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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SantarquÃa en México
Santas Cacofonicos en el dia de Kringle Kaos:
pingback by Mickipedia » Blog Archive » No force on Earth can stop 100 Santas
on Tuesday, December 5th, 2006 at 1:05 pm
[...] Looks like Courtney, Opus and I are celebrating Santacon in Mexico this year! There we are on their flyer! (Courtney and me bottom left, Opus right above my head.) While I’m happy to help spread the cheer south of the border, I’m actually planning on participating in LA’s Santacon this weekend. You should too! Strap on your favorite Santa beard, grab your flask and join 100 other freaks for a day of drunken holiday revelry. [...]
comment by Dumb Ox
on Tuesday, December 5th, 2006 at 5:46 pm
Great stuff, I’ve linked your picture over at War on the War on Christmas, http://waroc.wordpress.com, on the post http://waroc.wordpress.com/2006/12/06/santa-fication-of-christmas/
We do a equal opportunity lampoon of all things related to Christmas controversy! Feel free to leave links in comments over there and we’ll link back to you or your readers discussing Santa stuff!
Happy Holidays!
comment by Oyabun Santa
on Wednesday, December 6th, 2006 at 9:48 pm
I that’s definitely the flyer for SantarquÃa de México, but the photos are from Santacon Tokyo.