City of Atascadero Presents Winter Wonderland 2025! Friday, December 12th, 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 12th 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, Cuesta Springs Ice Company, and Atascadero Hay & Feed!  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, 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!

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

7-9 pm Holiday Music by Medina Light Show Design

To kick off the evening, Santa will make an appearance at the massive snow slide area to take the first sled ride to make sure all is good to go! If you miss Santa 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:

Exclusive Sponsor: Adventist Health

Platinum Sponsors: Kiwanis of Atascadero, A-Jay Excavating, Chicago Grade Landfill, Cuesta Springs Ice Company, Atascadero Hay & Feed, Avila Traffic Safety

Gold Sponsors include American Riviera Bank, Cal Poly Mustangs, Rotary of Atascadero, Renewal by Anderson, Kirk Consulting, Mechanics Bank, Country Touch Café, WILD 106, THE GRADE, Tesla, Springhill Suites by Marriott, Hart Family Chiropractic, MGP Coatings

Snow Sponsors: First 5 California, Idler’s Home, Kenneth Heating & Air, Radiology Associates, Starna Cells, Western Janitorial, Waste Management

Bronze Sponsors: Fatte’s Pizza, Lola’s Letters, Taco Bell, and 5 Star Rain Gutters.

Special shout out to A-Jay Excavating, Atascadero Hay & Feed, Atascadero High School Athletics, Atascadero Kiwanis, Atascadero Mutual Water Company, 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.

Special thank you to the Atascadero Police Department for bringing Santa safely to his final destination in the ’55 Chevy, Atascadero High School Cheer Team, the California Mid-State Fair Queen & her court, dancing by 805 Movement & Performance Arts, Atascadero’s Fine Arts Academy Dancers, and music by the Fine Arts Academy Monarch Choir & All District Elementary Choir, Atascadero Middle School & Atascadero High School Choirs, Joe’s Little Train and of course, Santa himself! 

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 2nd Annual “Garden Lights & Winter Nights!” on display through January 11th! Thank you to our lighting sponsors who bring this lighting display to life! Exclusive Sponsor City of Atascadero; Presenting Sponsors: Atascadero Tourism Business Improvement District (ATBID) & Souza Construction; Gold Sponsors: Avila Traffic Safety; Silver Sponsors: Central Coast Community Energy (3Ce), H&R Block Atascadero & Paso Robles and PG&E!