Location:
Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes
Bedford Way
London, United Kingdom
More Info:
7pm – 3am (Last Admission 1pm)
Advanced Tickets: £5 (+ Booking Fee)
Price On The Door: More (TBA)
Age: 18+
Dress Code: SANTA!
BUY YOUR ADVANCED TICKETS HERE TO ENSURE ENTRY
WeGotTickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/143864
The new and updated 2010 guide to all things SantaCon has been released – download now!
The Grotto idea seems to be in a state of disruption, alas. There ARE functioning grottae this year and a big heads up to the wonderful Wheelie Bin Sound System and their Santas Ghetto Grotto. Many of you are sadly homeless when it comes to grotto though. Never mind Santa. Just come along and look for people like you and invite yourself to join them, whether it be the Santas with blue in the beard, the Ukelele playing santae, Pirate Santas, Cyber Santas, Steampunk Santae, Punk Punk Santae, Santa’s fillies with Mrs Claus on a hen night Santae, Green Santa, Smart Chap Santa, the Reindeer boys, the lovely elfin folk (yes we love them now!) or whatever you fancy. Be original if you like. See if you can be the only santa in his class!
At the finale party at Bloomsbury Bowling lanes there will be a festive set and a professional photographer (and her able assistant) to take photos of you. If you would like to record a formally posed portait of yourself as Santa – this i the place to do it. If you want to get papped for posterity with the new Santa friends you made onthe day so that you remember who they are when you come round on Monday, this is the place to go. The photo studio will commence at 9 pm and end at 1 pm and photos will be £5 per shot (not per person). Please Santa try not to rah the booth and fall on the trees, and try not to molest the elf. Please, by all means though, encourage people to sit on your lap. This little corner of the Kingpin Suite will be our LAPland… HoHoHO…
Howdy Doody Santakin!
ARe you getting ready? bought the fun fur to trim up your outfit and insulate yourself against the cold? Got the big boots and the thermal socks ready? got some nice red underwear to strip down to if it gets a bit hot in the bars?
By Now you should have downloaded and read the Santacon Guide – yes? Then you won’t have any questions!
So just a reminder that it is on the 11th – it starts in UNDER 2 WEEKS! Are you excited yet?
Tickets for our usual Early bird Cinema Start and Grande Finale Party are now on sale . The lovely folk at the Prince Charles cinema in Leicester Square have got us a BRAND NEW film this year – “Rare Exports” which is just about to be released – what a scoop! DO book in advance as the rest of the world who have not seen it yet might book santas tickets, and we know that really we just want a cinema full of SANTAE!
The culmination of the day is a right Xmas Banger! We are going to go to Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes (there are lanes reserved for Santa on a first come first served basis on the night).The Bustin” Loose boys have got us a handsome package of Live Bands, performance and neat beats to see us through to 3 a.m. The Bowling Lances is a fabulous venue – retro kitsch, over many levels, karaoke rooms, cinema and a bar with better beers than most. There are football tables a 50′s diner and it is home to the largest pizza in London – a 26″er. Santa might need some friends to share it. That of course will not be a problem as at Santacon you know everyone’s name – SAANTAAA!
Book your tix now my Red Brethren, it’s going to be a big red throbbing double hander of a party – and advance tickets are only 5 pounds. Yes, at that price they ARE going fast…
Gotta Dash -
Love and Peace to all the family xx
www.kclsutickets.com/eventinfo/363/Santacon-and-Bustin-Loose-Live-present-The-Christmas-Banger
Well Hello there Santa!
With only 3 weeks and ONE day to go, My Elfen butt is getting incredibly excited, what a great time we all had last year! Here are some pictures to inspire and excite you over the next 22 days ….
Santa at the Ice Wharf
Drag Santa finds a reindeer – of sorts
Santa takes over the Fun Fair
Elves can come in handy!
and of course, last but not least, did Santa not well and truly take over Trafalgar Square? 
So what does your grotto have planned this year? Please let us know, Santa loves ideas, comments and updates of fellow Santa costume and grotto efforts!
Lots of Love
Merrry Ho – Santa’s *favourite* Elf
Hellohoho! Calling the Santa faithful. This year we are again suggesting that you jolly folk join Grottos. Because Santacon has grown to include such a large number of Santas, Reindeer, Elves etc keeping everyone together and feeling the Santa-love has become a difficult task. Last year we asked you Santas to set up individual groups, (Grottos), that you would organise and ask other Santas to join. You will still be part of the Santacon massive, but you will also be part of a sub-group that will facilitate fun, befriend you, and keep a benevolent bushy browed eye on you.
These Grottos of Santa, which could have any number of participants, should have fun themes, or perhaps plan activities that their members can take part in, along the lines of your theme. Please make sure that you stick to legal, fun activities please, Santa is a lovely, fluffy fellow and does not do politics, prejudice,(and this includes Elf abuse, which got very nasty last year and was totally un-Santa), or petty larceny, and are going to be pretty essential in keeping everyone in the loop. As it means that individuals stand less chance of being lost or swamped by the huge crowd, they will increase the fun factor for everyone, it also means that you can decide on the tone of the sort of Santacon experience you want to have, you can go for an inventive, arty experience or just keep it simple and celebratory. jinggle
Anyone can form a Grotto, you just need the inspiration, aspiration and, eventually other Santas to sign up to become part of your Grotto. Let us know the name of your Grotto, and any themes you may consider that will be of interest to those Santas who may want to join you. Your group could consider joining up with other Grottos that may have similar themes. We will post your details on the page so that others can decide if they want to join. It maybe that you are already planning to attend with a group of friends, if so, then a Grotto is already in the making.
Can the Santas who lead Grottos last year please let us know if their Grottos are still up and running this year otherwise we will assume they are defunct and Santas will not be able to sign up with you.
A big merry HO to you all
love Santa xxx
Santa is looking for a party …. fingers crossed we will have news soon, and then tickets will go on sale immediately. If you want to make sure you get in, do buy in advance. If we all arrive in a bunch there could be 6oo santas in front of you in the queue!
How are the outfits going?
Santa Stirring……
It is a non-profit, non-political, non-religious celebratory parade of Christmas cheer, goodwill, and fun. It is not a membership organisation, just a traditional event in London, created by whoever wants to take part. Originally called the Santathon it was changed to Santacon due to the similarity with other events of that name taking place in other cities. Nevertheless there are customs, and veteran Santas have put together this evolving guide of how to make it work well. There is no particular reason to dress up in Santa suits, run around town, give gifts, sing songs, have strangers sit on our laps, and decide who is naughty or nice - but it’s a lot of fun - so Santa does it anyway. Everyone loves Santa and Santa loves everyone!
