⭐ 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 music of Queen vs. ABBA at The Athenaeum Theatre under the gentle glow of candlelight.
📍 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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🪑 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
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Tentative Programme
Performers

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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
- Dancing Queen
- SOS
- Money, Money, Money
- Voulez Vous
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- I Want To Break Free
- Killer Queen
- Waterloo
- Super Trouper
- Mamma Mia
- Don’t Stop Me Now
- We Will Rock You
- We Are The Champions
Performers
- 4th July & 16th August: String Quartet- Eclective Strings
- 5th July: String Quartet- Invictus Quartet

User reviews
4.9 /5
based on 130 reviews
- Another brilliant atmospheric concert!
- Magical
- Beautiful and well done!
- Absolutely loving it 🥰
- Wonderful performance
- Loved the performance. Great intimate atmosphere and the musicians were unbelievable.
- It was a thoroughly enjoyable concert! It was one of the best experiences I have had for entertainment.
- Music & musicians were fantastic, throughly enjoyed it. Highly recommend
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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...
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