Come See Amazing Cats ๐Ÿ˜ป๐ŸŽ‰โค๏ธ at the PURR-FECT LAWRENCE, KS CAT SHOW & CAT COSTUME CONTEST MAR 14&15!

Sat Mar 14 2026 at 09:00 am to 04:00 pm UTC-05:00

Douglas County Fairgrounds | Lawrence

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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—˜ coloring books for the first 100 children.
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›’ 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 beds, grooming products, toys, and more!
๏ฝž ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๏ฝž
Douglas County Fairgrounds, Building 21, 2120 Harper St, Lawrence, KS 66046
Google map link: https://share.google/5xOLF5qdayomtf0cA
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, March 14th, 9 AM to 4 PM
Sunday, March 15th, 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 least 2 kids: $25

Come see over 125 purebred 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!
Unlike dog shows, each breed is shown in 3 classes, kittens, championship, and premiership at different times. All the cats and kittens are required to be there all day, each day. Lots to see!
The costume contest is on at lunchtime, not to be missed.
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 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
Douglas County Fairgrounds, Building 21, 2120 Harper St, Lawrence, KS 66046
Google map link: https://share.google/5xOLF5qdayomtf0cA
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, March 14th, 9 AM to 4 PM
Sunday, March 15th, 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 least 2 kids: $25
FREE PARKING
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