From a packed 30,000-person con to a community gathering of 500 — the PurrCon Pop Up is the corner attendees walk toward, step inside, and never want to leave. Exciting from the outside. Cozy the moment you're in.
"One look and their whole face changes. They grab whoever's next to them and say — you have to see this."
That's what happens every time KJ sets up a cozy cat corner at a convention. One minute it's badges and noise and where's the photo-op line — the next, someone spots the kittens, and everything shifts.
People squeeze in. Strangers introduce themselves. Someone who's been "on" all day finally exhales. And then they pull out their phone — not to scroll, but to photograph the kitten on their lap and send it to everyone they know.
Fun from the outside. Cozy the moment you step in. And your event is the reason they felt that way.
Convention floors are big, loud, and a little overwhelming — that's part of the magic. But the moments that make a con truly memorable aren't the busiest ones. They're the ones where you finally slow down, hold a kitten, make a friendship bracelet with a stranger, and realize you've been laughing for the past ten minutes.
🐾 Real kittens. Real calm. Real connection — the kind that turns strangers into convention friends and a good day into a great story. This is the photo everyone posts. The thing they tell the next person who asks "how was the con?"
Whether you're running a 30,000-person pop culture expo or a 500-person community event, the Pop Up scales to fit your floor plan and your vibe. KJ has done both — and she'll build the right version for yours.
Every Pop Up is different — built around your event size, your audience, and how much floor space you want to turn into the moment everyone talks about after they go home. A full convention activation or a cozy little corner — KJ makes both work.
This is what it looks like when kittens, fandom, and a cozy corner come together on a convention floor. Pure, unscripted joy — and it happens every single time.
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A quiet corner of your event floor becomes a full-on kitten therapy session — real, adoptable kittens, hand-picked for temperament, in a space KJ and her team have spent years perfecting for calm, safety, and cuteness overload.
The Pop Up isn't a first draft — it's the same energy KJ has been running for years at PurrCon, the convention she built from scratch inside one of the Midwest's largest pop culture expos.
KJ spent 13 years co-hosting the Smiley Morning Show on WZPL-FM, one of the top-rated Hot AC morning shows in a top-30 market — over a decade of reading a room of strangers in real time, every single day. She's interviewed a sitting U.S. President, Oscar winners, and the casts of TV's biggest shows.
She was a key member of growing PopCon to 30,000+ attendees, then founded PurrCon inside the Midwest's largest pop culture event — growing it into a packed experience with sold-out VIP access and celebrity guests. She hosts Pet Pals TV, reaching 40 million households nationally.
Priced around activity mix, group size, and event length. Tell KJ about your event and she'll build a Pop Up that fits your floor plan and your audience.
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