Registration & Rooms Open for Furry Picnic 2015

We’re back and we’re ready for The Third!  Furry Picnic 2015 is back to Wickham Park and the Baymont Inns & Suites, Manchester, CT for 2105!

The date this year is Saturday, June 6, 2015, Wickham Park, Manchester, CT – back to back with the CT Diner Meet in Rocky Hill, on Friday night!

Non-stop fooding and fun times to ensue – only $10!

Visit our Registration page here, and if you’d like to stay the weekend, check out out Hotel page here our legendary amazing deals on rooms and FULL Suites is still going on, but whether you make Furry Picnic a day trip or party all weekend long, Furry Picnic is ready to rock!

2014 Preregistration closed – Register At-The-Door today!

Registration is closed, and only 11 hours remain until the picnic!

Please register at the door.  $10 per person – must have ID – Cash, credit cards, or PayPal accepted!

Remember! – Wickham Park parking is $5 per car, cash.

This event will go on rain or shine, but don’t worry, we have a small fleet of pop-up tents and tarps in addition to the pavilion!

LOOK!  Weather underground has us being rain free all day!  Please come and enjoy!!!

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/hdfForecast?query=06040

See you at the Furry Picnic!

2014 Furry Picnic Mugs are here!

NEW BLUE-TO-PURPLE COLOR CHANGE ACTION!  FOX POWERS ACTIVATE!!!!

From the folks that brought you the 2013 Furry Picnic mug, it’s the new and improved 2014 Furry Picnic Mug!

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Again, these mugs feature art by Tod Wills / @thebluedjinni

Come get one!  Put some cold frosty fox in you!  Turn purple!  Eat stuff!  Drink stuff!  And see you on Saturday!

Unofficial Pre-Picnic Eat & Greet at Ninety-Nine Vernon Friday Night!

Hello again!  This is the same post as last year pretty much, but it’s just as important!

We know a few folks are arriving early, and after a day of chopping veggies, washing and checking equipment, and shopping, Dark & I will be heading out to eat.  We would love for you all to join us!

 

Friday Night, May 23th – Late Dinner at the 99 Restaurant

295 Hartford Turnpike  Vernon, CT 06066

Meeting outside at 8:30 pm – 8:45 pm, sitting down to eat at 9:00 pm

Casual Dress – *NO EARS, TAILS, FURSUITS, etc, INSIDE! … just be cool. :)

Open seating, but we will try to sit together. Show up late and it’s seating wherever.

 

That’s about it, it’s not the diner meet, so we won’t be hanging around, save the fursuiting and silliness for the picnic, but please join us for some eats and a beverage – no RSVP, again, just show early.

– FrostElf & Darkcougarkat

National EMS Week! Free membership for EMS professionals announced!

As part of National EMS Week, Furry Picnic is offering free membership to EMTs of all levels, just show your current certification or work ID at the door and register free, or preregister and pay online, and we’ll refund you at the door.  It’s that easy!  Thank you for your service, and have a great time at Furry Picnic on us!

What is national EMS Week? National EMS Week celebrates and honors the hundreds of thousands of EMS practitioners serving our communities across the nation.  The week events focus on saying thanks to the service of EMS professionals that work hard every day across the country, and helps to raise awareness in the communities they serve in.

 

For more information, visit http://www.emsweekideas.org/home

Nexus 7 32GB Tablet door prize announced!

Furry Picnic is giving away a Nexus 7 tablet at the event!

Wow!  We are amazed to announce  the addition of a door prize that we can’t believe ourselves!  A generous fur, and Furry Picnic attendee had donated a Nexus 7 32GB Tablet, New in box, to Furry Picnic, to give away!  The details are simple, Sign up for the picnic, come to the picnic, get a raffle ticket when you sign in, stay until 4:00 pm for the drawing, and you could go home with a full tummy and a new tablet!

 

* Rules and disclaimers.  Staff of the Furry Picnic are ineligible to enter the door prize raffle.  One ticket/entry per person.  Entries must be paid, registered attendees of the picnic, and present at the event to participate in the door prize raffle. Not responsible for lost or missing entries.  Tickets/entries have no cash value. No prizes will be held for those not in attendance for the drawing on 4:00 pm, Saturday, May 24th, 2014 at the picnic – you must be present and registered to win.

*Storm cancellation* Fursuiters! Lunch on us, Tuesday! Baymont Inn promo photo shoot in Manchester!

1/20/2014 – *UPDATE* – This is currently cancelled due to Storm Chester – Please check back for a new date.

Hey hey hey!

We need fursuiters to help shoot promo photos at Baymont Inn in Manchester, our hotel venue, on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 @ 1:00 pm!  We want to show our hotel venue what furry is about in a fun way, and honestly, this hotel is awesome!  For folks that want to split a room before or after the con, this is a GREAT fun venue –  that’s why we want to show it off!  What better way than some fun furry photos!

Here is the Hotel Information page… but, just in case:

Baymont Inn And Suites ManchesterBaymont INNs & Suites Manchester Logo

20 Taylor Street, Manchester, CT 06042 US

Phone – (860) 643-5645  Also at http://www.awardhotel.com/

Fursuiters can change at the hotel. Photos are expected to take about an hour on site.  After that, we can all go get food – on us! We’ll be wrapping up for the day by about 3:00 pm.

Want to join us? Just show up, and be prepared to “work”!  Fursuiters, if you would like to bring  a guest, that’s fine!

If you get a moment, send us an email at info@furrypicnic.com or on Twitter @furrypicnic and let us know you’ll be coming!