Pumpkin Fest 2012

The rural village of Manikata will be celebrating the Pumpkin Festival on Sunday 28th October 2012, from 10am till late in the afternoon.  This is the fourth year that the Manikata Farmers' Cooperative will be holding a Pumpkin Festival in the streets around the St. Joseph Parish Church (Manikata Church), to give people a taste of Pumpkin-based recipes which are unique to their area. The Pumpkin Fest brings together the different small communities living in Manikata in order to celebrate everything that’s positive and good in the local residential community.

There will be stands with typical Maltese food including savoury pumpkin pies, and pumpkin tea cakes, set up by Koperattiva Rurali Manikata; hot and cold drinks provided by volunteers of Manikata Parish Church; pumpkins and other vegetables produced by Manikata farmers; plants and pumpkin trivia; traditional Maltese and contemporary music; children’s play area; horse riding; an antiques car show set up by Manikata vintage car owners; pumpkin sculptures and on site painting by local artist Jeni Caruana. 

The aim of the Pumpkin Fest is to highlight the best of what Manikata has to offer and raise funds for projects spearheaded by Koperattiva Rurali Manikata and the Manikata Parish Church.

 The activity will be organised by Koperattiva Rurali Manikata together with the Parish of St Joseph of Manikata, with the support of the Mellieħa Local Council.