Pine Fur Con

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Pine Fur Con 2019 flyer; art by FlamesVoices (Erie)

Pine Fur Con was a furry convention first held over April 27-29, 2018 [1] at the DoubleTree Hotel in South Portland, Maine, USA,[1] and was Maine's first furry convention.[1] The theme of the convention was "Heroes and Villains".[1] There were 406 attendees, and $3400 was raised for Short Folks For Hope.[2] 109 fursuiters were in the group photo (and at least one outside it).[3]

The second instance of the event took place on April 5-7, 2019[4] again at the DoubleTree South Portland, with "Disco Infurno" as the theme[4] (also "The 70s"[2]). The guests of honor were Nexus Folf (Gale Frostbane)[5] and Adler the Eagle.[6] The attendance was 573 and $8,397.37 was raised for charity Short Folks For Hope. [7]

On June 19, 2019, it was announced that Pine Fur Con would be coming to an end due to a lack of funding to sustain operation.

History[edit]

Pine Fur Con was the merger of two ideas; one to create a New Hampshire furry con and one to create a Maine furry con. Those ideas together combined to form Pine Fur Con in late 2016.[8] The spirit of Pine Fur Con is carried on by Furcationland, also in Maine since 2023.

Staff[edit]

The staff of Pine Fur Con as of March 2019 was:[9]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Pine Fur Con website. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "#PineFurCon2018 final attendance number 406!🎉!🎉!🎉!🎉!🎉!🎉 Final charity donation number for @shortfolks $3400!!!!!!! We love you all, thank you so much. ❤ Can't wait to see you next year for #pinefurcon2019 The 70's." - Pine Fur Con, Twitter (April 29, 2018)
  3. "Our suiter % based on the group photo number 109 vs total attendance 406 equals 26.8% suiter population" - Pine Fur Con, Twitter (April 30, 2018)
  4. 4.0 4.1 "The official #pinefurcon2019 flyer is here! ☮New dates April 5th-7th☮ ☮New Theme "Disco In-FUR-no"☮ ☮& new team members.☮ Art by @FlamesVoices" - Pine Fur Con, Twitter (May 26, 2018)
  5. "We are ecstatic to announce our first GOH of #PineFurCon2019! she is the Co-founder of @Anthro_NE Co-organizer of the longest running furbowl in NE @MassFurBowl & arguably the most passionate fursuiter in New England. @NexusFolf" - Pine Fur Con, Twitter (August 14, 2018)
  6. "We are thrilled to announce our second GOH for #PineFurCon2019! He is an animator, a content creator on YouTube & an extremely positive influence on this fandom. He's sure to make you all smile today. 🦅💙🦅💙@Adler_the_Eagle 🦅💙🦅💙" - Pine Fur Con, Twitter (September 7, 2018)
  7. https://twitter.com/PineFurCon/status/1115016039916609536 Pine Fur Con tweet
  8. About Pine Fur Con on the Pine Fur Con website]. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  9. Staff List on the Pine Fur Con website. Retrieved August 21, 2017.

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Discontinued conventions and recurring events
Down Home FurCon · Floof Con · RAMCon
Proposed  · Ongoing  · 1,500+  · 3,500+
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