Anthrocon 2025 - Announcement from the Chairman

It’s no secret that the furry fandom and conventions have exploded in growth over the span of just a few years. We’ve been taking into account feedback we’ve received, our own observations, and our responsibility to provide a safe, accessible, and manageable convention experience for all. In the interest of transparency and allowing attendees to make preparations, we’d like to share some of our plans — starting with Registration capacity, Thursday Pre-registration pickup, shuttle accessibility, and the size/standards of our fursuit parade.

Anthrocon 2025 - Kicking off our adventure soon!

We’re excited to have you embark with us on our s-UwU-bmarine for Anthrocon 2025: Deep Sea Adventures! As our team continues to update the website in preparation of opening, here are some of the important updates to know as we start off this new convention cycle. Firstly, we want to thank everyone that took their time to provide feedback in our 2024 Attendee Survey Feedback. We had over 2,200 responses and took away many important themes that our attendees want prioritized, and we look forward to improving as best we can with them in mind.

Anthrocon 2024: June Updates

Time’s flown by us so quickly since the last time we had an update post here (we didn’t forget about you, we promise). With Anthrocon on the horizon, let’s recap the important things you’ll need ready for the summer’s biggest furry event. Your browser does not support the audio element. Expectations for attendance growth As our community has witnessed at other furry conventions, the surge of attendance growth can result in some pretty evident challenges before and during the convention.

Anthrocon 2024: General Hotel Booking Revised Date

We have some updates regarding Registration, and the revised General Hotel Opening date. Registration Online registration will be paused once again after Wednesday, February 7th at 11:59pm Eastern Time. This is to allow our team enough time to process all the new registrants in time for the link to be sent out via email. Registration will re-open on Thursday, February 8th at 5pm Eastern Time and remain upon until June 16th, 2024.

Anthrocon 2024: General Hotel Booking Opening Delayed

announcement: General Hotel Opening Delay During our Supersponsor hotel opening, we received multiple reports of issues with the booking software (Passkey) not properly holding attendees’ rooms during booking. We had initially tested this system with Passkey’s tech team, but further investigation revealed underlying issues with the implementation. The fix is currently being looked into by Passkey’s technical team, but we do not currently have a timeline on when it will be resolved.

Anthrocon 2024: January Updates

We hope you’ve all had a great start to 2024 so far! As we continue to brace the cold winter weather and look forward to warmer times, we want to ensure you have all the important information related to the available hotels, booking process, and more - it’ll be a fast-paced start to this new year! Registration Temporary pause: In preparation for the opening of our Hotel block, online pre-registration will temporarily pause on January 30th and February 2nd at 11am Eastern Time.

Anthrocon 2024: December Updates

‘Tis the season to be gathering with friends, family, and loved ones as the year winds down. We hope that you’ve had a great holiday season, and as we all look forward to a new year, we’ll be starting things on a high note in 2024. Registration Online pre-registration will continue to remain open until June. However, Supersponsor and Ultrasponsor levels have sold out and we have introduced a limit on the number of Sponsors that we are selling for 2024.

Anthrocon 2024: Getting Things Kicked Off

It’s been a few months since our 2023 convention ended with high spirits and good memories! In case you missed our Closing Ceremonies in July, the convention reached new heights with: 13,644 attendees (a 40% increase from 2022!) 3,127 fursuit parade marchers Over $52,000 donated to our 2023 Charity, Rabbit Wranglers Now that we’ve had some time to rest, recuperate, and read all the wonderful feedback provided to us, we’re ready to kick things off for Anthrocon 2024 and begin planning in earnest.

Anthrocon 2023: June Updates - It's Nearly Here!

Now that the clock’s winding down, we’re now a couple of weeks away from Anthrocon 2023! It’s time for the final Newsletter before the convention, so let’s get started on Anthrocon’s June Newsletter. Make sure you’ve got all the important last-minute information you need by reading below, or listening to the audio version by Father Harvest and Manick. Your browser does not support the audio element. REGISTRATION Online pre-registration has now ended, and those that have not yet registered but are looking to attend must buy a registration on-site.

Anthrocon 2023: A-May-zing Updates

We’re now less than two months out from the biggest furry celebration of the summer in Pittsburgh! There’s plenty to pay attention to as we reach the home stretch towards the convention. For more information, read on below or listen to the audio version below! Your browser does not support the audio element. Registration Online pre-registration will be open until June 11th. After that, you can buy registration at-the-door at the listed prices on our Registration page.