After a two-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the First Christian Church announced the return of the Boar’s Head and Christmas Log festivals.
The 39th anniversary event will take place on Saturday at the church at 3401 Santa Fe Street. Performances are scheduled at 3, 5 and 7 pm.
Each hour-long performance will feature a 50-piece choir and orchestra performing music from the period.
Admission is free, but non-perishable food donations will be accepted on behalf of the Good King Wenceslas Foundation and will go to the Corpus Christi Food Bank.
The First Christian Church began holding the festival in 1982. The festival recreates the atmosphere of a “joyful feast” in an English manor, where all the characters are dressed in costumes worn by royalty and ordinary Englishmen of the 1350s.
In a press release, festival chairman Trey McCampbell said he’s been with the festival since the beginning.
“It’s a very active participation because the audience is participating, singing along with the anthems,” McCampbell said in the release. “And it’s very visual, because people are surrounded by actors moving on and off the stage, up and down the aisles, all around them. We have people walking away in tears because they are so touched by this.”
The Ancient Renaissance Festival originated after a tale of a student’s victory over a boar was told during a feast at Oxford. The current event is the result of the merging of several celebrations, which have turned into a procession of dance, music and tradition.
For more information visit fcc-cc.org/boars-head-festival.
If you go
- What kind: Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival
- When: Shows start at 3pm, 5pm and 7pm on Saturday.
- Where: First Christian Church, 3401 Santa Fe, st.
- Costs: Is free
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