This festive season, the M-Net Channels have decorated their schedules with plenty of sparkling entertainment. Among the additions to the line-up are two fresh local music shows, designed to bring joy and a little more magic to homes across South Africa on Christmas and on the first day of the New Year.<\/p>\n
On Sunday 25 December at 17:30 the tuxedoed trio of Swing City \u2013 acclaimed musicians Loyiso Bala, Graeme Watkins and Nathan Ro \u2013 will celebrate special times with M-Net 101 viewers in the first of a series of shows, called M-Net & Friends, filmed at the State Theatre in Pretoria. While the trio will belt out the biggest holiday hits, plus some of the classics of the swing era, they will also be joined by other well-known musicians they love and admire, including Shoowop Shop (Tamara Dey, Mickhale Jones and Mariechan Luiters), Heinz Winckler, Chiano Sky and the 18-piece Johannesburg Big Band.<\/p>\n
The M-Net & Friends Swing City show is packed with laughs, good cheer, trumpets, trombones and saxophones – and of course, music from Swing City\u2019s new album Well Swung! Fans should look out for a moving version of \u201cSomerKersfees\u201d by Heinz, as well as a cheeky rendition of “Santa Baby” by the ravishing Chiano Sky. Meanwhile Loyiso Bala\u2019s effortless \u201cThula Thula” will touch many hearts.<\/p>\n
Then on Sunday, 1 January, same time same place, the Parlotones will blast off the New Year with the their powerhouse M-Net & Friends special. Featuring guests such as the talented string quartet, The Muses, Vusi Mahlasela and Khuli Chana, backed by Ghanaian heavyweight Sarkodie, the show also sees inimitable Afrikaans rapper Jack Parow swap hats and share the stage with Kahn (cleverly dubbed The Parowtones). In addition, musical genius Dan Patlansky shows just why he\u2019s been named one of the world\u2019s best guitarists, while The Voice SAseason one winner Richard Stirton will join his mentor and coach on stage too. Along the way, host Kahn\u2019s chit-chats with his guests will also allow fans to get to know the stars a little better.<\/p>\n
\u201cM-Net commissioned these music specials as a special gift to our viewers\u201d, says M-Net\u2019s Head of Publicity, Lani Lombard. \u201cAt the same time, it allows us to shine the spotlight on incredible South African talent. Furthermore, we\u2019ve really pulled out all the stops this festive season to provide the best entertainment possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Apart from the M-Net & Friends music specials, there\u2019s also the M-Net Inspire pop-up channel (channel 109 on DStv Premium and Compact), featuring movies and programmes that celebrate the triumphs of the human spirit. And, for everyone who\u2019s young at heart, M-Net Movies Smile, channel 105 on DStv Premium) has created Animania- a feast of animated movies for 18 hours per day.<\/p>\n
The Sunday 25 December line-up for Animania includes the South African film Khumba, Pooh\u2019s Heffalump Movie, Astro Boy, Strange Magic, Big Hero 6, Tarzan and Shrek 2. On M-Net Inspire, viewers can watch the inspiring true story Faith Like Potatoes, Summertime Christmas, Rocky and Chef, among others.<\/p>\n
With M-Net\u2019s new Super Sunday movie offering, Dstv Premium viewers can now also choose between three different premiere films on Sunday nights. This Christmas, M-Net 101 will be screening the hilarious holiday romcom, Love The Coopers, while M-Net Movies Premiere channel 104 will be airing the acclaimed sports drama, Concussion.<\/p>\n
For connoisseurs, the world cinema option on M-Net Edge Channel 102 is Saint Laurent, the foreign-language film exploring the life of designer, Yves Saint Laurent.<\/p>\n
For detailed screening times and updated M-Net Channel schedules go to mnet.tv<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This festive season, the M-Net Channels have decorated their schedules with plenty of sparkling entertainment. Among the additions to the line-up are two fresh local music shows, designed to bring joy and a little more magic to homes across South Africa on Christmas and on the first day of the New Year. On Sunday 25… Continue reading Have A Jolly Good Time With M-Net These Holidays<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-3197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-mnet","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}