⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Oxford. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Queen vs. ABBA at Holywell Music Room under the gentle glow of candlelight.
General Info
📍 Venue: Holywell Music Room
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 60 minutes. Doors open 45 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: Wheelchair and step-free access can be gained on the left-hand side of the building, with a ramp from the street via the small side door.
❓ 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 Oxford
🎁 To treat your friends and family to a Candlelight gift card, click here
Programme
Performers
Seating Map

General Info
📍 Venue: Holywell Music Room
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 60 minutes. Doors open 45 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: Wheelchair and step-free access can be gained on the left-hand side of the building, with a ramp from the street via the small side door.
❓ 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 Oxford
🎁 To treat your friends and family to a Candlelight gift card, click here
Programme
- Dancing Queen - ABBA
- SOS - ABBA
- Money, Money, Money - ABBA
- Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
- I Want to Break Free - Queen
- Waterloo - ABBA
- Super Trouper - ABBA
- Mamma Mia - ABBA
- Don´t stop me now - Queen
- We will rock you - Queen
- We Are the Champions - Queen
Performers
- String quartet: Unity String Quartet
Seating Map

User reviews
4.8 /5
based on 19 reviews
- It was a magical evening. The musicians were superb and the arrangement of the songs was inventive. A great evening.
- I had an excellent night, violinist were expectional, it does get busy as I'd advice getting there 30 mins early to get a good seat
- Candlelight was touchingly beautiful. 🕯️
- A very enjoyable evening
- We had a thoroughly enjoyable evening the venue was perfect and the quartet were outstanding.
- Lovely evening. Music was good.
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Holywell Music Room
The Holywell Music Room, with access from Holywell Street, is said to be the oldest, purpose built music room in Europe, and hence England's first concert hall. It was designed by Thomas Camplin, form...
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