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Eurofurence
European furry convention
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Summary
European furry convention
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Eurofurence |
| image | Eurofurence 2014 fursuiting.jpg |
| caption | Fursuiters at Eurofurence 2014 |
| status | Active |
| genre | Furry |
| frequency | Annually |
| venue | Congress Center |
| location | Hamburg, Germany |
| coordinates | |
| country | Germany |
| years_active | |
| first | |
| last | |
| attendance | 6712 (2025) |
| organised | Eurofurence e.V. |
| website |
Eurofurence (commonly abbreviated EF) is a furry convention, initially held in changing places in Europe every year, but staying in Germany since 2004. It was originally started in 1995 as a private gathering by nineteen European furry fans who met on the Internet. Attendance has been steadily rising since then, to 6,712 at Eurofurence 29 (held in 2025), making it the largest furry convention outside the United States and eighth largest worldwide. The name of the convention derives from its then-contemporary American counterpart ConFurence, emphasising the European nature of the gathering.
Since the year 2000, Eurofurence is no longer organized by individual persons but rather by the German Verein Eurofurence e.V., which serves as an administrative body for the convention.
Contrary to most American furry conventions, Eurofurence traditionally took place at youth hostels. In 2007, Eurofurence was first held at a hotel (the Hotel Ringberg in Suhl).
Eurofurence by year
Below is a table of statistics regarding each year Eurofurence has been held. Since 1999 (possibly except for 1996 and 1999), the convention has had at least one guest of honour yearly. Since 2002, the convention has had a "theme" every year, with T-shirt designs and venue "dressing" to reflect the theme.
| Convention | Dates | Location | title=Eurofurence Archive | url=https://archive.eurofurence.org/ | url-status=live | access-date=May 15, 2022 | website=Eurofurence | archive-date=20 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720035413/http://archive.eurofurence.org/ }} | Theme | Guest(s) of Honour | Eurofurence 1 | Eurofurence 2 | Eurofurence 3 | Eurofurence 4 | Eurofurence 5 | Eurofurence 6 | Eurofurence 7 | Eurofurence 8 | Eurofurence 9 | Eurofurence 10 | Eurofurence XI | Eurofurence 12 | Eurofurence 13 | Eurofurence 14 | Eurofurence 15 | Eurofurence 16 | Eurofurence 17 | Eurofurence 18 | Eurofurence 19 | Eurofurence 20 | Eurofurence 21 | Eurofurence 22 | Eurofurence 23 | Eurofurence 24 | Eurofurence 25 | Eurofurence 26 | Eurofurence 27 | Eurofurence 28 | Eurofurence 29 | Eurofurence 30 | ||||||||||||
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| 30 June–3 July 1995 | Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany | 19 | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18–22 July 1996 | Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21–24 August 1997 | Bodstedt, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1–5 August 1998 | Heeze, North Brabant, Netherlands | 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22–25 July 1999 | Berlin, Germany | 112 | Lisanne Norman, author of the Sholan Alliance series of books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10–13 August 2000 | Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany | 160 | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22–25 July 2001 | Kirchen (Sieg), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | 230 | Lisanne Norman; Lee "Chairo" Strom, Fursuiter, Puppeteer, and member of the Further Confusion organising team since 2003; Mark Merlino, co-founder of ConFurence, the original Furry Convention | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15–18 August 2002 | Oberbernhards, Hesse, Germany | 260 | The F.I.A. (Furry Intelligence Agency) | Dr Samuel "Uncle Kage" Conway, Chairman of Anthrocon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21–24 August 2003 | Samopše, Středočeský kraj, Czech Republic | 165 | Cunning Little Vixens | Dr Samuel "Uncle Kage" Conway, Chairman of Anthrocon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26–29 August 2004 | Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 295 | EFX : The Movie | Timothy Albee, Creator of Kaze: Ghost Warrior | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21–24 July 2005 | Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany | 380 | Songs of the Old Ages | Heather Alexander, Celtic Folk/World Rock Musician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23–27 August 2006 | 405 | The Hounds of Blackwhite Castle | Dark Natasha, furry artist, winner of Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration at the Ursa Major Awards in 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5–9 September 2007 | Suhl, Thuringia, Germany | 585 | The Unlucky Thirteen | Lance Ikegawa, costume designer and Steve Gallacci, Creator of Albedo. Alexander James Adams appeared as musical guest.Conference Guests page (2007). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27–31 August 2008 | 777 | From Dusk till Dawn | Watts Martin, writer and fanzine editor/publisher, and Steve Gallacci.Conference Guests page (2008). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26–30 August 2009 | 955 | 1001 Arabian Nights | Jimmy Chin, furry artist and fursuiter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1–5 September 2010 | Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | 973 | Serengeti | Stan Sakai, comic author, creator of Usagi Yojimbo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17–21 August 2011 | 1,066 | Kung Fur Hustle | Jim Martin, a distinguished Puppeteer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 August–2 September 2012 | 1,278 | Animalia Romana | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126080841/http://www.eurofurence.org/EF18/gho.html | date=26 November 2012 }} (2012). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21–25 August 2013 | 1,376 | Aloha Hawaii! | Warrick Brownlow-Pike, Andy Heath and Iestyn Evans from the BBC comedy "Mongrels"Guests of Honor (2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20–24 August 2014 | Berlin, Germany | 2,015 | url=https://www.eurofurence.org/EF20/ | title=Eurofurence 20 - Crime Scene Berlin - Aug. 20. - 24., 2014 | first= | website=www.eurofurence.org | access-date=5 September 2018 | archive-date=14 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914013612/http://www.eurofurence.org/EF20/ | url-status=live}} | url=https://www.eurofurence.org/EF20/goh | title=Guests of Honor | first= | website=www.eurofurence.org | access-date=5 September 2018 | archive-date=13 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913161342/http://www.eurofurence.org/EF20/goh | url-status=live}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19–23 August 2015 | 2,095 | url=https://www.eurofurence.org/EF21/ | title=Eurofurence 21 - Greenhouse World (Aug. 19 - 23, 2015) | first= | website=www.eurofurence.org | access-date=5 September 2018 | archive-date=14 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914092731/http://www.eurofurence.org/EF21/ | url-status=live}} | url=https://www.eurofurence.org/EF21/goh | title=Our Guests of Honor - Eurofurence 21 | first= | website=www.eurofurence.org | access-date=5 September 2018 | archive-date=14 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914092731/http://www.eurofurence.org/EF21/goh | url-status=live}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17–21 August 2016 | 2,573 | url=https://www.eurofurence.org/EF22/ | title=Eurofurence 22 - Back to the 80s | first= | website=www.eurofurence.org | access-date=5 September 2018 | archive-date=14 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914163400/http://www.eurofurence.org/EF22/ | url-status=live}} | url=https://www.eurofurence.org/EF22/goh | title=Guests of Honor - Eurofurence 22 | first= | website=www.eurofurence.org | access-date=5 September 2018 | archive-date=7 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007000856/http://eurofurence.org/EF22/goh | url-status=live}} Author of The Wolf Chronicles book trilogy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16–20 August 2017 | 2,853 | url=https://www.eurofurence.org/EF23/ | title=Eurofurence 23 - Ancient Egypt | first= | website=www.eurofurence.org | access-date=5 September 2018 | archive-date=30 June 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630134610/https://www.eurofurence.org/EF23/ | url-status=live}} | url=https://www.eurofurence.org/EF23/goh | title=Guests of Honor - Eurofurence 23 | first= | website=www.eurofurence.org | access-date=5 September 2018 | archive-date=22 August 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822180825/https://www.eurofurence.org/EF23/goh | url-status=live}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22–26 August 2018 | 2,911 | url=https://www.eurofurence.org/EF24/ | title=Eurofurence 24 »Aviators - Conquer the Sky!« | first= | website=Eurofurence 24 - Aviators - Conquer the Sky! | access-date=5 September 2018 | archive-date=17 May 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517054147/https://www.eurofurence.org/EF24/ | url-status=live}} | url=https://www.eurofurence.org/EF24/goh | title=Guest of Honor: Joaquin Baldwin | first= | website=Eurofurence 24 - Aviators - Conquer the Sky! | access-date=5 September 2018 | archive-date=8 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308214921/http://archive.eurofurence.org/EF24/goh | url-status=live}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14–18 August 2019 | 3,414 | url=https://www.eurofurence.org/EF25/ | title=Welcome | first= | website=Eurofurence 25 - Fractures In Time | access-date=5 September 2018 | archive-date=2 September 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902182304/https://www.eurofurence.org/EF25/ | url-status=live}} | url=https://www.eurofurence.org/EF25/schedule/track/Guest%20of%20Honor/1692.en.html | title=EF25 Hella Lots to Talk About! | first= | website=Eurofurence 25 Schedule | access-date=23 August 2019 | archive-date=8 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308214919/http://archive.eurofurence.org/EF25/schedule/track/Guest%20of%20Honor/1692.en.html | url-status=live}} Author of Myre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| number=1255969435447431171 | user=Eurofurence | title=Friends, it is with deep regret that we must announce the cancellation of Eurofurence for 2020. We did not come to this decision lightly: the safety of our attendees, staff, hotel personnel and many others is paramount... | date=30 April 2020 | url=https://twitter.com/eurofurence/status/1255969435447431171}}) | 3,495 | url=https://www.eurofurence.org/EF26/ | title=Welcome | first= | website=Eurofurence 26 - Welcome to Tortuga | access-date=24 August 2019 | archive-date=24 August 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824174530/https://www.eurofurence.org/EF26/ | url-status=live}} | title=Guests of Honor | url=http://archive.eurofurence.org/EF26/goh/ | access-date=2022-12-15 | website=Eurofurence 26 - Welcome to Tortuga - On the High Seas | language=en | archive-date=15 December 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215222952/http://archive.eurofurence.org/EF26/goh/ | url-status=live }} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3–7 September 2023 | Hamburg, Germany | 3,408 | title=Eurofurence 27: Home | url=https://www.eurofurence.org/EF27/home | access-date=2022-12-15 | website=Eurofurence 27 - Black Magic | language=en | archive-date=15 December 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215170602/https://www.eurofurence.org/EF27/home/ | url-status=live }} | title=Eurofurence 27: Guests of Honor | url=https://archive.eurofurence.org/EF27/goh | access-date=2023-12-30 | website=Eurofurence 27 - Black Magic | language=en}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18–21 September 2024 | 5,241 | title=Eurofurence 28: Home | url=https://www.eurofurence.org/EF28/home | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925152230/https://www.eurofurence.org/EF28/home | archive-date=2024-09-25 | access-date=2024-09-25 | website=Eurofurence 28 - Cyberpunk | language=en}} | last= | title=Eurofurence 28: Guests of Honor | url=https://eurofurence.org/EF28/goh | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925151742/https://www.eurofurence.org/EF28/goh | archive-date=2024-09-25 | access-date=2024-09-25 | website=Eurofurence 28 - Cyberpunk | language=en}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3–6 September 2025 | 6,712 | title=Eurofurence 29: Home | url=https://www.eurofurence.org/EF29/ | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250709143255/https://www.eurofurence.org/EF29/ | archive-date=2025-07-09 | access-date=2025-07-09 | website=Eurofurence 29 - Space Expedition | language=en}} | last= | title=Eurofurence 28: Guests of Honor | url=https://www.eurofurence.org/EF29/goh | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250502011037/https://www.eurofurence.org/EF29/goh | archive-date=2025-05-02 | access-date=2025-09-08 | website=Eurofurence 29 - Nomax | language=en}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19-23 August 2026 | TBD | title=Eurofurence 30: Home | url=https://www.eurofurence.org/EF30/ | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250908151613/https://www.eurofurence.org/EF30/ | archive-date=2025-09-08 | access-date=2025-09-08 | website=Eurofurence 30 - Fantastic Furry Festival | language=en}} |
Main events
- Pawpet show - Furry handpuppet story with custom plot, music and effects
- Enter the Arena - Fursuit dance contest
- Big Blue Dance - Disco with live DJ, light effects and live mixed background animations
- Group Photo
- Fursuit parade
- Art Auction - Bidding for art
- Dealers' Den - Possibility to sell/buy merchandise and art
- DDR Tournament
References
References
- "List of in-person furry conventions by attendance".
- Staff writer. (23 August 1997). "Internet-Fans treffen sich in Bodstedt". Ostsee-Zeitung.
- Frank Hommel. (8 September 2007). "Mit 'nem Tiger im Fahrstuhl". [[Freies Wort]].
- Heike Hüchtemann. (8 September 2007). "Rollenspiele abseits des wirklichen Lebens". [[Freies Wort]].
- Staff writer. (8 September 2007). "Eine Welt für sich". [[Thüringer Allgemeine]].
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