The last LA Card Dude Show of September falls on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, running 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM in the Toyota Meeting Hall at the Torrance Civic Center. Month-end weeknight shows have a reputation among South Bay regulars for being the softest pricing of the month. Dealers close their books, look at what has been sitting on the table since the first week of September, and decide they would rather have the cash than carry it into October.
That makes it a buying date rather than a browsing date. The material is the usual full spread — MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL sports tables covering vintage through current-year product, prospect and rookie inventory, autographed and relic cards, boxing and UFC, and a deep supply of graded slabs across PSA, CGC, SGC and Beckett. Pokemon vendors bring sealed English and Japanese product, singles binders and vintage holos, and Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece and Lorcana all have representation. Raw bins and dollar boxes are widely available, and there are usually supply vendors carrying sleeves, toploaders and storage.
Hours are one continuous 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM session, no early access, no tiers. The room is quiet before 5:30 PM and busiest through the dinner hours. The promoter publishes date, room and hours but not the door price, so confirm admission through LA Card Dude's Instagram or the show page before you drive over.
The venue is the Toyota Meeting Hall at 3330 Civic Center Drive North, Torrance 90503, on the Torrance Cultural Arts Center campus. Free parking in the civic center lots is easy on a weekday evening. The hall is indoors, climate controlled, carpeted and accessible, with restrooms in the complex. Old Torrance and the Sepulveda and Western corridors have some of the best Japanese food in the county within a few minutes, which makes a 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM show easy to split around dinner.
This date suits bargain hunters, set builders and anyone comfortable making an offer. It suits families less well given the late finish; the Sunday daytime dates are the better call there.
How to work a month-end Wednesday: identify the tables that have not turned over since earlier in the month and start there. Ask directly what a dealer wants to move — on the last show of a month that is not a rude question, it is the whole point. Bring cash and bring enough of it to close a multi-card deal on the spot, because bundling three or four cards is where the real discount lives. Have your comps ready but be reasonable; a dealer discounting to clear inventory is still not going to sell under cost. Bring penny sleeves and toploaders for raw pickups, and check condition carefully — end-of-month bargain material is often the stuff that did not sell because of a corner or a print line.
Table bookings and the room map are posted at lacarddudeshow.com, along with the full October schedule. The promoter posts updates on Instagram, X, Threads and Facebook under LA Card Dude.
