Schedule

Event Schedule

Wednesday

8:00 AM–5:00 PM | Setup: Show Room, Rental Room & Vendor

6:00 PM | Early Bird Hospitality (Bourbon Tasting / Pizza ticket required)

Thursday

10:00 AM–5:00 PM | Showroom, Vendor, Registration, Rental Room & Silent Auction Table Open

10:00 AM | Prestige Aquatics Booth (Free Doughnuts & Coffee) – Paddock

9:30 AM–12:30 PM | Buffalo Trace Distillery Tour & Tasting (Limit 55)

3:00 PM–4:00 PM | Presentation: Rusty Wessel – Cichlids with Livebearers (Domestic & Wild)

4:30 PM–5:30 PM | Presentation: Gerald Griffin – Wild Bettas!

6:00 PM–12:00 AM | Hospitality Suite Open

6:30 PM–9:00 PM | KICK Room – Paddock

7:00 PM–8:00 PM | Presentation: Dave Schumacher – Whatchoo Callin’ Me?

9:00 AM–11:00 PM | ALA Show Open

Friday

8:30 AM–12:30 PM | Kentucky State University Aquaculture Lab Tour (Limit 55)

10:00 AM | Prestige Aquatics Booth (Free Doughnuts & Coffee) – Paddock

10:00 AM–6:00 PM | Showroom, Vendor, Registration, Rental Room & Silent Auction Table Open

9:00 AM–5:00 PM | ACA Silent Auction – Paddock

10:00 AM–9:00 PM | KICK Room – Brook Ledge

2:00 PM–3:30 PM | Presentation: Art Parola & Amanda Fredal – Challenges for the Aquarium Hobby

3:30 PM–5:00 PM | Presentation: Omar Dominguez – FishArk Project & Conservation

7:00 PM–9:00 PM | NAGWG Meeting & Livebearer Auction – Derby, Preakness &  Belmont

8:30 PM–10:00 PM | Kick Auction (Kids Only) – Brook Ledge

10:00 PM | BABES Auction Proceeds  to Research, Education, and Conservation Projects – Derby, Preakness &  Belmont

Saturday

7:00 AM–9:00 AM | Show Judging (ACA, ALA, Betta)

9:00 AM–5:00 PM | Show Room, Vendor Room & Silent Auction Table Open

9:00 AM–10:00 AM | Presentation: Gary Bagnall – Museum of Aquarium & Pet History

9:00 AM–12:00 PM | Registration – Barbaro

10:00 AM | Prestige Aquatics Booth (Free Doughnuts & Coffee) – Paddock

10:30 AM–11:30 AM | Presentation: Michi Tobler – Conservation

12:00 PM–2:00 PM | Kids Decorating Contest (Limit 15) – Brook Ledge

12:30 PM–2:00 PM | ALA Graduate Student Poster Presentations

2:00 PM–3:00 PM | Presentation: Humberto Zea Martin – Colombian Fish

3:30 PM–4:30 PM | Presentation: Pam Chin – Swimming with Cichlids

5:30 PM–7:00 PM | Wine & Beer Tasting – Sponsored by: Kevin Lush in memory of Jim Dantona

6:30 PM–7:30 PM | Reception Bar

7:30 PM–8:30 PM | Combined Banquet – Man ‘O War, Secretariat & Thoroughbred

8:30 PM–9:30 PM | Banquet Speaker: Spencer Jack

9:30 PM–12:00 AM | Hospitality Suite & Fish/Vendor Room Open

Sunday

8:00 AM–10:00 AM | Tear Down Fish Show

9:00 AM–10:00 AM | Show Award Presentations

11:00 AM–3:00 PM | SWAP Meet