There are an increasing number of conventions, camps, and expos.
Catastic products, cat advocates, adoptable cats, cat experts, and more can be found at these events.
As of right now, there isn’t one scheduled for Atlanta, but the following events are being held across the country and beyond in other cities. It’s worth following the event’s social media pages even if you’re unable to attend in person.
Catsbury Park Cat Convention
Catsbury Park Cat Convention is a celebration of all things feline; it’s a gathering place for cat lovers to meet educational and entertaining speakers, celebrities, and unique vendors, as well as meet the country’s most Instagram famous cats. Most importantly, it’s a place to evangelize cat adoption.
The Catsbury Park Cat Convention is the nation’s only 100 percent non-profit event of its kind, hosted and produced by Catsbury Park, a 501(c)3 non-profit rescue.
“Cats have an uncanny ability to bring people of all types together.
This is never clearer than at our convention.” – The founder
As a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, our sole mission is to raise funds and awareness for cat rescue, to expand our adoption efforts, and to spread the joy of cats throughout the world.
Profits from the Catsbury Park Cat Convention are donated to cat charities in their entirety.
POP Cats Cat Convention
POP CatsTM is a family-friendly festival inspired by the spirit of cats, pop, and art! You’re going to love the cat playgrounds; the artists; the music; the photo ops; the artisans; the brands; the workshops; and the cat adoptions! Profits are donated to participant cat organizations.
Saturday
@InstaCatMom is hosting a Cattitude Contest.
Put on your best cat-inspired attire and enter our contest for a chance to win a pawesome prize!
Selecting the PERFECT Sidekick!
What a surprise! Not always is a kitten the best option. Perhaps an adult cat and you are a match made in heaven. Determine which cat is the best fit for you.
Kindergarten Kitty
Discover how to socialize kittens using live kittens! The objective is to assist growing cats in developing into well-rounded adults through enjoyable hands-on training exercises.
Sunday
@InstaCatMom is hosting a Cattitude Contest.
Put on your best cat-inspired attire and enter our contest for a chance to win a pawesome prize!
From Cat Advocacy to Cat Lover
Take inspiration from the stories shared by cat lovers about how their passion for cats led them to become cat advocates.
Introduction to Cat Photography
Written by Erica Danger
Take the camera, turn on the lights, and strike a pose! Discover how to take the most adorable photos of our adorable cat and how to become a paw-parazzi.
KittyCon
“A Cat-Obsessed Fan Convention”
KittyCon Tampa Bay will return as the area’s first fan convention devoted exclusively to cat love and rescue.
This year’s theme is Meowy Catmas, and the Vendor Village at KittyCon Tampa Bay is the purrfect place to do your holiday shopping for kitties.
KittyCon 2019 has been expanded to two days and will take place in a larger venue.
Come out and rub elbows with other cat aficionados.
Wear a cat t-shirt or go all out in a Cat Costume.
Remember to bring your kitty ears!
Tickets are now on sale!!!
Proceeds benefit St. Francis Society Animal Rescue, the Tampa Bay area’s largest and oldest foster home-based animal rescue.
Highlights
Denny Mitchell of Meowser Productions performs All About Cats.
People’s Cat Costume Contest
Santa Claws Pays a Special Visit
Using His Claws to Demonstrate His Paws
Jackson Galaxy’s Cat Camp
In the beginning, Jackson Galaxy’s Cat Camp was just a weekend excursion devoted to learning about and celebrating a person’s affinity for cats.
With a summer camp-like setting, the event featured educational and entertaining speakers as well as arts and crafts with a cat theme and adoptable cats. There were also interactive workshops and more!
We moved Cat Camp to an online platform last year because of the circumstances surrounding COVID-19.
However, our goals haven’t changed.
At Cat Camp, we celebrate cats, connect with our community, and advocate for our feline friends. This has been the goal of Cat Camp from the beginning.
This online format will be used to bring you entertainment, activities and a cast of characters who share your love for cats at our upcoming Cat Camp Spring Forward on Saturday, April 10th.
If you’re interested in attending, please let us know.
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Meow MeetUp
We can’t wait to share our passion for cats with all of you on this special day!
Meow MeetUp Chicago – the Midwest’s largest cat convention – offers a plethora of things to see, do, and eat!
We raised over $10,000 for animal shelters last year and gave away over 16,000 food cans to cats in need.
It was purr-fect because there was so much cuteness all in one place.
Saving A Pet, The Anti-cruelty Society and Windy Kitty Cat Café worked with Chicago Animal Care and Control to benefit Almost Home Foundation and Lil Bub’s Big Fund.
Join us for a day or a weekend of cat-themed fun.
Spend time with your cat and sip on catpuccinos in the cat café, practice yoga with your cat, or shop!
The purrty will continue at the Meow Mixer After Party on Caturday night.
Register for Kitty Bingo on Sunday, too!
Save the dates for the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Chicago, July 20-21, for tons of kitty fun!
Snowcats Convention
“The Snowcats Cat Convention & Festival is a musical ode to all things art and cats. Snowcats, which debuted in 2018, drew over 5,000 cat lovers from across the Rocky Mountain region for two days of advocacy, adoption, and celebration
The cat-vention is a combination of enjoyable feline activities and presentations and information, such as veterinarian talks and vendor tables. Thus, what can you anticipate? Cat-tastic events include comedy, a cat rapper performance, and live entertainment. Additionally, workshops on senior cat health, indoor cat health, winter cat shelters, cat reiki, cat photography, the latest in adoption services, and how to become a catrepreneur are available.
Additionally, the event will feature on-site adoptions in the cat lounge, an interactive space where attendees can interact with a variety of adoptable cats while they search for their forever homes. Additionally, get your stretch and zen on at the Cats + Yoga event, where cats will stretch alongside you.
Additionally, don’t forget to pay a visit to the Black Cat Bar + Bistro. “We will have a cash/card bar stocked with Meowmosas and Pinot Meows for you to enjoy, as well as a variety of other signature drinks,” the event’s website states.
meowfest
meowfest, hosted by meowbox, is a global celebration of cat lovers dedicated to raising funds for cat shelters and other non-profit animal organizations. meowfest is Canada’s largest cat festival, bringing together cat lovers to enjoy food trucks, photo opportunities, shopping, speakers, presentations, celebrity cats, adoptable cats, entertainment, and meet & greets—all in the name of a good cause!
Vancouver’s meowfest 2018
The inaugural meowfest took place at the Yaletown Roundhouse and assisted in the adoption of over 30 kittens on-site, raising over $10,000 for cats and kittens in need! While some humans shopped for cat-themed home decor, art, food, accessories, and toys, others received airbrush cattoos and facepaint, or took photos in our photobooths. A variety of food trucks sold vegan ice cream sandwiches, Mexican food, and craft mac and cheese. Kitten Lady, The Cat Photographer, Nala Cat, Luna Rose, Pudge, Klaus, and BenBen were among the featured artists.
Toronto’s meowfest 2019
Meowfest 2019, which was held at Evergreen Brickworks, raised $16,300 for shelter cats! These funds enabled vulnerable cats to receive the veterinary care they required and eventually find their forever homes. After perusing a vast array of vendors selling everything from feline-inspired jewelry to cat trees, guests congregated at the Drinking Fountain to sip on meowmosas and munch on vegan hot dogs. The crowd went wild for iAmMoshow, who took the stage by storm, as well as Kitten Lady, The Cat Photographer, Venus the Two Face Cat, The Dark Lord Nala Cat, Pudge, and Klaus & Juno.
2020 meowfest, Virtual Events
For the first time ever, meowfest will be held virtually in July 2020. We were so pleased with the response that we returned in November with a holiday edition! Attendees were able to participate in games, win prizes, watch tutorials, participate in workshops, and shop all from the comfort of their own homes! These online fundraising campaigns raised $14,055 for local animal welfare organizations.
CatCon Worldwide
CatCon is the world’s largest cat-centric pop culture event, dedicated to all things feline, with a global community of cat lovers. CatCon, which is both an expo and a symposium, engages, educates, and entertains thousands of fans by showcasing the most innovative products and ideas for cats and their people. Since its inception in 2015, the annual two-day immersive experience has welcomed 78,000 visitors and been covered by over 1,000 outlets worldwide, including The New York Times, BuzzFeed, Reuters, Vanity Fair, and Glamour.
Over the last seven years, Ticket Out, Inc. (parent company of CatCon and Cat Art Show) has donated over $250,000 to FixNation, Lil BUB’s Big Fund, Kitten Rescue, Milo’s Sanctuary, Odd Cat Sanctuary, RedRover, TinyKittens, North Shore Animal League, and the Ian Somerhalder Foundation, as well as assisted nearly 700 cats in finding their forever homes through onsite groups Best Friends, spcaLA, and Pasadena Human
Our event for 2021 took place virtually in April. Ferndale Cat Shelter, Lil BUB’s Big FUND, Luxe Paws, Planned PEThood, and Red Rover are our 2021 charities.