The capital of the Lone Star State has quite a few places to celebrate the supernatural, such as The Littlefield Home, The Driskill Hotel and Oakwood Cemetery. This spooky season, you can add another creepy activity to your celebrations, as the magical Candlelight Halloween concerts are lurking back to Austin, recreating iconic spine-tingling songs.
Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics
Some songs become cultural DNA — instantly recognizable and emotionally powerful across generations. The Exorcist theme and Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” defined Halloween for millions, Danny Elfman’s film scores shaped Tim Burton’s visual imagination, and classical pieces like “Night on Bald Mountain” proved that orchestral music could conjure supernatural worlds long before cinema existed.
The string quartet bridges these different eras and styles through their unique combination of classical technique and interpretive flexibility. They can honor the original compositions while revealing new emotional depths through acoustic performance. Under Candlelight’s flickering glow, these Halloween classics become personal ghost stories told through four voices speaking in perfect, spine-tingling harmony.
Candlelight Halloween at St. David’s Episcopal Church
The historic stone walls and soaring sanctuary of St. David’s Episcopal Church, built between 1854 and 1855, provide a captivating backdrop for Candlelight concerts. Thousands of candles cast an ethereal glow across this National Register of Historic Places venue, creating an atmospheric setting for the 60-minute performance. Doors open 30–45 minutes early, allowing guests to fully absorb the magical ambiance.
As the string quartet performs “Funeral March of a Marionette” by Charles Gounod, “Beetlejuice (Theme)” by Danny Elfman, and “Stranger Things (Theme)” by S U R V I V E, the interplay of music and candlelight conjures a subtle sense of spookiness that perfectly suits Halloween. These concerts are one of the most popular seasonal experiences in Austin—plan early, or you might miss out on a night where music and architecture merge in haunting harmony.