South Africa's premiere orchestra, the KZN Philharmonic, is hosting a special New Year's Eve concert geared for families and friends at Kingsmead Cricket Stadium on December 31.

With popular conductor Michael Hankinson on the podium, a bumper line-up of soloists and support acts will appear before and during the Orchestra's Philharmonic Rock concert which begins at 21h00. Guest artists appearing during the evening will include the celebrated South African vocalist Thuli Dumakude and well-known jazz muso Ismael "GTX" Xaba as well as popular singers Pinkie Mtshali and Robert Petersen, guitarist Barry Thomson with Dawn Thomson on keyboards and pianist Andrew Warburton.

Gates will open at 18h00 and entertainment will begin at 19h00 running through to midnight when there will be a spectacular fireworks display followed by Cathy Peacock's Dixieland Jazz Band

Items on the main concert programme from 21h00 will include all-time hits such as Hooked on Overtures, I'm still standing, He Lives in You, Circle of Life, MacArthur Park, Hooked on Concertos, All the Man I Need, Thula! Tigers Don't Cry, I Will Survive and Give me Hope, Joanna among many others.

Book at Computicket and tickets will also be available at the gate. Tickets R50 (R25 children). Two special packages will also be available at the gate: R130 for families of four (two adults, two children) and R400 for groups of ten.