Equip Exposition, the international landscape, outdoor living, and equipment exposition, unveiled several new features, including new equipment categories, entertainment and more.
From Oct. 21 to 24, 2025, thousands of landscapers, dealers, contractors, hardscape experts and outdoor power equipment manufacturers will gather at the Kentucky Exposition Center (KEC) in Louisville, Ky.
“We are always aiming to improve what we can offer attendees, and the excitement around the 2025 show is already high. We’re well ahead in exhibitor space reservations this year over 2024,” said Kris Kiser, president and CEO of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), an international trade association representing manufacturers and suppliers of power equipment, small engines, battery power systems, portable generators, utility and personal transport vehicles, and golf cars, which owns and manages the show.
With more than 1.2 million square feet of indoor and outdoor exhibit space, the trade show includes the 30-acre Outdoor Demo Yard, peer-to-peer networking events, education and technical training offerings both in English and Spanish, high-level speakers and entertainment.
Several events and offerings will be available, including:
- Jesse Cole, founder of the Savannah Bananas, will speak to inspire attendees to grow their own businesses to new heights. Cole will share what it takes to develop a great idea into a brand that people embrace and love and how to keep creativity flowing for the long haul.
- Created just for Equip Exposition, an exclusive small batch Bourbon will be made by a Kentucky master distiller. For help in naming the bourbon, Equip welcomes input from attendees and exhibitors though a special naming contest. Names can be submitted here.
- Boom trucks, lifts and other large vehicles will be available in an outdoor KEC parking lot as well as indoors on the KEC’s Freedom Hall floor.
- An expanded and re-located UTV Test Track will move this year to a larger area. The relocation frees up additional space in the 30-acre Outdoor Demo Yard, where attendees can test equipment, drive, cut, chop, dig, trench and more in the updated space.
- Entertainers Big & Rich and solo country artist Gretchen Wilson will perform an exclusive concert for show attendees at the Kentucky International Convention Center (KICC) in downtown Louisville on Thursday evening of the show. The concert is included with admission to Equip Exposition.
Since assuming management of the business-to-business trade show in 2022, OPEI has worked to grow Equip Exposition’s offerings. The show broke attendance records in 2022 with 25,000 attendees, in 2023 with 27,000 and again in 2024 with 28,500. The blockbuster trade show brings more than $25 million annually to Louisville.
Registration is $25 through May 31, 2025. Click here to register.
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