Theme selection for the 2025 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival will be held at the Elks Lodge on 16 APR 2024! No new theme suggestions will be accepted.

Thanks for joining us at this year's Creepy Carnival! For more information on the selection of 2025's Winter Carnival theme, click here.

2025 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Dates - January 31st, 2025 - February 9th, 2025!!

Win a Complete Set of Gary Trudeau's Winter Carnival Buttons

Saranac Lake- The raffle of a complete set of Garry Trudeau's winter carnival buttons- 1981-2022. A $10 donation will enter you in the drawing to be held on May 5, 2022- National Cartoonist Day!


The tickets will be sold during Winter Carnival at its History Hut Gift Shop and Headquarters located at the Lake Flower Boat launch, Ampersound Music, Saranac Lake Chamber of Commerce and the Adirondack Daily Enterprise.
They are also available through mail order by sending a check payable to Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Committee, Attention Barb Martin, P.O. Box 566, Saranac Lake, New York 12983. For more information contact Barb Martin at 518 -891-2382
The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Committee, formally known as the Society for Promotion of Winter Carnival, Saranac Lake, Inc., is a not-for-profit 501(c)(4) organization of volunteers dedicated to planning and presenting an annual mid-winter festival. This 10-day, communitywide event traces its roots to a one-day Winter Carnival held in 1897 by the Pontiac Club. The Carnival honors its heritage every year by building an Ice Palace from blocks of ice harvested from Lake Flower's Pontiac Bay, where carnival events have been traditionally held for generations. For more information, visit the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival website at www.saranaclakewintercarnival.com.