Every December for the last 14 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 2007 Information
and Event Coverage
- 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.
January 2008
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.
"You'd Better Watch Out:
Portland Santacon '96"
Weird America's San Francisco Santacon '95
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Santacon 2006
Here are some of the cities that have targeted for a Santarchy invasion in December 2006. We will be updating this list with links to photos, videos and blog posts as they come in.
AUSTIN
Portland Cacophony Society
Matthew Ginn
Justin Splooge
Markantes
Christian Gartmann
The Dept. of Santa
Lane Hartwell
Tracy Bugni
Dennis Yang
Evil Sign Post
SeenyaRita
noisystreet
STOCKHOLM
COLORADO SPRINGS
RENO
LUANG PRABANG, LAOS
MELBOURNE
MINNEAPOLIS
SneeryKlaus
ijinden
Toitoi
John Cabbla
Oshamanbe
Escalator Santas & Roppongi Hills Santas (video)
Tokyo Damage Report (Santa Hello Kitty)
Santa vs. Right-wing Nationalists (video)
NAGOYA
ANTARCTICA
comment by Thomas Terashima
on Thursday, November 23rd, 2006 at 3:08 pm
Calgary Santa Rampage 2006
Saturday, December 9
Meet-up at Cinescape (second floor of the Eau Claire Market, 200 Barclay Parade SW at the northern end of the downtown core) between 3:00 and 5:00 PM; we’ll head out on the town afterwards.
Bring $5.00 (admin. fee), a Santa costume (the cheaper the better) and some gifts (Xmas beads, sealed single-serving candy, new pairs of socks for the homeless, etc.)
Must be18-years old or older (with photo I.D.)
http://www.santacon.ca
http://pics.livejournal.com/st_dick_a_lass/pic/00001d02
AKA SantaCon AKA Santarcy AKA Santasm
Contact garagamus@hotmail.com
or DoubleTee on his mobile (MiKE) phone at (403) 899-3311
comment by Anni
on Thursday, November 23rd, 2006 at 10:02 pm
FYI: Boulder will hold its first SantaCon tomorrow 11/24 (AKA Buy-Nothing-Day). For more info:
http://www.cruiserbikeride.org/santacon/
comment by Rob the Wop
on Saturday, November 25th, 2006 at 11:56 am
Seattle’s SantaCon is on the 2nd.
trackback by Metroblogging Los Angeles
on Sunday, November 26th, 2006 at 1:24 pm
Hollywood Christmas Parade @ 2…
Hollywood Blvd is closed to traffic from La Brea to several blocks east (I didn’t walk all the way down) for the 75th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (on myspace too!!!) According to the site, the parade kicks off at……
comment by Crispy
on Monday, November 27th, 2006 at 6:14 pm
Tulsa, OK. will have it’s first SantaCon Saturday Dec 16th
comment by Santa HO
on Wednesday, November 29th, 2006 at 9:43 am
Los Angeles SantaCon is December 9.
comment by Maui Haui
on Wednesday, November 29th, 2006 at 4:02 pm
I am going to be traveling throughout Eastern Europe for the next month. I am going to be in all the major cities. I will bring my Santa suit if anyone responds with a Santarchy event going on. I’m bummed that I am going to miss the Washington DC event. Pleeeeeese let me know ASAP as I leave tomorrow evening (Nov 30).
Peace,
Maui Haui
comment by SantaCide
on Thursday, November 30th, 2006 at 1:12 pm
Austin, TX is Dec. 9th.
I’m not the instigator there, but I know who to e-mail if you reply to me… Not posting the e-mail addy in a comment block.
-SantaCide
http://dallassantarampage.us/
comment by SantaCide
on Thursday, November 30th, 2006 at 1:15 pm
There exists a world santa mailing list for instigators to swap scarol books etc;
santa-regionals-subscribe@topica.com
This is not a chatter list, it is for instigators to help each other out.
comment by Santa Ho
on Friday, December 1st, 2006 at 9:40 am
Los Angeles SantaCon 2006 info
trackback by tribe.net: santarchy.com
on Saturday, December 2nd, 2006 at 10:34 am
Re: deflowering of the granite planet…
check it out…
http://santarchy.com/santacon-2006/
good times……
comment by Timber
on Sunday, December 3rd, 2006 at 1:53 pm
Santacon in Colorado springs, co will take place saturday dec 16. Meet at Phantom canyonat 4pm with some $ to board the bus . First stop Focus on the Family! Can you think of a better christmas card photo! back to phantom @9pm then downtown on foot. Come join the fun in “gods country”
comment by delicious
on Saturday, December 9th, 2006 at 11:04 am
The Boulder Santacon was awesome. Check out the video here:
http://cruiserbikeride.org/santacon
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjqE1aBVEP8
comment by Santa Noise
on Sunday, December 10th, 2006 at 1:11 pm
Santa Noise’s Pittsburgh Santarchy 2006 Photo Gallery
comment by Steve Hopson
on Sunday, December 10th, 2006 at 2:21 pm
Austin’s annual Santa Rampage occurred last night, December 9. Photos of the wreckage are being posted at stevehopson.com
comment by Evil Pete
on Sunday, December 10th, 2006 at 8:05 pm
some picts from santarchy 2006 San Francisco (just uploaded, I’ll clean/fix them up tomarrow when I get over my hangover).
comment by Santa Dave
on Monday, December 11th, 2006 at 6:45 am
Pittsburgh Santarchy 2006 ROCKED!! We had it all from a Real Professional Santa showing up, to a marriage proposal, to a guy buy every Santa a drink!!
comment by bert
on Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 at 6:34 am
I can see a “superman” in the crowd. Your movement is clearly infltrated. Scandalous.
comment by BamBam
on Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 at 9:34 am
Las Vegas, NV will have it’s 3rd annual SantaCon on Saturday, Dec 16, 2006. Santas are meeting at 9PM in front of the Bellagio Hotel in the center (largest) outcove on the sidewalk of Las Vegs Blvd overlooking the water show. We ‘ll be leaving that area promptly at 10PM.
BamBam
comment by Blob
on Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 at 1:57 pm
ohh, DIgg ..must Digg ..
http://www.digg.com/videos_people/Santarchy_Hollywood_s_Grove_Shopping_Center
trackback by tribe.net: santarchy.com
on Wednesday, December 13th, 2006 at 5:01 pm
Re: Make mine Reindeer Piss on the Rocks ;-)…
Ben,
Go to SantArchy in your favorite town and Santa takes on an entirely ……
pingback by Laughing Squid » Weird America’s San Francisco SantaCon 1995 Video
on Thursday, December 14th, 2006 at 5:55 pm
[...] As the world enters the 3rd weekend of Santarchy, I thought it might be a good time to take a look back at the early days. Chuck Cirino shot the first ever Santacon video (which he recently uploaded to Weird America) during the Cacophony Society’s second Cheap Suit Santa (Santacon) event that took place in San Francisco in 1995. This one features the famous scene where we hung Santa Melmoth from a streetlight on Market Street. [...]
comment by Barry Nelson
on Saturday, December 16th, 2006 at 6:46 am
Just thought you’d like to know my partners and I in the secular liberal cabal bent on destroying Xmas have written a field manual to help you in your cause.
http://www.waronxmasmanual.com
comment by SantaChw
on Wednesday, December 27th, 2006 at 4:07 pm
This is the new home to the Atlanta Santarchy and has pics of our 2006 fun!!
pingback by Georgeonics | Santarchy & Santacon coming soon to a city near you
on Monday, November 19th, 2007 at 11:16 am
[...] have been visiting cities around the world, engaging in a bit of Santarchy as part of the annual Santacon [...]
comment by Queen Becky
on Monday, December 3rd, 2007 at 8:25 am
I just moved from Houston, Texas to Mt. Dora, Florida. Tis the season and I don’t have any Santas to Rampage with. I will go crazy without it. How do I locate Orlando Santas, or anywhere else close to me?
Any suggestions?
Ho Ho Ho
Santa Becky