Furry Migration 2026 drew 3,836 attendees to the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis from September 11 to 13, up from 2,431 in 2025. The convention's own closing report called that 1,405 more people and 57% growth in one year. Attendees raised $7,595 for MN Pocket Pet Rescue, and the theme was "Be Kind; Rewind".
The growth came with one trade-off. There was no fursuit parade this year, a call the convention made in July because of the hotel's layout and fire-safety limits. Year-round venue, hotel and travel detail lives on the Furry Migration convention page.
Furry Migration posted its result on Bluesky and Telegram on Sunday evening, right after the con closed.
"With 3,836 attendees and $7595 raised for MN Pocket Pet Rescue, we'd call this one pretty successful, wouldn't you?"
Furry Migration on Bluesky, September 13, 2026
The next day, con chair Rico published a longer closing report on the official site. It set the 3,836 against 2025's 2,431 and said that, by a worldwide attendance ranking it cited, the growth moved Furry Migration from 26th place in 2025 to 17th in 2026. It also listed 120-plus dealers, 150-plus panels and events, 20 room parties, 191 Sponsors and 174 Super Sponsors. The convention's Stats and Administrivia page now carries the same 3,836 attendees and $7,595.
The convention wrote the whole weekend in tape-deck language. The schedule announcement said the tapes had been rewinding for a while and it was finally time to press play, the DJ lineup promised enough music to fill both sides of the cassette, and the Opening Ceremonies post warned that there was no rewind button.
Special Guest d.notive curated FM FM, an online radio station made for the theme and streaming synthwave and vaporwave around the clock in the run-up to the con. On Saturday night d.notive spun live on MainStage, with a Twitch stream for anyone at home.
The photo studio gallery went up on Flickr in October, and the convention shared this boombox portrait from it.
Three Guests of Honor headlined 2026. The official guests page describes NightlineZ as a New Hampshire illustrator with a big VHS collection and a love of archiving old tapes, Outsidewolves as Jesse England, an interdisciplinary artist from Portland, Oregon, and Planet Clue as a love letter to the weirdest corners of Y2K culture. The three met attendees in the Lakeshore room on Friday afternoon.
The Semi-Formal Prom came back "by popular demand" on Saturday night in MainStage. Friday night's dances included a sensory-friendly set from DJ SleepySmokee, and the DJ lineup featured a longer Dead Dog dance. The convention also booked VGM, a live furry band playing video game music, for Sunday. On Saturday it posted the fursuit dance competition lineup, with 18 performers and two stand-ins. Our guides to what a furdance is and the fursuit dance competition cover what to expect if you plan to dance next year.
On July 30 the convention announced that it would not schedule a Fursuit Parade for 2026. Con chair Rico wrote that the Hyatt Regency's layout made a route hard to design, and that every option either got too complicated, cut into other programming, needed extensive planning with the city, or came close to occupancy and fire-safety limits. "The safety of our attendees, volunteers, and hotel staff will always come first," the post said.
The fursuit group photo still went ahead, on Saturday at 1 PM in MainStage. The Photography team released the finished group photos on September 16.
If you shoot at cons yourself, our convention photography guide covers group shots and photo etiquette.
The 2026 charity was MN Pocket Pet Rescue, listed on the official stats page as Minnesota Pocket Pet Rescue. On Sunday the convention pushed the last fundraising hours: the silent charity auction closed at noon, and a table sold exclusive Furry Migration charity stickers until 3pm.
For how con charity drives work in general, see our furry convention charity guide.
Rico's closing report named the next edition: Quest for Shiny Re:Migrated, September 10-12, 2027, back at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. The report said the convention has already worked with the Hyatt to expand onto the fourth floor for 2027, earlier than planned. The theme name calls back to 2016's "The Quest For Shiny".
Two 2027 Guests of Honor went public after closing ceremonies. Inkmaven and Vonzent each posted that they had been revealed as 2027 Guests of Honor, and the convention reposted both. The reveal graphic showed a third Guest of Honor slot that has not been named yet.
The closing report said pre-registration for 2027 would be announced once 2026 registration was wrapped up. Plan your hotel early: our hotel block guide explains how con blocks open and sell.
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Browse the Full CalendarFurry Migration reported 3,836 attendees for 2026, up from 2,431 in 2025. The convention's closing report put the growth at 1,405 people, or 57%.
Attendees raised $7,595 for MN Pocket Pet Rescue, according to the convention's closing post and its stats page.
NightlineZ, Outsidewolves and Planet Clue were the 2026 Guests of Honor, with d.notive as Special Guest.
Attendee registration was $80 for adults and $40 for ages 7 to 17. Sponsor was $175 and Super Sponsor $240, and both sold out. The 2027 price has not been announced yet.
The convention said that the Hyatt Regency's layout made a safe parade route too hard to plan, citing occupancy and fire-safety concerns among other problems.
Furry Migration 2027, Quest for Shiny Re:Migrated, runs September 10-12, 2027 at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis.
New to cons? Read our first con survival guide, and see the summer and fall cons guide for what else runs at that time of year. The Furry Migration convention page keeps the full year-by-year history.
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