Come See Amazing Cats ๐Ÿ˜ป๐ŸŽ‰โค๏ธ at the PURR-FECT DES MOINES CAT SHOW & AGILITY CONTEST Feb. 8th & 9th!

Schedule

Sat Feb 08 2025 at 09:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Paul R. Knapp Animal Learning Center | Des Moines, IA

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๐Ÿˆ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฑ ๐—•๐—˜๐—”๐—จ๐—ง๐—œ๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—”๐—ง ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜๐——๐—ฆ!
๏ฝž ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—ช ๐—”๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๏ฝž
๐Ÿ‘ช This is a ๐—™๐—”๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ-๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐——๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง that is fun for all ages!
๐Ÿ† ๐—ช๐—”๐—ง๐—–๐—› cats and kittens compete for Best in Show IN EACH of the 4 separate JUDGING RINGS per day!
๐Ÿ˜ป ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ cat coloring books for the first 100 children, each day!
๐Ÿ‘— ๐—–๐—”๐—ง ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—จ๐— ๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง around lunchtime on Saturday and Sunday! See fancy cats dress up! The contest is for cats that are entered in the show.
๐Ÿˆ ๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—”๐—š๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ง๐—ฌ See fast cats run really fast in hourly agility contests!
๐Ÿฑ ๐— ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ง some very special Ambassador Cats including the ones on Siberian Street!
๐Ÿ›’ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š Meow Mall for cats and people selling cat-related items and lots of non-cat-related items, including cat trees, cat beds, grooming products, toys, and more!
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ก more about the ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—ช on a ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ, all day Sunday at 9.10.11, 1, 2, & 3 by an EXPERT, A CFA Allbreed Judge!
๏ฝž ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๏ฝž
Paul R. Knapp Animal Learning Center
Iowa State Fairgrounds
3000 E Grand Ave (use E 33rd & University Gate), Des Moines, IA 50317
Google map link: https://goo.gl/maps/sD2PEUshX96kUjy77
FREE PARKING
๏ฝž ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—ช ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๏ฝž
Saturday, February 8th, 9 AM to 4 PM
Sunday, February 9th, 9 AM to 4 PM
~ ๐—”๐——๐— ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๏ฝž
Tickets ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ at the door - Credit/Debit/Cash
General Admission: $10; Family of 4 Admission with at at least 2 kids: $25

Come see over 160 purebred and household pet cats compete for top cat in 4 different judging rings throughout each day. Meet Maine Coon Cats, Ragamuffins, Persians, Siamese, Devon Rex, Ragdolls, Bengals and up to 30 other breeds!
You can sit and watch cats on the judging table, or walk around and visit with the cats between judging. No matter what time you arrive youโ€™re bound to see your favorite breed being judged.
MESSAGE with any questions!
๐Ÿ™‹ ๐—™๐—”๐—ค ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„โ“
๐Ÿ’ต ๐˜ฟ๐™ค ๐™„ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™–๐™จ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? Please bring cash, credit card or debit card for admission and be aware that some vendors do not accept credit cards.
๐ŸŽซ ๐™’๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™„ ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? Tickets can be purchased at the door.
๐Ÿ’ธ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ข๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™™๐™ค๐™š๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? Tickets ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ at the door - Credit/Debit/Cash
General Admission: $10; Family of 4 Admission with at at least 2 kids: $25
FREE PARKING
๐Ÿˆ ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™—๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฉ? Some of the cats in the show may be petted. Always ask permission first, and always sanitize between cats. There may even be some cats that will be "Pet Me Cats" and these cats just love to be petted so be sure to look for them!
๐Ÿพ ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™™๐™ค๐™œ (๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™, ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ง)? No, only cats pre-registered may enter the show. There are rules our association has requiring specific vaccinations, health checks, etc. that cannot be investigated or enforced onto spectatorsโ€™ cats. It is as much for the safety of your cat as well as those cats competing.
โŒš ๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? Judging is a continuous format all day. All judges see all of the cats entered. Each judge hosts its own mini-show. There is no overall best of the best.
๐Ÿ“— ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? Here's the spectator guide to download and read about before you get to the show! https://cfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CFA-Spectator-Guide.pdf
๐Ÿ’ธ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ข๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™™๐™ค๐™š๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? Tickets ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ at the door - Credit/Debit/Cash
General Admission: $10; Family of 4 Admission with at at least 2 kids: $25
FREE PARKING
๐Ÿ“ท ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™„ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™จ?Photography is permitted but please ask permission first if using a flash or if your camera makes noise when taking a picture. It may scare some cats.
๐Ÿฑโ€๐Ÿ‘ค ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™—๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฎ ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? We will have many cat item vendors, including cat trees, beds, grooming products, toys, etc.
๐Ÿ˜ฝ ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™—๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™จ๐™–๐™ก๐™š? Some exhibitors will have kittens or adults for sale. Sometimes these cats will have come to the show, but others may be waiting at home to find their perfect home. Look for signs that read Cats or Kittens for sale. Please note that all kittens (except rescue kitties) must be 4 months old to be in the show hall.
๐Ÿด ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™–๐™ซ๐™–๐™ž๐™ก๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š? People food will be available! A food concession ๐Ÿ” is on location for lunch. ๐Ÿด
โŒ› โŒ› ๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™„ ๐™œ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? We recommend planning to arrive at least two hours prior to the end of the show so you can have time to see everything.
๐Ÿ˜ธ ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™š๐™ก๐™จ๐™š? If you have questions, please ask the exhibitors. Some judges will explain what they're looking for throughout their process. There are several of them all judging at once, so find one that you enjoy best from a handling or speaking perspective and have a seat.
๏ฝž ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๏ฝž
Paul R. Knapp Animal Learning Center
Iowa State Fairgrounds
3000 E Grand Ave (use E 33rd & University Gate), Des Moines, IA 50317
Google map link: https://goo.gl/maps/sD2PEUshX96kUjy77
FREE PARKING
๏ฝž ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—ช ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๏ฝž
Saturday, February 8th, 9 AM to 4 PM
Sunday, February 9th, 9 AM to 4 PM
~ ๐—”๐——๐— ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๏ฝž
Tickets ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ at the door - Credit/Debit/Cash
General Admission: $10; Family of 4 Admission with at at least 2 kids: $25
FREE PARKING
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