Radiohead Concert in the Dark w Live Strings + Cacao

🎻✨ Join us for an instrumental Concert in the Dark experience featuring the songs of Radiohead, performed with violin, clarinet, piano, and acoustic guitar 🎶, all surrounded by the warm glow of candlelight 🕯️ inside a beautiful church sanctuary.

For over 35 years, thousands of discerning experience-seekers have stepped into the imaginative world of Will Taylor, delighting in performances that blur boundaries, awaken the senses, and reveal music in unforgettable, unexpected ways.

This is a different kind of concert, beginning and ending in darkness, with live music and a poem or two wrapping around you like a cozy blanket, soothing your soul.

Original music by show creator Will Taylor, inspired by Radiohead will also be interwoven into the show.

🧘‍♀️ Audience members can bring their own yoga mats or pillows to relax and gaze at the shadows dancing on the ceiling.

Plenty of comfortable seating in the pews will also be provided for those who prefer to sit.Located downtown so make it a dinner and an event night!

UPGRADE to VIP:

💌 Surprise your date with a Song Dedication—your own words delivered by the musicians .

Want to hear a specific song that’s special to you?

Look for the song dedication VIP level during checkout 🎵.

We also have a GOLD level VIP ticket which positions you front row by the musicians.

💖 Make it unforgettable evening of love, music, and magic! 🎶✨

SCHEDULE:

630pm Gold and Bronze ticket holders Pre Concert Talk and Meet and Greet

650pm General Admission Pre Concert Talk and Meet and Greet community connection, setup your space, grab some free cacao or tea

705 pm Lights out and concert begins

805 pm Closing and Share time for attendees and movement

WHAT TO BRING

• Yoga mat and/or pillows are optional (chairs provided)
• Water, or a mug for cacao/tea (free with donation)
• Love and a friend, or come solo and make new friends connections

Free Cacao and tea will be served at the beginning of the event for everyone.

Side effects may include: relaxation, balancing your nervous system, releasing what no longer serves, feeling whole and connected to nature, being nurtured and cared for by community.

Questions?

Reach out to (512) 379-5934

Get a Song Dedication VIP ticket before they're all gone. Only 4 per show.

"The music and setting was "other worldly"

Will, last night's show was magnificent. Now I remember why I felt at home when I came to Austin in 1980. There is something precious here, (Holy, actually) and you are a part of that. Thank you. Shara T.

***Debbie

I've been a professional violinist and Austin music icon for over 20 years, jamming with folks such as Willie Nelson, Pearl Jam, Gary Clark Jr., Shawn Colvin, Shiny Ribs, Guy Forsyth, the Turtle Island String Quartet at Town Hall in New York City and so many more. I'm a lover of the outdoors and the magic of bringing people into nature for life-changing moments of connection and musical bliss. I have been a concert presenter for over 30 years and in 2006 produced a concert of the Beatles White Album that was broadcast on radio and drew over 1600 folks for two shows. Two time Austin Music Award Winner, and Best of Austin Finalist in 2022, and Winner in 2024

Award Winning Film Composer for the Film

Ryan Murphy has been playing music in Austin since he moved here in 2001. Originally studying jazz and classical piano at UT, he has since branched out into many other styles including rock, blues, gospel, reggae, folk and hiphop. He loves bringing the haunting sound of clarinet to campfire jams and potlucks. He plays with the band Skymomma and also regularly performs gospel music with Austin-based singer Leeann Atherton. Ryan loves connecting with people through music, and also teaches music out of his home. He has also been a part of the Ecstatic Dance community for 20 years, including helping put on an Ecstatic Dance with Live Musicians.

Tony is a cellist, educator, performer, arranger and composer.

He performs regularly with The Austin Piazzolla Quintet, The Waterloo Trio, Jenifer Jackson, the multi-genre group Strings Attached, performs weddings on weekends, and onstage with symphonies, playing 70 public performances per year, teaches a few hundred lessons and directs the Austin Cello Choir every week on Tuesday evenings for cellists of all levels. In his spare time he organizes chamber reading sessions.

What is Concerts in the Dark all about?

Concerts in the Dark offers a unique and transformative way to experience acoustic music by reducing or completely eliminating light, giving the listener the opportunity to immerse themselves entirely in the experience.

This innovative series celebrates the purity and intimacy of acoustic music, creating an environment where every note, rhythm, and resonance takes center stage. By tuning out visual distractions, audiences are invited to engage their senses more deeply, fostering a profound connection with the music and its emotional core.

Most of our concerts include a short meditation at the beginning. At some events, guests bring blankets and/or pillows, and sit or lie on the floor to experience the music in a relaxing posture, while the musicians walk around the room.

🚗 Parking?

Parking garage and lot next to the church

👤 Are children welcome?

Kids are welcome! For this show, everyone needs a ticket but, anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Please keep in mind that this is an event where the focus is on the music, and might include meditation. So we value peace and an environment of non-disruption for all that are paying to have this experience. This isn't a club atmosphere where there is talking over the music. That being so, we do have a separate area where you can take the kids if they or you need a break.

🪑 What's the seating like?

Regular seating is on a first come first served basis.There will be padded pews for guests wanting back support. The floor will be available for folks that bring yoga mats and/or pillows. GOLD VIP Tickets get you reserved yoga matt spots front row by the musicians, and all VIP tickets holders get early access to the space.

How dark is it actually? We turn off all lights at the beginning of the concert for the first few songs, light a single candle, and then have darkness for the last 2 songs.

Is this a sober event? YES! No Drugs/Alcohol, Smoking, No Phones, No Camera/Video, and No Scents please

Can I volunteer to get in free?

Yes, we have 6 positions for volunteers that begin 1 hour before the event and include helping set up the space, checking people in and cleaning up after the event is done

How can I reach a human for questions?

Reach out to 512-589-8749

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What are the benefits of Cacao:

• Improved blood flow, stem cell generation
• Lowers chances of heart disease. Studies have linked the flavanols in cacao and cocoa to higher levels of nitric oxide in your blood Read more here..

-------------------------------------------------------------------Great date night and way to meet and make new friend connections.

Checkout some song dedication audience members made at past shows, below.

More audience testimonials for Will Taylor

"Wow, we are so grateful to you for such an incredible evening. George and I were so high from the creative energy and the almost other-worldly sense of collaboration. What a divine life you have to be able to participate in such moments of group creativity. It made me jealous that my work world is so isolated. Ah well, it was just heavenly to be part of the experience. We can't wait for the next Strings Attached concert."

Sarah Bird, award winning author

"Once again, very magical and heart felt music, we can feel it when it comes from your hearts, because like tuning, it strikes our chords as well and moves us." - Dan

"The ensemble is fantastic. Each player is very gifted and adds to the whole. No one dominates or over plays. You are the best group I've heard in Austin in a long while." - Becky M.

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