Wüellas FurFest (WüFF) is a furry art and convention project based in Santiago, Chile. It is internationally recognized for celebrating the colors, folklore, and heritage of Chilean culture, bringing native wildlife and everyday Chilean life to life through anthropomorphic characters. The event combines visual art, regional storytelling, and convention programming.
Wüellas FurFest returns October 30, 31, and November 1, 2026 with the theme "Magical Fauna," a visual project inspired by Chilean animals and local culture. The theme continues WüFF's signature approach of spotlighting native fauna and folklore.
The 2026 edition takes place at Radisson Blu Plaza El Bosque, a modern hotel in the Las Condes commune close to Parque Araucano and several shopping centers. Wüellas FurFest is strictly an 18+ event: registration requires legal-name and Chilean ID verification, and badges must be worn visibly at all times inside the venue.
Guests of honour are the artists Kaohto from Peru, AwA from Mexico and Cabura from Argentina. Full-weekend tickets ran from CLP 59,900 for the Greda tier to CLP 500,000 for Uranio, and that sale closed on 6 October 2026. Day passes are still sold at CLP 15,000 for Friday and CLP 25,000 for Saturday or Sunday, online with pre-registration or at the door.
Wüellas FurFest stands out for its strong cultural identity. Rather than mirroring the format of North American or European cons, WüFF foregrounds Chilean folklore, wildlife, and regional storytelling, giving the event a distinct artistic voice. The convention grew out of Wüellas, an independent Chilean graphic-art project that builds original characters around the country's native fauna, so the festival feels like a live extension of an existing visual-identity brand not just a generic furry weekend. For furries in Chile and the wider Southern Cone, it offers a homegrown gathering that celebrates local heritage while connecting with the global fandom.
Schedule and programming for 2026 is not published yet.
Three-day entry with badge and official lanyard
Starter goodies
Starter goodies and a mystery package
Starter goodies, a mystery package and the Mythic Shirt
Starter goodies, a mystery package, Legendary Clothing, pre-entry and a fast pass
Everything in Gold, plus a deluxe edition and an oil-painting portrait of your fursona
≈ $ figures are approximate US dollars, rates as of 9 Oct 2026 from ExchangeRate-API open access.
Bronze and higher closed on 25 September and the full-weekend sale closed on 6 October 2026. Day passes include a badge and a generic lanyard, and can be paid with Mercado Pago in pesos or PayPal in US dollars.
By air: The main gateway is Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL) in Santiago, served by domestic and international flights. From the airport, rideshare or an official airport taxi is the most direct route to Las Condes, where the host hotel sits on Av. Manquehue Norte.
By car: Santiago is well connected by highway, and rideshare apps operate widely across the metropolitan area. Radisson Blu Plaza El Bosque is on Av. Manquehue Norte 656 in Las Condes, accessible from the city's main arteries.
By transit: Santiago's Metro is extensive and reliable. The Manquehue and Escuela Militar stations on Line 1 are the closest to the host hotel, making public transit a practical option for getting around the city.
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The 2026 host venue is Radisson Blu Plaza El Bosque in Las Condes, where staying on-site keeps you closest to programming and the social floor.
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Wüellas FurFest 2024 ran November 2-3. The official organizer channel confirms the occurrence and reports 750,000 Chilean pesos donated to CODEFF. The reviewed first-party sources do not confirm the venue or publish an attendance figure or theme.
2027
Dates TBA
2026
Oct 30 - Nov 1
Theme
Magical Fauna
2025
Dates TBA
2024
Nov 2-3
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ALICANTO tier ladder named for a Chilean luminous-feathered mythological bird
Wüellas FurFest brands its entry ladder ALICANTO, after the Chilean mythological luminous-feathered bird of Atacama miner folklore, and names the tiers after materials rather than a generic sponsor stack. For 2026 they run Greda (Clay) → Hierro (Iron) → Bronce → Plata → Oro → Uranio, from a badge-and-lanyard entry through a Mystery Package, a Mythic Shirt at Silver, Legendary Clothing with Pre-Entry and Fast-Pass at Gold, and an oil-painting portrait of your fursona at Uranium. Prices show in both Chilean pesos and US dollars, with Mercado Pago for local buyers and PayPal for international ones.
Started as a Chilean-fauna character-art project, festival is the extension
Most furcons start as community meetups that grow a brand. Wüellas began the other way around, as an independent graphic-art project building original characters from Chilean native fauna (foxes, snakes, birds, goats, even living clothes and furniture as "fantastic treasures of Chile"), and the festival is the live extension of that visual-identity brand. It's organised by Wuellas Eventos SpA (Ñuñoa, Santiago), and the brand name itself is the Spanish huellas (footprint, pawprint, trace) with the "Hu-" rewritten "Wü-" to mirror the romanization style of Chile's indigenous peoples; the site publishes the phonetic key /ˈwe.ʎas/.
Twelve named programming axes
WüFF publishes its programming as twelve named axes rather than a loose schedule: Karaoke, Talks, Video Games, Competitions, Workshops, Rave, Drawings, Photos, Dealer's Den, Tours, Auction, and Charity. For a third-edition festival that is a wide spread, and it tells you the weekend is built as an arts-and-activities festival first rather than a dealer-hall-plus-dances convention.