1 DAY TIL CAT FEST! 😻
Here's what you need to know today...
Our Out-of-Town Celebrity Cat Guests have ARRIVED!!
One Eared Uno (with 3 million TikTok followers) and BenBen CatCat (with more than half a million followers on Instagram), have arrived from L.A. and B.C.! You might have caught them on CTV Edmonton Morning Live (TV) or CBC Edmonton AM (radio). Earlier this week, Celebrity Cat Great Grams of Gary (with more than half a million followers on Instagram!) was featured in a Global Edmonton story highlighting the 10-year anniversary of the Edmonton International Cat Festival! Thank you to Delta Hotels Edmonton Centre Suites in Downtown Edmonton for hosting our celebrity guests!
The Celebrity Cats are presented by Edmonton specialty cat boutique Cheery Cat!
You can come meet Uno, BenBen and Gary on Caturday, May 25!
Meet & Greets are first-come first served (expect line-ups!) and included with your festival ticket.
You can also catch each of these cats on the Homes Alive Pets Main Stage for Q&A panels with emcee Carly Robinson.
Along with meowny more ameowzing purrsentations!
We can’t believe our 10-year anniversary pawty is just 2 DAYS AWAY on Caturday, May 25!
As Alberta’s biggest and Canada’s longest-running cat festival, we are so excited to celebrate cats, cat culture and cat people with you—and most impurrtantly, raise money to support local cat rescues!!!
Below we’ve outlined a bunch of information to help you plan your festival including..
Nearly ALL CATivities are included with your festival ticket! Some PURRGramming Breakout Room workshops require additional tickets (we break those down below).
WHERE & WHEN IS THE PAWTY TAKING PLACE:
MacEwan Robbins Health Learning Centre
Downtown Edmonton - 10910 104 Avenue.
The Main Entrance is off 109 St. and 104 Ave. (Ground Level)
Caturday, May 25, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tickets are $15 ONLINE IN ADVANCE or $20 at the door (CASH)
Kids 12 and Under Get in Free!
The first 100 people through the door at 10 a.m will get swag bags!
You can also enter for door prizes, win prizes through a digital Scavenger Hunt, by purrticipating in some CATivities, and at various vendor/sponsor booths.
Check out Frequently Asked Questions to ensure a smooth festival experience!
If you have any other questions, just reply and we’ll get back to you!
HERE ARE THE FLOOR PLANS FOR THE MAIN FLOOR AND SECOND FLOOR OF THE DOWNTOWN EDMONTON VENUE:
There are ameowzing CATivities, Vendors, Sponsors, and other PURRgramming taking place on BOTH FLOORS so we encourage you to visit both upstairs and downstairs to ensure you have captured the full Cat Festival Expurrience!
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PURRTICIPATING VENDOR, SPONSOR AND CATiVITY DIRECTORY TO MATCH UP WITH THE FLOOR PLAN BOOTHS FOR YOUR PLANNING!
Don’t miss these PURRgramming Room Workshops!
Some workshops at the festival require an additional ticket.
Pre-purrchase or drop-in & pay!
Cat Painting Classes with Miklo Creative (Room 9-208 Upstairs)
Kitty Tote Workshop with Robin Good & Design (Room 9-102, Main Floor)
Cat Nip Taco Toy Workshop with Heart Felt (Room 9-102, Main Floor)
Don’t Furrget to visit our Sponsor & Rescue CATivities!
ON THE MAIN FLOOR
Visit Cheery Palace Pop-up with Community Cats Edmonton & Cheery Cat Co.
Visit the Celebrity Cat Meet & Greet Area presented by Cheery Cat Co.
Visit Hellas Custom Catios catio enclosure demo with Community Cats Edmonton
Visit Kitty Maze presented by Greater Edmonton Animal Rescue Society (GEARS)
Visit Cat Face Painting & Cat Balloon Art with Painted Parrot Entertainment
Visit the Homes Alive Pets Litter CATivity and Instagrammable Wall
Visit the Homes Alive Pets Main Stage for Cat Themed Purrsentations
Visit the Cat Board Game Lounge
Visit Robin Good Art & Design and Heart Felt - Vendors also doing Art Workshops
Visit more Cat Themed Vendors in the Vendor Meowcatplace (both floors)
ON THE SECOND FLOOR
Visit the Kitty Play Pen with Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society (AARCS)
Visit the Student Cat Art Exhibit with works from hundreds of students (JOHO/DOMI)
Visit Cat Face Painting & Cat Balloon Art with Painted Parrot Entertainment
Visit CAT LEGO with Northern Alberta LEGO Users Group (NALUG)
Visit Cat Crafts with the Edmonton Public Library and Edmonton Cat Festival
Visit Cat Pawzzles with Escape City
Visit the Giant Cat Puzzle Competition for a chance to win prizes
Visit the Cat Nap Zone for a little break from festivities
Visit more Cat Themed Vendors in the Vendor Meowcatplace (both floors)
The festival would not be pawsible without our SPONSORS!
If you’ve got the outfits and accessories, we encourage you to come dressed in your best cat-ttire!
THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING OUR 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY EVENT!!