We love Halloween in Jersey City. Every year, the city gets in the spooky spirit with ghoulish parades and bustling street parties to celebrate the scary season. And right on time, Candlelight Halloween Jersey City is coming to haunt the city with spine-tingling tributes to our favorite horror movie soundtracks and scary dance floor fillers.
Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics
Mussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain” conjures images of witches gathering for their sabbath, while Ray Parker Jr.’s “Ghostbusters” theme turns supernatural encounters into upbeat adventure. Add Gounod’s “Funeral March of a Marionette”—forever associated with Hitchcock’s television introductions—and you have three distinct approaches to musical storytelling that span from orchestral grandeur to pop culture phenomenon.
This acoustic quartet breathes new life into these diverse compositions, demonstrating how four voices can capture both the epic scope of a witches’ sabbath and the playful energy of ghost-hunting adventures. The marionette’s mechanical steps become precise pizzicato, while “Ghostbusters'” infectious rhythm gains unexpected elegance. Candlelight transforms the familiar into something mysteriously beautiful.
Candlelight Halloween at White Eagle Hall
The ornate balconies and historic stained glass of White Eagle Hall are bathed in the soft, flickering glow of thousands of candles, creating a mesmerizing interplay of shadow and light that amplifies the venue’s vintage charm. Arriving 30-45 minutes before the 60-minute concert lets guests become fully immersed in this atmospheric setting, where every detail heightens the sense of anticipation.
As the quartet performs The Addams Family (Theme) by Vic Mizzy, String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor (Dresden Quartet), Op. 110: II. Allegro Molto by Dmitri Shostakovich, and Beetlejuice (Theme) by Danny Elfman, the candlelit ambiance lends a subtle spookiness to each note. Waiting too long to plan could mean missing one of Jersey City’s most enchanting Halloween experiences.