“You better watch out”! Candlelight is coming to town with captivating festive tributes to iconic Christmas and holiday songs that serve as a sonic backdrop to the holidays. Relive your favourite on-screen moments from beloved crimbo flicks and click your fingers to Christmas pop classics at these enchanting evenings packed with music and light.
You’ll get a chance to hear these timeless holiday classics at the heavenly Birmingham Cathedral St Philips and St Paul’s Church, as they light up with thousands of flickering candles. “All I Want for Christmas Is You”, “Jingle Bells” and “Winter Wonderland” are just some of the familiar melodies that will resound in these culturally significant venues. It wouldn’t be Christmas without them so this December, under the twinkling lights of Candlelight, we’re unwinding to timeless holiday classics.
Candlelight: Christmas Pop Hits on Strings
This December, St Paul’s Church will shine brighter than the Rockefeller Center’s Christmas tree to provide the perfect setting for this festive tribute to Christmas pop hits. Thousands of candles will twinkle and glimmer while a string quartet perform songs such as “All I Want for Christmas Is You”, “Last Christmas”, “Santa Tell Me” and more. Kick off the most wonderful time of the year in a new and unique way at this utterly enchanting Candlelight concert.
Candlelight Christmas: Love Actually, Home Alone & More
Christmas is officially upon us, and festive songs can be heard all around. From cheesy TV adverts to classic Christmas films, these songs have become a staple of the season and never fail to get us in the Christmas spirit. This December, Candlelight is paying homage to these cheery tunes that have been sprinkled into the soundtracks of iconic films such as Home Alone, Love Actually and more.
“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”, “Love is All Around”, “White Christmas” and many more feel-good songs of the festive season will be performed by a gifted string quartet as Birmingham Cathedral St Philips and St Paul’s Church light up like Christmas trees with the help of a sea of twinkling candles.
Experience all the Christmas cheer this December with an evening that will be stuffed with joyful tunes and the spellbinding glow of candlelight. Hosted in a gorgeous candlelit setting, this unforgettable concert will be giving some of your favourite festive songs a classical spin, and you won’t want to miss it.