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Announcing… The 2020 Central Florida Koi & Goldfish Show will be held again at the Avanti Palms location, the date is back to the second weekend in March the 13th-15th! See hotel flyer.
You can make your hotel reservations now using our discounted room block reservation link at: http://bookings.ihotelier.com/bookings.jsp?groupID=2283826&hotelID=77384
As in the past the $112 show rate is for the nicer rooms in the Tower and the resort fee is waived. The group code for the 2020 show is 820190 (use that if calling to make a reservation 1-866-994-3157). Deadline for reservations for our room block is February 17th.
Address: 6515 International Drive, Orlando, Florida
"The Orlando Show," as it is known in koi circles, is one of the largest judged koi shows in the Eastern U.S., drawing entries from across the country. The goldfish show, now in its seventh year, has become the largest goldfish show in the country. In addition to the judged shows, there are over 35 vendors from across the nation with koi, goldfish, pond supplies, aquatic plants, garden art and more. The 2019 show sawKoi entered numbered 240 and Goldfish105!!
Seminar presentations on koi, goldfish and ponds are conducted all day Saturday beginning at 9:00am. Show Hours: Fri. March 13 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Sat. March 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sun., March 15 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free admission. (Seminar series on Saturday is $10 for the day.) For more information, including how to become a vendor at the show, visit menu Seminars.
CFKS is sponsored by four central Florida koi clubs including the Orlando Koi and Pond Club, the Rainbow River Koi Club, the Gainesville Koi Club, and the Florida East Coast Koi and Pond Club, and the ZNA Southern Koi Association. These member clubs incorporated the show as the Central Florida Koi Show Society, Inc. Click on club logos at the bottom of the page to visit club web sites.
Our 2020 Koi Show judges this year will be: Dale Gingerich, Head Judge; Troy Head, Assistant Judge; Michelle Gravenish, Assistant Judge; and Steve Zimmerman, Student Judge.
Goldfish Show judge Liz Wilson
All of the koi pictured on the banner are examples of many of the fine show koi on exhibition at the Central Florida Koi Show. We hope you will drop by over the weekend to enjoy the many fine specimens, and stay a while to participate in our seminars and shop the vendor fair area. All are free to the public except a small charge for the all day seminars on Saturday.
Show Registration - To sign-up and find information for the koi show, seminars and banquet see Registration. Most all information is available at the pages on our menu bar, however if you do not see an answer to a question here, please select link below for email contact.
Sign-Up for the saturday night Banquet click here!
Trophy Sponsors - Please visit our Trophy Sponsors' Page
Sponsor a Trophy - Read more ... Please contact Henry Culpepper if you would like to sponsor a CFKS 2020Trophy.
Show Staff Listing Read more …
Please contact us if you need more information in the following areas:
Goldfish Show - Luanne and Richard Porter
Vendor Information - Mike McMahon
Show Donations - Henry Culpepper
Koi Show Registration - Sherri White with Patti Gingerich
Goldfish Show Registration - Karen Hardcastle
Note: We need a volunteer intern to learn computer data entry for the show. Please contact Sherri if you are interested in learning this important show task. Familiarity with koi classifications would be helpful but not a necessity.
Henry Culpepper, Show Chairman with Joe White, Co-Chairman
Click Logo to Visit a Club Website Note: Several sites are being revised.
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