3 Great ‘SantaCon’ Events in Colorado for 2024

The holidays are about having fun, and three towns in Colorado will definitely be getting into the spirit of Chris Kringle for the 2024 season.

It must be a blast to dress up as Santa Claus and gather with other Santas, parading around; stopping at a few bars, putting lots of smiles on faces. If I weren't such a small-stature fellow, I might join in.

Though, size does not matter when it comes to joining a SantaCon, and three are on the calendar for 2024.

Three SantaCons Planned for Colorado in 2024

The holidays bring many parties: house parties, dinner parties, Ugly Sweater parties. How about a "Santa" party? Don't have a "Santa" suit? Not to worry, they get you hooked up for fun.

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I do enjoy a good bar crawl; I'm known to be a part of two every year: One for Presidents Day and one for Christmas. Our Christmas crawl does involve ugly Christmas sweater, but dressing up as a Santa Claus does sound fun.

Dress as Santa or Do Not Dress as Santa at 'SantaCon'

SantaCon dates back to 1994 in San Francisco, where people dressed up as Santa and set out on bar/pub crawl. Here we are, 30 years later, and they've spread like wildfire.

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While there are few states that have multiple cities participating, you wouldn't necessarily think that there would be three for Colorado; but that gives us all a chance at a fun Santa Satuday.

SantaCon Boulder 2024

• Saturday, November 29,
• 5:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. (Sun.)
• 5 Stops, starting at Avanti Food & Beverage.

SantaCon Fort Collins 2024

• Saturday, December 7.
• Starting at 6:30 at Lucky Joe's.
• 4-5 stops,

Paonia SantaCon 2024

• Saturday, December 14.
• Time, route TBA.