Halloween 2025 Candlelight: classical candlelight concert and horror film medley

A Halloween costume party? Overrated. A Día de los Muertos party? Déjà vu. What if, this year, you swapped candy for musical thrills? Make way for a spell of candles and melodies: Paris lights up with a spellbinding concept on Saturday October 25 and Friday October 31, 2026, to awaken your music-loving souls.

Candlelight by Fever takes you on a series of classical music concerts... by candlelight. Mystical ambience guaranteed in two unusual Parisian venues: the Maison de l'Océan and theInstitut National des Jeunes Aveugles.

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On the program: the greatest horror themes revisited by exceptional musicians.

• On Saturday 25, the string quartet from Agence Musicale de Paris will rock the Maison de l'Océan with a medley of thrilling films:

• • Thriller - Michael Jackson
  • Funeral March of a Marionette - Charles Gounod
  • String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor (Dresden Quartet), Op.110: II. Allegro Molto - Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Tubular Bells (Theme from The Exorcist) - Mike Oldfield
  • Stranger Things (Theme) - S U R V I V E
  • Beetlejuice (Theme) - Danny Elfman
  • The Addams Family (Theme) - Vic Mizzy
  • Halloween (Theme) - John Carpenter
  • Prelude from Psycho - Bernard Herrmann
  • Ghostbusters (Theme) - Ray Parker Jr.
  • Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Night on Bald Mountain - Modest Mussorgsky
  • Time Warp from The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Richard O'Brien and Richard Hartley
  • Medley from The Nightmare Before Christmas - Danny Elfman

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• On Friday 31st, at the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles, pianist Maxime Zecchini takes up the torch with the same haunting repertoire:

• • Thriller - Michael Jackson
  • Marche funèbre d'une marionnette - Charles Gounod
  • String Quartet No. 8 in C minor (Dresden Quartet), Op. 110: II. Allegro Molto - Dmitri Shostakovich
  • The Exorcist - Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
  • Stranger Things - S U R V I V E
  • Beetlejuice (Main theme) - Danny Elfman
  • The Addams Family (Main theme) - Vic Mizzy
  • Halloween (Theme) - John Carpenter
  • Prelude to Psycho - Bernard Herrmann
  • Ghostbusters (Main theme) - Ray Parker Jr.
  • Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns
  • A Night on Bald Mountain - Modest Mussorgsky
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Time Wrap - Richard O'Brien and Richard Hartley
  • Medley from "Mr. Jack's Strange Christmas" - Danny Elfman

In practical terms, the concert on Saturday October 25 at the Maison de l'Océan will start at 7.30pm and last around 60 minutes, while the one on Friday October 31 at the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles will be held in two performances, at 7pm and 9pm, also lasting an hour. Doors open 30 minutes before the show, and no late arrivals will be accepted. Tickets start at €33.50 and goup to €57.50 depending on the category chosen.

Halloween chic, chills and candles ... Enjoy your evening of horror!