⭐ 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 Christmas Movie Soundtracks 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
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Programme
- White Christmas from Holiday Inn
- Christmas Time Is Here from A Charlie Brown Christmas
- Skating from A Charlie Brown Christmas
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) from Alvin and the Chipmunks
- The Nightmare Before Christmas Medley
- Believe from The Polar Express
- You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch from How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
- Where Are You Christmas? from Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- Jingle Bell Rock from Jingle All the Way
- Silver Bells from The Lemon Drop Kid
- Winter Wonderland from While You Were Sleeping
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! from While You Were Sleeping
- I Believe In You and Me from The Preacher's Wife
- Carol of the Bells from Home Alone
- All I Want for Christmas Is You from Love Actually
Performers
- String Quartet - To be announced
Seating Map

User reviews
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- An amazing, magic experience!
- This was a wonderful experience. A huge thank you to everyone who worked on this and presented it to us.
- Highly recommended
- It's was absolutely amazing i loved it
- Beautiful and well organised show
- Great venue, amazing performances, truly enjoyed it.
- Amazing musicians
- It was amazing. Thank you for the musicians to give us such a beautiful experience! We will definitely go again. 🤗
- A wonderful sensory experience. Very relaxing, and in a beautiful location. Just what I needed.
- Great atmosphere. Would definitely recommend
- Forgot all about the worries of everyday life, a fantastic experience
- Beautiful event
- Lovely concert
- It was just great very talented musicians.
- Magical 🤩
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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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