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General Info
📍 Venue: The Athenaeum Theatre
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 60 minutes. Doors open 30 minutes before the show and close 5 minutes prior to the start. Late arrivals will not be 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
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Tentative Programme
Performers
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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 The Sounds of Soul at The Athenaeum Theatre under the gentle glow of candlelight.
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General Info
📍 Venue: The Athenaeum Theatre
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 60 minutes. Doors open 30 minutes before the show and close 5 minutes prior to the start. Late arrivals will not be 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), click here
🎻 Check out all the Candlelight concerts in Melbourne
🎁 To treat your friends and family to a Candlelight gift card, click here
Tentative Programme
- I've Got a Woman - Ray Charles
- At Last - Etta James
- A Change is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
- I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown
- Respect - Aretha Franklin
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
- Sitting on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
- I Want You Back - Jackson 5
- Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield
- Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
- Superstition - Stevie Wonder
- Let's Stay Together - Al Green
- What You Won’t Do for Love - Bobby Caldwell
- Fallin' - Alicia Keys
- Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
Performers
- Invictus String Quartet

User reviews
4.9 /5
based on 31 reviews
- Amazing night. I would highly recommend doing the full experience but the performance itself was amazing. Top quality performers in a really nice theatre. Thanks for an enjoyable night.
- It was a wonderful experience! Incredibly talented musicians and we will certainly attend another event like this in the very near future.
- The musicians were amazing and the setting beautiful!
- Another brilliant night. Thanks 😃
- Excellent experience. My daughters and I planned this for husbands birthday treat. We were excited and overwhelmed by every moment. @Eclectivestrings played the most innovative sets of famous SOUL tunes. And the hosting of the evening by these young musicians was fabulous, we loved hearing about the story of each song! It’s one experience in Melbourne to try again with a different theme next time. Thank you for this unforgettable night!
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The Athenaeum Theatre
The Athenaeum Theatre is a historic venue located in the heart of Melbourne's CBD. Built in the mid-1800s, it has undergone numerous renovations and is now a popular destination for theatre, music, co...










