Ratapalooza - Olympia, WA

Name: Ratapalooza - Olympia, WA
Start: 2025-09-14T10:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-09-14T16:00:00-07:00
Location: Thurston County Fairgrounds and Event Center

Schedule

Sun Sep 14 2025 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Thurston County Fairgrounds and Event Center | Lacey, WA

If you love rats, RATAPALOOZA is the place to be!
Join us at the Thurston County Fairgrounds on Sunday, September 14th for a day full of fun and rats!
What should you expect when you attend? Glad you asked!
Our main event is the Standards Show. This portion of the event is a lot like a cat show. RatsPacNW trained and certified rat judges assess each rat individually, judging them against a list of standards developed over the years by the club. There are health and appearance standards for things like overall body conformation, ear shape, tail length, eye appearance, color, and markings. Rats are divided into solids (no white markings) and marked classes and rats who are the overall winners for each section within those classes go head to head at the end of the show to determine an overall Best of Show and Reserve of Show for both the Solid and Marked classes.
Aside from the Standards Show, we have a Pet Show! The pet show is the more relaxed, less serious companion to the standards show with classes such as Best Costume, Longest Tail, Squishiest and Best Rescue Story. It’s less a competition than a celebration of all the things that make us love our rat companions. Judging is typically done by audience applause and we often invite kids in the audience up to participate in the judgment. Everyone gets a participation ribbon because every rat and every rat lover is a winner at the pet show!
There are lots of other fun things to do at Ratapalooza besides watching the show portion of the event!
- We have a craft and activity table for kids (and kids at heart) to make your own souvenir of the event.
- You can shop til' you drop with some of the vendors who will be selling a wide variety of rat related items.
- Local rescues and rat breeders will be available for you to meet and make connections with.
- There will be plenty of fellow rat lovers to socialize with and, best of all, a ton of really cute rats to meet!
If you love rats, or are merely curious about them, this show is the place to go :)
Follow this event and our Facebook page for updates as the date draws nearer. Also visit our website for more details. Hope to see you there!
https://www.ratspacnw.org/Ratapalooza
Ratapalooza is presented by RatsPacNW Rat Fanciers Club. We are a 501(c)4 non-profit organization dedicated to developing and promoting greater interest in domestic rats as pets.