The Mid-South Card Show returns to The Venue at Bartlett Station on Saturday, September 19, 2026 for a fall Saturday hobby event that lands right in the heart of football season — and at one of the busiest moments on the Memphis-area card-show calendar. By mid-September, NFL Week 3 is locked in, college football conference play has tipped off across the SEC and the new Big-12-and-Pac-12 reshuffle, the Memphis Tigers are deep in their non-conference schedule, and the early NBA training-camp rumor cycle is picking up speed for the Memphis Grizzlies. The combination of fresh football releases (2026 Panini Prizm Football, Donruss Football, Mosaic Football, Select Football) and a still-warm baseball secondary market drives one of the strongest dealer-floor turnouts of the year. Memphis-metro collectors drive in from Cordova, Germantown, Collierville, East Memphis, Midtown, Olive Branch (MS), Southaven (MS), and West Memphis (AR).
The vendor floor at The Venue at Bartlett Station packs in 80-plus dealer tables across every corner of the hobby. Sports tables stock deep MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, UFC, boxing, MMA, soccer, and college football inventory across every era — vintage Topps, Bowman, Fleer, Goudey, Play Ball, and pre-war tobacco runs from the early 1900s through the 1980s, junk-wax 1990s monster boxes, and modern Panini Prizm, Donruss Optic, Select, Mosaic, Topps Chrome, Bowman Draft, and premium Topps Dynasty, National Treasures, Flawless, and Immaculate. Memphis Grizzlies, Tennessee Titans, Memphis Tigers football and basketball, Ole Miss Rebels, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Memphis Redbirds, St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, Tennessee Volunteers, and Memphis 901 FC inventory moves consistently. Elvis Presley memorabilia and Memphis music collectibles round out the regional inventory. TCG tables stock Pokémon singles and sealed from vintage WOTC Base, Jungle, Fossil, and Team Rocket through modern Scarlet & Violet and Japanese exclusives, Magic: The Gathering Commander and Standard staples, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece TCG, Disney Lorcana, Dragon Ball Z Fusion World, Digimon, Star Wars Unlimited, and Flesh and Blood. Locked cases display PSA, BGS, SGC, and CGC graded slabs from low-end commons to grail-level vintage and modern, alongside autographed memorabilia, vintage comics, Funko Pops, and hobby supplies.
Doors open at 9:00 AM CDT and run through 3:00 PM CDT — six full hours of trading time. Admission is free for all ages, and there is no formal VIP early-entry, so the door open is the door open for everyone. Kids are warmly welcomed and dealers consistently hand out free packs and singles to engaged younger collectors. Hourly door-prize raffles run throughout the show with prizes donated by participating vendors. Table reservations are handled directly through the Mid-South Card Show Facebook page (@midsouthcardshow on Instagram).
The Venue at Bartlett Station is at 5868 Stage Road, Bartlett, TN 38134, just off Highway 70 and a short drive from I-40 and the Bill Morris Parkway. Climate-controlled, ADA-accessible, and laid out with very wide aisles. Free parking is plentiful in the on-site lot.
This show fits every collector type — first-timers, families, kids and parents, casual fans, modern flippers, breakers, prospect hunters, NFL and college football specialists, and vintage hunters. For the best experience, arrive right at 9:00 AM for first dibs on freshly-stocked dealer tables, bring cash plus Venmo, Zelle, and PayPal backups, and carry a sorted want list. Pack penny sleeves, top loaders, and a hard-sided slab case. Follow @midsouth_cardshow on Instagram for vendor previews and confirmed dates — the September Saturday cadence is sometimes adjusted around college football home-game weekends.