The Knoxville Sports Card Show is a new Knoxville hobby event from Upper Cumberland Cards, built for collectors who want a low-cost day of buying, selling, trading, and talking cards in person. With 100 tables planned, the show gives East Tennessee collectors a larger local floor to browse without turning the day into a major-ticket outing.
Hosted at Knoxville Christian School in west Knoxville, the event is positioned as a community-first show for both experienced dealers and collectors who are newer to setting up or shopping local card shows. The organizer's public posts emphasize fair pricing, friendly deal-making, and a show-floor experience where collectors can actually talk through cards, collections, and teams.
A Full Day of Cards & Collectibles
Collectors can expect a table-style show floor centered on sports cards, with the flyer calling out pro sports, college sports, Pokemon, and memorabilia. That mix should make the room useful for several kinds of hobby plans: digging through bargain boxes, comparing raw singles, checking display cases, looking for slabs, or finding items tied to favorite teams and players.
The 100-table setup is the biggest practical detail for planning your visit. More tables usually means more chances to compare prices, circle back after browsing, and find different collecting lanes in the same room. For Knoxville-area collectors, that can be especially useful if you are trying to look at condition in hand before buying or want to trade with people who understand the local market.
Because the event is being promoted to both established dealers and first-time vendors, the table mix may include shop-style setups, personal collection sell-offs, and collectors testing the dealer side of the hobby. That kind of room can be fun for patient browsing: bring a want list, know your budget, and leave yourself time to look through boxes instead of only scanning showcases.
More Than Just a Card Show
The flyer promotes multiple giveaways valued at more than $100, adding a little extra reason to stay engaged while you work the room. No autograph guest, grading company appearance, trade night, VIP tier, or food setup has been confirmed in the public details reviewed, so the main draw is the show floor itself.
Upper Cumberland Cards also appears to be leaning into the community side of the event. Their dealer callout says strong vendors are not just the people with the biggest inventory, but the ones who bring cards people want to see, price fairly, stay open to deals, and make the room enjoyable. That is useful context for attendees because it points to a show built around conversation and hobby relationships, not just quick transactions.
The venue is a school campus, and the event listing specifically references the Knoxville Christian School gymnasium as the host space. That should give the show a straightforward, local-event feel: tables, aisles, collectors moving case to case, and enough room to browse without the pressure of a convention-center production.
A Show for All Levels of Collectors
Beginners can use the Knoxville Sports Card Show as a low-pressure way to learn what different cards look like in person, ask questions, and compare values across multiple tables. A $1 admission price makes it easier to stop in, look around, and get a feel for the local hobby scene before making bigger purchases.
Casual collectors can hunt for favorite players, Tennessee-connected athletes, college cards, affordable singles, or Pokemon pickups. More serious collectors can bring trade bait, inspect condition under better lighting, compare copies before committing, and talk with dealers about what they are buying as well as selling.
Families may also find this approachable because the event is short, inexpensive, and centered on a school venue rather than a late-night or bar-style setting. As always, it is smart to bring cash, a card storage box or backpack, and any trades in sleeves or cases so deals are easier to make at the table.
Final Thoughts
The Knoxville Sports Card Show is shaping up to be a great day for collectors in Knoxville and the surrounding area. If you attend, let the organizer or other attendees know you found the show on Card Show Dex, and stay tuned for more upcoming events across Tennessee.
Keep an eye on the local Knoxville card show calendar for more upcoming dates.