October
15, 2008
The
events section is now updated. Information
on the Furry Variety Show can be found here.
September 13, 2008
Midwest FurFest is proud to welcome its charity for 2008:
Rainbow
Animal Assisted Therapy!
With our first
overflow hotel quickly filling up, we are happy to announce
our additional overflow hotel for this year at the
Hampton
Inn Suites/Lincolnshire. Please
click here for more information about reserving a room.
August
15, 2008
The 2008 MFF Dealers Room list is now posted.
Please
visit our Dealers Room section of the MFF site for
more details.
July
12 th, 2008
Information
on requesting Art Show space for this year's show has
now been posted.
Please
visit our Art Show section to download forms, and read
through the 2008 MFF Art Show rules.
June
22 , 2008
Information
on submitting, ads, art, stories, and other inqueries
for our 2008 convention book has now been posted.
Please
visit our convention book section for more info.
April
15th, 2008
Dealer
Room Applications are now available!
April
8th, 2008
Midwest FurFest is pleased to announce that Suite Reservation
Requests and Fursuit Floor Requests are now available!
The
Westin Chicago North Shore has a limited number of suites
available, including Junior Suites ($159/night), Westin
Workout Suites ($159/night), Executive Suites ($259/night),
and Deluxe Suites ($459/night). Please see our suite request
page for room diagrams and pictures. The
Suite Request page can be found here.
We
are also pleased to announce that Fursuit Floor requests
are now being taken. These will be for rooms on the third,
fourth, and fifth floors of the Westin Chicago North Shore.
To make a request, you will need the real name of the
person who made the original reservation, as well as the
reservation confirmation number. The
Fursuit Floor Request page can be found here.
Do
you have questions about suite requests or fursuit floor
requests? You can always send an e-mail to our
hotel liaison.
March 1 st, 2008
Artist Alley, Guest of Honor, Hotel, and Registration
sections have now been updated.
As
of February 28th, all double beds are sold out at the
convention hotel. King size beds are still available.
February
24st, 2008
The Dealers Den section has now been updated.
Questions
regarding Dealer Room operations, verification that you
are on the mailing list, or requests to be added to the
mailing list should be directed to Brendan
Lonehawk.
January
21st, 2008
Midwest FurFest is heading north! Well, only a few miles
north, but north nonetheless to Wheeling,
Illinois, and the Westin
Chicago North Shore. We have prepared a video for
you to introduce our new digs:
Reserve
your hotel room for Midwest FurFest 2008 right now!
Rooms at the Westin are $103.00/night.
GUESTS
OF HONOR
We are pleased to announce our guests of honor, starting
with Lucky the Evil Dog, a talented
fursuit performer and Mascot for Hire.
We
are also happy to welcome Darc
and Matt Sowers, artist and writer (respectively)
for the comic Code
Name: Hunter. Look for more information
on these fine folks as well as an announcement about our
third Guest of Honor soon!
Register
online for Midwest FurFest 2008!
Memberships are $30 until September 30th, 2008
Sponsorships are $120
(Sponsorships include a delicious brunch with our
Guests of Honor, a complimentary T-shirt, a collectible
limited-edition pin, and much more!)
Register
online now!
(Mail-in registration form coming soon)