Massive 'Catstravaganza' comes to Tampa Convention Center this weekend

Just purrfect.

By Ray Roa on Tue, May 14, 2024 at 5:15 pm

Photo by Ryan Kern

Catstravaganza at The Coliseum in St. Petersburg, Florida on Dec. 16, 2023.

After staging the party in St. Petersburg last year, Loving Cats Worldwide—an organization that is driven to support not just the rescue and rehoming of cats, but also spread the gospel of proper cat ownership—brings its big party to Tampa (just leave your cat at home unless they are a registered competitor).

Best Kitten, Best Cat, Best Alter and Best Household Pet Kitten and Best Household Pet titles are all up for grabs at the Tampa Convention Center and up to the discretion of seasoned judges, but the two-day convention also includes exhibitors and breeders, plus local rescues and charities.

Tickets to the Tampa Catstravaganza happening Saturday-Sunday, May 18-19. at Tampa Convention Center are still available and start at $20.

Kids 12 and under get in free.

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Photos: All the pretty kitties we saw at the 2023 St. Petersburg Catstravaganza

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Ray Roa

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...

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