Candlelight Halloween concerts brings Augusta’s love of spooky season to life. Augusta’s Halloween traditions trace back to Irish immigrants who brought the ancient festival of Samhain, believed to blur the line between worlds. With anticipation already building, the Candlelight Halloween concert in a historic venue blends eerie melodies and local history — the perfect plan for a spooky evening.
Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics
The most terrifying movie moments share one thing: unforgettable music that crawls under your skin and stays there. This Halloween, experience how Bernard Herrmann’s “Prelude from Psycho” builds tension note by note, how Danny Elfman’s “Beetlejuice” theme captures manic supernatural energy, and how Saint-Saëns’ “Danse Macabre” transforms death into a fiddle-playing skeleton’s midnight waltz.
The Listeso string quartet brings these cinematic nightmares to life with acoustic precision that no orchestra can match. Their sliding scales create unnerving textures, pizzicato technique adds sudden jolts of suspense, and the balanced interplay between all four instruments generates an intimacy that makes every ghostly note feel personal. Surrounded by candlelight’s dancing shadows, these Halloween classics reveal new depths of beautiful terror.
Candlelight Halloween at Sacred Heart Cultural Center
Sacred Heart Cultural Center in Augusta, with its soaring arches and stained glass windows, becomes truly enchanting when illuminated by thousands of candles. The flickering candlelight casts shifting shadows across the historic architecture, creating an atmosphere that is both mysterious and inviting—perfect for a Halloween concert experience.
For 60 minutes, audiences are immersed in this unique setting with doors opening 30-45 minutes early to let guests soak in the ambiance. The Listeso String Quartet will perform haunting favorites such as “Thriller”, “Funeral March of a Marionette”, “Night on Bald Mountain” and more. With tickets in high demand, it’s never too early to plan your Halloween—missing this concert means missing a magical piece of Augusta’s spooky season.
