Furry BlackLight
| Furry BlackLight | |
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| Location | France |
| Website | |
| Status | Ongoing |
| First iteration | January 19, 2013 |
| Subject | Convention |
| Resources | Photos, videos, reports: Furry BlackLight resources |
Furry BlackLight (previously Fursuit BlackLight) is a French furry convention which takes place near Paris.
Both English and French are spoken at the convention, which features such activities as a Dealers Den, fursuit games, and several lounges for fursuits, artists and gamers. Since 2017, attendees can also win a partial fursuit made by Brek Wolf.
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History[edit]
The "FursuitBlackLight" was created by Furnace as a day of activities and to welcome Hai, visiting France. The success of this event led it to become a convention and is now called "FurryBlackLight" to encourage everyone to spend time together, even without fursuit.
| Year | Dates | Attendees | Fursuiters | Venue | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Jan 19 | 17 | - | Universal Circuit, Maurepas, France | - |
| 2014 | Jan 19 | 27 | - | Universal Circuit, Maurepas, France | "Revenge" |
| 2014 | Nov 1 - Nov 2 | 34 | 14 | Premiere Classe, Maurepas, France | "Level 3" |
| 2015 | Oct 31 - Nov 1 | 66 | 28 | Premiere Classe, Maurepas, France | "4 Play" |
| 2016 | Oct 29 - Oct 31 | 89 | 41 | Premiere Classe, Maurepas, France | "Give me five!" |
| 2017 | Oct 27 - Oct 29 | 150 | 64 | Mercure, Maurepas, France | - |
| 2018 | Nov 1 - Nov 4 | 265 | 110 | Mercure, Maurepas, France | - |
| 2019 | Oct 31 - Nov 3 | 317 | 129 | Hyatt Paris Charles de Gaulle, Roissy en France, France | "Alchemy and Black Magic" |
| 2021 | Oct 29 - Nov 1 | ? | ? | Hyatt Paris Charles de Gaulle, Roissy en France, France | "Space Travel" |
2013[edit]
The first FBL was a one-day Laser Quest and indoor Mini-Golf fursuit event that took place on January 19th at the Universal Circuit[1]. A total of 17 people took part in honor of Hai, a German fur. [2]
2014[edit]
In 2014, the FBL took place twice:
The second edition was at the Universal Circuit of Maurepas on January 19th in an event titled "Revenge", with 27 people attending.[3]
FBL 3 was extended to a two-day event, dates have been changed to coincide with Halloween weekend and All Saints (1-2 November) and it was the first edition to take place in a hotel, the Hotel Premiere Classe.[4] The theme was "Level 3". It had a total of 34 registered attendees, including 14 fursuiters.
2015[edit]
FBL 4 took place on October 31 - November 1[5], and had 66 registered attendees including 28 fursuiters. The theme was "4 Play" and added bowling and video game activities.
2016[edit]
FBL 5 was extended to a three-days event (October 29-31), as was the first to have a dance night.[6] A total of 89 attendees had registered with 41 Fursuiters.[7] The convention was titled: "Give Me Five!".
2017[edit]
FBL 6 (October 27-29[8]) was the first to take place at the Mercure hotel in Maurepas, as well as the first to include a Fursuit Lounge, managed by Orthank and several other rooms directly into the hotel, including a Main Stage.
2018[edit]
This year, to encourage non-fursuit participants to join the convention, the name is changed to "Furry BlackLight"[9]. The event was also extended to a four-days event and took place on November 1-4, 2018[10], in the Mercure Hotel in Maurepas. A special menu was organized with the hotel, and was a great success, which provoked long waits in the dining room, because the hotel teams did not expect it.
2019[edit]
FBL 8 "Alchemy and Black Magic" took place on October 31-November 3, in a new hotel: the Hyatt Regency Paris Charles de Gaulle next to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.[11] Following this change of venue, the outdoor activities are removed in favor of new events, the return of a theme, a mermaid panel at the pool, games over several days, riddles, ... A total of 317 attendees registered from 9 different countries, including 129 fursuiters and 55 artists.
2020[edit]
No physical event this year due to the COVID-19 epidemic. A virtual dealers den was proposed on Discord on October 30 and 31, 2020.
2021[edit]
FBL 9 "Space Travel" will be held from October 29 to November 1, 2021.
References[edit]
- ↑ FURSUIT BLACK LIGHT ! minigolf et laser game ( en salle )
- ↑ Furry BlackLight - About the event (Cached).
- ↑ FURSUIT BLACK LIGHT REVENGE ( en salle )
- ↑ Fursuit black light - 3 eme édition
- ↑ Fursuit black light - 4 eme édition (FERMETURE DIM 18 OCT).
- ↑ Fursuit black light - "Give me five!" [29 au 31oct 2016
- ↑ Statistic FBL5 (2016)
- ↑ Fursuit Blacklight 2017 Information
- ↑ First mention of the new name on the official Twitter
- ↑ Furry BlackLight official website.
- ↑ F.A.Q. - Furry BlackLight 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
External links[edit]
- Furry BlackLight website
- Furry BlackLight on Facebook
- Furry BlackLight on Twitter
- Furry BlackLight News channel on Telegram
- Photos on the Fursuit Archive
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