The 30th edition of The Farsons Great Beer Festival will be held from Friday, July 23 to Sunday August 1 at Ta' Qali, featuring a line-up of the best in local talent, and fine beers.
The festival was held for the first time at the Farsons Brewery in Mriehel, and has since come a long way, with various venues and formats experimented.
It has been held at the Ta' Qali Park for the last nine years, a venue which allowed the festival to grow in size, attendance, number of performances, and variety of beers offered.
Ivan Filletti, FarsonsField Marketing Manager , said the festival had become one of the main events in the summer calendar with a great festival atmosphere and aimed at all the family.
"We are proud that we have always kept entrance free of charge as a thank-you to our customers. This year we will also be giving away two Air Malta flight tickets to German and Austrian destinations every night, as well as gift vouchers from Home Trends."
Maria Calleja, Vodafone Malta's Brand Manager, said Vodafone would be putting up its exciting car racing game ‘The Simulator Challenge' for the duration of the festival. This competition gives participants the opportunity to win an all-inclusive trip to the McLaren Technology Centre in Surrey.
A selection of artists and bands will be performing on two stages nightly, with popular local bands such as Tribali, Airport Impressions, Freddie Portelli and Ira Losco performing on the Main Stage and bands such as Fakawi, Chasing Pandora and The Rifffs on the Rock Stage.
This year, a foreign Kiss tribute band, KISS Forever Band, who will be performing on two nights, will surely attract many Kiss fans. The festival is also well-known as a starting platform for the many up-and-coming artists who are given the opportunity to perform to a large audience.
Farsons will offer a variety of local beer brands, from the award-winning Cisk range of beers: Cisk Lager, Cisk Export, Cisk Excel and Cisk XS, to the classic beers, Hopleaf Pale Ale and Blue Label Ale. International beer brands such as Carlsberg, Budweiser, Guinness, Kilkenny, John Smith's Extra Smooth, Beck's, and Corona will also be available throughout the ten days of the festival, as well as cider brands Strongbow and Bulmer's Original Cider.
The food court offers a mix of dishes from all over the world, including Maltese, Turkish, Chinese, Italian, Mexican as well as other traditional favourites.
The official festival beer mug, collected by many year after year, will be sold at the bars with the beer of choice or at the souvenir stall selling other special brand merchandise.