2026
Convention
Bluegrass Bash in Lexington, KY
June 25-28, 2026
Early Registration
$75
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Sale!
Bluegrass Bash Ticket
Price range: $10.00 through $75.00 -
Banquet
$59.00 -
ALA Fish Show Entry
$3.00 -
T-shirt
Price range: $18.00 through $22.00 -
Polo
Price range: $22.00 through $26.00 -
Kids Decorating Contest
$15.00 -
ACA Photo and Art Show
$5.00 -
ACA Cichlid Show Entry
$10.00
Convention Tickets
Bluegrass Bash
$75
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Speakers
Grace Benes
Fish Cognition!
Grace Benes is the founder of the American Cichlid Association’s Kids …
Sponsored by
Prestige Aquatics &
Daryl Hutchins
Art Parola
Challenges for the Aquarium hobby!
Art spent much of his childhood covered in mud and creek …
Sponsored by
Prestige Aquatics &
LTFF
Spencer Jack
Further Confessions!
Spencer has had a lifelong passion for keeping and handling tropical fish since …
Sponsored by
Prestige Aquatics &
Megan McGuire
Gerald Griffin
Wild Bettas!
Gerald started keeping fish at age nine and by ten bred his first species, Colisa lalia…
Sponsored by
Prestige Aquatics
Dave Schumacher
Whatchoo callin’me?
Dave Schumacher has been passionate about cichlids since the age of 16, with decades …
Sponsored by
Prestige Aquatics
& Dave’s Rare Fish
Amanda Fredal
Challenges for the Aquarium Hobby
Amanda has worked in pet retail for over 18 years and currently …
Sponsored by
Prestige Aquatics
Omar Dominguez
Fish Ark Project and Conservation!
Born in Morelia, Mexico, in 1974, Omar studied biology at Universidad …
Sponsored by
Prestige Aquatics &
BFKA
Michi Tobler
Conservation!
A Professor of Biology at the University of Missouri–St. Louis and …
Sponsored by
Prestige Aquatics &
Janet Benes
Pam Chin
Swimming with Cichlids – Lake Tanganyika!
I have been a passionate tropical fish enthusiast for many …
Sponsored by
Prestige Aquatics
Rusty Wessel
Cichlids with Livebearers both Domestic and wild!
Rusty maintains over 8,000 gallons of freshwater aquariums …
Sponsored by
Prestige Aquatics &
LTFF
Humberto Zea Martin
Columbian fish!
Humberto has been immersed in the tropical fish business …
Sponsored by
Prestige Aquatics &
Spencer Jack
Gary Bagnall
The Museum of Aquarium & Pet History!
I have spent my lifetime working in the (pet) industry that I love, …
Sponsored by
Prestige Aquatics &
BFKA
