Come See Amazing Cats ๐Ÿ˜ปโค๏ธ๐ŸŽ‰ at the PURR-FECT PEORIA CAT SHOW and Adoption Event Sept. 6th & 7th!, 6 September

Come See Amazing Cats ๐Ÿ˜ปโค๏ธ๐ŸŽ‰ at the PURR-FECT PEORIA CAT SHOW and Adoption Event Sept. 6th & 7th!

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Sat, 06 Sep, 2025 at 10:00 am

7 hours

Exposition Gardens

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Sat, 06 Sep, 2025 at 10:00 am to 05:00 pm (CDT)

Exposition Gardens

1601 W Northmoor Rd, Peoria, IL 61614-3436, United States

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Come See Amazing Cats ๐Ÿ˜ปโค๏ธ๐ŸŽ‰ at the PURR-FECT PEORIA CAT SHOW and Adoption Event Sept. 6th & 7th!
๐Ÿˆ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฑ ๐—•๐—˜๐—”๐—จ๐—ง๐—œ๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—”๐—ง ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜๐——๐—ฆ!

๏ฝž ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—ช ๐—”๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๏ฝž
๐Ÿ‘ช This is a ๐—™๐—”๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ-๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐——๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง that is fun for all ages!
๐Ÿ† ๐—ช๐—”๐—ง๐—–๐—› cats and kittens compete for Best in Show IN EACH of the 4 separate JUDGING RINGS daily!
๐Ÿ˜ป ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ cat coloring books for the first 100 children each day.
๐Ÿ‘— ๐—–๐—”๐—ง ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—จ๐— ๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ Saturday and Sunday around Noon and always a big crowd-pleaser. The contest showcases fancy cats in cute costumes and you get to vote! The contest is for cats that are pre-entered in the show.
๐Ÿ›’ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š for cats and people with vendors selling cat-related items!
โค๏ธ ๐—–๐—”๐—ง ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—–๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ: We have 2 cat rescues attending!
โ€ข Grafelman Farms Rescue https://gfrpets.org/
โ€ข Pets for Seniors https://petsforseniors.org/

๏ฝž ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—ช ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๏ฝž
Saturday, September 6th โ€ข 10AM to 4PM
Sunday, September 7th โ€ข 9AM to 4PM

๏ฝž ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๏ฝž
Exposition Gardens
1601 W Northmoor Rd, Peoria, IL 61614
Directions: https://goo.gl/maps/3rEzp2dHyejytQw76
PARKING is FREE!

~ ๐—”๐——๐— ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๏ฝž
Tickets ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ at the door Credit/Debit/Cash
Adults $10 โ€ข Seniors (65+) & Children 5-12 $6 โ€ข Children 4 & under free โ€ข Family (at least 2 kids) 4 pack $25
PARKING is FREE!

Come see over 140 purebred and household pet cats compete for top cat in different judging rings throughout the day. Meet Maine Coon Cats, Norwegian Forest Cats, Persians, Siamese, Devon Rex, Ragdolls, Bengals and up to 30 other breeds!

You can sit and watch cats on the judging table, or walk around and visit with the cats between judging. No matter what time you arrive youโ€™re bound to see your favorite breed being judged.

๐™ˆ๐™€๐™Ž๐™Ž๐˜ผ๐™‚๐™€ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ!

๐Ÿ™‹ ๐—™๐—”๐—คโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„โ“
๐Ÿ’ต ๐˜ฟ๐™ค ๐™„ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™–๐™จ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? Please bring cash, credit card or debit card for admission. Be aware that some vendors do not accept credit cards.
๐ŸŽซ ๐™’๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™„ ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? Tickets ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ at the door Credit/Debit/Cash
Adults $10 โ€ข Seniors (65+) & Children 5-12 $6 โ€ข Children 4 & under free โ€ข Family (at least 2 kids) 4 pack $25
๐Ÿˆ ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™—๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฉ? Some of the cats in the show may be petted. Always ask permission first, and always sanitize between cats. There may even be some cats that will be "Pet Me Cats" and these cats just love to be petted so be sure to look for them!
๐Ÿพ ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™™๐™ค๐™œ (๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™, ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ง)? No, only cats pre-registered may enter the show. There are rules our association has requiring specific vaccinations, health checks, etc. that cannot be investigated or enforced onto spectatorsโ€™ cats. It is as much for the safety of your cat as well as those cats competing.
โค๏ธ ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™˜๐™ช๐™š ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? We have 2 cat rescues attending!
โ€ข Grafelman Farms Rescue https://gfrpets.org/
โ€ข Pets for Seniors https://petsforseniors.org/
โŒš ๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? By arriving by 10 AM, you will have plenty of time to see everything in a couple of hours or you could spend more time! Judging is a continuous format all day. All judges see all of the cats entered. Each judge hosts their own mini show. There is no overall best of the best.
๐Ÿ“— ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? Here's the spectator guide to download and read about before you get to the show! https://cfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CFA-Spectator-Guide.pdf
๐Ÿ“ท ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™„ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™จ? Photography is permitted but please ask permission first if using a flash or if your camera makes noise when taking a picture. It may scare some cats.
๐Ÿ’ธ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ข๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™™๐™ค๐™š๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? Tickets ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ at the door Credit/Debit/Cash
Adults $10 โ€ข Seniors (65+) & Children 5-12 $6 โ€ข Children 4 & under free โ€ข Family (at least 2 kids) 4 pack $25
FREE PARKING
๐Ÿฑโ€๐Ÿ‘ค ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™—๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฎ ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? We will have several cat related vendors attending.
๐Ÿ˜ฝ ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™—๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™จ๐™–๐™ก๐™š? Some exhibitors may have kittens or adults waiting at home to find their perfect home, you may ask exhibitors about.
๐Ÿด ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™–๐™ซ๐™–๐™ž๐™ก๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š? Wonderful people food will be available! Breakfast then lunch. Pies. Pulled pork sandwiches. Potato bacon soup. Hamburgers. Cheeseburgers
โŒ› ๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™„ ๐™œ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? We recommend planning to arrive at least two hours prior to the end of the show so you can have time to see everything.
๐Ÿ˜ธ ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™š๐™ก๐™จ๐™š? Have fun! If you have questions, please ask the exhibitors. Some judges will explain what they're looking for throughout their process. There are several of them all judging at once, so find one that you enjoy best from a handling or speaking perspective and have a seat.

๏ฝž ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—ช ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๏ฝž
Saturday, September 6th โ€ข 10AM to 4PM
Sunday, September 7th โ€ข 9AM to 4PM

๏ฝž ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๏ฝž
Exposition Gardens
1601 W Northmoor Rd, Peoria, IL 61614
Directions: https://goo.gl/maps/3rEzp2dHyejytQw76
PARKING is FREE!

~ ๐—”๐——๐— ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๏ฝž
Tickets ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ at the door Credit/Debit/Cash
Adults $10 โ€ข Seniors (65+) & Children 5-12 $6 โ€ข Children 4 & under free โ€ข Family (at least 2 kids) 4 pack $25
PARKING is FREE!


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Come See Amazing Cats ๐Ÿ˜ปโค๏ธ๐ŸŽ‰ at the PURR-FECT PEORIA CAT SHOW and Adoption Event Sept. 6th & 7th!, 6 September
Come See Amazing Cats ๐Ÿ˜ปโค๏ธ๐ŸŽ‰ at the PURR-FECT PEORIA CAT SHOW and Adoption Event Sept. 6th & 7th!
Sat, 06 Sep, 2025 at 10:00 am