Crystal Card Show Pop Up, Waterford

What to Expect

Crystal Cards runs a trading card pop-up at St Patrick’s Gateway Centre on Saturday 3 October 2026. Doors open at 9.50am and the show runs from 10am to 4pm. Admission is free, though the organisers ask people to register a ticket in advance because floor space is limited.

The format is buying, selling and trading with vendors and other collectors across the day. The organisers deliberately keep the vendor count and the crowd modest so that there is time to actually talk to sellers rather than queue behind a scrum, which is the usual complaint about bigger card shows. It suits both established collectors working through want lists and people bringing in a box from the attic to find out what is in it. Children under 16 are welcome when accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, so it works as a Saturday morning outing for a family with someone in the house already deep in Pokemon or sports cards. The venue is a converted church dating from 1720, now run as a community and arts centre off Patrick Street, which gives the show a very different setting to a hotel function room.

Good to Know

• Date: Saturday 3 October 2026
• Times: doors 9.50am, show 10am to 4pm
• Venue: St Patrick’s Gateway Centre, Patrick Street, Waterford
• Price: free admission, but register a ticket in advance as places are limited
• Buy, sell and trade with vendors and collectors
• Under-16s welcome when accompanied by a parent or guardian
• Paid parking available nearby

Getting There

St Patrick’s Gateway Centre is on Patrick Street in the centre of Waterford, a couple of minutes’ walk from the Apple Market, Broad Street and City Square. Plunkett Station is roughly ten minutes on foot across Rice Bridge, and Bus Eireann and Local Link services stop on the Quay nearby, so the show is easy to reach from Tramore, Dungarvan, Kilkenny, New Ross and Wexford without a car. Drivers coming in on the N25 should follow city centre signs and use the City Square, Broad Street or Hanover Street car parks, all a short walk away. Street parking around Patrick Street is paid and tight on a Saturday.