Christmas Festival 2025— Friday

This event sells tickets for the Friday, December 5 performance at 7:30 p.m. CT.

The ticket presale for the 2025 Christmas Festival will take place the week of November 3. The general public will be able to purchase tickets on November 10, beginning at 9 a.m. CT. You can view the seating map of Skoglund Auditorium here.

First held in 1912, the St. Olaf Christmas Festival is one of the oldest musical celebrations of Christmas in the United States. Led by five conductors, it features more than 500 student musicians who are members of the college’s world-renowned choirs and orchestra.

The festival features a rich repertoire of classic Advent and Christmas compositions, familiar carols, hymns from around the world, and contemporary pieces from a diverse range of composers and cultures, offering music that both celebrates the Norwegian American history of the college while also highlighting beautiful works from around the globe. It traditionally closes with the hymn “Beautiful Savior.”

For more information, please visit stolafchristmas.com.