Detroit is already embracing fall which means it will soon be time to celebrate Halloween. And in the spirit of the year’s most sinister season, Candlelight Halloween specials are coming to the city for music lovers looking for a harmless fright. Listen to some creepy classics and revisit some of the most memorable on-screen moments from horror films.
The program includes hair-raising tunes from popular horror films like Psycho, Ghostbusters and The Nightmare Before Christmas, as well as haunting melodies like “Danse Macabre” and Schubert’s “Der Erlkönig”. This dark and haunting gig taking place at both The Redford Theatre and The Berman Center For The Performing Arts will get even spookier under the nightmarish glow of candlelight.
A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics
The origins of the holiday go back thousands of years to Samhain, a Celtic festival that marked the end of the harvest and welcomed the new year. Since then the line between the living and the dead during this time of year remains blurry, filling the air with mystery and mayhem.
This Halloween, swap the jack-o’-lanterns and trick-or-treating for a ghostly music show. From Halloween to Mussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain”, these songs will add a freaky touch to the already unsettling backstory. The Redford Theatre and The Berman Center For The Performing Arts will be unrecognizable as they’re completely enveloped in candlelight.
All upcoming Halloween Candlelight concerts
Transport yourself to some of the scariest movie scenes and relive significant moments in pop culture as you hear the hair-raising melodies of spooky season classics.
There are two back-to-back performances each evening. Each concert will last 60-65 minutes and doors open 45 minutes prior to showtime.
Note: For the safety of our audience, all of the candlelight will be provided through flameless candles.