NOVI, MI — If you enjoy the outdoors – hunting, fishing, boating, camping etc. – then Vibe Credit Union Showplace (formerly Suburban Collection Showplace) is the place for you and your family Feb. 19-22 when the 53rd Annual Outdoorama returns to town. Traditional favorites including Big Buck Night East, a huge display of Boats and Boating Accessories, The Trout Pond, Outfitter Expo, numerous free seminars and more await patrons at southeast Michigan’s oldest outdoors show.
New this year – snake handlers – yes you heard that right, snake handlers – the Cowboys From Hell Snake Handlers, with a ‘pit’ of LIVE rattlesnakes! Included – a cobra and other rare and exotic species! Commemorative Bucks of Michigan are back scoring your deer, turkey, bear and elk. Have your trophy scored for free! A complete list of features and attractions: https://showspan.com/out/features-attractions/ .
Conservation continues to be the cornerstone of Outdoorama, but family fun also keeps folks coming back year after year. There is something for everyone, young and old, to enjoy at Outdoorama.
Aside from the exciting features and seminars, patrons will find door-buster deals at Outdoorama. With hunting, fishing and marine gear, boats, and outfitters and guides from across North America and beyond, deals abound for everyone.
“Thousands of outdoors enthusiasts circle the dates for Outdoorama as soon as we announce them because they know that family fun, conservation, and outdoors education await at the longest-running outdoors show in southeast Michigan,” says Show Manager Ben Nielsen. “The convention halls at Vibe Credit Union Showplace will be overflowing with plenty of outdoors relief in an indoor setting to help you get ready for spring.”
Big Buck Night-East, an annual family staple on Michigan Out-of-Doors TV, will be filmed on Thursday beginning at 6 p.m. It’s free with admission and doors open at 5:30 p.m. C’mon out and see some of the biggest bucks taken in Michigan during the 2025 hunting season. How to submit your deer: https://michiganoutofdoorstv.com/pages/submissions-big-buck .
Outfitters Expo provides show patrons with exciting family vacation and adventure travel opportunities including hunting and fishing destinations throughout North America and beyond. Book a fishing trip to Canada, an elk hunt in Idaho, a safari in Africa, or any number of other trips and destinations.
On Saturday at 3:00 PM deer hunters can learn how to process their own deer when Steve Francis, owner of Country Smokehouse in Almont, gives a demonstration on field dressing, skinning, butchering, and packaging a white-tailed deer.
An added bonus for Outdoorama patrons is free crossover admission to the 18th annual Cottage & Lakefront Living Show, held concurrently at Vibe Credit Union Showplace, 46100 Grand River Ave, Novi, Michigan, 48347.
The first 250 attendees on Thursday and Friday receive a free, collectible Dardevle spoon. The first 250 attendees on Saturday and Sunday will receive a K&E Bass Stopper.
Make sure you stop by the GreatLakesBass.com booth 5715 in the 2nd row from the west wall of the hall! Tell me a fish story!
Outdoorama is Feb. 19-22. Show hours are: Thursday, 1 to 8; Friday, 12 to 8; Saturday, 10 to 8; Sunday, 10 to 5. Admission: $12 adults, $5 children 6 to 14, free for children 5 and under. On-site parking is $10. There a great deal for a Multi-Day Ticket for only $18 available online only – https://showspan.com/out/schedule/ .
For more information, visit http://www.Outdoorama.com .
You can follow late-breaking news and developments at: www.facebook.com/ULTIMATESPORTSHOWTOUR and at www.twitter.com/Outdoorama.
