Furpocalypse

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Furpocalypse
Furpocalypse logo
Other names {{{othernames}}}
Location
Cromwell, Connecticut, USA
Website
http://www.furpocalypse.org/
Status Ongoing
First iteration 31 October - 2 November, 2014
Organizer(s) Furpocalypse, Inc.
Charity United States War Dogs Association
Subject Furry

Furpocalypse is a furry convention in Cromwell, Connecticut. It was founded by former FurFright staff in order to continue the tradition of an annual Halloween-themed Connecticut convention, after the departure of FurFright founders Belic Bear and K'gra Leopard.

The Furpocalypse website describes the event as "a Halloween-based Anthropomorphic convention in Cromwell, Connecticut with the goal to raise money for various animal/environmental charities by hosting a sci-fi themed 3-day event for anthropomorphic enthusiasts from all over the world."[1]

2018 is scheduled for October 26-28.[2]

2014

Furpocalypse 2014 took place over October 31-November 2, 2014.

The attendance was 1200,[3] with 290 fursuiters participating in the fursuit parade.[3] $3807.60 was raised for the convention's charity, the United States War Dogs Association.[3]

2015

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Furpocalypse 2015 was held over October 30-November 1, 2015,[4] at the Crowne Plaza Cromwell in Cromwell, Connecticut.[5]

The convention theme was "the Dark Carnival Freak Show".[4][6] There were "over 1400"[clarify] attendees,[7] including 362 fursuiters in the fursuit parade.[8] $5,800 was raised for War Dogs.[7]

2016

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Furpocalypse 2016 took place over October 28-30, 2016,[9] at the Radisson Hotel Cromwell in Cromwell, Connecticut.[10]

The theme was "At The Movies"[11], but got changed to "Night at the Movies", somewhere between January 13 and March 7, 2016.[12]

There were 1455 attendees and $5,500 was raised for War Dogs.[13]

2017

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Furpocalypse 2017 ("The Haunted Asylum") took place over October 27-29, 2017,[14] at the Radisson Hotel Cromwell in Cromwell, Connecticut.

There were 1,336 attendees, including 325 fursuiters. $4,282.78 was raised for War Dogs.[15]

References

  1. ↑ https://furpocalypse.org/faqs.html Retrieved May 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ https://www.furpocalypse.org/ Retrieved April 22, 2018.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tweet on the Furpocalypse account on Twitter. Dated November 2, 2014. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tweet on the Furpocalypse account on Twitter. Dated November 5, 2014. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  5. ↑ Hotel Information on the Furpocalypse website. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  6. ↑ Tweet on the Furpocalypse account on Twitter. Dated December 25, 2014. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Tweet on the Furpocalypse account on Twitter. Dated November 1, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  8. ↑ Tweet on the Furpocalypse account on Twitter. Dated October 31, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  9. ↑ Furpocalypse 2016 website. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  10. ↑ Hotel Information on the Furpocalypse 2016 website. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Furpocalypse 2016 - At The Movies". Archived from the original on Error: Invalid time.. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Furpocalypse 2016". Archived from the original on Error: Invalid time.. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.
  13. ↑ Tweet on the Furpocalypse account on Twitter. Dated November 1, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Furpocalypse 2017". Archived from the original on Error: Invalid time.. Retrieved on October 29, 2017.
  15. ↑ Tweet on the Furpocalypse Twitter account. Retrieved/Dated October 29, 2017.

External links

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