Candlelight: Christmas Special Featuring “The Nutcracker” & More



Candlelight: Christmas Special Featuring “The Nutcracker” & More

Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Charlotte. Get your tickets now to discover music inspired by the winter and the holiday spirit at Great Aunt Stella Center under the gentle glow of candlelight.

General Info
📍 Venue: Great Aunt Stella Center
📅 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: this venue is ADA compliant
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🪑 Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone
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Tentative Program

  • Holiday Medley – Various
  • Hark the Herald Angels Sing
  • The First Noël
  • Deck the Halls
  • 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
  • Holiday Medley
  • Joy to the World
  • Angels We Have Heard on High
  • Away in a Manger
  • 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


Performers

  • Charlotte Strings

Seating Map

User reviews

  • Great show!
  • Loved it!!!! Can’t wait to be back for Taylor Swift next week!
  • Fabulous experience. Excellent musicians and venue.
  • Great performance, should keep people from going in and out during music, very distracting at this venue
  • It was a fantastic evening with wonderful music. We highly recommend anyone to attend any of these events.
  • It was wonderful! To hear live music in a perfect acoustical setting, the beautiful Great Aunt Stella Center, was one of the highlights of my holidays.
  • The Candlelight Christmas program with the Charlotte Strings has become our new tradition during the holidays. This year was a new venue for us, theGreat Aunt Stella Center. What a lovely place for another memorable evening.
  • I loved the venue and the musicians were friendly and extremely talented.
  • What an enchanting experience! Stunning, evocative musical arrangements of some of the most memorable Christmas music.
  • Amazing experience! Very talented, musicians, and entertaining evening.
  • The concert was an exquisite experience, filled with mesmerizing melodies that flowed through the air. It was a true delight to witness the musicians as their deft fingers danced over the strings and keys of their beautiful instruments, creating an enchanting atmosphere that captivated the audience.
  • Absolutely loved the venue & music was extraordinary. I hated that late people were admitted though
  • Just fabulous!
  • Lovely venue. Extraordinarily talented musicians Highly recommend.
  • Wonderful- even better than expected. The playlist and the musicians were amazing!! Beautiful venue and great sound. We are so glad we went!

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Getting there

Great Aunt Stella Center

926 Elizabeth Avenue, Charlotte, 28204

926 Elizabeth Avenue, Charlotte, 28204

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Getting there

Great Aunt Stella Center

926 Elizabeth Avenue, Charlotte, 28204

926 Elizabeth Avenue, Charlotte, 28204