Santacon is the city’s lively bar hodgepodge where everyone dresses up as a version of Jolly Old St. Nick. This event has an app with an interactive map.
Organizers typically don’t release the list of participating bars until the weekend (second weekend in December), but those with the app can access everything including starting locations, participating bars, and where to get “grabs”. .
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The app, āHello Santa,ā can be downloaded to Apple and Android phones and features anthropomorphic holiday icons to help identify spot types and their locations. For example, Murray Hill’s bar is represented by a yellow cube with a red ribbon and boots. The Chelsea bar is a red ornament that holds candy canes. “Grub” is represented by a gingerbread house with red boots. A “huge venue” is indicated by an icon of a large pink heart wearing a Santa hat and boots.
Click on them to see all the information you need, including their location, address, directions, opening hours, and photos inside. The map is fully interactive, so you can walk around it and plan based on your current location. In addition, users receive notifications or “letters to Santa” alerting them to discounts, offers, special events, and safety precautions for the day.
The 10 a.m. start point is Broadway and 40th Street. At 11 a.m., the Santas depart for the first nearest “anchor venue.”
Most of the action takes place in Midtown, but it trickles down to the East Village, diagonally from downtown.
If you want to avoid such scenes altogether and are planning to go out on Saturday, downloading an app might not be the worst idea.
You can also participate by purchasing tickets on the app. Purchasing a ticket is technically a “donation.” To achieve complete transparency, gothamist It is reported that The organization raised $1.4 million from the end of 2014 to the end of 2022, but less than one-fifth of that money went to registered nonprofits, which have ties to Burning Man. .
Founder Stefan Pildes said much was spent on overhead costs such as temporary staff, venue contracts, road closure permits, sound, video, DJs and vehicles, as well as office space, accounting and bank fees. Ta. He also acknowledged that the “charitable grants” and “business expenses” were used for multiple Burning Man-related art projects and expenses.
For more information about SantaCon, check out our guide.