Anthro New Mexico's official Telegram post reports the inaugural edition's results and says the organizers look forward to giving attendees an even better year next year. That points to a 2027 return, but the organizer has not published 2027 dates, venue, theme, guests of honor, charity partner, or ticket details.
The price for 2027 has not been announced. The figure is from 2026, for reference only, so check the convention's own site before you budget.
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Anthro New Mexico's inaugural edition ran September 4-6, 2026 at the Crowne Plaza Albuquerque. The organizers later reported 265 attendees and $3,000 donated to Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary in their official Telegram post.
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FERN, in Gallup, ran earlier in 2026
[FERN](/conventions/fern-convention), the Furry Enthusiasts' Rendezvous in New Mexico, ran March 13-15, 2026 at the Best Western Gallup West, six months before Anthro New Mexico's inaugural September edition. Its own [attend page](https://www.fernm.org/attend) says registration was free because FERN had no panels, raves, or other con-specific events. FERN is 18+; the 2026 Anthro New Mexico edition was all-ages and included panels, a dealers den, and dances. Both are New Mexico furry weekends with different formats.
Born from the ABQ Fursuit Group, not a corporate parent
ANM grew directly out of the ABQ Fursuit Group, a local Albuquerque meet that "started with just three locals", grew its Telegram from 50 to 300+ members in a single month, and revived "a dead community with their biweekly Furmeets." Three months after reviving the local scene the same people began building ANM, the convention is operationally downstream of an active biweekly meet group, not the other way around.
The 2026 two-cause fundraiser: WSWS + Save Indigo Mountain
Anthro New Mexico named Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary (WSWS) as its 2026 charity partner and also supported the Save Indigo Mountain Campaign. WSWS is a 501(c)(3) wolf/wolfdog sanctuary in Candy Kitchen, NM, a tiny unincorporated community ~150 miles west of Albuquerque adjacent to the Zuni Mountains. WSWS rescues "displaced, unwanted, and non-releasable captive-bred wolves, wolfdogs, and other wild canid species" and does not adopt out, every animal stays for permanent sanctuary care.
