Candlelight: Queen vs. ABBA Tribute

Candlelight: Queen vs. ABBA Tribute at Scottish Rite Performing Arts Center

Queen’s dramatic rock and ABBA’s irresistible pop sound unexpectedly at home in a string quartet. On November 19 at Scottish Rite Performing Arts Center in Indianapolis, Candlelight: Queen vs. ABBA Tribute puts them side by side, and the contrast is the whole fun of it.

The program pairs rock-minded Queen songwriting with ABBA's pop catalog, and the announced repertoire includes Bohemian Rhapsody, Dancing Queen, Waterloo and Don't Stop Me Now. Those are songs you may already know by heart. Now picture them reshaped for a string quartet, performed live by Listeso. Familiar melodies can feel brand new when they arrive through bows and strings instead of guitars and synths. This is a tribute, not the original recording artists, so come for the fresh interpretation. The program is announced repertoire, so the final running order may shift.

Then there's the setting. The production uses a candle-style glowing visual look, which turns a concert into something closer to an atmosphere you step into. It's a compact outing too, with an advertised running time of about sixty minutes, and it starts at 8:45 PM. That makes it an easy way to give a Thursday night in Indianapolis some color, music and memory. Bring a friend who loves Dancing Queen, or someone who has never stopped humming Bohemian Rhapsody. Either way, you'll share a night that feels different from the usual. Reserve your seats for Candlelight: Queen vs. ABBA Tribute and hear two pop-music giants meet in strings.