Category: News

  • Hotel Block & Overflows Opening Oct 15th!

    Hotel Block & Overflows Opening Oct 15th!

    Our hotel block and overflow will be open Oct 15th at 1pm. Overflows will also be open at the same time through the same booking link that will be posted on our website.

    Please note that cancelation policies have changed and there are now fees for cancelation and transfers! See our hotel page for full information.

    If you are disabled with a moderate to severe mobility issue, please contact [email protected] BEFORE the Oct 15th opening to speak with us about your needs. This is not a guarantee of a room, but we will try our best to work with you. 

    Be sure to coordinate well in advance with your friend groups so people do not double book and have to cancel rooms to avoid fees. After Oct 15th, and rooms are sold out, there is likely nothing we can do. Standard Queens and kings are $155 CAD + tax per night base rate. Queen rates vary based on occupancy, kings do not. There are also club rooms as well.

    Please note that if you intend to apply for party block, you will need to have an existing reservation! Volunteers from last year who want access to staff block must be hired and onboarded before this date, so if you are previous staff who have not yet signed up, make sure you fill out the volunteer form so we can get you on board!

  • Vancoufur 2024 Hiring Party

    Vancoufur 2024 Hiring Party

    VF’s Hiring party is happening July 15 at 3:30 pm on our Discord server! Come and join us to learn more about volunteering, meet leads and fellow volunteers, and generally learn how the convention runs! Volunteers can earn cool rewards as well, including a free pass! So come check it out and volunteer to make VF2024 the best it can be!

    If you can’t make it, just fill out your volunteer form and someone will be in touch with you.

    Fill out your volunteer form here.

    Join us on discord here.

  • BCAEA Community BBQ returns for 2023!

    BCAEA Community BBQ returns for 2023!

    After a 2 year hiatus, the BCAEA Community BBQ returns for 2023 and is bigger and better than every before! Featuring not only delicious food, but also a Nerf War, Fursuit Games, Icebreakers/social games and Face painting! All for FREE for the Community!

    The only caveat is that you MUST RSVP in order to get food and there is an upward limit of spots available due to changes with how Burnaby parks handles reservations/events at the parks. So be sure to RSVP early in order to ensure your spot.

    The event will be happening July 2, 2023 at Confederation Park in Site 2 from 11am-6pm! Bring your own chair or blanket!

    Food will be served from 12pm to 4pm. There will also additional fun activities including:

    • Fursuit Games
    • Face Painting
    • Nerf War
    • Social/icebreaker Games
    • Hang out with other local furs/ponies

    Remember to get food you MUST RSVP! Because of Park rules we cannot give food to anyone who has not RSVPed with us!

    Cost is FREE! RSVP by June 29 to get your spot and come hang out with the community on July 2!

    RSVP NOW!

  • New Overflow Open!

    New Overflow Open!

    We’ve added another Overflow to our hotel list! The Days Inn by Wyndham Surrey

    • $145 ($168.20 total/night)
    • 13373 King George Blvd, Surrey, BC V3T 2T5 | +16045852300 | 9 minutes drive
    • Lowest Rate guarantee
    • Free breakfast and parking
    • Free in room WiFi and access to fitness room

    We do realize its a little further from the main hotel than some would like, but that’s why we will be providing Uber vouchers for use to get you to and from the main hotel each day! These vouchers will be sent to the email of the person who’s reserved the hotel room in this particular hotel closer to the con date.

    Questions? use our contact form here, or email [email protected] for more information. You can also join our Discord or telegram chat and get help in real time!

  • Announcing our Guest of Honour: Rahne!

    Announcing our Guest of Honour: Rahne!

    Vancoufur is pleased to have Rahne as our 2023 Guest of Honour!

    Rahne is dancer, DJ, writer and Twitch streamer, from northern California.

    An avid fursuiter, Rahne has been dancing and performing on stage for years across multiple conventions, as well as concerts and music festivals for artists including Arty, Dillon Francis, Showtek, Diplo, Adventure Club, Steve Angello and more.

    In addition to DJing at cons, Rahne has played multiple fanclub sets on Anjunabeats’ Twitch channel, as well as the ABGT Weekender music festival at the Gorge Ampitheatre. From the onset of the pandemic, he began regularly livestreaming on Twitch, with long DJ streams and his Barking With podcast, where he has interviewed multiple dancers, photographers, DJs and more, including several artists from Anjunabeats. On his social media, he regularly posts dance videos, skits, and video essays on various topics surrounding the fandom.

    See our GOH page for socials and more info.

     

  • Main Hotel Block Release date postponed

    Main Hotel Block Release date postponed

    Due to circumstances beyond our control, we’ve had to push back the release of our main Hotel block. Our hotel team is working hard with the hotel to get what we need to get the block open for you all, but the pandemic has deeply affected how the hotel industry works these days and it may be slow going.

    We are doing our best to get things back on track for you all as soon as possible and apologize for the inconvenience. We will announce a new date as soon as possible. If you wish to sign up for an email notification of the change, sign up for our newsletter here.

    We will promote the new date for at least a week, so we anticipate there will be enough time for everyone to be ready to snag a room again. Again, we are very sorry for this change, but it was out of our hands and we’re doing our best to get things back on track.

  • Announcing our Community Spotlight: Temrin!

    Announcing our Community Spotlight: Temrin!

    Community Spotlight: Temrin!

    We are pleased to welcome TEMRIN as our community spotlight for VF2023!

    Temrin is a nonbinary illustrator from Canada who is also a well known event volunteer and event runner in the BC furry community. They are passionate about character design and collaborative projects and responsible for founding Cozycon and Wild Element Studios.

    Learn more about our community spotlight here.

  • Main hotel Block opening Oct 15!

    Main hotel Block opening Oct 15!

    Vancoufur’s Main hotel block will be opening Oct 15 at NOON Pacific!

    VF2023 will be returning to the Vancouver Sheraton Guildford Hotel this year for an in-person convention as well as continuing to offer a digital experience for those unable to attend physically!

    If you are hoping to snag a room at the main hotel to be in the middle of the action, be sure you make note of the time and date in your time zone! The opening will be Oct 15 at noon pacific time! So be ready! We do anticipate the rooms to sell out extremely quickly, especially the elusive double queens. You will need a credit card to register. Please note that Visa Debit is not typically accepted, so be sure the person with the credit card is ready to reserve.

    For Volunteers: Volunteer block can be applied for now if you’ve signed up to volunteer and have been hired to a position. Please contact [email protected] if you did not get the newsletter with the link to the form.

    For Dealers: If you are a paid and confirmed Dealer for our Dealer’s Den, Dixie should be sending you an email shortly. If you have not received it, please contact [email protected] to get the link.

    For room prices and types, please visit our hotel page. Note that room rate does not include taxes and fees.

     

  • Artist Alley Applications Open Oct 1!

    Artist Alley Applications Open Oct 1!

    Dealer’s have been selected and email and waitlist notifications have been sent! If you are waiting, please check your inbox!

    Our Artist Alley signups will be opening next on Oct 1st @ 12pm pacific time!

    In order to prepare for AA signups, which are ‘first come, first served’, we ask that you make sure you:

    • Read the AA rules
    • Register ( you don’t have to pay yet)
    • Follow all Vancoufur Socials so you know when things are posted
    • Make sure you have your information required ready, including things like gallery or social media links.
    • Set yourself a reminder of when it goes live adjusted for your time zone. The applications open at 12pm PACIFIC TIME on the website. Since they are “first come, first served”, timing is critical.

    We will also be opening our AfterDark signups, and posting information about the Nightmarket soon. Stay Tuned!

  • Old Preregistration Emails

    Old Preregistration Emails

    Hello all on this holiday eve! We understand that our registration computer has hit the eggnog a little hard and has been sending out some emails which have been (understandably) confusing. These emails are for preregistration and would specify an amount of $45 CAD in them.

    These are old emails from deaddog preregistration that was held at the very end of our last in person event, Vancoufur 2020: Neon City

    The short of what happened was that our computer has been ‘offline’ basically since the pandemic started and we weren’t sure what we were going to be able to do for our event. Normally our registration is open very soon after the end of our last event, and these emails would have gone out in March. However, since we’ve opened so late, people are getting their emails now.

    But don’t worry! If you are one of the people who have gotten these emails, we can sort it out for you easily. There are options, such as rollover to 2022, donation to the con, and more. Just email us at [email protected] and our registration staff will help you out.

    Meanwhile, our registration for our virtual event is open now!