⭐ Candlelight Babies is a new educational experience launched in Manchester. Bask with your baby in the glow of a thousand candles as gentle classical melodies, adapted for tiny ears, spark early development and create tender bonding moments between the two of you.
Highlights
🎶 Timeless classical music at baby-friendly sound levels
🤱 Relax in a comfortable space you’ll share with your baby as you prefer, seated or in a movement friendly area
🧠 An experience that supports early cognitive and emotional growth, and nurtures your baby's creativity
🕯️ A relaxed Candlelight concert, designed to be a special family memory
Available areas
🧸 Movement Area: Space with padded flooring and cushions, ideal for moving, playing, and cuddling your baby, with adults comfortably seated on the tatami.
- One ticket for this area includes access for one adult and one baby. If another adult accompanies you, an additional ticket is required
👶 Seating + Stroller Area: includes an individual chair and space next to you to place your stroller
There will also be a side room available for storing strollers if preferred
General Info
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 45 minutes. With babies, it can sometimes be difficult to arrive on time, but out of respect for other attendees, access will only be allowed during the breaks between songs once the performance has started
📍 Venue: Hallé St Peter's
👤 Age requirement: Family event (parents + babies aged 0 to 9 months)
🧸All the amenities for your baby
♿ Accessibility: this venue is wheelchair accessible
❓ View the FAQs for this event here
🕯️ 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 Manchester
🎁 To treat your friends and family to a Candlelight gift card, click here
Programme
- The Four Seasons: Spring, 1st Movement – Antonio Vivaldi
- The Four Seasons: Winter, 2nd Movement – Antonio Vivaldi
- “Air on the G String” – Johann Sebastian Bach
- “Turkish March” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Eine kleine Nachtmusik – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- String Quintet in C Major, No. 6, Op. 30 “Passacalle” – Luigi Boccherini
- “Lullaby” (Wiegenlied), Op. 49 No. 4 – Johannes Brahms
- Gymnopédie No. 1 – Erik Satie
- Clair de Lune – Claude Debussy
- The Carnival of the Animals: The Swan – Camille Saint-Saëns
- The Carnival of the Animals: XII. Fossils – Camille Saint-Saëns
- Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214 – Johann Strauss II
- Pizzicato Polka – Johann Strauss II
Performers
- String Quartet - To be announced soon
Description
Enjoy together with your baby a tender and enriching experience. At Candlelight Babies, the senses of babies aged 0 to 9 months are awakened by the stimulation of classical music adapted for their ears and the warm light of thousands of candles. A multisensory space that will nurture their growth, promoting their cognitive development and skills such as focus, memory, and expression. Buy your tickets for Candlelight Babies in Manchester!
Seating Map

User reviews
Check out what others have said about this experience in other cities around the world!
- Absolutely amazing!!!! I would recommend!! I would probably go in further back to be honest, I was up front and if I went back I'd go into the further sections because it isn't a large theater so you're not missing anything, it lasted an hour and it was gorgeous!
- Really enjoyable
- A truly magical night!
- It was an amazing experience. Lovely, beautiful, funny... I highly recommend this concert.
- really enjoyed the performance
- Fantastic. A wonderful experience.
- Brilliant really enjoyed it well done to everyone
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Hallé St Peter's
Hallé St Peter’s is a Grade II listed former church located in the heart of Ancoats, Manchester. Originally built in the mid-19th century, it is admired for its beautiful Gothic Revival architecture a...
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