Where to party on Christmas
It is again that defining moment when people get busy and plan how to spend their Christmas in style every year! But for fun seekers, who wish to celebrate the day through music and cinema there is a wide range of choices in town as different artists and event managers have organised different activities that suit their tastes. Let the parties begin.
From gospel to secular music shows, cinema to night life, this year’s Christmas promises more goodies as most events’ organisers claimed that they have planned their events big and better. Most of the activities kick-start on Christmas eve all the way to the main day, which falls on Friday.
After experiencing a seemingly natural death of Cinema in Blantyre, a new management of Blantyre’s Cinema centre M-Theater (formerly Cine Cinema) at Chichiri Shopping Centre has revived the Cinema from this Christmas festive season. They will start screening blockbuster movies on a big screen on the night of Christmas eve from 8:30 pm. A partner of M-Theater Sundu Jere said the official opening of the Cinema will be a blockbuster movie The Vacation which was an ideal for family entertainment.
Jere said: “We want to revive the Cinema culture on a high note with a wide and wise selection of blockbuster movies on a high quality big screen which gives people amazing experience.”
On Christmas Day, the M-Theater will screen other family comedy and suspense movie called Minions and A Christmas Horror Story from 2:30pm and 8:30pm, respectively. The screening continues on Saturday, the Christmas Box Day, with an adventure/action movie called Fantastic 4 from 2:30pm, The Transporter (5:30pm) and 8:30pm’s drama Mistress America.
From the Cinema, music fanatics who take pressure in live music will be entertained by Mingoli band on the Christmas eve at Mustang Sally from 8:00pm until midnight. From 12 midnight, a disco will take over to ensure that patrons have fun until the morning light. The same arrangement will apply on Christmas Day.
For those who love clubbing, especially youths, Blue Elephant will be the place to be on the Christmas Day as Mikozi Entertainment has organised a bash from 1:00pm. The event will be spiced up with music performances by Street Fame, One Wizzy, NSG, KenSpyral, Gattah and Juvy.
In Lilongwe, fun seekers will celebrate the Christmas eve with Sir Paul Banda amd Alleluya band, Lulu and his Mathumela band, and Skeffa Chimoto alongside his Real Sounds at Waka-Waka hotel. Dubbed “Xmas Night”, the Waka-Waka event starts from 6pm to 6am. However, only bonafide customers with fidelity cards of Waka Waka hotel will enter free while others will part ways with a cool K2 000 (about $3) at the gate.
The sound and light concert, which is powered by Carlsberg and Entertainers Promotion, will be in Salima at Zitherepano on the Christmas eve where patrons will pay K5 000 (about $8) at the door. According to Tonderai Jai Banda, the Salima concert is a grand finale which will take on board various artists such as Lucius Banda and the Zembani band, Ben Mankhamba and Jena sisters, Mulangeni Sounds, the Black Missionaries band and many others.
On Christmas Day, there will be another celebration at Lilongwe Golf club where Phindu Promotions have organised an event called “A Christmas band live show”. This will feature the Black Missionaries band, Soldier Lucius Banda and his Zembani band, Anthony Makondetsa, Lambani Dube and Nepman.
