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Get Out The Float (GOTF) 2027 is scheduled for Feb 4-7, 2027 in Seaside, United States. The charity partner is Sunset Empire Parks and Recreation Foundation.
Get Out The Float is a furry convention in Seaside, Oregon, distinguished by its focus on inflatables, pool toys, and bouncy castles rather than the traditional panel-and-dealer format. Founded as a local furmeet series before gaining official convention status in 2024, the event drew 407 attendees in 2026 and raises funds for the Sunset Empire Parks and Recreation Foundation's aquatic scholarships.
After Biolumin-Essence wrapped, Get Out The Float returns to the Seaside Civic and Convention Center for February 4-7, 2027. The 2027 theme has not yet been announced. Programming continues to centre on the Sunday municipal-pool day, Seaside Carousel Mall laser tag rounds, and convention-floor bouncy castles rather than panels or a Guest of Honor.
The programming is built around interactive play rather than panels. The convention spaces are filled with large inflatables, rounds of laser tag, and high-energy inflatable-friendly dances.
Get Out The Float also gives back to the community. Drawing 407 attendees in 2026, the convention has become a consistent fundraiser for the local Sunset Empire Parks and Recreation Foundation, frequently raising nearly $5,000 to directly fund aquatic scholarships that help locals access municipal pool facilities.
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2027
Feb 4-7
2026
Feb 12-15
Theme
Biolumin-Essence
2025
Feb 6-9
Theme
Palettes, Palates, but not Pallets
2024
Dates TBA
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Get Out The Float 2026 grew to 407 attendees (+53% year over year) at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center over February 12-15, with 142 fursuiters marching in the public Saturday parade. The convention raised $4,913.11 for the Sunset Empire Parks and Recreation Foundation, with $868 from registration donations, $424 from charity doodles, $492.11 collected on the parade route, $3,040 from the charity raffle, and another $89 in miscellaneous donations. The edition was bookended by a mid-con bouncy-castle equipment crisis that prompted the organisers' February 2026 GoFundMe to purchase their own inflatables outright.
Get Out The Float 2025 grew to 266 attendees at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center. The convention raised $4,059 for the Sunset Empire Parks and Recreation Foundation.
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Bouncy castle ownership fundraiser
After the 2026 edition, organisers launched a $4,000 GoFundMe to buy the convention's own bouncy castles, publicly citing three rented castles pulled from service mid-con, two minor staff injuries during cleaning, and "two sore Achilles tendons" for the convention chair as the operational reasons rental dependency had to end. The same post ties the capital purchase to lower long-run costs (storage and transport beating annual rentals) and explicitly names rental fees as a driver of the convention's published annual price increases. Transparent operational pivot rare for a sub-500-attendee convention.
Pool toy colored-tag governance system
Every pooltoy brought to GOTF is pre-submitted to the Inflatables Management team and assigned a colored tag governing how it can be used: Black is a charity-raffle donation on display only, Red is display and photos only with no touching outside the owner and trained Toysitters, Yellow allows gentle play (sit or ride), Green allows play and bouncy-castle use with the owner present, and Blue allows bouncy-castle use without the owner. Size caps top out at 16 feet tall or 25 feet long, with stage-eligible Red Tag toys capped at 10 by 16. Final pool approval rests with the city aquatic center's head lifeguard, who is explicitly not GOTF staff.
Patron Swim - Sunday early pool hour
Patron-tier ($270) registrants, staff, volunteers, and vendors get into the municipal aquatic-center pool at 11 a.m. Sunday, a full hour before noon open swim. The Patron Swim kicks in the moment the inflatable group photo wraps and rolls directly into open swim at noon. The single-hour window is unusually specific - most early-access perks are vague "VIP hour" advertisements - and the official announcement openly cites capacity ("the pool to possibly maybe reach capacity this year. Allegedly") as the reason for protecting Patron access before the public hour.
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