Fursuit Events.

The Fursuit Festival.

We have a new big event this year that we're really excited about, and we hope you will be too. We're calling it the "Fursuit Festival," and here's how it works:

• The Festival will last 2-3 hours, and will have a 33,600 square foot room for fursuiters, photographers, and other people to freely wander and mingle.
• The Festival will be open to the public after the giant group photo.
• The Festival has four activities available in four different sections.
• The Photography section has multiple stations for smaller group photos, dedicated to things like:
  • A particular species
  • A particular color
  • A particular fursuit builder
  • A particular expression or style (toony, grumpy, realistic, etc)
  • Any other group you can imagine
• Photography stations will be labeled up high on the ceiling, so they will be easy to find. We will have photographers available for the group photos unless the organizer wants to use their own.
• Extra areas might be set up for groups to use for their own unscheduled shoots.
• The Dance section will be set up with a dance floor, for those who want to demonstrate or teach dance skills, or just practice.
• The Game section of the room will be dedicated to some lighthearted games. Expect things similar to festival or carnival games.
• The Open section of the room will be open space to mingle, play, and pose for photos.

Here's what you can expect to happen during the Festival:

• We will start out with a giant group photo, just like the photo that happens before a traditional parade.
  • During giant group photo staging, the room is open only to suiters and handlers, so you may be headless until the photo if desired.
• The first 900 fursuits will receive a fursuit tag on your way in, as a thank-you for participating and having faith in our new event. (Fursuit tags will be in random sequence, not in numerical order).
• A well-stocked 5,000 square-foot headless lounge (with attached bathrooms!) will be directly connected to the Festival area, and guarded against public entry by convention staff.
• This headless lounge will still be very busy; please keep your visits as brief as you can to make room for others who need it.
• Powerful fans will be scattered around the Festival, for a quick refresher without having to use the Headless Lounge.
• Photographers will wander the room and take miscellaneous photos of people being silly.
• Announcements will be heard from overhead, reminding people when and where upcoming group photos are happening.
• All the time you like for one-on-one interaction, unlike a parade.
• You'll find props and other fun things scattered around the room. Please keep the props in the room; we put a lot of work into making them.
• The opportunity to interact with the public and show them how fun the furry fandom really is!

Remember that we are inviting the public to join the Fursuit Festival. Expect children to be present, and make sure your behavior and the appearance of your fursuit are appropriate for young children. Please remember, you are going to be giving many people their first impression of the furry fandom. We are trusting you to represent the fandom in a positive light.

The primary focus of this event is photography, and we will have no practical way of removing specific people from any pictures taken. If you don't want pictures taken of you or your fursuit, please consider other events on the convention schedule during this time.

Hours.

The schedule below may still change.

Small group photos will be listed here on the schedule once decided, and also announced overhead during the Festival.

Festival Signups.

To make the Festival the greatest it can be, we need your input. We are looking for skilled photographers to run the group photo areas, and looking for suggestions on what group photos you'd like to see.

We'd love to also hear any other suggestions of activities or other things to add to the festivities!

Apply.

The Bachelor Auction.

Started in 2014, eligible bachelors can sign up to be auctioned off at-con, with the proceeds going to charity!

Fursuit bachelors:
Come show off your Fursuit and provide a recreational evening on the dance floor with your bidding partner. Enjoy a Fursuit Friendly dance evening while raising some extra funding for our charity.

Bidders:
Come bid on your favorite available Fursuit Bachelor. Should you be the winning bidder, you will be allowed to dance in a completely platonic manner with this fabulous fursuiter for the first hour of the Friday dance.

What To Expect:
Fun, music and dancing. All we're asking is that the suiters show whom ever bids on them a good time on the dance floor for the first hour. There are no other expectations or obligations. No inappropriate or lewd acts will be implied to get bids on the stage, and the same will not be tolerated from any bidders. This entire event is good clean fun for a charity, and we intend to keep it that way.

There will be a period of time between the auction and the dance to give all suiters time to prepare and enjoy the con. They will also be allowed to break to the headless lounge during the dance to cool off and hydrate. It really shouldn't be any different then if they were attending the dance normally, except they'll have an escort with them to dance with.

Every penny of the fursuit bachelor proceeds will go towards our charity.

Apply.

The signup deadline has passed.
Please watch your email; bachelors will be notified via email by April 30th.

We only have so much time and room for this event; not everyone who signs up will make it on stage to be auctioned.

The Bachelors.

• 

  Apollus

• 

  Berlain

• 

  Buddy

• 

  Constupro "Pro"

• 

  Corvin

• 

  Drama Llama

• 

  Double0 Fox

• 

  Glimmer

• 

  Keeko Beagle

• 

  Keu

• 

  Mada Bat

• 

  Metric Foxton

• 

  Momo Mouse

• 

  Rascal Jackal

• 

  Shawshank

• 

  Spalding Indigo

• 

  Sunny Dingo

• 

  Trance Husky

• 

  Uno Otter

• 

  Wilbuh

When?

Friday: 2pm to 3pm on the Main Stage!

2015.

The fursuit bachelors, our heroes, raised a total of over $1400 in 2015. Our goal for 2016 is to raise $2000!

What We Are Looking For.

Full fursuits are preferred, though partials will be considered as well. Males and Females are both welcomed, we only ask that all suiters are comfortable dancing with either gender, as bidding will not be restrictive to one gender or the other.

Suiters do not need to be a great dancer to apply. Just willing to have a great time and able to devote the first hour of the dance to their bidder on the dance floor. The people bidding are donating to the convention's charity, and we want them to be happy to have done so.

Rules.

• All Bids Final.
• All proceeds go towards charity.
• Fursuit Bachelors will be required to show up to the Fursuit Bachelor Auction on time.
• Fursuit Bachelors will be required to show up to the Friday Dance on time.
• Bidders: You are allowed to win up to two fursuit bachelors.
• Bidders: Payment is taken right after the auction.
• Bidders: Payment is accepted through Credit Card, PayPal, and Cash.