J & J All Stars brings its long-running Saturday show back to Lyons Hall at Our Mother of Sorrows on Saturday, November 21, 2026 — the promoter's final November date and one of the last big buying opportunities before the holidays. Run by Jeff Meyrose, the J & J series is the backbone of the Louisville show calendar, and its roughly 130-table floor makes it the largest recurring free-admission card show in the city. Collectors who only make it out a few times a year almost always pick a J & J date, because the dealer count means you can actually finish a want list rather than chipping at it.
The week before Thanksgiving is a specific and useful moment to shop. Holiday buying is fully underway, so dealers stock gift-priced material heavily — starter lots, complete sets, sealed blasters and player lots aimed squarely at parents and grandparents. At the same time, sellers looking to close out the year are willing to move higher-end cards at numbers they would have laughed at in July. College basketball has started, putting Kentucky Wildcats and Louisville Cardinals hoops inventory front and center in a market that treats it almost as local currency, and rivalry-week college football keeps the football tables busy.
Across 130 tables the inventory is genuinely comprehensive. Sports dealers carry MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, UFC, boxing, MMA, soccer and college across every era: pre-war tobacco and Goudey, 1950s and 1960s Topps and Bowman, 1970s and 1980s Topps, Fleer and Donruss, enormous cheap 1990s junk-wax boxes, and modern Panini Prizm, Donruss Optic, Select, Mosaic, Topps Chrome, Bowman Chrome and Bowman Draft. Premium tables run Topps Dynasty, National Treasures, Flawless and Immaculate, and locked cases hold PSA, BGS, SGC and CGC graded slabs at every price point. Regional specialties are a real draw: Muhammad Ali boxing memorabilia, Kentucky Derby and thoroughbred collectibles, Louisville Bats items, and Cincinnati Reds, Bengals and Indianapolis Colts inventory. Trading card game vendors bring Pokémon singles and sealed from WOTC Base through Scarlet and Violet plus Japanese imports, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece TCG, Disney Lorcana, Dragon Ball Z Fusion World and Digimon. Autographed memorabilia, comics, Funko Pops and supplies fill out the room.
This is a one-day show running 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Eastern. Five hours across 130 tables is workable but not leisurely — plan a fast survey lap, note your targets, then go back and negotiate.
Admission is free for everyone with no VIP or early-entry tier, and children are admitted free. Dealers here have a well-earned reputation for giving young collectors free packs and player cards. Table reservations and vendor inquiries go directly to Jeff Meyrose at 317-504-8110 or through the J & J All Star Sportscards website.
Our Mother of Sorrows Lyons Hall is at 774 Eastern Parkway, Louisville, KY 40217, in the Germantown and Schnitzelburg area just south of the Highlands, easily reached from I-65 and Eastern Parkway. The hall is climate-controlled, single-level and ADA-accessible, with free parking on site and on surrounding streets.
Bring cash in mixed denominations plus Venmo, Zelle and PayPal, a want list sorted by sport, player and TCG set, and penny sleeves, top loaders and a hard slab case. Arrive at 9:00 AM — the first hour at a J & J show is where the vintage moves.
