Hundreds pack Bethesda-by-the-Sea for the annual Boar's Head and Yule Log Festival, performed here since 1977. The traditional English boar's head dates back to the 1300s in Queen's College, Oxford. Boars menaced villagers in Norman England - the serving of the boar symbolizes the triumph of good over evil.

More than 160 including parishioners, vocalists, the Bethesda Choir, Palm Beach Pipes and Drums, and instrumentalists dress as lords and ladies, sprites, pages, jesters, shepherds, huntsmen, and beefeaters in a mingling of pagan and Christian traditions.

Click here to get a taste of Boar's Head and Yule Log Festival.
Our 2011 presentation will be held Sunday, January 9, at 2:30 p.m. and then again at 4:30 p.m.

The ceremony is always held on the Sunday closest to The Epiphany, the twelfth day of Christmas, which is the date the Three Kings are said to have arrived in Bethlehem. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call the church office at 561-655-4554.