Cat Shows in SF Bay Area?

Show rely on clubs to have the money and manpower (well, womanpower mostly!) to organize them and put them on. Not sure which shows TICA shows near you but here's the calendar http://ticamembers.org/calendar/ I do know they have a show just about monthly in Arcadia near LA but not sure about further North. I do see one in Ione, CA in March and you just missed the Jazzy Cats club show in Sacramento earlier this month. Here's an even better calendar that just shows shows in the Mid Pacific region of TICA http://tica-mp.org/shows/shows.html

For CFA, ACFA just Google and you should be able to find their show calendars.

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I don't know about previous cat shows, but there is one being held on the 8th and 9th of February at the Santa Rosa Fairgrounds.

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