The CVC Show — Central Valley Cards & Collectibles — returns to Merced on Saturday, September 12, 2026, bringing its traveling 200-plus-table card show to the Hilton Garden Inn at 1001 South Coffee Street. CVC has grown into one of the Central Valley's largest card show operations, with regular stops in Fresno, Clovis, Lemoore, Modesto, Turlock and Merced, and the September Merced date is the first of two visits to the city this fall. For San Joaquin Valley collectors it is a well-run, predictable show with a loyal vendor base.
The floor is a full buy-sell-trade marketplace. Sports card dealers bring singles, graded slabs from PSA, BGS, SGC and CGC, sealed product, vintage cardboard and current-year releases across MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL. Trading card game tables are equally deep, with Pokemon and One Piece leading the way alongside Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Lorcana and Dragon Ball, and the crowd skews heavily toward TCG trading, so bring a binder. Beyond the cards you will find anime collectibles, memorabilia, comics, Funko Pops and toys. CVC shows are known for free raffle giveaways during the day, guest signers at select dates and the promoter's mystery slab packs.
Hours are 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Tickets are sold online through tickets.cvcshow.com, and children age 10 and under are admitted free at every CVC event. CVC's standard pricing is 10 dollars presale with a Fast Pass option that allows early entry before general admission; the exact price for this date is posted on the ticket site. Buying in advance is recommended because the Fast Pass line moves first and the sharpest deals happen in the first hour.
The Hilton Garden Inn Merced is located at 1001 South Coffee Street, Merced, CA 95341, right off Highway 99 at the Childs Avenue exit, with free on-site parking and a fully air-conditioned ballroom. There are chain restaurants and coffee within a few minutes' drive, and the hotel itself has a restaurant for a quick lunch. From Bakersfield the drive north on Highway 99 is about two and a half hours, so this is a regional trip best paired with a stop in Fresno or Madera.
Who should attend? Families will appreciate free entry for young kids and the raffles. TCG players and Pokemon collectors will find one of the strongest trading rooms in the Valley. Sports card collectors get a broad vendor mix with enough graded and vintage inventory to justify the miles, and dealers who want to reach a growing Merced market can register for a table through the CVC vendor page.
To make the most of the day, buy the Fast Pass and be in line before 10:00 AM, carry cash in mixed bills, and organize your trade binder by set and value so vendors can evaluate it quickly. Stay for the raffle drawings, and do a final lap around 3:30 PM when traveling dealers are more willing to discount rather than pack inventory back into the van.
Full details, tickets and vendor registration are at cvcshow.com and tickets.cvcshow.com. Follow CVC on Instagram at @cvc_show or email [email protected] with questions.