Blue Violin Candlelight Christmas Extravaganza
Schedule
Sat Dec 06 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Staplin Performing Arts Center | West Des Moines, IA
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Back by popular demand Blue Violin’s Candlelight Christmas Tour returns for its third spectacular year — bigger brighter and bolder than ever before.This one-of-a-kind holiday concert experience blends the beauty of traditional carols with high-octane rock anthems cinematic classical reimaginings and heartwarming favorites — all brought to life in glowing candlelight with a dazzling stage set and immersive light show.
✨ Guest vocalists and surprise musical collaborators🎤 Live choirs and symphony orchestras in select cities🎻 Blue Violin performing virtuosic high-energy arrangements that blur the line between elegance and edge🎄 Holiday classics like Somewhere in my Memory Carol of the Bells and Holly Jolly Christmas — reinvented with power and soul⚡ Genre-bending takes on Stairway to Heaven Bohemian Rhapsody Interstellar and more
From grand concert halls to intimate candlelit theaters this is a concert that transforms every venue into a wonderland of sound and light.
Whether you’re creating a new holiday tradition or returning for another season the Candlelight Christmas Tour is more than a concert — it’s a celebration.
Setlist for this year's tour
Freedom - Pharrel Williams
Newborn - Alex Boye
Carol of the Bells - Traditional
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Traditional
Christmas Canon - Transiberian Orchestra
Christmas Mashup - Traditional
Somewhere in My Memory (Home Alone) - John Williams
Interstellar - Hans Zimmer
Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)
Rewrite the Stars (The Greatest Showman) - Pasek and Paul
Holly Jolly Christmas - Traditional
River - Joni Mitchell
Glittery - Kacey Musgraves
Paganini Christmas - Paganini
Christmas Shoes - NewSong
Rock Medley
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
Believe (Polar Express) - Josh Groban
White Christmas - Irving Berlin
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Where is it happening?
Staplin Performing Arts Center, 3650 Woodland Ave, West Des Moines, IA 50266, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
