Candlelight Babies: Classical Sounds to Stimulate Little Minds

⭐ Candlelight Babies is a new educational experience launched in Chicago.

Bask with your baby in the glow of a thousand candles as gentle classical melodies, adapted for tiny ears, spark early development and create tender bonding moments between the two of you.

Highlights

🎶 Timeless classical music at baby-friendly sound levels

🤱 Relax in a comfortable space you’ll share with your baby as you prefer, seated or in a movement friendly area

🧠 An experience that supports early cognitive and emotional growth, and nurtures your baby’s creativity

🕯 A relaxed Candlelight concert, designed to be a special family memory

Available areas

🧸Movement Area: Space with padded flooring, ideal for moving, playing, and cuddling your baby, with adults comfortably seated on the tatami.

Ticket types

🎟 Adult + Baby (0–3 years old)

Includes entry for 1 adult and 1 baby (aged 0–36 months).

🎟 Accompanying adult

Add-on ticket for 1 additional adult joining the experience.

🎟 Accompanying kid (3–11 years old)

Add-on ticket for 1 child aged 3 to 11 years old.

🎟 Family bundle (2 adults + 1 baby)

Includes entry for 2 adults and 1 baby (1 baby 0-36 months).

This is a tribute concert experience. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the artist, their estate, or official representatives.

General Info

📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector

⏳ Duration: 45 minutes. Doors open 30 minutes before the concert. With babies, it can sometimes be difficult to arrive on time, but out of respect for other attendees, access will only be allowed during the breaks between songs once the performance has started

🕑 Entry time: 30min

📍 Venue: The Congress Plaza Hotel & Convention Center - Please note that there are a few steps to access the room

👤 Age requirement: Family event (parents + babies aged 0 to 36 months)

🧸 All the amenities for your baby

♿ Accessibility: this venue is ADA compliant

❓ View the FAQs for this event here

🪑 Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone

🕯 If you would like to book a private concert or buy regular tickets for a large group (+30 people), click here

🎻 Check out all the Candlelight concerts in Chicago

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Program

Four Seasons, Spring, 1st Movement - A. Vivaldi

Four Seasons, Winter, 2nd Movement - A. Vivaldi

"Air on the G String" - J. S. Bach

Turkish March from The Ruins of Athens - L. van Beethoven

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - W. A. Mozart

String Quintet in C Major, No.6, Op.30 Passacalle - L. Boccherini

“Lullaby” (Wiegenlied), Op. 49 No. 4 - J. Brahms

Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush - Traditional

“Ah vous dirai-je, Maman” (Twinkle - Twinkle Little Star) - W. A. Mozart

Carnival of the Animals: The Swan - C. Saint-Saëns

Old MacDonald Had a Farm - Traditional

Performers

String Duo - To be announced soon

Description

Enjoy together with your baby a tender and enriching experience.

At Candlelight Babies, the senses of babies aged 0 to 36 months are awakened by the stimulation of classical music adapted for their ears and the warm light of thousands of candles. A multisensory space that will nurture their growth, promoting their cognitive development and skills such as focus, memory, and expression. Buy your tickets for Candlelight Babies in Chicago!

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