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Katherine McKee

Boar's Head Festival a colorful end to the holidays

Is Christmas behind you? Not so fast. The authentic end to the holiday period is the celebration of Twelfth Night (Jan. 5) and Epiphany (today). To mark the event, San Francisco Renaissance Voices is producing the Boar’s Head Festival this weekend. The concert-and-feast occasion features soprano Susan Gundunas, roast pork pie, Shakespeare, wassail (hot mulled cider) and merrymaking of all kinds. Read More

San Francisco Renaissance Voices brings on the Boar’s Head Festival

San Francisco Renaissance Voices
A classical concert followed by a feast of “roast pork pie, king’s cake and wassail” (a kind of hot mulled cider) is a rare happening — but it’s what San Francisco Renaissance Voices is offering to celebrate the Boar’s Head Festival on Saturday. The festival represents the British way of marking Twelfth Night — the evening of the fifth of January, preceding Twelfth Day or Epiphany — bringing the Christmas period to an end. Read More
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