Is there a better time of year to see a candlelight concert in a cemetery? We think not.
You’ve probably seen those candlelight orchestra events from Fever crossing your social media feeds. If spooky season is your favorite, now is the time to go!
All the events listed here are performed by the Listeso String Quartet, who we saw at the BOK playing the Best in Anime earlier this year (read our recap for an idea of what to expect).
Each one is expected to last about an hour, and carries an age requirement of 8 years old or older– kids under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
(One is not so much spooky and more “here be dragons,” but it felt wrong to leave off a Lord of the Rings/Game of Thrones option.)
Be sure to arrive early, as seating is first come first serve within your purchased seat block and there is no late seating once the show has started. All listed song lists are tentative and subject to change.
Sadly no candlelight music events in Delaware this month, these are all in Philly or Media. But two are at Laurel Hill cemetery!
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Find more Halloween events from Fever here!
Candlelight Halloween: Best Horror Movie Soundtracks
Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia
Tuesday October 8th (my birthday!), 6:30 and 9pm.
Tentative program:
- Prelude from Psycho Theme from Halloween
- Theme from A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Hello Zepp from Saw
- Suspiria from Suspiria
- Ave Satani from The Omen
- Transylvanian Lullaby from Young Frankenstein
- Tubular Bells from The Exorcist
- The Shape of Water from The Shape of Water
- Lullaby from Pan’s Labyrinth
- Theme from The Shining
- Love from Under the Skin
- Theme from Beetlejuice
- Main Title from Sleepy Hollow
- The Nightmare Before Christmas Suite
Candlelight Halloween: Open Air Haunted Classics
Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia
Tuesdays October 15th, 22nd and 29th 6:30 and 9pm
- Thriller – Michael Jackson
- Funeral March of a Marionette – Charles Gounod
- String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor (Dresden Quartet), Op. 110: II – Allegro Molto and III – Allegretto – Dmitri Shostakovich • Marche Funèbre- Frédéric Chopin
- Stranger Things (Theme) – S U R V I V E
- Beetlejuice (Theme) – Danny Elfman
- The Addams Family (Theme) – Vic Mizzy
- Halloween (Theme) – John Carpenter
- Psycho (Prelude) – Bernard Herrmann
- Ghostbusters (Theme) – Ray Parker Jr.
- Danse Macabre – Camille Saint-Saëns
- Night on Bald Mountain – Modest Mussorgsky
- Der Erlkönig – Franz Schubert
- Medley from The Nightmare Before Christmas – Danny Elfman
- In the Hall of the Mountain King – Edvard Grieg
Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics
Media Theatre For The Performing Arts, 104 East State Street, Media
Wednesday October 23rd 7pm
- 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
Candlelight: Rings & Dragons
Media Theatre For The Performing Arts, 104 East State Street, Media
Wednesday October 23rd 9pm
Themes from The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by Howard Shore:
- The Caverns of Isengard
- Gollum
- Lighting of the Beacons
- The Passing of the Elves
- Saruman the White
- Flaming Red Hair
- The Grace of Undomiel
Themes from Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon by Ramin Djawadi:
- Opening Titles
- Winter Is Coming
- Jon Snow’s Theme
- Rains of Castamere
- Light of the Seven
- Fire and Blood (House Targaryen Theme)
Candlelight Open Air: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics
BOK, 800 Mifflin Street, Philadelphia
Monday October 28th 6:30 and 9pm
- 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
Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics
Independence Seaport Museum, 211 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia
Thursday, October 31 6 and 8:30pm
- 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
