FetchNW is Seattle's premier furry + pup + kink dance event series. Founded in 2022, it runs four to six themed editions per year, rotating across the city's best music venues, and once a year onto a boat. Each edition has its own name, season, and venue, and the leather/pup-play axis is core to the brand rather than a side-room.
Each FetchNW edition is named, themed, and venue-specific:
The dress code is consent-led and gear-friendly: fursuits, puppy hoods, harnesses, shiny creatures and other gear are explicitly welcome; exposed butts and genitals are not. The Party Bill of Rights on fetchnw.com leads with "CONSENT IS EVERYTHING" and is worth reading before your first night.
Tickets are sold per edition through Shotgun or Eventbrite. Sale dates are announced first on the FetchNW homepage, X account, and Telegram channel; for example, In Heat 2026 went on sale June 1 at 7pm. The 2026 ticket structure on In Heat is $94.80 General Admission or $177.75 Golden Paw (after fees); Golden Paw adds priority boarding, a fancier badge, a lanyard, a poster and a free patch.
FetchNW is strictly 21+ at every venue, and valid government photo ID is required at the door.
Venues are spread across the Seattle metro:
2025-2026 ticketed flagships: Love Bites (Feb 22, 2025 at The Rendezvous), Neon Nights (Mar 11, 2025 at Mirra), In Heat (May 2025 on The Hiyu), Vortex (Aug 7, 2025 at The Crocodile), Frostbite Weekend (Dec 11-14, 2025), Neon Nights (Mar 21, 2026 at Mirra), In Heat (Jul 11, 2026 on The Hiyu).
Frostbite Weekend 2025 was the format expansion, a four-day, five-venue city-wide stack built around Vortex at The Crocodile as the one ticketed anchor. Partner-org-run free side events included Slumberyard (a Pawprint Pack PJ party at Lumberyard Bar), Brain Freeze (a craft market with Slightly Furry Beverage Co.), an Urban Animal Coffee pop-up, the SEA-PAH Holiday Mosh at The Cuff Complex on Capitol Hill, and Whisker Wonderland at Vulpine Taproom. The Cuff appearance, at a long-running Seattle leather/bear bar, reads the kink axis as a structural part of the brand, not a side-room.
Yes, strictly 21+ at every venue. Valid government photo ID is required at the door, including for In Heat on The Hiyu.
Roughly four to six ticketed editions per year (Love Bites Feb, Neon Nights Mar, In Heat May or July on the Hiyu, Vortex Aug, Frostbite Weekend Dec). The series is themed and named per edition rather than running a fixed monthly cadence, and Frostbite Weekend in December also stacks free partner-org side events into a multi-night city-wide format.
Yes. Fursuits, puppy hoods, harnesses, and other gear are explicitly welcome. The dress code is "please come as you are, but no exposed butts or genitals." Fursuit changing rooms are available at the larger venues (The Crocodile in particular).
No. Both are Seattle-area furry orgs but neither cross-promotes the other on its public site. FetchNW runs year-round club nights; Anthro Northwest runs an annual convention at the Hyatt Regency Seattle. They share the metro and the regional scene, nothing more.
The Hiyu is a Seattle boat that departs from a S. Lake Union waterfront dock. For In Heat, boarding starts at 5pm sharp and the boat casts off at 6pm. Once it's gone, it's gone. The four-hour sail returns to dock at 10pm. The boat has an outdoor deck with a beer-and-cider cart, two indoor bar lounges, a food truck (Vulpine Taproom), a full sound system and lighting rig, and an EMT on board.
Gallery
SoonA better gallery is coming. These photos are gathered automatically for now, but we are curating sharper, hand-picked shots. A submission form is coming soon too. Want yours on the site? Get in touch or follow us on Telegram and X for the suggestion waitlist.
From attendees
Return to the full events listing and regional filters.
Read the explainer on how standalone furry dance events work.
Switch to multi-day conventions if you want a full weekend trip.
Jump from smaller events to the full convention index.
Photos come from public Bluesky posts and are used editorially with attribution. Spotted yourself and want a photo removed? Email [email protected] and we’ll take it down promptly. Want to be featured in the next refresh? Send your handle to the same address.