The Bat City Sports Card Show sets up at Kenny's Collectibles on Saturday, November 14, 2026 for a free, sports-focused Saturday that lands at a useful spot on the calendar — late enough in the year that football and basketball card values have started to sort themselves out, and early enough that you can still knock out holiday shopping before prices climb in December.
The room is built around sports cards. Expect MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL inventory across every tier: dollar bins and repack boxes for diggers, team lots and set-building commons, mid-grade vintage Topps, Bowman, and Fleer for collectors chasing Hall of Famers, and graded PSA, SGC, BGS, and CGC slabs at the high end. Modern product is well represented too — Topps Chrome, Bowman Chrome prospects, Panini Prizm, Donruss Optic, Select, and Mosaic — including numbered parallels and rookie autographs. Central Texas dealers stock heavily on Cowboys, Texans, Rangers, Astros, Spurs, Mavericks, Stars, and Texas Longhorns material, and UFC, boxing, and soccer cards turn up regularly. Side tables frequently carry Pokemon and other trading card game product, plus the supplies worth stocking up on before the holidays: sleeves, top loaders, one-touch magnetics, semi-rigids, team bags, and storage boxes.
Hours run 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, one day only. That is a well-judged window for a room this size — long enough to browse carefully and make a second pass, short enough that vendors stay engaged all day rather than fading in hour eight.
Admission is free. No tickets, no VIP tier, no age restriction, and nothing to buy in advance. That makes it an easy stop even if you only have an hour.
The show is hosted at Kenny's Collectibles of Austin LLC, 4211 Todd Ln, Austin, TX 78744, in Southeast Austin just east of I-35 near the St. Elmo district. Parking is on site and free, and the location is a quick drive from downtown, South Congress, and the airport corridor. One real advantage of a shop-hosted show is that the store's own showcase inventory and supply wall are open alongside the visiting vendors, so if a table does not have your card, the house might.
November is a strong month for a range of attendees. Holiday shoppers can find genuinely good gifts at every budget — a graded rookie for a serious collector, a repack box or team lot for a kid just getting started. Newer collectors get a low-pressure environment to learn how condition, grading, and print runs affect price. Serious buyers get to inspect cards before paying, and sellers get several competing offers under one roof.
To make the most of it: arrive near 10:00 AM, since the best-priced material rarely lasts past the first hour. Bring cash in mixed denominations — it still beats card payments on price. Keep a want list with maximum prices, especially if you are buying gifts and easy to distract. Walk the full room before your biggest purchase. If you are selling, sort by sport and era beforehand and gather at least three offers before you take one.
Follow the Bat City Sports Card Show on Facebook for the current schedule, vendor announcements, and any last-minute updates before you drive out.