Furlandia

Furlandia is a furry convention that takes place in Portland, Oregon, USA. It was first held over May 10-12, 2013, but for subsequent years has moved to Memorial Day weekend.

About
The convention was founded in 2013 by a group of people from the Portland area, prompted by the local community's desire for a convention of their own going back several years. The effort to organize the first year was headed in large part by Atso Fox, Triss Winterdusk, Saph, and GEAR Con founder and Rose City Steampunk Film Festival director Stephen Couchman.

Chairmanship for 2014 fell to Triss. Lumio Draco was chair from 2015 to 2017. Demi Gargoyle chaired Furlandia from 2017 to 2018. Rex was chairman for 2019. Saph is chairman for 2020.

Joining RAIn
Furlandia organizers had been in talks with Rainfurrest Anthropomorphics International board of directors for several months before the decision was made to join their organization. The process was completed in early 2014, and then president of RAIn, Gene Armstrong, was brought on as co-chair for the 2014 convention.

Furlandia and RainFurrest were both produced by RAIn in 2014 and 2015. From 2016 to 2018, Furlandia had been RAIn's sole convention level event, being joined by Rustycon and SpokAnthro for 2019.

Guests of Honor

 * 2013: Tojo the Thief, Soki
 * 2014: NitroShep, Kacey Miyagami
 * 2015: Kitsumi, Ognas
 * 2016: Fablefire, Diana Vick, Zavian and DJ K3rb3ros
 * 2017: Etuix, Onnanoko, Temperance, Fox Amoore, Pepper Coyote, and Jumpiicat
 * 2018: WerePuppy, Majira Strawberry, Mischief Makers, and Gary Bell
 * 2019: Frances "Yote" McKeever, Frances Pauli, DJ Trishy, and Bucktown
 * 2020: Meesh

Themes

 * 2013: "Put a Tail on It"
 * 2014: "300 BCE: Furs of the Iron Age"
 * 2015: "Adventure on the High Seas"
 * 2016: "1850: Age of Industry"
 * 2017: "1929: Age of Prosperity"
 * 2018: "1957: Poodle Skirts and Duck Tails"
 * 2019: "1967: Summer of Fluff"
 * 2020: "Episode 8"

Charities

 * 2013 - Portland PAW Team - $1000+
 * 2014 - ???
 * 2015 - Animal Aid - ?
 * 2016 - ???
 * 2017 - ???
 * 2018 - Animal Aid - $3419.36
 * 2019 - ???
 * 2020 - MarrowPDX

Additional Attendance Information

 * 2013: 280 attendees, with 29 fursuiters in the fursuit parade.
 * 2014: 348 attendees, with 64 fursuiters in the fursuit parade.
 * 2015: 463 attendees, with 112 fursuiters in the fursuit parade.
 * 2016: 763 paid attendees, and 142 fursuiters in the parade.
 * 2017: 975 paid attendees, and "nearly 200" fursuiters in the parade.
 * 2018: 1,133 paid attendees, and 250 fursuiters in the parade.
 * 2019: 1,205 paid attendees