The Oklahoma Card Show opens its 2027 season at the Oklahoma Expo Hall on the State Fairgrounds on Saturday, January 30, 2027. A late-January show occupies an interesting spot in the hobby calendar: the holiday rush is over, the Super Bowl is a week away, NBA All-Star voting is in full swing, and baseball collectors are starting to look ahead to spring training and the first Bowman releases. That mix tends to produce a floor where prices have settled down from December's gift-driven demand and where dealers are actively buying as well as selling, restocking after a heavy holiday season.
The floor covers the whole hobby. Sports dealers bring MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, UFC, boxing, MMA, soccer and golf across every era — pre-war tobacco and Goudey in the premium cases, vintage Topps, Bowman, Fleer and Donruss from the 1950s through the 1980s, deep 1990s junk-wax dollar boxes, and modern coverage across Panini Prizm, Donruss Optic, Select, Mosaic, Topps Chrome and Bowman Draft, with National Treasures, Flawless, Immaculate and Topps Dynasty locked away. With the Super Bowl imminent, football cases run hot: Kansas City Chiefs and Dallas Cowboys inventory moves fastest, along with Oklahoma Sooners and Oklahoma State alumni rookies. Oklahoma City Thunder basketball is mid-season and consistently the deepest local category, with Texas Rangers and Houston Astros baseball picking up as spring approaches. TCG vendors carry Pokémon singles and sealed from vintage Wizards of the Coast through modern Scarlet & Violet and Japanese exclusives, plus Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece Card Game, Disney Lorcana, Dragon Ball Z Fusion World and Star Wars Unlimited. Graded PSA, BGS, SGC and CGC slabs, autographed memorabilia, signed jerseys and balls, vintage comics, Funko Pops and hobby supplies fill the rest.
As a single-day show, hours run approximately 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM CST. Admission is typically around five dollars for adults with children twelve and under admitted free alongside a paying adult, collected at the door with no advance ticketing needed. Door prizes and pack giveaways are drawn through the day.
The Oklahoma Expo Hall sits on the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds at 3001 General Pershing Boulevard, roughly ten minutes west of downtown Oklahoma City with direct access from I-44, I-40 and the Lake Hefner Parkway. Fairgrounds parking is free and plentiful, the hall is single-level, ADA-accessible and heated, and load-in is straightforward — a real advantage for a January show when nobody wants to carry boxes across a cold parking lot.
This show works for vintage buyers, modern flippers, set builders, TCG players, families and first-timers alike. January is also one of the better months to sell into a show, since dealers are rebuilding inventory after December — if you have been thinking about moving part of a collection, bring it and get offers from multiple tables.
For the best experience, arrive at the 10:00 AM open for first pick, do one full lap before buying so you know what the floor holds and what the going rates are, and bring cash plus Venmo and Zelle backups. Carry a want list organized by sport, player and TCG title. Pack penny sleeves, top loaders and a hard-sided case for slabs, plus a rolling case if you plan to buy volume. Because it is a single-day show, make serious offers by early afternoon. Watch the fairgrounds calendar and the show's social pages for vendor previews and confirmed hours.