The Edmonton International Cat Festival brings together cat lovers to celebrate cats and cat culture, while raising money and awareness for rescues helping cats in need! #YEGCatFest donates 100% of proceeds to local cat rescues.
MacEwan University
Robbins Health Learning Centre
(“The Heart” and “The Atrium”)
10910 104 Avenue, Edmonton, AB.
There are so meow-ny cat-themed activities to take part in at the festival.
Below are just a few festival CATivities!
We’ll ameownce the full 2024 festival schedule soon.
Adoptable Cats
Meet different rescues and cats in need. Maybe you’ll even find a fur-ever friend!
Celebrity Cats
Meet & Greet with Celebrity Cats! Stay tuned for details on who the 2024 guests are!
Cat Presentations
Hear from a variety of speakers, cat enthusiasts & expurrts on cat-themed topics!
Cat Videos
You watch them at home, now watch them with other cat lovers on the big screen.
Cat Vendors
There will be tons of cat themed items buy for you and your cat!
Kitty Play Pen
Hop in and play with kittens! It’s just one of our a-meowzing cativities.
Giant Cat Puzzle
Put together our giant cat puzzle! Best time wins prizes.
Cat Yoga
Take part in cat yoga!! (That’s yoga with cats).
Cat Crafts
Cat crafts galore! Cat Festival is family friendly and there are cat crafts for all ages.
Cat Board Games
There are so meowny great cat-themed board games! Play and get games to take home too!
Cat Contests
Stay tuned for details on cat-themed photo, art, and written word contests!
Breakout Sessions
We’re lining up some paws-on breakout sessions / cat-themed workshops for you to enjoy!
To honour the thing that started it all—gathering to watch cat videos on the Internet! Submit in up to 4 video CAT-egories. Enter by May 13, 2024!
Does your cat have what it takes to be crowned Edmonton’s Most Purr-fect Cat? Enter by May 13, 2024!
Calling all K-12 students in the Edmonton area! Submit your visual or written CAT ART creation. Enter by May 6, 2024!
Great Grams of Gary is one of the most pawpular adventure cats in the WORLD—featured in TIME Magazine TWICE, with more than half a million followers EACH on both Instagram and TikTok.
Gary is an Alberta-based adventure cat who hikes, skis, kayaks, climbs meowntains, explores ice caves, and MORE! He is a Furry Friend of the Festival—having supported rescues through the Cat Festival with virtual appearances throughout the pandemic, and a smaller Meet & Greet as part of our Cat Fest Week festivities in 2023.
We are so thrilled to have Gary be part of our 10-year anniversary event as one of our Three Celebrity Cat Guests presented by Cheery Cat Co., cat specialty cat boutique based in Edmonton.
On May 25, 2024, Gary will do a Meet & Greet and Q&A on the Festival Main Stage—and it’s all included with your festival tickets!
Cheery Cat Co.
Celebrity Cat Sponsor
Homes Alive Pets
Main Stage Sponsor
Delta Hotels Edmonton Centre Suites
Hotel Sponsor
City of Edmonton Animal Care & Control Centre
Programming Sponsor
Hellas Custom Catios
Programming Sponsor
Edmonton Public Library
Festival Sponsor
Yogalife
Cat Yoga Sponsor
Get Cooking
Festival Sponsor
Cat Cafe on Whyte
Festival Sponsor
Robin Good Art & Design
Festival Sponsor
Heart Felt
Festival Sponsor
Painted Parrot Entertainment
Festival Sponsor
Queer Joy
Festival Sponsor
The Common
Festival Sponsor
99ten
Festival Sponsor
Dolly’s Cocktails
Festival Sponsor
Spilt Bar
Festival Sponsor
Nanc Price Photography
Photography Sponsor
Lillia Wan Photography
Photography Sponsor
Klique This Photography
Photography Sponsor
Bringing together cat lovers to celebrate cats and cat culture, while raising money and helping cats in need. Learn more about our story, success, and find frequently asked questions about the festival.
The Edmonton International Cat Festival is run by a board of volunteers who live on Treaty 6 Territory and within the Michif / Métis homelands and Métis Nation of Alberta Region 4. As cat-loving settlers who live, work, and play on these lands, it’s important for us to acknowledge this land as the traditional territories of many First Nations such as the Nehiyaw, Dene, Nakota Sioux, Anishinabae and Niitsitapi. We encourage you to visit Native-Land.ca and learn more about the traditional lands you live on.
As a festival founded by an Asian woman and run by volunteers of different backgrounds, abilities, sexualities, and identities, we know that society is better with more diversity and inclusion. We do not tolerate or condone hate speech of any kind and want to ensure that the Edmonton International Cat Festival is a safe and inclusive event for all.
