Furry Fiesta

2025-08-12T01:52:42Z

2600:382:30F4:7F83:141:94D8:2246:F37F: Added reason for lack of 2025 fursuit parade.

{{Infobox convention
|name = Furry Fiesta
|othernames = Texas Furry Fiesta, TFF
|logo = [[File:FFLogotForWikia.png|200px]]
|caption=
|subject = [[Furry]]
|location = {{flagdiv|usa|[[Wikipedia:Dallas|Dallas]], [[Wikipedia:Texas|Texas]], [[Wikipedia:USA|USA]]}}
|url = http://www.furryfiesta.org/
|status = Ongoing
|first = February 20-22, 2009 (as '''Furry Fiesta''')
|final =
|organizer = Creature Arts
|charity = [http://carerescuetexas.com/ ''The Center for Animal Research and Education''] (''CARE'', [http://www.faastexas.org/ ''Friends of Arlington Animal Services''] (''FAAS'')
|resources = {{con resources|Furry Fiesta}}
}}
{{Template:Furry Fiesta}}
'''Furry Fiesta''' is an annual American [[furry convention]].

== Overview ==

Furry Fiesta occurs each February, March, or April at the [https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/daldh-sheraton-dallas-hotel/overview/ Sheraton Dallas]. Dedicated to advancing the [[furry fandom]] as a whole and for the enjoyment of its attendees, it includes various events centered around bringing people together for social enjoyment.

Initially founded by [[Dallas Regional Anthropomorphic Meeting Association]] ('''DRAMA''') was formed as a [[W:501(c)|501(c)(7)]] non-profit governing organization in the first half of 2008. Officers were elected, by-laws were documented, and it became an entity in its own right.

In 2018, DRAMA was dissolved, and all assets transitioned to [[Creature Arts]], a [[W:501(c)|501(c)(3)]] organization. Furry Fiesta and its sister event, [[Furry Siesta]], are now run by Creature Arts.

=== COVID-19 pandemic ===

Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], TFF 2021 was held online and had no specific theme. All [[GoH]] for 2021 were moved to 2022.

=== 2025 Fursuit Parade ===

Due to the venue layout and attendance size, no [[Fursuit Parade]] was held this year.

== Leadership and staff ==

:''See main article: [[Furry Fiesta staff]]''

==Typical programming==

* [[Dealers' Den]]
* [[Artists' Alley]]
* [[Art Show]]s (General and [[Adult|Mature]])
* [[Charity Auction]] to benefit the year's charity
* '''Fursuit Parade'''
* [[Closing Ceremony]]

== Mascot(s) ==

Furry Fiesta's official [[mascot]] is a (???).

==Guests of Honor==

* 2009 - [[Nexxus]], furry artist [[Tiffany Ross]], [[musician group]] [[Sub-Level 03]]
* 2010 - [[Tigerwolf]],{{clarify}} furry artist [[Michele Light]], [[furry author]] [[Kyell Gold]]
* 2011 - Furry artist [[Dustmeat]], [[artist]]/[[fursuiter]]/[[fursuit maker]] [[Lucky Coyote]]
* 2012 - [[Anthro artist]] [[Mary Mouse]], [[Kory Bing]] (author of the [[webcomic]] '''''[[Skin Deep]]''''')
* 2013 - [[Fursuit making company]] ''[[DreamVision Creations]]'', [[painter]] [[Heather Bruton]]
* 2014 - Furry artist [[Blotch]], German artist and fursuiter [[Big Blue Fox]]
* 2015 - Furry artist [[Dingbat]], fursuiter/[[mascot performer]] [[JD Puppy]], and [[publishing company]] [[Sanguine Games]]<ref name="FF2015tweet1">[https://twitter.com/FurryFiesta/status/437758147604643840 ''We are ecstatic to announce our theme for 2015, Out of the Inkwell: Toon City!!''] post on Furry Fiesta's official [[Twitter|X]] account. Dated February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2014.</ref>
* 2016 - Furry artist/fursuit maker/convention organizer [[PerroMutt]], artist and fursuiter [[Sophie Cabra]], and [[illustrator]] [[Laura Garabedian]]
* 2017 - [[Artist|Proffesional artist]] [[Ursula Vernon]], [[costume studio]] [[Clockwork Creatures]], and furry artist and [[animator]] [[Tirrelous]]
* 2018 - Fursuiter [[Atsu Fawx]], artist/fursuiter/fursuit maker/[[YouTuber]] [[Deanna Biesemeyer]], and furry artist [[Merystic]]
* 2019 - [[Yonoa, Riley]], [[Jess E. Owen]]
* 2020 - [[Tweeko Wuff]], fursuiter and YouTuber [[Kiwi Fox]], and [[PinkGatorPress]]
* 2021 - N/A'''¹'''
* 2022 - Fursuit making company ''[[Thunderhowl Studios]]'', [[Animal Shapes]], YouTuber and [[Twitch streamer]] [[BetaEtaDelota]], and furry artist [[Rick Griffin]]'''²'''
* 2023 - Artist '''Rick Griffin''', [[Pup Amp]], [[Padunk]], and [[Aurora Bloom]]
* 2024 - [[Furry fan]] and [[W:Molecular biology|molecular biologist]] [[Chise]], [[Lady Rain]], and [[Failyn]]/[[BlackCheetah]]
* 2025 - [[Nonstoppup]], [[TiggerPup]], and artist [[Nafierye]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/FurryFiesta/status/1769504560446333177 ''Introducing our GOHs for #TFF2025:''] post on Furry Fiesta's official X's account. Dated March 17. Retrieved ?.</ref>
* 2026 - [[Part Time Dragons]]<ref>[https://www.patreon.com/posts/part-time-guest-126751454?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share ''I'm honored to announce Part Time Dragons (That's my partner Donna and me, Spike) are guests of Honor for Texas Furry Fiesta for 2026!''] post by [[Part Time Dragons]] on their [[Patreon]] account. Dated April 15, 2025. Retrieved April 17, 2025.</ref>

'''1.''' - All GoH for 2021 were moved to 2022.<br>
'''2.''' - Artist Rick Griffin could not attend, so he appeared as GoH in 2023.

==Themes==

* 2009 - No official theme
* 2010 - '''''Space Cowboys'''''
* 2011 - '''''The 1070s - Disco Infurno'''''
* 2012 - '''''Beyond Thunderdome'''''
* 2013 - '''''Time Travelers' Ball'''''
* 2014 - '''''Heroes & Villains'''''
* 2015 - '''''Out of the Inkwell: Toon City'''''<ref name="FF2015tweet1"/>
* 2016 - '''''Nights On The Bayou'''''
* 2017 - '''''Mad Science'''''
* 2018 - '''''Lone Star Wonderland'''''
* 2019 - '''''Roll Fur Initiative'''''
* 2020 - '''''Kaiju Attack!'''''
* 2021 - N/A
* 2022 - '''''Underwater Adventure'''''
* 2023 - '''''Attack of the Jackafluffies!'''''
* 2024 - '''''Singularity Point'''''
* 2025 - '''''Murder on the TFF Express'''''
* 2026 - '''''Star Peet'''''<ref>[https://x.com/FurryFiesta/status/1911826951876079718 ''⭐️TFF 2025 has officially warped out… but don’t go into hibernation just yet.''] post on Furry Fiesta's official X account. Dated April 14, 2025. Retrieved April 16, 2025.</ref>

== Charities ==

Since its first year, Furry Fiesta has supported '''''Center for Animal Research and Education''''' ('''''CARE'''''), as its charity of choice. Centered in [[W:Bridgeport, Texas|Bridgeport, Texas]], this charity takes in, houses, and cares for the needs of more than 50 [[big cat]]s. Tours are available for those inclined to see the [[tiger]]s, [[leopard]]s, [[cougar]]s, and other [[animal]]s the [[staff|volunteers]] nurture.

In 2016, CARE elected to share 25% of its donations with '''''Friends of Arlington Animal Services''''' ('''''FAAS'''''), a local Trap/Neuter/Release clinic, adoption, and rescue group.

* 2009 - $2,700.00
* 2010 - $3,800.00
* 2011 - $4,100.00
* 2012 - $9,064.00
* 2013 - $13,000.00
* 2014 - $18,532.48<ref>[https://twitter.com/EditorBuck/status/437770076943446016 ''@FurryFiesta @carerescuetexas As of the end of closing ceremonies it was up to $18,532.48''] post by [[Buck Turner]] on X. Dated February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2014.</ref>
* 2015 - $16,450.00<ref>[https://twitter.com/FurryFiesta/status/569666454598983680 ''$16450 preliminary total for our wonderful charity @carerescuetexas <3''] post on Furry Fiesta's official X account. Dated February 22, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.</ref>
* 2016 - $17,970.91<ref>[https://twitter.com/FurryFiesta/status/709174391473504256 ''Our final reg : 2820''] post on Furry Fiesta's official X account. Dated March 13, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.</ref>
* 2017 - $25,183.30<ref>[https://twitter.com/FurryFiesta/status/852952965577158656 ''Furries! We have some fantastic news!''] post on Furry Fiesta's official X account. Dated March 28, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2017.</ref>
* 2018 - $24,000+
* 2019 - $29,429.02<ref>[https://twitter.com/FurryFiesta/status/1112493957311877120 ''Thanks to all of you amazing #TFF2019 attendees @carerescuetexas is walking away with $29,429.02 for all their awesome animals.''] post on Furry Fiesta's official X account. Dated April 1, 2019. Retrieved ?.</ref>
* 2020 - $35,606.73
* 2021 - $6,288.00
* 2022 - $40,420.66<ref>[https://x.com/FurryFiesta/status/1505685459711758343 ''Final Charity Donation to @carerescuetexas: 🎉🎉🎉$40,420.69🎉🎉🎉''] post on Furry Fiesta's official X account. Dated March 20, 2022. Retrieved ?.</ref>
* 2023 - $35,000.00
* 2024 - $35,456
* 2025 - $51,500.69
* 2026 - TBD

== Attendance ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" | Con year
! scope="col" | PreReg
! scope="col" | % +/-
! scope="col" | Attendance
! scope="col" | % +/-
! scope="col" | Artists
! scope="col" | % +/-
! scope="col" | Fursuiters
! scope="col" | % +/-
! scope="col" | Fursuit parade
! scope="col" | % +/-
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | 2009
| ?
| ?
| 542
| N/A
| ?
| N/A
| ?
| N/A
| 92
| N/A
|
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | 2010
| ?
| ?
| 780
| +43.91%
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
|
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | 2011
| ?
| ?
| 1,034
| +32.56%
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
|
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | 2012
| ?
| ?
| 1,210
| +17.02%
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
|
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | 2013
| ?
| ?
| 1,492
| +23.31%
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
|
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | 2014
| ?
| ?
| 1,884
| +26.27%
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
|
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | 2015
| ?
| ?
| 2,425
| +28.72%
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
|
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | 2016
| ?
| ?
| 2,820
| +16.29%
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
|
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | 2017
| ?
| ?
| 3,325
| +17.91%
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
|
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | 2018
| ?
| ?
| 3,866
| +16.27%
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
|
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | 2019
| ?
| ?
| 4,844
| +25.30%
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
|
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | 2020
| ?
| ?
| 5,296
| +9.33%
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
|
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | 2021
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
| [[COVID-19 pandemic]]
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | 2022
| ?
| ?
| 5,894
| +11.29%
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
|
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | 2023
| ?
| ?
| 7,336
| +24.47%
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
|
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | 2024
| ?
| ?
| 8,001
| +9.06%
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
|
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | 2025
| ?
| ?
| 8,650
| +8.11%
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| N/A
| N/A
| No fursuit parade
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" | 2026
| TBD
| TBD
| TBD
| TBD
| TBD
| TBD
| TBD
| TBD
| TBD
| TBD
|
|}

'''?.''' - Data not recorded/not available

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==

* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/furryfiesta Furry Fiesta] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [http://twitter.com/furryfiesta Furry Fiesta] on [[Twitter|X]]
* [https://bsky.app/profile/furryfiesta.org Furry Fiesta] on [[BlueSky]]
* [http://community.livejournal.com/furryfiesta Furry Fiesta] on [[LiveJournal]]

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