{"id":162425,"date":"2026-02-20T11:14:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T11:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/162425\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T11:14:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T11:14:27","slug":"kitty-fest-in-sanford-might-just-be-the-purrfect-outing-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/162425\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitty Fest in Sanford might just be the purrfect outing this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Meow like a song\u2026cat at Kitty Fest Credit: Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n

This resurgent event is truly a dream no longer deferred for the cat people in your life. Kitty Fest, the feline-centric market pop-up in Sanford, promises cat-themed vendors and merchants, Liberation Cat House on site with adoptable guests of honor, an art-supply swap, and food and drink a-flowing.<\/p>\n

Then things get delightfully weird: There will be meow-a-oke (don\u2019t ask! Do tell!), a cat-themed costume contest that is strictly human-only, and a hissing-cat-themed photobooth to properly meowmorialize the day. Epic. <\/p>\n

12:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, Tuffy\u2019s Music Box & Lounge, 200 Myrtle Ave., Sanford, tuffysmusicbox.com<\/a>, free. <\/p>\n

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