Lowertown SantaCon XVI is on!
LOWERTOWN SANTACON XVI is happening on Saturday 16th December 2023 after three years of being cancelled by COVID! When we’ve said in the past that “Christmas is contagious!”, we never thought that would be an actual thing! So get your shots. 😉 This year’s event is brought to you by SantaLawyer.com, Break the Bubble MN, and founder nigelparry.net. RSVP on our official FB event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/349268001098098
Not since the days of the Israelites in Egypt have a plague-ridden people needed more to GTFO and spread some Christmas cheer! Come join Santa Moses and a cast of thousands for a truly biblical event in the heart of Lowertown, Saint Paul!
Santa’s Sleigh Route Finally Revealed!
- 7pm-8pm – European Christmas Market at Union Depot (there are two warming/beer tents at the market, we’ll meet at the one on the upper level). Union Depot East Plaza, 240 East Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55101.
- 8pm-10pm – Big River Pizza (top end of the farmers market)
- In between the two, a quick Mears Park sleigh-by!
- 10pm-close – MetroNOME (across from the entrance to the Saints’ stadium)
Lowertown SantaCon is free! No wristbands, no tickets, no merchandise! Come in the holiday spirit, tip your servers, and ho ho ho the night away! Come join a festival of friends for a truly special event that’s half spectacle, half pub crawl, and half flashmob—that’s one-and-a-half things!
Ho ho ho!
Santa Nigel
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Lowertown SantaCon is a free event but we do have publicity costs. Please donate here =>
Lowertown SantaCon in the Press
Lowertown SantaCon was voted “Best Twin Cities Pub Crawl” by City Pages in 2011 and 2014, featured in City Pages’ “50 Reasons We Love Winter in Minnesota” and “Top 20 Events of the Season,” has been City Pages “A-List”-ed, Pioneer Press “Best of the Week”-ed, and shouted-out by DJ Mark Wheat from The Current, DJ Larry Englund from KFAI, by WCCO, KARE 11, VitaMN, 365 Twin Cities, MinnPost, Saint Paul Almanac, Lille, L’Étoile, and Herlife magazine.
We are a Midwestern media-accredited extravaganza of the human holiday spirit!
The Associated Press wrote a story featuring Lowertown SantaCon in 2012, reprinted in publications as far flung as the Sydney Morning Herald and the Singapore Straits Times. Browse coverage from over a decade of Lowertown SantaCon.
SantaCon is Global!
This is a community-organized event and Santa’s grace is boundless. For a decade, people have expected no entrance fee and no wristbands. Accept no impostors. We do have event costs though. Please give generously.
Lowertown SantaCon features a costumed cast of hundreds. Come as Santa, come as an elf or reindeer or get creative and come as a Santasaurus, a Hanukkah Chicken, a Kwanza Ham…you get the picture!
Lowertown SantaCon is a free event but we do have publicity costs. Please donate here =>