{"id":458557,"date":"2026-09-09T20:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/458557\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T20:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:08:09","slug":"catcon-the-mega-meow-meet-up-to-purr-at-pasadena-convention-center-this-fall-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/458557\/","title":{"rendered":"CatCon, the mega meow meet-up, to purr at Pasadena Convention Center this fall \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What to KnowCatCon 2026Pasadena Convention Center$50.53 single day general admission; other ticketing tiers are availableShopping, special guests, a Pasadena Humane adoption area, and other catly diversions are part of the huge expo<\/p>\n<p>Whiskery and whimsical beings are a common and cute sight when October arrives, which is no surprise: The season of autumn boasts all sorts of stories, decorations, and adventures that focus on furry characters of a fantastical nature.<\/p>\n<p>Cats often play a role in these ensorcelled offerings, but finding a festivity at the heart of October that is solely feline-focused is something wonderful and rare. <\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catconworldwide.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CatCon<\/a>, &#8220;the world&#8217;s largest event dedicated to the intersection of cat culture and pop culture,&#8221; is one of those rare happenings, a major meow-up for people who adore cat art, cat books, cat costumes, and, yes, the chance to meet adoptable cats.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend-big convention is swishing its tail on Oct. 10 and 11 at the Pasadena Convention Center, the longtime local home of the animal-loving expo.<\/p>\n<p>Over 200 home-needing kittens will be available to cuddle with, so make time to trot by the adoption area for play time and fall-in-love time, too. Pasadena Humane is behind the meet-and-greet spot and will share important information and support if you do find a pumpkin you adore.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/catcon5_paigemargulies.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tPaige Margulies\/Cat ConPaige Margulies\/Cat Con<\/p>\n<p>Meet a new forever-bestie at CatCon at the Pasadena Convention Center on Oct 10 and 11.<\/p>\n<p>A caboodle of cat-inspired vendors will also fill the bustling aisles of CatCon, with joyful jewelry, cute clothes, cat-centered comic books, and everything catly you can imagine. And by &#8220;caboodle&#8221; we do mean hundreds of artisans, authors, and makers of creative items will be in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Also attending? The always-obsessed-over Australian Firefighters and the super-wholesome Bob Baker Marionette Theater puppets.<\/p>\n<p>And a caboodle of cat celebrities, and humans, too, are set to bewitch audiences: One Eared Uno, Nathan the Cat Lady, and Calvin of Cat Named Calvin are expected to attend.<\/p>\n<p>METAL GEAR will be in the house with cat plushies and more, while the eye-catching art show will spotlight nostalgic themes, whisking cat lovers back to decades gone by.<\/p>\n<p>Cat costumes are most definitely part of the CatCon scene, but you don&#8217;t have to go all meow-t, or out, rather, with your attire: A pair of fetching felt ears, attached to a headband, is purr-fectly acceptable<\/p>\n<p>Need to bat your paw at a ticket or two? Meow meow: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catconworldwide.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Run after yours<\/a> as quickly as a kitten runs after a dangling bit of colorful yarn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to KnowCatCon 2026Pasadena Convention Center$50.53 single day general admission; other ticketing tiers are availableShopping, special guests, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49,1977,4822],"class_list":["post-458557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-pasadena","tag-pets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}