Cards at Night by LA Card Dude returns to the Torrance Civic Center on Friday, June 5, 2026 for a Friday-night edition of the South Bay's most popular after-dark card show series. The Civic Center transforms into a high-energy Friday-night vendor floor with hangout zones, music, food, and drinks — a markedly different feel than a daytime ballroom show, and the kind of room where deals happen as easily over a drink as they do over a vendor table. If you work full time and miss the weekday-daytime show circuit, the Friday-night format is built around your schedule.
On the floor, expect the LA Card Dude house mix. Sports tables cover MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, UFC, boxing, and soccer across vintage and modern, with rows of Topps Chrome, Bowman Chrome rookies and prospects, Panini Prizm, Donruss Optic, Select, Mosaic, and vintage Topps, Bowman, and Fleer. Trading card games run deep — Pokemon singles and sealed product across the Scarlet & Violet era, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Disney Lorcana, and Dragon Ball Z all get table space. Graded PSA, BGS, SGC, and CGC slabs fill locked cases at the high-end tables, alongside sealed wax, memorabilia, autographs, Funko Pops, comics, and supplies like sleeves, top loaders, and binders.
Show hours run 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM on Friday, June 5, an hour later than the mid-week Cards at Night editions and a full six-hour evening session. Admission is 100% free, parking at the Torrance Civic Center is also free, and kids are welcome with a parent or guardian. The Friday-night extension into late evening is the move if you want to settle in for a long, social card-show night without rushing.
The Torrance Civic Center sits at 3330 Civic Center Drive, an easy drive from the 405 and 110 freeways, pulling collectors from Torrance, Redondo Beach, Hermosa, Manhattan Beach, Gardena, San Pedro, Long Beach, and the rest of the South Bay. The complex is air-conditioned, has plenty of seating, and typically draws food trucks or on-site concessions for the evening crowd.
Who should attend? Friday-night Cards at Night is a strong fit for full-time-employed collectors who simply cannot get to weekday-daytime shows, social collectors who want a relaxed scene to flip and trade, families starting a Friday-night outing together, casual hobbyists curious to attend their first show in a low-pressure room, and serious diggers who like the longer evening window to talk vendors out of their best pieces. The free admission removes the only real friction.
To get the most out of the evening, arrive close to the 5:00 PM open for first crack at fresh inventory — the most-chased slabs and sealed product can move fast in the first 90 minutes. Bring cash for the quickest and friendliest transactions, with Venmo and Zelle as backups, and carry a sorted want list with target prices so you can move fast when a deal appears. Pack a slab case and extra top loaders for pickups, and bring a trade binder if you like to deal. For the latest table count, vendor list, and any week-of updates, follow LA Card Dude on Instagram (@lacarddude) and X (@LAcarddude), and check the Cards at Night listing on tcgshowsnearme.com.