31st OCA Extravaganza

November 21 - 23, 2025

OCA Extravaganza 2025

Here’s everything you need to know about the 31st Extravaganza, 2025:

The Ohio Cichlid Association would like to invite you to help us celebrate the completion of the third decade of the most popular (and economical) regional aquarist gathering in the U.S., the 31st Extravaganza!

As we have for the past 30 years, the Extravaganza will be held at the Best Western Plus, Strongsville, OH, the weekend before Thanksgiving. This year’s dates are November 21-23, but to get the full experience, many people will arrive on Thursday the 20th. The room rate is an incredible $76/night, which includes the breakfast buffet (see the link below).You must be registered for the event in order to be eligible for this rate.

Other features of the Extravaganza (* must be registered):

Vendor Room
Fish and accessory sales from hotel rooms
A well-stocked Hospitality Room*
The nation’s largest Cichlid/Catfish Show
A Saturday afternoon Swap Meet
A Saturday night Pizza Party/Awards Presentation*
A huge cichlid and Catfish Auction on Sunday

You must register to enter fish into the show, to sell from your room, and to attend presentations. The other activities are open to the public, but please consider registering even if you don’t have to, so we can keep this going for another 30 years!

To get you started, here are 3 links:

Registration: https://www.ohiocichlid.com/shop/2019-extravaganza-16721

Sponsorship opportunities: https://www.ohiocichlid.com/shop/sponsor-an-extravaganza-show-class-here-14895

Room Reservations: https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-rooms.36178.html?groupId=Z69MS7N2

31st OCA Extravaganza Schedule: 2025 Extravaganza Schedule

Click “Edit” in the upper right corner to set the check-in and check-out dates