Collector's Vault runs its Night Market at 1100 EventZ in Schaumburg on Saturday, September 19, 2026 from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM, and the evening slot is the entire hook. Nearly every card show in the Chicago suburbs opens at 8 or 9 in the morning and is torn down by mid-afternoon. The Night Market flips that: you can work a Saturday morning, take the kids to a soccer game, and still walk into a full trading card floor at two in the afternoon with six hours ahead of you.
Admission is free. There is no ticket, no VIP tier, no early-entry window — you walk in. That makes the Night Market an easy yes for anyone on the fence, and it changes the feel of the room, because the crowd includes plenty of people who came to look rather than to spend. Vendors price accordingly.
The floor is trading card game first. Pokemon is the anchor category, with singles, graded slabs, sealed booster boxes, elite trainer boxes and Japanese product all in play. Beyond Pokemon, expect One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic: The Gathering, Lorcana and Dragon Ball dealers, plus a general collectibles contingent. That Dragon Ball presence is worth noting — it is a category many Chicago-area shows skip entirely. If you are chasing modern Pokemon chase cards, sealed vintage-era product, or building out a One Piece or Lorcana collection, this is one of the better-targeted rooms in the metro.
1100 EventZ is a dedicated event space in Schaumburg with its own parking, which spares you the hotel-garage problem. Schaumburg sits at the crossroads of I-90 and Route 53, so the venue is reachable in well under an hour from most of the northwest suburbs, and roughly forty minutes from the city outside rush hour. Confirm the exact suite entrance on arrival — event spaces of this type often share a building with other tenants.
Who this show is for: TCG players and collectors above all. If your collection is Pokemon, One Piece, Magic or Lorcana, the Night Market is aimed squarely at you. Families with younger collectors do well because entry is free and the evening timing does not eat the whole day. Sports-card-only collectors should treat this as a secondary stop — sports is not the focus here, and the sports tables that do show up are a minority of the floor.
Strategy for an evening show is different from a morning show. Arriving right at 2:00 PM gets you first look at everything, but the room genuinely fills later, and the last ninety minutes are when vendors start dealing rather than packing. If you have a big-ticket target, scout it early and circle back. Bring cash and a payment app — most Collector's Vault vendors take Venmo, Zelle or cards, but cash still closes deals fastest.
Bring sleeves and top loaders, a want list with set names and card numbers, and a hard case if you plan to buy slabs. Follow Collector's Vault on Instagram for the vendor lineup and any last-minute changes before you drive out.