The Fort Worth Card Show returns to the SpringHill Suites by Marriott Fort Worth Historic Stockyards on Sunday, September 27, 2026, and it has quietly become one of the most dependable stops on the Tarrant County hobby calendar. Staging a card show a few blocks from the Stockyards National Historic District gives the day a character no suburban ballroom can match, and the organizers lean into that: a compact, well-curated floor of roughly 50 vendor tables, a five-dollar ticket, and a room small enough that you can actually have a conversation with the people behind the cases.
The category mix is deliberately broad. Sports card dealers bring MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL singles and lots across every price tier — dime boxes and dollar bins for diggers, team lots and set-building commons in the middle, mid-grade vintage Topps, Bowman, Fleer, and Donruss for Hall of Fame chasers, and modern Panini Prizm, Donruss Optic, Select, Mosaic, Topps Chrome, and Bowman Chrome prospects up top. Graded PSA, SGC, BGS, and CGC slabs anchor the showcases. Late September in North Texas means Cowboys and TCU football material moves fastest, with Rangers, Mavericks, Stars, and Texas Tech inventory close behind. On the trading card game side, Pokemon leads — raw singles, binder pages, Japanese imports, and sealed booster boxes and elite trainer boxes — with Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Disney Lorcana, and Dragon Ball Z appearing across mixed tables. Beyond cards, the show advertises collectibles, vintage and streetwear clothing, and autographs, plus supply vendors carrying sleeves, top loaders, one-touch magnetics, semi-rigids, and storage boxes.
Hours are 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, one day only. Seven hours is enough to work the room twice without rushing, but the sharpest vintage and the underpriced raw material rarely survive the first ninety minutes.
Admission is five dollars per person and kids get in free, which makes this an easy family outing rather than a budget decision. There is no separate VIP tier or early-access window advertised, so everyone walks the same floor at the same time. Tickets are handled at the door; check fortworthcardshow.com before you drive in case advance sales are added.
The venue sits at 2315 N Main Street, Fort Worth, TX 76164, in the Stockyards corridor just north of downtown. Hotel parking is available on site, and the surrounding district has additional paid lots that fill up on weekends when the Stockyards has its own programming. Give yourself an extra ten minutes. The upside is obvious: when you are done, Billy Bob's, the Stockyards Hotel, and a dense cluster of barbecue and Tex-Mex are a short walk away.
This show suits families, first-timers, casual collectors filling player and team runs, and serious buyers who prefer a focused room over a 500-table convention hall. Dealers here tend to be locals who will explain why two seemingly identical cards carry very different prices.
Practical advice: arrive near 10:00 AM, bring cash in mixed denominations, and carry a written want list with maximum prices attached. Pack top loaders and a slab sleeve for anything you buy. Do one complete lap before your first significant purchase, and ask dealers what they did not put out — the best vintage is often in a binder behind the table.
Visit fortworthcardshow.com for vendor table info, future dates, and any schedule updates.