{"id":235774,"date":"2026-07-05T01:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T01:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/235774\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T01:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T01:48:23","slug":"anthrocon-cancels-fursuit-parade-and-block-party-over-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/235774\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthrocon Cancels Fursuit Parade and Block Party Over Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anthrocon has canceled its 2026 Fursuit Parade and Block Party, scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, July 4, citing extreme heat and severe weather forecast for Pittsburgh this weekend, the convention announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Convention leadership made the decision after consulting with emergency services personnel and other entities, according to a statement from Anthrocon, Inc. The organization said the cancellation was made out of consideration for the health and safety of fursuiters, attendees and Pittsburgh residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anthrocon said it plans to announce alternative indoor activities in place of the parade and that other convention events will continue through the holiday weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthrocon has canceled its 2026 Fursuit Parade and Block Party, scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, July 4, citing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-235774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}