between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m.

This annual event to mark World Fair Trade Day is organised by the volunteers of the Maltese fair trade co-operative that runs the world shop L-Arka in St Paul Street, Valletta.

The highlight of the festival will be a free live concert by percussionist Renzo Spiteri's Latin Jazz Quintet that starts at 8 p.m. Spiteri, who has made a name for himself and for Malta, will be accompanied by Lino Cauchi (piano), Roger Azzopardi (trumpet), Mario "Cocker" Aquilina (bass), and Joe Micallef (drums).

At WorldFest 2005 there will be a number of Fair Trade stalls with a whole new range of foodstuffs, handicrafts, costume jewellery, CDs of world music, and a host of other fair traded ethnic products from different communites in Africa, Asia and Latin and Central America. There will also be fresh organic produce for sale provided by Gaia Foundation.

Fair traded food products supplied by L-Arka will be available for free tasting at 11 a.m. and at 5 p.m. In the morning, children will have the opportunity to make costume jewellery. Djembes will be available throughout the day for ad hoc djembe circles with the participation, among others, of African musicians.

WorldFest 2005 is being organised by L-Arka run by Koperattiva Kummerc Gust and the Third World Group with help from the Youth Support Programme. More information is available on the KKG Website, www.l-arka.org