FERRET BUCKEYE BASH

Public Welcome!

10AM - 6PM

FUN FOR THE

WHOLE FAMILY!

SPEAKERS: Bob Church

MORE INFO SOON

Ohio's Premier Championship Ferret Show

saturday

AUGUST 23rd, 2014

COLUMBUS, OHIO

As seen on the PBS documentary 
​FERRETS: "The Pursuit of Excellence!”  
​A PBS Documentary Special from director Mark Lewis, Radio Pictures.  Filmed in part at the 2006 Ferret Buckeye Bash

​Sanctioned by The American Ferret Assoc., Inc.

Presented by HOFA

All proceeds benefit our homeless ferrets at 
​Heart of Ohio Ferret Assoc. & Rescue
​A 501(c)3.

fun ferret events

Best dressed - Bring a costume and truly humiliate your ferret.
​Tube Races - 20' long tubes.. and you get to keep yours!
Elvis & Twiggy - heaviest and lightest ferret
Paper Bag Escape - We roll up the bag..and the ferret to have the fastest time in getting out wins!

ADMISSION

​ADULTS: $5.00

​CHILDREN: $1.00

FAMILY: $12.00

Get a truly special photo of your ferret with Joe and Suzy Digital Photography - there are a multitude of props and backgrounds for you to pick from. Get a photo that is actually in FOCUS!

RAFFLE & SILENT AUCTION

AWESOME raffle with a wide variety of donated items for you to bid on. Take a chance and help raise funds for our shelter. 
​There will also be a Silent Auction with some more unique items -ferret and non ferret related. Wine Baskets, Weasel Boy Beer, pictures, bedding and more!

AS ALWAYS...

3 championship rings
​​companion ring
19 specialty rings
speakers
photographer
​fun ferret tube races
ferret contests
best dressed contest
raffles
lots of vendors
and lots more!

2013 Photo Contest Winner,

Ziggy Stardust; Susan Baker

Events

A heartfelt THANK YOU to all our sponsors…
You make this event possible!
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​We also want to thank all our vendors, everyone that donated to our raffle,exhibitors, judges and not to be forgotten… HOFA Members as well as all those that attended the 15th Ferret Buckeye Bash…you are what made this show what it is!

​We are proud to announce we have a new show hall venue!  

​As some of you know, for the past 14 years, the Ferret Buckeye Bash has been held at Veteran’s Memorial Hall, downtown Columbus, OH. Sadly as of Aug. 1, 2014, Veteran’s Memorial will close and be demolished.   

​We have moved to:  
Northland Performing Arts Center
4411 Tamarack Blvd.,Columbus OH 
(NE side of Columbus – off Morse Rd.)

​We are excited about this new show hall. It’s smaller than our old site but we are confident that there will be plenty of room. Parking is free, WiFi is free, nice padded chairs, 8’ vendor tables, a 12’ x 20’ projector screen in lobby for advertisements, a concession stand for food but outside food is allowed and 2-large projector screens in show hall for posting ferret numbers being called.  Easy to find location, just off Morse Rd., 2 miles East of I-71 North and 3 miles West of I-270 on Eastside.

​SEE YOU IN AUGUST!

All ferrets brought into the show hall MUST show proof of a current rabies and sign a waiver stating distemper vaccination is current. Must also have proof of current Aleution Disease Virus (ADV) results within 1 year of show date.
​ADV Policy and where to get your ferret ADV Tested 
​Franklin County REQUIRES ferrets to have a current rabies vaccination to be legal. 

Sponsored by:

YOU! The Ferret Community

Thanks to Angela’s coordination of the awesome raffle she did for the Ferret Buckeye Bash, we are proud to announce we have a new TITLE SPONSOR for the Ferret Buckeye Bash.

THANK YOU ANGELA NEISWENTER AND THE FERRET COMMUNITY! 

Thanks to Angela’s coordination of the awesome raffle she did for the Ferret Buckeye Bash, we are proud to announce we have a new TITLE SPONSOR for the Ferret Buckeye Bash. 

​IT’S  YOU...THE FERRET COMMUNITY!

Thanks to the enthusiastic support of the ferret community, the Ferret Buckeye Bash continues to be the largest ferret show in the USA. This year will be our 16th year in Columbus, Ohio. We have several new vendors coming this year. We anticipate a record number of walk-ins, with some coming as far as California, England, Australia and Japan. All to shop, show and socialize with other ferret people they have met through Facebook and other social venues.

We still have a couple Title classes and a few specialty classes needing sponsorship. To see what your sponsorship dollars can get you, please CLICK on this SPONSORSHIP link. We promise to provide a lot of “Bang for your buck.”