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Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics at the Athenaeum Theatre

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Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Melbourne. Get your tickets now to discover music inspired by Halloween at The Athenaeum Theatre under the gentle glow of candlelight.

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General Info:

  • Venue: Athenaeum Theatre

  • Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector

  • Duration: 60 minutes (doors open 30 mins prior to the start time and late entry is not permitted)

  • Age requirement: 8 years old or older. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult

  • Accessibility: this venue is wheelchair accessible

  • View the FAQs for this event here

  • Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone

  • If you would like to book a private concert or buy regular tickets for a large group (+30 people), please click here

  • Check out all the Candlelight concerts in Melbourne

  • To treat your friends and family to a Candlelight gift card, click here

Programme:

  • Thriller - Michael Jackson

  • Funeral March of a Marionette - Charles Gounod

  • String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor (Dresden Quartet), Op. 110: II. Allegro Molto - Dmitri Shostakovich

  • Tubular Bells (Theme from The Exorcist) - Mike Oldfield

  • Stranger Things (Theme) - S U R V I V E

  • Beetlejuice (Theme) - Danny Elfman

  • The Addams Family (Theme) - Vic Mizzy

  • Halloween (Theme) - John Carpenter

  • Prelude from Psycho - Bernard Herrmann

  • Ghostbusters (Theme) - Ray Parker Jr.

  • Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns

  • Night on Bald Mountain - Modest Mussorgsky

  • Time Warp from The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Richard O’Brien and Richard Hartley

  • Medley from The Nightmare Before Christmas - Danny Elfman

Performers:

  • Eclective Strings

  • Violin

  • Viola

  • Cello

More info & tickets here.

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