SantaCon 2024 outside Solas on 9th Street. Photo by Stacie Joy.
In case you were blissfully enjoying the holiday season, SantaCon 2025 takes place on Saturday.
The annual pub crawl — an alleged charitable event, per published reports — kicks off this year at 410 a.m.at 140th and Broadway. From here, the entire tri-state area is effectively under a red alert.
A $17 "donation" gets you a Santa Badge and access to participating bars, mostly in Midtown West and East. And, as always, the East Village remains a main attraction.
Most of the participating local venues remain the same...
• Amsterdam Billiards & Bar, 110 E. 11th St. at Fourth Avenue
• 10 Degrees Bar, 121 St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue
• The Laurels, 231 Second Ave. at 14th St.
• Coyote Ugly, 233 E. 14th St., between Second Avenue and Third Avenue
• Solas, 232 E. Ninth St. between Second Avenue and Third Avenue (serving as a "Huge Venue")
• Bull McCabe's, 29 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue
• Doc Holliday's, 141 Avenue A at Ninth Street
• Horseshoe Bar/7B, 108 Avenue B at Seventh Street
New this year:
• Sly Fox, 140 Second Ave. between Ninth Street and 10th Street.
As we've seen in previous Cons, bars not on the official list also participate, including Downtown Social on Second Avenue at Ninth Street and Eastpoint on Avenue B between Second Street and Third Street.
Per EVG's Stacie Joy last year: "Though not incident-free, the 2024 edition of SantaCon showed signs of being more manageable than in previous years. For some, that may be a holiday miracle in itself."
Can we make it two miracles in a row?
