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Cat Video Festival Sneaking Up; Golden Kitty Award Voting Open

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Internet Cat Video Festival is less than a month away, and voting is open for the People's Choice Award for the feline video most-deserving of the Golden Kitty trophy.

The fourth installment of the festival is slated to take place this year on Aug. 12 at CHS Field in Lowertown St. Paul. The event, which is put on by the Walker Art Center, will be hosted by Barb Abney of Go 96.3, and a new selection of feline videos will once again be curated by the first-ever Golden Kitty recipient, Will Braden.

The Golden Kitty, or People's Choice Award, is currently taking votes. The Walker says that thousands of cat videos were whittled down to the following five selected for the competition: "Pavlov's Kitty""Back Off!""Cat Behavior Finally Explained""Brain Freeze" and "Hover Cat."

Vote for your favorite here, or by Tweeting #votegoldenkitty with the name of your favorite video. Voting ends on July 31.

Aside from just cat videos, CHS Field will also have cat-related activities, including "Meow Moves Yoga" and "In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater," the Walker said.

Doors to the festival open at 6:30. The screening starts at 8:30.

Cat owners will also have the opportunity to show off their beloved feline(s). If you email a photo of your cat(s) here, it'll be included in a slideshow as part of the festival.

Tickets for the Internet Cat Video Festival are on sale. They run $10 for the general public and $8 for Walker members. For kids 6-12, tickets are $6 and children under five get in free.

The Internet Cat Video Festival started in 2012 as something of a lark, but it became a global sensation as soon as it was announced. The events have each drawn thousands of people out to collectively to enjoy the internet videos that are usually savored individually, in the office or at home, on a small screen.

Initially, the festival was free. But when it moved in 2013 to the Grandstand at the Minnesota State Fair, festival-goers had to pay.

For more on the festival, head over to the Walker Art Center.

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