The Lebanon Card Show sets up at the Boone County Fairgrounds on Sunday, September 20, 2026, giving collectors on the northwest side of the Indianapolis metro a fairgrounds-scale show without a trip into the city. Boone County has grown fast over the last decade, and organizer Justin has built a circuit of county-fairgrounds shows across west-central Indiana that fills the gap between cramped hotel events and full conventions. The exhibition building here is big, bright and easy to work.
Inventory covers the full sports spread with real vintage depth. Baseball dealers bring Topps and Bowman runs from the 1950s through the 1980s, plus Fleer, Donruss and Score, complete sets, star singles and heavily stocked commons boxes. Football is strong in September with Colts material, current rookies, vintage NFL and a good supply of Purdue, Notre Dame and Indiana University college product — Lebanon sits close enough to Lafayette that Purdue inventory runs deeper here than at most metro shows. Basketball centers on the Pacers plus Indiana high school and college history, which in this part of the state is a genuine collecting category. Hockey, soccer, UFC, boxing, racing and Indy 500 memorabilia round out the sports side. Modern product includes Panini Prizm, Donruss Optic, Select, Mosaic, Topps Chrome and Bowman Chrome. Graded slabs from PSA, BGS, SGC and CGC fill locked cases, and several tables carry Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh! and One Piece singles. Comics, coins, autographed memorabilia, Funko Pops and hobby supplies fill out the remaining tables.
Hours run 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern. Fairgrounds parking is free and there is plenty of it. Admission is not published in the current listing — most shows on this circuit are free or charge a nominal one to three dollars at the door, but confirm with the organizer before driving in. Kids are welcome.
The Boone County Fairgrounds are at 1300 East 100 South, Lebanon, IN 46052, immediately accessible from I-65 at exit 139 — about thirty minutes from downtown Indianapolis, twenty from Zionsville and Carmel, and thirty-five from Lafayette. The exhibition building is single-level with wide doors and a level gravel-and-paved lot, which makes it one of the easier venues in the region for dealers hauling heavy cases. Lebanon has a solid downtown restaurant cluster about five minutes north for lunch.
The show suits vintage hunters, set builders and anyone who likes room to breathe while they shop. Fairgrounds venues attract dealers who bring more inventory than they would to a hotel ballroom simply because there is space to display it, so the boxes tend to be fuller and less picked. Buyers of collections do well here too, since local sellers use these shows to move family collections.
A few tips. Arrive close to 10:00 AM — the Indianapolis contingent typically shows up around noon. Bring cash in small bills and more of it than a hotel show would require, because the volume of material here creates more opportunities. Carry a want list, penny sleeves, top loaders and a carrying box, and dress for a building that may not be fully climate-controlled in September. Text Justin at 571-228-0749 for table availability and to confirm admission.