The MN furs group, formerly the Saturday Night Club Furs group (SNCFurs), started as a spin-off from another that originally met in a small pizza place around the University of Minnesota campus.  The main meet-up event started as a bi-weekly Saturday night dinner meet-up, and that much has not changed. The name was changed to MN Furs in 2005 to reflect our relationship with the local community as we grew from a small group of close friends to encompassing a much larger community.

At first all the group was a small mailing list of around 20 people with an average bi-weekly meet attendance of 10-12.  Since then we have grown and changed.  People have moved away, but many more have come.  The group has been in several different venues around the metro, though we have been meeting at Perkins since 2004.

In a matter of six years with little to no real advertisement other the word-of-mouth MN Furs has gone from a small group of close friends and associates with a weekly meeting number of less then a dozen people to 40-60 people in the same room every other Saturday night.  We’ve gone from 20 to over 200 people on our mailing list, web-site forums, and LJ community combined. For something that started as a small handful of people, MN Furs has become the largest furry community in Minnesota.

Our goal is to provide a neutral and friendly atmosphere where fans of Anthromorphic Animals and artwork can gather to meet each other locally in the Twin Cities and surrounding area; forming friendships and meeting new people.

While the dinner meets are still our mainstay of the MN Furs group, throughout the years we have held picnics, movie events, Hotel parties and other smaller events hosted by members of the group.  We plan on continuing this in the future.