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General Info
📍 Venue: California State Railroad Museum
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 60 minutes (doors open 45 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: Yes, this venue is ADA accessible
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🪑 Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone
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Tentative Program
- O Holy Night – Adolphe Adam
- Ma’oz Tzur – Traditional Hanukkah Song
- The Snow is Dancing – Claude Debussy
- The Seasons, Op. 37a – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- I. January. By the Hearth
- XII. December. Christmas
- The Skaters Waltz, Op. 183 (Les Patineurs) – Émile Waldteufel
- Greensleeves (What Child is This) – Traditional
- The Nutcracker, Op. 71 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Miniature Overture
- Act I, Scene II: No. 2, March
- Act II: No. 12d, Divertissement. Trepak, Russian Dance
- Act II: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers
- Act II: No. 14c, Pas de Deux. Variation II, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
- The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 4 RV 297: Winter – Vivaldi

User reviews
4.8 /5
based on 163 reviews
- Amazing experience! The program was beautifully arranged and performed. Can't wait to attend the next candlelight concert.
- Wow! Goosebumps from the very first note. A wonderfully intimate setting. We enjoyed every moment.
- The event was organized and well put together. The staffs were friendly. The musicians were great! I enjoyed the concert and would go again.
- Amazing event! Such a beautiful way to celebrate the holidays!
- The setting was delightful, the musicians fantastic. The instruments were played to perfection. 11/10 will do again!
- Awesome experience!
- It was so wonderful! Would definitely go for another event.
- Loved it! Great venue. Highly recommend.
- The show was amazing. The musicians were so talented. We’ll be back to watch again
- We had a great night listening to beautiful music in a gorgeous setting
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California State Railroad Museum
The California State Railroad Museum complex opened in 1976 and is a popular destination in Sacramento. It has over 225,000 sq ft of exhibit space and uses exhibits, docents, and restored railcars and...
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