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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 San Diego. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Joe Hisaishi at Star Theatre under the gentle glow of candlelight.
🌸 To celebrate Candlelight Spring, a limited number of sessions feature a special floral setting. All other sessions follow the standard Candlelight setup. See the dates below.
General Info
📍 Venue: Star Theatre
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 60 minutes. Doors open 45 minutes before the show. No entry once it starts.
👤 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
❓ 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 San Diego
🎁 To treat your friends and family to a Candlelight gift card, click here
Tentative Program
- Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind - Kaze no Tani
- Laputa: Castle in the Sky - Kimi wo Nosete
- My Neighbour Totoro - Kaze no Toori Michi
- My Neighbour Totoro - Main Theme
- Kiki's Delivery Service - Umi no Mieru Machi
- Princess Mononoke - Main Theme
- Spirited Away - Inochi no Namae
- Spirited Away - Chihiro's Waltz
- The Tale of Princess Kaguya - When I Remember This Life
- Ponyo - Gake no Ue no Ponyo
- The Wind Rises - A Journey (A Dream of Flight)
- Howl's Moving Castle - Merry Go Round of Life
Sessions with Candlelight Spring flower setting:
- April 17
Performers
- String Quartet - Range Ensemble - San Diego
Seating Map

User reviews
- Genuinely an amazing experience. I got chills EVERY single song.
- Absolutely wonderful show with music that brought back so many memories of my childhood!
- Wonderful experience and the musicians were talented and and joy to listen to!
- Beautiful venue. Very peaceful and relaxing. Well organized entering and exiting very smooth.
- It was beautiful and the sound was fantastic and overall a wonderful immersing experience
- Thank you! A lovely way to spend time with my daughter who is a huge Studio Ghibli fan. Staff was friendly and helpful.
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Star Theatre
The Star Theatre Company in Oceanside, CA, is a restored 986-seat historic theater, now serving as a performance base. Image source: https://www.startheatreco.com/








