HTX Card Show opens its 2027 season at Lake Conroe on January 9 and 10, bringing the series back to the north side of the Houston metro for the first weekend of serious collecting in the new year. The Lake Conroe stop has become a fixture on the HTX rotation, and a January date carries a particular kind of energy — collectors arrive with holiday money still in their pockets, new-year collecting goals freshly set, and a backlog of cards received as gifts that they want to compare against what dealers are actually asking.
The HTX series is built around large vendor counts and a broad category mix. Recent editions have run several hundred tables covering sports cards across MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, boxing, and UFC — vintage graded slabs, modern rookies and parallels, sealed wax, memorabilia, and deep value boxes — alongside heavy trading card game representation in Pokemon, One Piece, Dragon Ball, and other titles. Comics, collectibles, and vintage material fill out the remainder of the floor. Expect the January edition to follow that pattern.
Ticketing for HTX shows typically runs two tiers. General admission covers the public hours on both days, while VIP adds early entry ahead of general admission on Saturday and Sunday plus double raffle entries. Kids five and under have been admitted free at recent shows in the series. Tickets are sold through tickets.txcardshows.com. As of this listing the January ticket page had not gone live, so exact hours, admission pricing, and the confirmed venue address should be verified directly with the organizer before you travel.
The Lake Conroe area sits about an hour north of downtown Houston off I-45, near Montgomery and Willis and a short drive from Conroe and The Woodlands. It is an easy trip for collectors across Montgomery County and north Harris County, and the lake itself gives out-of-town attendees a reason to make a weekend of it — waterfront dining, marinas, and resort lodging are all in the immediate area.
A January show is genuinely useful for planning the collecting year. It is a good moment to unload material you no longer want while dealers are restocking after the holidays, to set a realistic budget before the spring release calendar gets expensive, and to see in person what the market actually looks like after the December run. For newer collectors, the first show of the year is a low-stakes place to start learning the room.
Come with cash, a written want list organized by sport, set, or character, and top loaders or a case for purchases. At a show with several hundred tables, walk the entire floor before committing to a significant buy — the same card frequently appears at multiple vendors with meaningful price spread. For graded material, confirm the grading company, the label details, and the certification number in hand.
Watch txcardshows.com for the ticket link and venue confirmation, which the promoter typically posts several weeks ahead of the show date.