VancouFur 2013





VancouFur 2013 was the second VancouFur convention. It took place from March 1-3, 2013, and was held at the Executive Hotel, in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

Local furry DJ Akonite was elected chair of the convention. Attendance rose to 484 guests; an increase of almost 40% over the previous year.

The three Guests of Honor were the owners and artists of Con*Tact Caffeine: Jana Stout (Maly), Jon DiFrancesco (Jondi), and Omekin Lutz. The convention’s featured charity was once again the BC Siberian Husky Club, for which was raised $1275.

Theme: Rocks and Rails
The theme for 2013, "Rocks and Rails", was inspired by the province's influential railroad and mining industries. The theme was manifested around the hotel via signage resembling railway crossing signals.

Themed Banner Contest
2013 year staff held a banner contest to become a part of the VancouFur Banner Ad Entrants: Ceowolf (1st Place) | Blue Koinu (2nd Place) | Katsuke (3rd place) | Whitefoot (4th place) | Buddy Cola | KateTheMArten | Mystiqe |

The final ad was made up of the 4 winners' artwork and each entrant was also put up on the VF galleries and in the conbook.

Community Spotlight
VancouFur 2013 featured the first Community Spotlight, highlighting local talent from the British Columbia and Northern Washington furry community. 2013's spotlight was on Weremagnus.

GOH Dinner Cake
2013 was the first year a local non-furry artist was brought on to create a GOH Dinner cake. Mother to one of the staff and definitely a furry ally, Julie (http://juliesmixedmedia.com/) created GOH 'Head' cakes for weremagnus, jondi and Omekin(Who couldn't make it but Maly_Twotails and the other GOH's enjoyed taking bites of the non-attending GOH and taking pictures.) Picture of the GOHs with their cakes