The East Bay Card Show closes out November with its Thanksgiving weekend edition on Saturday and Sunday, November 28 and 29, 2026, run by Tenth Inning Productions at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose. Thanksgiving weekend is one of the two or three biggest show weekends of the entire hobby year: families are together, kids are out of school, holiday budgets are open, and dealers bring their strongest inventory of the fourth quarter. If you only attend one Bay Area show between Halloween and Christmas, this is the one to circle.
The fairgrounds exhibition space allows a much larger table count than the hotel ballrooms this promoter also uses, and dealers fill it. Sports tables carry NFL at the season's midpoint with San Francisco 49ers material at its annual peak, NBA a month into the year led by Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings, NHL with deep San Jose Sharks stock, and MLB in its offseason window when San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics prices historically ease. Inventory spans pre-war and 1950s Topps and Bowman vintage, 1960s and 1970s stars, 1980s and 1990s set-builder runs, junk-wax dollar and quarter boxes, and current Panini Prizm, Donruss Optic, Select, Mosaic, Contenders, Topps Chrome, Bowman Draft, Stadium Club, and premium National Treasures, Immaculate, and Flawless. Trading card game vendors bring Pokémon in enormous depth — raw singles across every era, Japanese exclusives, graded illustration rares, and sealed booster boxes, elite trainer boxes, and holiday collection tins that move fast as gifts — plus Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Disney Lorcana, Dragon Ball Super, Digimon, and Flesh and Blood. Locked cases hold PSA, BGS, SGC, and CGC slabs, and additional tables carry autographed memorabilia, signed baseballs and jerseys, comics, Funko Pops, and retro video games.
Saturday runs 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific and Sunday runs 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Pacific. General admission is sold through the East Bay Card Show website and at the door, with VIP early-access tickets available for collectors who want first look each morning before public hours. Children 12 and under enter free with a paying adult. Parking at the fairgrounds is on site and inexpensive.
The Santa Clara County Fairgrounds sit at 344 Tully Road in San Jose, immediately off US-101 with easy access from I-280 and I-880. The exhibition halls are single-level, climate-controlled, ADA-accessible, and laid out in wide aisles that stay walkable even on a busy holiday Saturday. Food vendors operate on site and San Jose's restaurant density is minutes away.
VERIFY: listings differ on the venue for this date — CardShows.io shows San Mateo County Event Center while TCDb shows Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. Confirm on eastbaycardshow.com before you travel.
This show fits every collector: holiday shoppers buying gifts, families with kids and visiting relatives, serious buyers working VIP early entry, breakers, competitive TCG players, and dealers restocking for December.
For the best experience, buy VIP and arrive Saturday at 9:30 AM sharp. Bring cash, a want list split between what you are buying for yourself and what you are buying as gifts, sleeves and top loaders, a carrying case, and patience with the crowds. Follow @eastbaycardshow on Instagram for the dealer list.