The Boar's Head & Yule Log Festival (Cincinnati)

01/01/2023

Day 2 of the Boar’s Head & Yule Log Festival begins today. Start your New Year off inspired and re-energized.

If you missed the performances yesterday and do not have tickets for today’s performances, we will be streaming live on our website, www.boarsheadfestival.com.

12/31/2022

The 83rd annual Boar's Head & Yule Log Festival starts today! The dress rehearsal starts at 2:00 pm followed by our 5:00 pm performance. We look forward to sharing this long-standing tradition with you.

12/30/2022

It’s almost here! The 83rd annual Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival starts tomorrow. We are honored to host one of only a few celebrations held outside the UK. This Christmas celebration is a costume-filled pageant with traditional 14th century English attire. The time-honored performance will leave participants feeling inspired and excited for the year ahead.

If you can’t be there in person, we will live stream the Sunday performances on our website, www.boarsheadfestival.com.

12/28/2022

The tradition continues. Long hailed as Christ Church Cathedral’s gift to the city, the 83rd annual Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival is this weekend!

The free tickets are sold out for all performances, and due to the overwhelming response, the wait lists are also closed. We will be live streaming the Sunday performances on our website, www.boarsheadfestival.com.

Performances:
December 31st (dress rehearsal) - 2:00 pm
December, 31st - 5:00 pm
January 1st - 2:30 pm
January 1st - 5:00 pm

12/31/2021

Tomorrow marks the start of a new year and the first day of Christ Church Cathedral 82nd Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival performances! And while it may look different this year, due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns, we are excited to be back in-person (and virtually) to celebrate this wonderful gift to the city. Tuning in from out-of-state? Check out our website to enjoy and enrich your holiday experience this year: https://cincinnaticathedral.com/ccc/join-online/

12/29/2021

Friends, Boar’s Head is right around the corner! How are you choosing to attend this year’s festival? Whether it’s in-person or online we hope this wonderful tradition re-energizes you for the new year!

12/27/2021

We’re devoted to making this longstanding tradition a safe and enjoyable experience for all! That’s why this year we will not only be offering a ticketed IN-PERSON experience, but also a VIRTUAL option as well. Not comfortable returning back to in-person festivals yet? That’s alright! Enjoy this year’s Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival right from the comforts of your own home. The livestream will be available to view on Christ Church Cathedral website. Get familiar with the website here: https://cincinnaticathedral.com/ccc/join-online/

12/23/2021

The altar is set with Boar’s Head festivity decorations!

Just a reminder for what you can expect from this year’s festival.

Boar’s Head will be performed IN ITS ENTIRETY, with both in-person and virtual options, but in a “concert-style” this year. Our wonderful orchestra and choir will be seated up on the chancel in front of our beautiful new organ. Our costumed cast, which will be smaller than usual, will perform in the space between the pews and the altar. There is more space here than usual as several of the front pews have been removed to make more space between the audience and the actors.
You will hear (and be able to sing along) with all your favorite hymns, and you will hear all of our stunning soloists. We do ask that all audience members wear a mask while in the cathedral, and during the entirety of the performances.

Performances are as follows:
January 1, 2022 – Dress Rehearsal @ 2:00pm
January 1, 2022 – Performance @ 5:00pm
January 2, 2022 – Performance @ 2:30pm
January 2, 2022 – Performance @ 5:00pm

Wishing you a festive Holiday Season!

12/18/2021

Christ Church Cathedral is back with its timeless tradition and gift to the city, The Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival. The festival starts at a Christmas celebration in a 14th century manor home in England and takes viewers back in time for a reenactment of Christ’s birth. Only a few performances like this exist outside of the United Kingdom.

This year’s concert-style format may look a little different from year’s past, but the joy of the season remains unwavering.

We are so happy to return to you live and in-person for the first weekend in January!

12/16/2021

Straight from the Boar’s Head archives, we find this historical gem encapsulating the Festival when it was put on in about 1952. We’d love to see YOU in the audience this January! Check our event page for more details about ticketing, dates and times.

12/14/2021

As we approach this year’s Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival, we’d like to take a moment to remind everyone we will be asking for masks to be worn when inside the Cathedral and during the performance. This doesn’t mean you have to opt out of singing though. Feel free to sing loud and proud along with the traditional Christmas carols.

We are so excited to return to live and in-person performances this year for January 1st and 2nd!

12/10/2021

Ticket distribution begins TOMORROW at 8:30 a.m. Can we expect to see you at Christ Church Cathedral? Doors open up at 8 a.m. and tickets will be handed out on a first come / first served basis!

12/09/2021

Don’t forget! There are only a couple short days before tickets will be distributed. Did you already mark your calendar for DECEMBER 11th? Doors open at 8 a.m. here at Christ Church Cathedral and tickets will be distributed from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. on a first come first served basis.

12/08/2021

We are only a few days away from when you can secure tickets to the 82nd Annual Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival! Mark your calendars for December 11th. Doors will open at 8:00 a.m. and tickets will be distributed from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. on a first come first served basis. We hope everyone is starting to get excited for this special tradition!

12/01/2021

Hello all you Boar’s Head and Yule Log fans! GREAT NEWS!! Boar’s Head will be LIVE and IN PERSON again this year at Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Cincinnati – but it will be a little different due to continuing concerns about Covid.

Here’s what you can expect.
Boar’s Head will be performed IN ITS ENTIRETY, but in a “concert-style” this year. Our wonderful orchestra and choir will be seated up on the chancel in front of our beautiful new organ. Our costumed cast, which will be smaller than usual, will perform in the space between the pews and the altar. There is more space here than usual as several of the front pews have been removed to make more space between the audience and the actors.

You will hear (and be able to sing along) with all your favorite hymns, and you will hear all of our stunning soloists. We do ask that all audience members wear a mask while in the cathedral, and during the entirety of the performances.

Performances are as follows:
January 1, 2022 – Dress Rehearsal @ 2:00pm
January 1, 2022 – Performance @ 5:00pm
January 2, 2022 – Performance @ 2:30pm
January 2, 2022 – Performance @ 5:00pm

All performances are ticketed including the Dress Rehearsal, but tickets are FREE.

Tickets will be given away IN PERSON on Saturday, December 11 at the Cathedral – 318 E. 4th Street, Cincinnati, OH. 45202. Doors will open to the public at 8:00am and tickets will be given away beginning at 8:30am. Please make sure you wear a mask during this ticket giveaway. Each adult will be eligible to get 2 tickets to the performance of their choice until all tickets have been distributed.

We are also hoping to live-stream at least one of the performances. We will update this page as that is finalized.

We are so excited to be able to bring the 82nd annual Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival back to live audiences once again. We look forward to seeing you at the ticket giveaway, and then at a performance on either January 1 or 2nd.

Wishing you a joyous Holiday Season!

11/30/2021