City of Atascadero Presents Winter Wonderland 2024! - Friday, December 13th, 5-9 pm

Over 70 tons of snow on the Central Coast is on its way! Winter Wonderland is back for another exciting snow driven event in Downtown Atascadero on Friday, December 13th from 5-9 pm.

Atascadero’s Sunken Gardens and the entire downtown will be transformed into a magical holiday paradise! Experience one major snow pile area and a massive snow slide built by Kiwanis Club of Atascadero, Atascadero Hay & Feed and Cuesta Springs Ice Company!  This year’s snow themed events also include Joe’s Little Train, a variety of obstacle courses, gladiator joust, bounce houses, and bungy jump from Bubble Fun 101, face painting, a special visit by the California Mid-State Fair Queen’s court, and of course, Santa and his elves!

If you are looking to check off a couple of items from your holiday shopping list, this event offers shopping from our Downtown merchants to over 50 craft and food vendors. Visitors can experience musical entertainment at Historic City Hall! Following is the Entertainment Schedule:

5 pm Atascadero High School Cheer Team 

Announcements from California Mid State Fair Queens Court

5:05 pm Fine Arts Academy Monarch Choir & All District Elementary Choir

5:30 pm 805 Movement & Performing Arts

5:55 pm Atascadero Fine Arts Academy Honors Dancers

6:20 pm Atascadero Middle School Choirs

6:40 pm Atascadero High School Choirs

7:15 pm Atascadero High School Jazz Band

8-9 pm Holiday Music by Medina Light Show Design

All evening, Demonstrations by A-Town Skate Park

To kick off the evening, Santa & his elves will make an appearance at the massive snow slide area and Santa is planning to take the first sled ride along with an Elf or two! If you miss Santa and the elves at the snow slide, you can catch them at Historic City Hall until 8 pm. The North Pole entrance for Santa will be on the West Mall side of the building.

We would not be able to put on an event like this without the help of our amazing sponsors! THANK YOU to the following for all their hard work, dedication, and support to bring our community together:

Holiday Series Sponsor: Central Coast Carts & Glenn’s Sales, Rental & Repairs.

Gold Sponsors: Atascadero Hay & Feed, Chicago Grade Landfill, Coastline Equipment, Cuesta Springs Ice Company, Idlers Home, Kiwanis of Atascadero, Rotary of Atascadero.

Silver Sponsors: American Riviera Bank, Atascadero Glass, Avila Traffic Safety, Color Craft Printing, Elks Club of Atascadero, Golden 1 CU, Guest House Grill, Kirk Consulting, MCSC Women’s Business Center.

Snow Sponsors: 777 Auction, Coast Hills CU, Mechanics Bank, Nick Medeiros CPA, North Coast Engineering, Sarah Hays State Farm Insurance, Starna Cells, Waste Management.

Bronze Sponsors: 5 Star Rain Gutters & Taco Bell.

Special shout out to A-Jay Excavating, Atascadero Hay & Feed, Atascadero High School Athletics, Atascadero Kiwanis, Atascadero Mutual Water Company, Coastline Equipment, Frank Sommers and Rotary of Atascadero for their help in clean-up of the snow and snow slide area! Also, thank you to Dr. Don Collier for Joe’s Little Train and Kevin Campion for coordination of the A-Town Skate Park demos!

Atascadero’s Winter Wonderland is one of the MUST-DO events this season! This event is free to attend, but don’t forget to bring along your wallet for holiday shopping, great food and all the extra fun that abounds! Invite your family and friends to enjoy an evening of holiday fun! 

Be sure to visit Sunken Gardens in the Downtown this holiday season to see the NEW “Garden Lights & Winter Nights!” on display through Mid-January!Thank you to our lighting sponsors who brought this fabulous new addition to life! Exclusive Sponsor Central Coast Community Energy (3Ce); Platinum Sponsor: Z Villages, Presenting Sponsors: Atascadero Tourism Business Improvement District (ATBID), City of Atascadero & Souza Construction; Gold Sponsors: Avila Traffic Safety & Wysong Construction; Honorable Mention: Adventist Health Central Coast.

For a schedule of entertainment, go to www.visitatascadero.com/events.