Candlelight Concerts LA

Candlelight: Tribute to Juan Gabriel on Strings is a glowing, romantic concert experience that reimagines the unforgettable songs of “El Divo de Juárez” through the rich, expressive sound of a live string quartet, all set within a sea of flickering candles. Over the course of the performance, sweeping melodies and heartfelt harmonies transform classics like “Amor Eterno,” “Así Fue,” “Querida,” “Abrázame Muy Fuerte,” and “No Tengo Dinero” into elegant, cinematic arrangements that highlight the drama, tenderness, and pure emotion at the heart of Juan Gabriel’s music—creating a night that feels both intimate and joyfully celebratory.

Candlelight: Best of Joe Hisaishi is a dreamlike, candlelit concert that brings the beloved soundscapes of Studio Ghibli and beyond into a richly intimate setting, as a live string quartet transforms sweeping orchestral themes into luminous chamber-music storytelling. Expect a nostalgic journey that moves from wonder to adventure to quiet heartbreak, with iconic selections from films like Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Ponyo, The Wind Rises, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Howl’s Moving Castle, and more—each melody glowing under the soft flicker of candles for a one-of-a-kind evening that feels cinematic, cozy, and deeply emotional all at once.

Candlelight: The Best of Frank Sinatra & Nat King Cole is a smooth, candlelit jazz night that wraps timeless crooner classics in the warm glow of hundreds of flickering candles, as a live jazz ensemble brings big-band charm and lounge-era romance to life in an intimate setting. Expect the easy swing and swagger of Sinatra favorites like “Come Fly with Me,” “Fly Me to the Moon,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” and “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” paired with Nat King Cole staples that melt the room—especially the velvet-hearted “Unforgettable”—alongside beloved standards like “Night and Day,” “The Way You Look Tonight,” and “Almost Like Being in Love,” all delivered with the kind of elegance that makes the whole evening feel like stepping into a classic Hollywood soundtrack.

Candlelight: Tribute to Whitney Houston is a glowing, immersive concert that surrounds you with the warm flicker of candlelight as a live string quartet reimagines Whitney’s powerhouse hits in elegant, goosebump-inducing arrangements. Over the course of the evening, the music moves from big, triumphant anthems to tender ballads—featuring favorites like “I Will Always Love You,” “I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” “Greatest Love of All,” “I Have Nothing,” and “How Will I Know,” plus crowd-pleasers such as “It’s Not Right but It’s Okay,” “One Moment in Time,” “Saving All My Love for You,” “Where Do Broken Hearts Go,” “So Emotional,” and even “When You Believe” and “Higher Love”—creating a heartfelt tribute that feels both intimate and larger-than-life.

Candlelight: Tribute to Drake is a live, multi-sensory concert that reimagines Drake’s biggest hits in lush, cinematic string arrangements, performed in an intimate setting illuminated by the warm glow of candlelight. Over the course of about an hour, a live string quartet transforms fan favorites like “Passionfruit,” “Marvins Room,” “Teenage Fever,” “Headlines,” “Take Care,” “Laugh Now Cry Later,” “God’s Plan,” “Controlla,” “Fair Trade,” “Crew Love,” “Over,” “In My Feelings,” “One Dance,” and “Hold On, We’re Going Home” into something fresh and surprisingly emotional—capturing the smooth late-night mood, the big hooks, and the swagger that made these songs iconic.

Candlelight: The Lord of the Rings invites you to step into Middle-earth as a live string quartet brings the iconic music of the film trilogy to life in a warmly lit setting surrounded by a sea of flickering candles. Over the course of the concert, sweeping heroic themes and intimate, haunting melodies trace the saga’s emotional journey—from the Shire’s cozy wonder to the shadow and triumph of the final chapters—featuring beloved moments like “Concerning Hobbits,” “The Riders of Rohan,” and “Into the West,” reimagined with chamber-music elegance and cinematic punch. Designed as a special anniversary tribute, it’s an immersive, goosebump-inducing night that feels like traveling with the Fellowship—one glowing note at a time.

Candlelight: Tribute to Bad Bunny turns the glow of hundreds of candles into the perfect backdrop for a live string quartet reimagining the superstar’s biggest tracks in a fresh, cinematic way—equal parts romantic, swaggering, and irresistibly rhythmic. With melodies from favorites like “Yonaguni,” “Moscow Mule,” “Ojitos Lindos,” “Me Porto Bonito,” and “Tití Me Preguntó,” plus crowd-pleasing moments like “La Noche de Anoche,” “Callaíta,” “un 100xto,” and a closing medley, the concert blends reggaetón energy with elegant chamber-music textures for an immersive hour that feels both intimate and hype at the same time.

Candlelight: Queen vs. ABBA is a vibrant, candlelit concert that pits two legendary hit factories against each other-reimagined in rich, cinematic string arrangements that make familiar choruses feel brand new. Performed live by the Metropolis String Quartet, the program races from ABBA's glossy pop euphoria ("Dancing Queen," "SOS," "Money, Money, Money," "Voulez Vous," "Waterloo," "Super Trouper," "Mamma Mia," "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!") to Queen's larger-than-life rock drama ("Bohemian Rhapsody," "I Want to Break Free," "Killer Queen," "Don't Stop Me Now," "We Will Rock You," "We Are the Champions"), creating an immersive hour of sing-along energy, soaring melodies, and pure joy under the warm glow of candlelight.

Experience the raw emotion and unforgettable anthems of the 1990s reimagined in an intimate acoustic setting at Candlelight: 90s Unplugged, where the Listeso String Quartet breathes new life into grunge, alternative rock, and power ballads that defined a generation. This 60-minute journey features stripped-down interpretations of iconic tracks from Nirvana, Foo Fighters, The Cranberries, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead, and more, transforming electric guitar riffs and drum-driven energy into hauntingly beautiful string arrangements that reveal the profound musicality beneath these beloved songs.

Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer is a cinematic, candlelit concert that transforms some of modern film’s most iconic scores into an intimate, goosebump-inducing experience, performed live by a string quartet surrounded by the soft glow of hundreds of flickering candles. The program sweeps from soaring, emotional themes to pulse-pounding action cues—reimagining unforgettable music from Interstellar, Inception (“Time”), The Dark Knight (“Like a Dog Chasing Cars”), Gladiator, The Lion King, Man of Steel, Sherlock Holmes (“Discombobulate”), Kung Fu Panda (“Oogway Ascends”), Madagascar (“Zoosters Breakout”), and a Pirates of the Caribbean medley—capturing Zimmer’s signature blend of heart, momentum, and epic scale in a beautifully close-up setting.

Candlelight: Neo-Soul Favorites is a smooth, candlelit concert experience that reimagines modern R&B, neo-soul, and hip-hop favorites through lush live string arrangements, letting familiar grooves and hooks land with new intimacy and cinematic warmth. Performed by the Listeso String Quartet, the set moves through a feel-good, slow-burn playlist that can include SZA's "Good Days," Lauryn Hill's "Ex-Factor," Solange's "Don't Touch My Hair," Miguel's "Adorn," Frank Ocean's "Thinkin Bout You," Prince's "Purple Rain," Sade's "Smooth Operator," D'Angelo's "Untitled (How Does It Feel)," Childish Gambino's "Redbone," H.E.R.'s "The Best Part," Alicia Keys' "You Don't Know My Name," and Boyz II Men's "End of the Road," creating an immersive night that feels equal parts soulful, elegant, and deeply vibey under the glow of candlelight.

Candlelight: Tribute to Metallica unleashes the band’s biggest riffs and anthems in a totally different way, as a live string quartet turns heavy metal into a dramatic, cinematic concert experience under the warm glow of countless candles. Over 60 minutes, thunderous rhythms and soaring melodies shift between raw power and surprising tenderness, moving through iconic tracks like “Enter Sandman,” “One,” “Master of Puppets,” “Nothing Else Matters,” “The Unforgiven,” “Fade to Black,” “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” “Seek & Destroy,” “Sad But True,” and even “Whiskey in the Jar,” all reimagined with lush harmonies and adrenaline-pumping intensity that makes the music feel both intimate and epic at the same time.

Candlelight: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac is a glowing, immersive concert that transforms Fleetwood Mac's iconic soft-rock sound into lush, cinematic string arrangements performed live in a sea of flickering candles. Expect an intimate, emotionally rich journey through favorites like "Everywhere," "Gypsy," "You Make Loving Fun," "Never Going Back Again," "Don't Stop," "Gold Dust Woman," "Go Your Own Way," "Landslide," "Little Lies," "Songbird," "Rhiannon," and "The Chain," where familiar melodies take on new warmth and drama-part sing-along nostalgia, part classical reimagining, and entirely transportive.

Candlelight: Tribute to Adele is a glowing, immersive concert experience that reimagines Adele's powerhouse ballads and breakup anthems in lush live string arrangements, performed in a room lit by the soft shimmer of candlelight. Over roughly an hour, you'll hear beautifully transformed favorites like "Hello," "Rumour Has It," "Make You Feel My Love," "Water Under the Bridge," "Oh My God," "Someone Like You," "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)," "Chasing Pavements," "Skyfall," "When We Were Young," "Set Fire to the Rain," "Easy On Me," and "Rolling in the Deep," creating a night that feels intimate, cinematic, and deeply emotional from the first note to the final crescendo.

Candlelight brings its signature multi-sensory concert experience to the music of Michael Jackson, with a string quartet performing the King of Pop's greatest hits in a room aglow with hundreds of flickering candles. Over the course of an hour, audiences will hear beloved songs spanning his entire career reimagined for strings, from early favorites like "I Want You Back" and "Rock With You" to iconic anthems including "Billie Jean," "Smooth Criminal," "Man in the Mirror," and "Thriller." The intimate candlelit setting transforms these familiar pop classics into something unexpectedly moving, giving longtime fans and newcomers alike a fresh way to experience one of music's most legendary catalogs.

Candlelight: Tribute to TOOL brings the band's dark, hypnotic catalog into an intimate, candlelit setting, where the music is reimagined in rich, cinematic arrangements for strings for a powerful, multi-sensory concert experience. Performed by the Metropolis String Quartet, the program highlights fan-favorite tracks like "Vicarious," "Stinkfist," "Forty Six & 2," "Schism," "Sober," "Disposition," "The Pot," and "Pneuma," letting TOOL's shifting rhythms, tension-and-release builds, and haunting melodies unfold with fresh nuance-at once atmospheric, intense, and unexpectedly elegant.

Candlelight: Tribute to Ariana Grande transforms the pop superstar's biggest hits into an intimate, multi-sensory concert experience, performed live by the Metropolis String Quartet in a room aglow with hundreds of flickering candles. Over the course of an hour, audiences will hear string arrangements of fan favorites spanning Grande's career, from early anthems like "The Way" and "Dangerous Woman" to chart-toppers including "thank u, next," "God is a woman," "Into You," and selections from her recent eternal sunshine era. Part of the internationally acclaimed Candlelight concert series, this tribute reimagines familiar pop songs through the elegance of classical instrumentation, creating an evening that appeals equally to devoted Arianators and lovers of live string music.

Candlelight: Tribute to Taylor Swift is a dreamy, candlelit concert that transforms Swift's eras into sweeping live string arrangements, turning familiar hooks into something intimate, cinematic, and unexpectedly emotional. The program blends iconic sing-along favorites like "Love Story," "You Belong With Me," and "Shake It Off" with newer hits including "Anti-Hero," plus era-spanning medleys inspired by Red, Reputation, folklore, and 1989-with "Cruel Summer" and the evocative "The Fate of Ophelia" adding extra drama and atmosphere-creating the feeling of a greatest-hits journey heard in a whole new light.

Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings wraps the season's most beloved music in the warm, flickering glow of hundreds of candles for a truly enchanting hour of holiday magic. The Metropolis String Quartet performs timeless carols including Carol of the Bells, O Holy Night, Silent Night, Joy to the World, and Greensleeves, transforming familiar melodies into something intimate and transporting through the rich, expressive voices of four string instruments. Part of the wildly popular Candlelight concert series, this multi-sensory experience pairs world-class live music with a breathtaking candlelit setting, creating an atmosphere equally suited to a romantic evening out, a festive gathering with friends, or a memorable family tradition. Whether you come to rediscover the wonder of the classics or simply to soak in the ambiance, this hour of music by candlelight captures the spirit of the season beautifully.

Candlelight: Christmas Classics transforms a beloved holiday songbook into an intimate, multi-sensory concert performed entirely by the light of hundreds of flickering candles. The Metropolis String Quartet takes the stage for a 60-minute program that glides from timeless favorites like Carol of the Bells, O Holy Night, and Greensleeves to modern seasonal staples including Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You, Wham!'s Last Christmas, and Let It Snow. The evening also weaves in enchanting selections from The Nutcracker, Frozen, Anastasia, and The Holiday, giving the program a cinematic sparkle alongside its classical warmth. Part of the internationally acclaimed Candlelight concert series, this holiday edition invites audiences to slow down, settle into the glow, and experience the music of the season the way it was meant to be heard: up close, unplugged, and unforgettable.