Ring in the Year of the Water Tiger at Araneta City
ARANETA City is welcoming the Year of the Water Tiger with activities meant to attract good luck. Visit Gateway Mall’s Tunnel of Chinese Lanterns, decorated in red and yellow, starting Jan. 26. There’s also a horoscope exhibit at the Ali Mall and Farmers Plaza activity areas where visitors can learn their fortune. The exhibit runs until Feb. 6. Lion and Dragon Dancers will bring in good fortune and abundance to everyone they meet on Feb. 1. They will be performing at the activity areas of Gateway Mall, Ali Mall, and Farmers Plaza starting 10:30 a.m. Chinese New Year celebrations will be incomplete without treats like tikoy, hopia, dumplings, and other Chinese delicacies, plus lucky charms for those looking to attract prosperity in the coming new year. These items and more will be at the Chinese New Year fair which opens Jan. 27 at the activity areas of Gateway Mall and Farmers Plaza. Get lucky with the Lucky Snaps promo by taking a selfie or groupie in Araneta City mall center pieces or Chinese New Year decorations and upload the photo on Instagram, tagging Araneta City and using the hashtag #LuckySnapsAtTheCityofFirsts. Two lucky winners will get to take home buffet gift certificates from Novotel Manila Araneta City. Shoppers will get a chance to take home prizes like a Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air when they present a ₱2,000 single-receipt purchase from any Araneta City establishment at any Araneta City mall concierge. Promo runs until Feb. 1. Virtual shoppers using Araneta City’s Ask Ara personal shopper service (https://bit.ly/3xsGWhL) will enjoy free delivery on Feb. 1 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. This is applicable within Metro Manila only. Diners will get one can of Coca-Cola for free for every ₱200 single or accumulated receipt upon ordering at any Araneta City mall food court or Dampa in Farmers Market from Feb. 1 to 20. Customers must present a valid ID and COVID vaccination card.
Concerts on KTX.ph
KTX.ph now offers concert series by Belle Mariano and Angeline Quinto. Ms. Quinto’s concert series, 10Q: Ten Years of Angeline Quinto at the Metropolitan Theatre, will have Gary Valenciano and Darren Espanto join her as guests in her anniversary concert on Jan. 28 (8 p.m.), while Ogie Alcasid is her guest on Jan. 29, 8 p.m. Then, Ms. Quinto will reunite with Kyla, KZ Tandingan, and Yeng Constantino on Jan. 30, 8 p.m. Tickets are P499 per concert. Meanwhile teen singer Belle Mariano will hold her first major solo digital concert, Daylight, on Jan. 29, 8 p.m. The SVIP and VIP tickets have already been sold out, but regular tickets at P195 are still available. Tickets are also available to watch it on Jan. 30, 11 a.m. Aside from the concerts of Ms. Quinto and Ms. Mariano, there will be a re-run of the One Dream: The BINI and BGYO concert version 2022 on Feb. 12 and 13. For P700, fans can experience the sibling’s concert once more. To book tickets, visit www.ktx.ph.
Ben&Ben’s Kuwaderno now on GigaPlay App
FILIPINO folk-rock band Ben&Ben’s first-ever online concert, Kuwaderno, will be available on Smart GigaPlay beginning Jan. 29. In the concert, which was streamed live from the Smart Araneta Coliseum, the popular band performed 18 songs from their latest album, Pebble House Vol. 1: Kuwaderno, featuring singles “Upuan,” “Lunod” with Zild and juan karlos, “Kayumanggi,” and more. The concert delivered a memorable livestream experience last December when the event was first aired on KTX.ph. Now, Smart subscribers who are fans of 2021’s most streamed OPM act can catch the concert featuring Paolo Guico (acoustic guitars and vocals), Poch Barretto (electric guitars), Pat Lasaten (keyboards), Keifer Cabugao (violins), Agnes Reoma (bass), Toni Muñoz (percussions), Miguel Guico (acoustic guitars and vocals), Jam Villanueva (drums), and Andrew de Pano (percussions) all over again. To view the concert, Smart subscribers have to download the GigaPlay App on their smartphone via the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and then stream Kuwaderno at no extra cost.
