--- description: Why is no one freaking out about this? title: Cat Walks On Stage During Classical Concert, Everyone Just Carries On image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Cat Walks On Stage During Classical Concert, Everyone Just Carries On ## Video: Inside New York's First Cat Cafe [Watch (HLS stream): Inside New York's First Cat Cafe](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0MiiFeak.m3u8) (1:49)  _Published 2014-12-12. Meet the cats of NYC's first cat cafe, Meow Parlour, and hear more about the growing trend of paying to play with cats from the cafe's two owners._ by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 11, 2015 3:40 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 11, 2015 3:40 PM CUT A group of musicians were performing a lovely classical concert at the American University of Beirut when, out of nowhere, a cat wandered onto the stage. You’re probably thinking that everyone in the audience started giggling in delight or at least _acknowledging_ that there was a cat on stage, but everyone pretty much just carried on like this was totally normal. As the _Daily Dot_ points out, the university has a large cat population and a subsequent [list of policies](https://www.aub.edu.lb/pnp/generaluniversitypolicies/Documents/CatsPolicy/Cats.pdf "undefined"). So maybe people there really are just totally accustomed to cats making appearances at cultural events. Eventually, the feline interloper disappeared backstage, but be sure to watch the video all the way to the end to see his encore. ([h/t _Daily Dot_)](http://www.dailydot.com/lol/cat-walks-onstage-concert/?fb=dd "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3992519/cat-stage-concert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3992519/cat-stage-concert/"},"headline":"Cat Walks On Stage During Classical Concert, Everyone Just Carries On","datePublished":"2015-08-11T15:40:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:16.901Z","description":"Why is no one freaking out about this?","url":"https://time.com/3992519/cat-stage-concert/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3992519/cat-stage-concert/","name":"Cat Walks On Stage During Classical Concert, Everyone Just Carries On"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Inside New York's First Cat Cafe","description":"Meet the cats of NYC's first cat cafe, Meow Parlour, and hear more about the growing trend of paying to play with cats from the cafe's two owners.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/0MiiFeak/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-12T19:30:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0MiiFeak.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3992519/cat-stage-concert/","duration":"PT1M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3992519/cat-stage-concert/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```