i want to go to a furry convention

I'm not even a furry, yet I really wanted to go the the US Midwest Furfest. However, it's in December and I won't be in the US. I've been saying I wanted to go for a while now, but I was a broke, jobless heathen until recently. My sisters think I'm joking. I went to the Wisconsin Renaissance Fair last year for the first time. I've never dressed up in public like that before (I never did Halloween stuff.) The energy around people who will happily walk around town dressed like a viking or fairy or a goddam magical tree is so much fun. I can't go again this year because I'm leaving before we're able to go, but my sisters and I still plan to dress up and walk around town. That Faire is where my desire for a subculture/community began budding. My Renaissance Fair costume, 2025 Furries are different because they often identify deeply with their community. Once Ren Fair or anime convention season is over, we get rid of those identities, for the most part. But furries have a community in…