Welcome to the worldwide Santacon nexus, the orginal resource for Santarchy events across the globe.
Every December for the last 16 years, Cacophonous Santas have been visiting cities around the world, engaging in a bit of Santarchy as part of the annual Santacon events.
It all started back in 1994 when several dozen Cheap Suit Santas paid a visit to downtown San Francisco for a night of Kringle Kaos. Things have reached Critical Xmas and Santarchy is now a global phenomenon.
You'd better watch out! Santa's coming to town!
Santacon 2009 Information
and Event Coverage
"You'd Better Watch Out:
Portland Santacon '96"
Weird America's San Francisco Santacon '95
- For the most part Santarchy! is an archive only. We don't do any active planning on this website, however we will mention upcoming Santacons that have their information posted online.
- If you are looking for Santacon planning info, try contacting your local lodge of The Cacophony Society or the Santacon and Santarchy tribes.
- We do not condone or encourage any kind of vandalism or violence at a Santacon event. Our santas do not destroy property, steal merchandise or do harm to others.
- Santarchy is not a movement, that's what you do in the bathroom. In addition to that, the annual Santacon events are not a protest against Christmas or commercialization. Really, it's just a bunch of santas getting together to have a good time.
- We do not provide or sell any stock photos or video footage and all images on this website are copyright of their owners. If you want to use any photos or videos on this website, please contact the owner directly.
- We do not do interviews with the media and so on. We're not actively involved with organizing any of the Santacon events (see #1), so if you are looking for people to interview, try contacting the organizers of various regional Santacon events.
- We have absolutly nothing to do with any idiot santas you may have heard about in New Zealand. Contrary to misreporting by the media, they are not associated Santarchy or the Santacon events.
- If you came here looking for Chuck Palahniuk, he's the one drinking cheap tequila over here.
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October 2008
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December 2007
August 2007
December 2006
November 2006
March 2006
January 2006
December 2005
Do you have a santacon website you would like to add to the archives?
Contact us at:
hohoho AT santarchy DOT com
Make sure to mention what which city it took place in.
This site is maintained by Santa Squid (retired), with occasional input from Santa Melmoth (retired), both veterans of the great Santa wars 1994-98.
With special guest bloggers Santa de Nada & o'Santa Bin Laden
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Land of the Rising Santa
Oyabun Santa has informed us that the Tokyo Santarchy is on for December 23rd. You can get the details at the official Tokyo Santarchy announcement page. For those of you who don’t read Kanji, here’s a translation, courtesy of Mrs. o’Santa Bin Laden:
The Next Santarchy is 12/23 Saturday. The Full On Santadelic, Nobody Can Stop Us!
Meet at 12 noon at Shibuya Hachiko
Rain or Bad Weather the event is canceled.
Fees: Of course it is Free!
Costume: Full Santa costume or related costumes. Be sure to stay warm and we recommend comfortable walking shoes.
It is also good if you have gifts for strangers you encounter.
Our goal is to have an event that is wide and deep. We wholeheartedly welcome first timers!
Caution: you do need to have a santa costume or something related. No spectator, YOU ARE GOD!!!!
And please note that we will be walking around a lot on that day so make sure you are comfortable.
The most important thing with Santarchy is that there is no statement: Please no politics, philosophy, culture church or other categories.
To be able to continue Santarchy we prohibit any overly disruptive reckless behavior. You can be completely stupid, but please stay smart.
Please note that this is not a psychedelic trance party. Please do not bring any illegal things or activities.
It’s also prohibited to have fights, litter or kachinkko fakku[1].
The day’s agenda: Meet at Shibuya, swarm nearby department stores, go to Yoyogi Park, go to Omotesando, infilitrate Omotesando high class boutiques, subway somewhere else and at that station have a Santarampage and then over.
Emphasis mine. Now go forth henna gaijin[2], and make us proud.
[1] Now you know how to say ‘public display of fucking’ in Japanese. Have fun with it.
[2] Strange foreigner.
