About us
Welcome to FurLife: Pacific Northwest Furries! We are a community of thousands of "furry" anthropomorphics fans from all over Washington State, British Columbia, Oregon and Idaho. Come join us at a meet sometime!
Check the upcoming event list to see what's going on: https://www.meetup.com/furlife/events/calendar/ Our major quarterly meet is When Furballs Strike, the world's largest "Furbowl" that attracts 300-400 attendees from all over the Pacific Northwest! Our next one is WFS 57, which will be on June 6! For more info and to RSVP visit the event page: https://www.meetup.com/furlife/events/314027440/
Make sure you're subscribed to our email list to get meet announcements!
Guests:
Please feel free to bring guests - It's great to have someone there that you already know! Please note that while all ages are welcome at most FurLife events, you must be 18 to register for a Meetup account. Minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Featured event
When Furballs Strike (WFS) 57 "Furry Pride" - Fursuit Bowling at Kenmore Lanes
When Furballs Strike 57 has been booked for Saturday, June 6th! Being the first weekend of Pride Month, this will be our annual "Furry Pride" furbowl! We have some great giveaways for our attendees and many themed items in our prize raffle.
We brought back the commemorative rainbow wristbands - they are custom printed with "When Furballs Strike 57: Furry Pride" on one side and "FurLife: Pacific NW Furries" on the other. Every registered bowler will get one to celebrate our Furry Pride day on the lanes!
Our Ultrasponsor gift will be a plush Pride Bear! We have nearly 100 6” stuffed bears to give away in each color of the rainbow: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo (dark purple) and Violet (light purple). Pre-Reg Ultrasponsors will get to choose what color bear they want - just include it in your notes when you send payment. Make sure to pre-reg early for best selection!
In addition, Ultras will get their FurLife sticker decal upgraded to a cool shiny iridescent holographic design. We also have about 10 of the WFS Logo Drawstring Backpacks left as an alternate Ultrasponsor gift, please request in the additional info of your pre-reg payment if you want that instead of the bear.
REGISTRATION & COST
Each registration comes with 2 games of bowling & shoe rental, listed are the additional benefits of each tier:
$13 Base Reg
- 1 raffle ticket
- 1 WFS Furry Pride Wristband
$16 Sponsor
- 5 raffle tickets
- 1 WFS Furry Pride Wristband
- 1 FurLife or WFS Sticker
$20 Supersponsor
- 10 raffle tickets
- 1 WFS Furry Pride Wristband
- 1 FurLife or WFS sticker
- Choice of FurLife/WFS Logo Item: Fridge Magnet, Ballpoint Clicker Pen or Coaster
$30 Ultrasponsor
- 15 raffle tickets
- Ultrasponsor-only raffle drawing ticket
- 1 WFS Furry Pride Wristband
- 1 Holographic FurLife Sticker
- Choice of FurLife/WFS Logo Item
- WFS 57 6" Pride Bear Plush
To pre-reg, send your payment here via Paypal OR Venmo using the "Family & Friends" option: http://paypal.me/kijani / https://www.venmo.com/u/kijanilion and please put the following in the "Notes" or "Additional Info" box:
- What name you want for the bowling score screen (this will also be your check-in name)
- Your Telegram handle (for confirmation or questions about your pre-reg, otherwise I will confirm through the app's messaging system)
- If you are bowling in a group, please list ALL of your group members so there is no confusion after the pre-reg lanes fill up. All group members must pre-register.
- If Ultrasponsor, what color Pride Bear you prefer (if not specified, you will receive a random color)
You may pay for multiple people on the same pre-reg (this is encouraged), just be sure everyone's info is in the notes, and what level reg everyone is getting is clearly noted.
We have been close to selling out of lanes the last several meets so we will be putting up to 6 bowlers per lane, and all lanes will have a minimum of 5 bowlers.
If you pre-reg, there will two separate, much faster-moving lines where you quickly pick up your raffle tickets, gifts and lane assignment. Pre-Reg closes at 11:59pm on Tuesday, June 2. Do not send payments in after the cutoff as you will still have to go to the at-event reg line.
FURSUIT CHANGING/GROUP PHOTO
We have a dedicated room for fursuit changing/storage (behind the party room partition). Please be courteous to other attendees and only use this room if you need to, and try to space out usage so it doesn't overcrowd.
The fursuit group photo begins staging at 2pm before bowling starts. When setting up for the photo please let shorter fursuiters be in the front, and spread out side-to-side as much as possible since the photo is taken as a panoramic. Those in front must either sit or kneel.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
11am - Party room opens
Noon - Pre-Reg Check In opens
12:15 - At-event Registration opens
1:40 - Registration closes
2:00-2:15 - Fursuit Group Photo (usually in the middle of our assigned lanes, listen for announcement)
2:15 - Bowling starts
4:15 - Bowling ends
4:30-5:30pm - Awards, Prize Raffle
5:45pm - Clear Room for Pizza Party
6-7:30pm - WFS 57 Pizza Party (Event Page Coming Soon)
PRIZE RAFFLE
There will be many amazing prizes for attendees to take home in our prize raffle which takes place in the Party Room after bowling.
Extra tickets may be purchased for $1 each (or $4 for 5) anytime during reg, and we will do last call after bowling ends. Raffle proceeds go towards costs of running the world's largest furbowl, prizes for the next WFS & our monthly dues for FurLife on Meetup.
DJ ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON!
PIZZA PARTY!
The WFS 57 Group Dinner will be a Pizza Party catered by Kenmore Lanes! Just $12 gets you pizza buffet, salad, fries, soft drinks and door prizes. Attendees must RSVP on the Event Page here: https://www.meetup.com/furlife/events/314226576 and pre-pay to reserve their spots (capped at 40 due to available seating)
FOOD
Kenmore Lanes has a full restaurant and bar for us to order from at our leisure. Please do not bring in any outside food or drink as this is against Kenmore's house policies. Things like bottled water/sport drinks kept in the party room for our fursuiters is fine and encouraged.
TELEGRAM CHANNEL
We now have a Telegram Channel dedicated to announcements & updates for WFS! Join it here: t.me/bowlwfs
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First WFS meet or want to see how much fun it is? Check out these videos from recent furbowls!
When Furballs Strike 56 - New World Record: 204 Fursuiters!
When Furballs Strike 52 - New World Record: 411 Attendees!
Upcoming events
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Weekly Meetup (18+): Panera Bread
Panera Bread Bellevue, 4004 Factoria Blvd SE, Bellevue, WA, USPresenting the weekly Furry Food Meetup! We're an 18+ weekly gathering of furries. Our home base is the Panera Bread in the Factoria Mall, Bellevue, on Tuesdays, with occasional excursions to other dining establishments.
- Please at least order a drink from Panera, but grab food from anywhere and bring it over. (Panera, Panda Express, Red Robin, Arepa Grill, Sushi Omiya, etc.)
- Everyfur is responsible for their own bill.
- Attendees must be at least 18, or accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.
Parking/Transportation:
- Panera is in the Factoria Mall with spacious parking. Numerous bus lines pass by as well.
Suiting/Masks/Tails:
- We are cleared to full-suit inside the restaurant but not inside the mall. This is a family-friendly public restaurant so please keep the gear PG and sauce-safe.
Contact:
- If you need to contact the host, please do so on Telegram, as Meetup messages take upwards of a day to hit my inbox.
- Telegram - https://t.me/TiesAndTails
- BlueSky - @tiesandtails.bsky.social
- Website - http://TiesAndTails.Club
(Note: This is a Telegram waiting room. We've had a lot of replicants trying to sneak in, spam, and steal data. See the pinned message in that Telegram group for directions on how to enter the main chat.)
3 attendees
Super Mario Galaxy Movie Meetup (Kirkland)
Cinemark Totem Lake Kirkland and XD, Kirkland, WA, USLet's meetup and watch The Super Mario Galaxy Movie in DBOX RealD-3D! Showtime will be the 1:25pm DBOX RealD-3D showtime at Cinemark Totem Lake Kirkland and XD.
DBOX is motion seating, like Disney Land or Universal theme parks. The motion level is adjustable, and non-DBOX seats are available.
Location:
Cinemark Totem Lake Kirkland and XD
12600 120th Ave NE Kirkland, WA 98034Information:
Purchase your ticket here in advance:
https://www.cinemark.com/TicketSeatMap/?TheaterId=1159&ShowtimeId=88575&CinemarkMovieId=107461&Showtime=2026-04-18T13:25:00&LinkedShowtimeId=88576Please note DBOX seats are in yellow and non-DBOX seats are green on the seating chart.
I’m sitting in seat E7, two rows back from the handicap row.
Try to get a seat behind the handicap row in the D, E or F rows.We'll all meet in the theater lobby around 1pm. Hope to see you there!
3 attendees
Tulip Festival Furmeet (Mount Vernon)
Tulip Valley Farms, 15245 Bradshaw Rd, Mount Vernon, WA, USThe tulips are in full color at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, so let's meet up and get some fursuit photos together among the beautiful blooms!
The meet will be at Tulip Valley Farms located at 15245 Bradshaw Rd. in Mount Vernon, right in the middle of the festival. They are both fursuit & pet-friendly, allowing well-behaved, leashed dogs on property for a flat $5 fee. Admission is $18 and can be purchased online here or onsite.
We will meet by the ticket booth at the farms and go in together as a group around 11am.
CARPOOL FROM LYNNWOOD (OPTIONAL)
For those coming from the south, we will have a carpool/caravan from the Ash Way Park & Ride located at 16327 Ash Way in Lynnwood. We will meet near the front entrance at 9:30am (take a left by the first row of cars) and depart as soon as everyone arrives, which should get us to the festival around 10:45am.Be warned, the fields may be wet and muddy if it has been raining in days leading up to the event, so we suggest leaving footpaws at home unless you have a way of protecting them! After the meet, we can go do a late lunch somewhere in the city if there's enough interest.
Hope to see you there!
For more information on the venue, visit the website at https://tulipvalley.com/
11 attendeesWeekly Meetup (18+): Panera Bread
Panera Bread Bellevue, 4004 Factoria Blvd SE, Bellevue, WA, USPresenting the weekly Furry Food Meetup! We're an 18+ weekly gathering of furries. Our home base is the Panera Bread in the Factoria Mall, Bellevue, on Tuesdays, with occasional excursions to other dining establishments.
- Please at least order a drink from Panera, but grab food from anywhere and bring it over. (Panera, Panda Express, Red Robin, Arepa Grill, Sushi Omiya, etc.)
- Everyfur is responsible for their own bill.
- Attendees must be at least 18, or accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.
Parking/Transportation:
- Panera is in the Factoria Mall with spacious parking. Numerous bus lines pass by as well.
Suiting/Masks/Tails:
- We are cleared to full-suit inside the restaurant but not inside the mall. This is a family-friendly public restaurant so please keep the gear PG and sauce-safe.
Contact:
- If you need to contact the host, please do so on Telegram, as Meetup messages take upwards of a day to hit my inbox.
- Telegram - https://t.me/TiesAndTails
- BlueSky - @tiesandtails.bsky.social
- Website - http://TiesAndTails.Club
(Note: This is a Telegram waiting room. We've had a lot of replicants trying to sneak in, spam, and steal data. See the pinned message in that Telegram group for directions on how to enter the main chat.)
2 attendees
Past events
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