RainFurrest

RainFurrest is a defunct furry convention^[1]: 104 in the U.S. The convention was made in 2007 to replace a previous convention called Conifur Northwest. In 2013 it became the fifth furry convention to surpass 2000 attendees.^{[2]: 70, 186-188} It is particularly notable for multiple repeated incidents and managerial failures.^[2][3][4]

RainFurrest
RainFurrest 2016 logo
Status	Defunct
Genre	Furry
Frequency	Annually
Location(s)	Seattle, Washington
Inaugurated	2007
Most recent	2015 (2015)

Locations and attendances by year

Year	Dates	Location	Theme	Charity	Attendance	Parade
2007[2]: 186	August 24–26	Holiday Inn Seattle-Sea-Tac Airport Hotel	The Rainforest (retroactively assigned)[2]: 187	The Sarvey Wildlife Center (almost $1,000)	370	41
2008[2]: 186	September 26—28	Seattle Airport Marriott	Flight	The Ferret Rescue Society ($1,000+)	599	89
2009[2]: 186	September 18—20	Seattle Airport Marriott	Zombie Attack	Critter Care Wildlife Society ($536.78)	905	159
2010[2]: 186	September 24—26	Seattle Airport Marriott	Furst on the Moon	Northwest Wildlife Rehabilitation Center ($3,000+)	1,045	184
2011[2]: 186	September 22—25	Hilton Seattle Airport and Conference Center	Furry Camping	Love a Mutt Pet Rescue ($4,000+)	1,420	378
2012[2]: 187	September 27—30	Hilton Seattle Airport and Conference Center	Warehouse Furteen	Rabbit Meadows Sanctuary and Adoption Center ($2,500+)	1,705	517
2013[2]: 187	September 26—29	Hilton Seattle Airport and Conference Center	Dancing in the Moonlight	The Clouded Leopard Project ($6,454.17)	2,202	487
2014[2]: 187	September 25—28	Hilton Seattle Airport and Conference Center	Cyberpunk: Fur Meets Chrome	Cougar Mountain Zoological Park ($7,000)	2,586	504
2015[2]: 187 [5][6]	September 24—27	Hilton Seattle Airport and Conference Center	Swords and Sorcery	Cougar Mountain Zoological Park ($10,000+)	2,704	492

Incidents

According to Fred Patten, there was discussion online among the furry community about the destructive behavior at RainFurrest 2015,^[2]: 6 with there being reports of vandalism, multiple visits by the police, and a number of arrests.^[7] Reasons for the arrests included assault, sexual assault, and drug possession.^[3]

The A.V. Club reported that one of the attendees flooded the hotel lobby in 2 inches of toilet water.^[3]

Then organizers released a letter to attendees, claiming that "For the last few years, the Hilton sustained more damage during RainFurrest than it did from every other event at the Hilton the entire rest of the year."^[7] The Hilton terminated their contract as a result of this behavior,^[1]: 104 and RainFurrest 2016 was cancelled after the organizers were unable to find a suitable alternative venue.^[3]