Safari Club International Convention & Exposition 2027

Hunting convention in the United States, featuring exhibitors displaying hunting gear, conservation projects, and networking events.

SCI Convention 2027

The SCI Convention 2027 runs 20–23 January 2027 at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

What it is

The SCI Convention is Safari Club International's annual Hunting & Outdoor Expo, which SCI bills as "the Ultimate Sportsmen's Market." It combines an exhibit floor with auctions, seminars and evening entertainment, and the money it raises funds SCI's hunter advocacy and the SCI Foundation's conservation and education programs. The organiser says it takes four days to see the entire show floor.

On the floor

Exhibitors are professional hunters, outfitters, gunmakers and artists. Alongside the hunts they sell, SCI lists these exhibit categories:

• firearms and accessories, ammunition and archery;
• optics;
• apparel and gear;
• fine art, fine jewelry and taxidermy;
• outdoor-themed home furnishings.

SCI opposes the hunting of captive-bred African lions: it does not allow such hunts to be sold at the convention, and an exhibitor who breaks the policy can lose the right to exhibit at this and future conventions.

Auctions

SCI runs more than 20 live, silent, day and evening auctions over the convention, with items ranging from hunts and one-of-a-kind experiences to firearms and artwork.

Seminars and education

Seminars are included with a convention badge. They are framed as hunter information services: travel guidance, preparing for a harvest, product selection and talks by industry figures, pitched at both first-time hunters and experienced outdoorsmen.

The 2027 seminar schedule had not been published when this page was checked. SCI also lists a 2027 Wildlife Law CLE program among the convention's education offerings.

Evenings

Entertainment follows the close of the exhibit halls each night; past performers named by SCI include Lynyrd Skynyrd, Trace Atkins and Jeff Foxworthy.

Planning note

SCI warns that third parties offering to book convention hotels or sell attendee lists are not affiliated with it. Book rooms through the SCI site or directly with the block hotels.