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Come share this captivating musical celebration of the festive month with special friends and family. To warm your hearts and bring joy and nostalgia, old traditional carols and rearranged new songs will transfer you to a Christmas Wonderland. The acclaimed and multiple award winners, BRANDON OCTOBER, ANNA DAVEL and JEANINE NEETHLING will be teaming up to bring an unforgettable Christmas Celebration to all.

(Includes A Glass of Champagne and Christmas Cake)
Traditional songs and well-known songs, like White Christmas, O Holy night, A Winter Wonderland, The Ave Maria, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, the African American spiritual, Go Tell It On The Mountain and David Foster’s Grown-Up Christmas List are some of the songs included in the program, dressed up in a brand new funky flair, to be soulfully performed.

BRANDON OCTOBER appeared on television for the first time as an entrant to the South African Pop Idol show in 2002. Since then, he has graced stages in South Africa with his energetic and soulful performances everywhere. His first album, Temptation, was released in October 2003. In 2024 he was nominated for a SAMA award in the category of Best Pop Album. Brandon released his third studio album in 2011. This self-titled album was nominated for a SAMA award in the category of Best Pop Album. In 2003 Brandon co-hosted Voila, a lifestyle program on M-Net. He was a guest presenter on Pasella (SABC3). Brandon co- hosted 3 series of the hugely popular TV show, Supersterre. (This show had a weekly audience of over four million). and one of the judges of the brand-new reality television show; ‘Ons Soek Die Sanger’.

ANNA DAVEL has firmly established herself as a highly accomplished and respected singer/songwriter with a music career spanning more than 15 years. This includes four SAMA nominations and having won a SAMA (2006), being nominated for several other prestigious awards, releasing nine albums independently, being appointed overall winner of Crescendo (1997), performing on stages in various countries in the world (Belgium, Canada, London, Portugal, Finland, China, Holland) producing numerous stage productions and making several television appearances. Anna stared in four feature films released on the South African circuit – Liefling - die Movie as well as Susannah van Biljon, Suurlemoen and Hole In The Wall. In 2011 she released a new Afrikaans Jazz album with legend Ollie Viljoen called Blues & Susters. The live production was nominated for a Kanna award for Best Music Production at the KKNK 2012. In the same year the album became the proud winner of a Media 24 Tempo Music Award. Anna’s recent stage production Diamonds – A Shirley Bassey Tribute was nominated for an Aardklop National Arts festival 2019: Best Performance-award.

JANINE NEETHLING, the acclaimed and well-known musical director, famous composer of original South African theatre, film and TV, piano accompanist to some of the best South African singers, live events, collaborator with fellow musicians and presenter of big scale concerts. Over the years Jeanine won numerous awards: Fleur du Cap, two Naledi’s, Kannas and Vita- & Fiesta awards. Whan an honour to have her join Anna and Brandon on stage. Welcome back to South Africa!

Ticket Price: R250 (Includes A Glass of Champagne and Christmas Cake)
Date: Sunday, 1st of December 2024
Time: 15:00
Duration: 90 min