A Boar's Head Procession, a Scandinavian Julbord loaded with Yule ham and Swedish meatballs, and a full choral concert are set to take over a downtown Denver sanctuary this winter. Orpheus Pagan Chamber Choir will present its 12th Night: A Yule Concert & Viking Feast on Jan. 2, 2027, at First Baptist Church of Denver, with the concert scheduled from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The event, held at the church's address on 1373 Grant St., draws on Yule traditions from ancient Britain and Scandinavia. The evening features a concert built around that heritage, the Boar's Head Procession, toasting, and the Scandinavian feast, according to details posted on orpheuspcc.org. The box office and a silent auction open at 5 p.m., with the feast following the concert immediately, per the same event listing.
What's on the Program and the Table
The concert program draws on works by composers Andrew Adams, Abby Betinis, Erik Esenvalds, and Joanna L'Estrange, the choir's site notes. L'Estrange's résumé includes being commissioned to write an anthem for the 2023 coronation of King Charles III, and in 2025 she received an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal School of Church Music, according to the same orpheuspcc.org listing.
Once the music wraps, guests move into the catered feast — a traditional Scandinavian Julbord featuring Yule ham, Swedish meatballs, German potato salad, Black Forest cake, wine, and mead, per the event page. It's a menu built around the kind of hearty winter spread tied to the Nordic Yule traditions the whole evening is modeled after.
Ticket Prices and Package Options
Concert-and-feast tickets run $75 per person, while a party table seating eight costs $500 — described as roughly a 15% discount compared to buying individual seats, the choir's site states. Concert-only admission is $25 for adults and $20 for seniors 65 and older and students.
The increase applies to the feast package: the $75 concert-and-feast ticket is higher than the $65 package at the choir's Jan. 6, 2024, event, while the current $25 adult concert-only price matches that event's $25 online adult price, according to a listing from choralnet.org. That Jan. 6, 2024, gathering, also held at First Baptist Church of Denver, included a Scandinavian Julbord and complimentary beverages, and its program ranged from carols and Tudor madrigals to stories of Krampus, per the same choralnet.org archive.
A Choir Rooted in Pagan Choral Tradition
Orpheus Pagan Chamber Choir was founded in 2009 with 15 members, according to a nonprofit profile on coloradogives.org. The group's first performance came at the 2010 Beltania Festival in Florence, Colorado, and that inaugural season also included a sold-out 12th Night concert, the same profile states. The choir's stated mission is to broaden the greater community's understanding of Pagan beliefs and influences through innovative choral performances, per coloradogives.org.
That early momentum proved lasting: between 2010 and 2013, the choir's audience grew by more than 300%, according to the organization's coloradogives.org listing. Today, 12th Night sits alongside other events in the choir's season, including what its own website describes as the soulful Rite of Remembrance and the magnificence of its Mythic Dreams concert.
