RainFurrest 2015 Events

Volunteering for Events

We're looking for people to host panels and events of all types. Do you have a special talent for art, writing, or making fursuits? Is there a technique you'd like to show others? Would you be interested in holding a discussion panel on a furry topic? Or would you like to help with an existing event at the convention? Then come be a part of the fun, and volunteer now.

If you would like to host a panel or help with a special event, please send an email to events@rainfurrest.com with your name, a brief description of what type of panel or event you would like to host (or help with), and a reliable way to contact you.

Suggesting Events

Do you have a great idea for an event or panel, but you either don't know enough about it to host, or just don't want to host it? Let us know. If we like the idea, we'll try to find someone to host it. We want to know what our attendees want out of our panel tracks. If have an idea that's not on this page, please send an email to events@rainfurrest.com and tell us about it.

You can also check out historical information for RainFurrest 2014 below.

The following guest art panels were presented last year at RainFurrest 2014:

  • Animation and Industry Q&A

  • Making Small Mistakes

  • Draw Macaw

  • Life Drawing: Male Clothed

  • Art Jam #1

  • Balancing Fandom and Professional Art for Illustrators

  • Life Drawing: Female Nude

  • Portfolios: What You Need to Know!

  • Art Jam #3

  • Commissions 101

  • Illustrator with Egypt

  • Two Snarky Comic Artists

  • Life Drawing: Male Nude

  • Basic Intro to Art

  • Life Drawing: Female Clothed

  • Art Jam #2

  • How to Make Vinyl Decals

The following guest fursuiting panels were presented last year at RainFurrest 2014:

  • Fursuit Refurbishment & Critique

  • Fursuit Head Construction

  • Fursuit Dance Competition Qualifiers #1

  • Duct Tape Dummies (Live)

  • Fursuit Prosthetics

  • Fursuit Meet & Greet

  • Hand Stitching, Sewing Machines, and Sergers

  • Fursuit Maintenance & Repair

  • Advanced Fursuit Construction

  • Character and Communication in Fursuiting

  • Ears Building Workshop

  • Fursuiting Beyond the Con

  • Designing a Fursuit Character

  • Fursuiting on a Budget

  • Fursuiting for Beginners

  • Tails Building Workshop

  • Fursuit GoH Meet & Greet

  • Fursuit Animatronics

  • Beginner Fursuit Construction

  • Fursuit Dance Competition Qualifiers #2

  • Fursuit Parade

  • Fursuit Dance Competition

  • Fursuit Building as a Business

  • Emotional and Spiritual Side of Fursuiting

  • Fursuit Games

The following guest gaming panels were presented last year at RainFurrest 2014:

  • Neverwhen Demo #1

  • Halo Everyone!

  • Mouse Guard #1

  • Spartan Games Demo

  • Augment with Intent (Deus Ex: HR)

  • Pathfinder Game: "Temple of the Rat"

  • Furoticon Introduction

  • Neverwhen Demo #4

  • Mouse Guard #2

  • The Daily Grind (Gears of War 1/2/3)

  • Neverwhen Demo #5

  • Hackers Bashers #2 (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)

  • Soulfully Sorry Sunday (Soul Reaver 2)

  • Zone Out at the Enders

  • Hackers Bashers #3 (Super Smash Bros. Brawl Final Matches)

  • Privateer Press Demo #1

  • Neverwhen Demo #2

  • Privateer Press Demo #2

  • Final Fantasy Friday

  • Neverwhen Demo #3

  • Hackers Bashers #1 (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)

  • Up Your Arsenal

  • Privateer Press Demo #3

  • Calling All Hackers (Ingress / Streepass)

  • .hack and //.hack

  • Digital Dinner Dilemma (Digital Devil Saga 2)

  • Furoticon Tournament

  • Neverwhen Demo #6

  • Powered Down Dishonored

The following guest panels were presented last year at RainFurrest 2014:

  • So This Is Your First Furry Con?

  • Banned Cartoons!

  • PGP for Beginners

  • Etiquette Around Inflatables

  • Inflatables Meet 'n' Greet

  • Cubfur Caretakers

  • Hackers, Locks, and Cheese

  • Lockpicking

  • Sensual Scalies

  • Cubfur Social

  • Second Life Meet and Greet

  • Ham Radio

  • PupCon-nection: A New Leash on Life

  • Cons on the Cheap

  • Furry Family Feud

  • Variety Show

  • Model Railroads

  • The Art of Collecting

  • MLP Meet-Up

  • Copyright, Trademark, and Patent

  • Dead Dog Party

  • Duck Duck Poison

  • Animal Morphology

  • Rainy's High Tea

  • What is Ingress?

  • Sixty Second Meet and Greet

  • 2nd Annual Film Competition

  • Fur What It's Worth

  • Of the Rabbit Persuasion

  • Cartoons and Cereal

  • Animal Conservation

  • Animal Behavior

  • Electronics / Theming

  • Partner Dancing 101

  • Spirituality and Furry

  • Transformation

  • Polyamory

  • PGP Keysigning Party

  • Fandom and the Law

  • The Deeper Meaning of Furry

  • Scritch 'n' Bitch

The following guest music panels were presented last year at RainFurrest 2014:

  • Open Mic Night

  • Drum Circle / Open Jam Session

  • Pepper Coyote's Concert

  • So I Think You Can Dance

  • Making an Indie Album

  • Introduction to DJing

  • Karaoke

  • Firespinning and Poi

The following guest writing panels were presented last year at RainFurrest 2014:

  • Writing 101 #1

  • A Land Far, Far Away: World Building

  • Fiction vs. Fan Fiction

  • Kaffeeklatsch #1

  • How to Deal with Rejection & Constructive Criticism

  • A Reading and Q∧A with Mary Lowd

  • Author Q∧A: Ask Me Anything

  • Coyotl Awards Ceremony

  • Fangs and Fonts: Networking and Social Media with Writing

  • There Is No "I" in Team: Collaboration in Writing

  • It Takes All Kinds: A Discussion of Genres

  • Guest of Honor Reading and Q∧A

  • Furry Anatomy & Body Language

  • Shopping for Publishers

  • Writing Exercises, Tips, and Tricks

  • Romance, Erotica, and Smut: The Differences

  • Book Launch: Kyell Gold's Cupcake Series

  • A Dark & Stormy Night: Writing Horror in Furry Fiction

  • Kaffeeklatsch #3

  • Flash Fiction Jam: BAD FICTION Edition

  • Lights! Camera! Action! - Writing Action Scenes

  • Furry Writers' Guild

  • Book Launch: Rainfurrest Anthology

  • Writing Competition: Day 1

  • Getting Published

  • So You Want to Write a Novel?

  • Writing Competition: Day 2

  • Flash Fiction Jam

  • The Squick Factor: Dealing with Taboo Topics

  • Writing Realistic & Interesting Dialogue

  • Unsheathed

  • Kaffeeklatsch #2

  • Writing 101 #2

  • Writing Competition: Turn In

  • Writing Historical Fiction

  • AALA Hall of Fame

  • The Dreaded Mary Sue

  • Voice Acting with Buck Hopper

  • Fangs and Fonts: Shit Writers Say

  • The Cutting Room Floor: How to Edit

  • The Development of the Character

  • Voice Acting Unplugged