FursonaCon 2026 is scheduled for Sep 3-6, 2026 in Newport News, United States. The announced theme is Murder on the FursonaCon Express. Guest of honor information lists Heartleaf Games. The charity partner is Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation.
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Newport News is on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads metro area:
Curated stays near Newport News Marriott at City Center, Newport News, United States.
FursonaCon 2025 saw a record attendance of 1,266 for its nautical adventure theme. The convention raised $23,000 for Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation and featured artist Danji-Isthmus.
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| Year | Dates | Theme | Attendance | Charity Raised | Guest(s) of Honor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2027 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | None Announced |
2026 | Sep 3-6 | Murder on the FursonaCon Express | TBA | (Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation) | Heartleaf Games |
2025 | Aug 28-31 | On The Seven Seas! | 1,266 | $23,000(Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation) | Danji-Isthmus |
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Name-your-price Sponsor and God-Level tiers above the minimums
FursonaCon's tier ladder runs Early Pre-Reg $60 / Sponsor minimum $90 / God-Level minimum $250, and the top two are open-ended name-your-price rather than fixed prices. Attendees can pay anything at or above the minimum, with no caps and no sold-out tiers. The mechanic is a Showclix platform feature rather than a FursonaCon-authored design, but it's uncommon among US cons that use Showclix.
AI artwork banned from the jury-reviewed Dealers Den
Dealers Den at FursonaCon is jury-reviewed at $200 per 6'x2' table (one badge included, $50 assistant badge, $10 power add-on), and the dealer policy explicitly bans AI-generated artwork and weapon sales. Combined with the codified press policy (advance application by March 1, live streaming prohibited entirely) the con runs a tighter publication-and-commerce perimeter than the all-ages framing implies.
Two fursuit parades across the weekend, not one
Most US cons run a single Saturday fursuit parade as the headline group event. FursonaCon runs two parades across the weekend, a structural quirk picked up from the convention's narrative-mystery format where multi-act scheduling lets more attendees participate without queue compression.
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