PowsUp! Night is a New Year's furry convention in Rome, run by the Italian furry association PowsUp!. It fills a hotel for three days and three nights over New Year, with a Dealers' Den, games, a disco and a New Year's Eve dinner. The organizers advertise "more than 67 hours of fun".
PowsUp! Night 2027 runs from December 30, 2026 at 11:00 to January 2, 2027 at 11:00 at the Papillo Hotel Roma, Via Arola, 53, in the west of the city. Registration is open until December 20, 2026. The full three-day Evento ticket costs EUR 130, Daily tickets cost EUR 35 or EUR 80 for New Year's Eve, and hotel packages start at EUR 310. Entry is for PowsUp! members who are 18 or older by the first day. Daily tickets and rooms are limited, so book early if you want to stay on site.
PowsUp! Night gives furries in central and southern Italy a full convention over the New Year holiday. You can sleep, eat and party in one hotel, and you never need to cross the city on New Year's Eve. The programme mixes a Dealers' Den with games, a nightly disco and a sit-down New Year's Eve dinner. PowsUp! started in Rome in 2023 with furmeets, and this hotel event is its biggest format.
Schedule and programming for 2026 is not published yet.
Entry for December 30, December 31 and January 1. The page shows EUR 150 struck through.
All three days with a hotel stay at the Papillo Hotel.
Up to two extra hotel nights added to an Evento + Hotel stay.
≈ $ figures are approximate US dollars, rates as of 9 Oct 2026 from ExchangeRate-API open access.
Rome's tourist tax of EUR 7.50 per night for non-residents is not included and is paid at the hotel. Booking is required, and Daily tickets and rooms are limited. Registration is open until December 20, 2026.
The Papillo Hotel is at Via Arola, 53, 00166 Roma. According to PowsUp!, the hotel sits one minute from the Grande Raccordo Anulare, Rome's ring road, so it is easy to reach by car. The hotel has free outdoor parking and a supermarket next door. A bus stop near the hotel connects it to public transport. If you fly in, plan the last part of the trip by bus or taxi.
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Stay at the Papillo Hotel. It is a four-star superior hotel, and the Evento + Hotel package covers all three days with a room. You can add up to two extra nights before or after the event from EUR 60. Rome charges a tourist tax of EUR 7.50 per night for non-residents, which you pay at the hotel. The hotel restaurant serves breakfast buffets, and set lunches and dinners cost EUR 15 to EUR 18 at the reception during the event.
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The first PowsUp! Night ran from December 30, 2025 to January 2, 2026 at the Urban Garden Hotel, Via di Rebibbia, 18/34, near Rebibbia metro station on line B. It was the association's first multi-day event in a hotel, and PowsUp! later shared a photo gallery, a video and a conbook from it.
2026
Dec 30 - Jan 2
2025
Dec 30 - Jan 2
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Follow the official PowsUp! Telegram channel for programme updates, and register on the PowsUp! Night 2027 page.