On 2/21/26 When Furballs Strike 56 saw nearly 350 attendees from all over the Pacific NW, parts of the United States and even the world meet up at Kenmore Lanes for FurLife’s quarterly furbowl! Among the attendees were a new world furbowl record of 204 Fursuiters and a near-record of 257 bowlers spanning across 48 bowling lanes, it was a sight to behold!
DJ TigerBeatz spun some great tunes for everyone to enjoy, and we gave away nearly 50 prizes to many lucky furbowlers in our raffle. We had guests join us from Minnesota, Missouri, and even Switzerland!
The meet was Hawaiian “Luau” themed and we gave away a complimentary Lei flower necklace to every registered bowler which was a big hit, and we loved seeing all the Hawaiian shirts and other themed accessories! After bowling, more than 40 furries joined us for the group dinner, Luau at the Burrow, hosted by furry-owned Vulpine Taproom and featured a special themed menu of delicious pork adobo and vegan huli-huli!
When does a furry bowling event turn into a mini con. WFS is it at their last event back in Feb they had 411 and they took over Kenmore Lanes completely. Look at the above photo that isn’t photoshopped there are videos on YouTube that back this fact up.
Truthfully there are fur cons that don’t see this many fursuiters
They are offering different levels of membership. Check for yourself via the link and see for yourself.
Their 51st When Furballs Strike meet had over 200 fursuiters & nearly 400 attendees, both new records! It was an incredible day for our Pacific NW furry community, selling out the largest alley in the region for wall-to-wall furry bowling! Hope everyone had a great time! #WFS51
Reminder our Fall Furbowl #WFS51 is on Saturday: https://meetup.com/furlife/events/303648786… Bowling pre-reg has closed & we are very likely going to sell out the Pacific NW’s largest bowling center AGAIN – we only have 10 lanes left for at-event reg. Our community is amazing
Kijani For @FurlifeNW furbowl I organized a charity auction that raised $2,560 for a local pet shelter. I went in to present the check and we got this heartfelt letter from the Director
Thank you all who donated & generously bid to help improve lives of deserving animals!
Please note the following changes for WFS 50: Ultrasponsor level is now $40 and comes with a commemorative WFS 50 Pawprint Medallion and a FurLife Logo T-Shirt (with WFS logo on right sleeve). The high-level sponsor prize draw (white ticket) is now Ultrasponsor only. Supersponsor level still comes with 15 regular raffle tickets.
$12 Base Reg – Bowling, shoe rental, 1 raffle ticket
UltraSponsor Gifts: Commemorative WFS 50 Gold Pawprint Medallion + FurLife T-Shirt (indicate size in “additional info” section while pre-registering!)
For $40 it is a bargain, so why do I call this a pre con?
They have a schedule
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
11am – Party room opens 12:15 – Pre-Reg Check In opens 12:30 – At-event Registration opens 1:40 – Registration closes 2:00 – Fursuit Group Photo (usually in the middle of our assigned lanes, listen for announcement) 2:15 – Bowling starts 4:30 – Bowling ends 4:45 – Awards, Charity Auction, Prize Raffle
CHARITY AUCTION
We are thrilled to host a Charity Auction to benefit a local animal/pet shelter. Details, including the beneficiary, will be announced shortly!
PRIZE RAFFLE
There will be many amazing prizes for attendees to take home in our prize raffle which takes place in the Party Room after bowling.
Extra tickets may be purchased for $1 each (or $4 for 5) anytime prior to the raffle beginning.
DJ
We are thrilled to announce two awesome DJs will be spinning at WFS 50: TekFox and Avian Invasion (Matthew Ebel)!
They already get numbers greater than most small fur cons, and WFS only gets bigger and bigger with every meet. Aug 17th edition they reserved the entire Kenmore Lanes.
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