The Lafayette Card Show closes out 2026 with its biggest edition of the year: a full two-day run at the Evangeline Shrine Club on December 5 and 6, 2026. The series normally operates as a single-Saturday show, so the December expansion is deliberate — it is the holiday edition, dealers bring their deepest inventory, and the second day gives collectors room to negotiate rather than rush. For New Orleans collectors, the two-hour drive west on I-10 is far easier to justify when it buys a weekend instead of an afternoon.
The floor is a serious card show floor. Sports dominates, with football leading in December — LSU, Saints and SEC material moves hardest — followed by baseball, basketball, hockey, boxing and UFC. Vintage dealers bring 1950s and 1960s Topps and Bowman in raw and graded condition, deep 1970s and 1980s runs, and set-building commons in dime, quarter and dollar boxes. Modern breakers stock Prizm, Optic, Select, Mosaic, Topps Chrome and Bowman Chrome rookies, numbered parallels and autographed inserts. Graded slabs from PSA, SGC, CGC and Beckett fill cases throughout the hall. Trading card game dealers bring Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh! singles and sealed product. Also present: unopened wax, autographed memorabilia, team programs and Louisiana regional sports collectibles that essentially never surface outside Acadiana.
Both days run 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Admission is a low flat door fee per day, with weekend access typically available and children generally admitted free alongside a paying adult — confirm current pricing with the organizer. The two-day format matters: Saturday is where selection lives, Sunday is where price lives, and dealers who have not hit their weekend number get noticeably more flexible by Sunday afternoon.
The Evangeline Shrine Club has a large free parking lot and a single-level hall that is easy to work and easy to load in and out of. Lafayette's food scene is among the best in the country, and there are outstanding Cajun and Creole restaurants within ten minutes in every direction. Hotels near the I-10 corridor are plentiful and reasonably priced, making an overnight stay straightforward for metro collectors.
This edition rewards set builders, vintage hunters and gift shoppers in equal measure. The December timing means dealers bring gift-friendly material — graded rookie cards, sealed wax, framed memorabilia — and are used to helping shoppers pick something for a collector. Serious buyers get two days to work every case carefully. New collectors get patient dealers and affordable boxes. Sellers should bring organized material; multiple dealers buy on the floor and a two-day show gives them time to evaluate larger lots.
Tips: Saturday at 9:00 AM for selection, Sunday afternoon for negotiation. Bring cash. Bring sleeves, top loaders and a want list. If you are set building, ask dealers whether they have additional commons boxes behind the table — many hold back stock. Book a Lafayette hotel in advance if you are staying over. And leave room in the car; two-day shows have a way of turning into bigger hauls than planned.
See the show's Treasure Hunter listing or the promoter's Facebook page for confirmed pricing and the dealer roster.