The Pewaukee Card Show returns to Pewaukee High School on Saturday, November 14, 2026, and once again it shares a morning with the Waukesha Card Show ten minutes down the road — a scheduling quirk that Waukesha County collectors have long since turned into a feature. Two shows, more than three hundred and twenty-five tables combined, one Saturday. Organized by Lake Country Cards of Oconomowoc, the Pewaukee half offers a hundred and twenty-five-plus tables in a high school field house, and the community-fair atmosphere is a real part of the appeal.
November gives this show a distinctly seasonal character. Holiday shopping has begun in earnest, and dealers respond by putting out more affordable, giftable inventory — sealed packs and boxes, starter lots, inexpensive graded slabs and player lots that make good presents. That does not thin out the serious material. Baseball tables carry vintage Topps and Bowman from the 1950s onward, 1970s and 1980s complete sets, deep commons boxes and modern Prizm, Optic, Select, Mosaic and Topps Chrome. Football is at its seasonal high — Green Bay Packers material across every era, from Lombardi-era vintage through Favre, Rodgers, Love and this year's rookies, plus league-wide NFL inventory. Basketball dealers carry Bucks and modern league product, hockey is mid-season, and UFC, boxing, soccer and racing specialists are present. Wisconsin Badgers and Marquette collectors find dedicated tables. Trading card game vendors stock Pokemon singles and sealed from WOTC-era through current Scarlet and Violet, plus Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Disney Lorcana and Dragon Ball. Locked cases carry PSA, BGS, SGC and CGC slabs, and the perimeter mixes in autographed memorabilia, game-used pieces, vintage programs, comics, Funko Pops and supplies.
Hours are 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Central, a six-hour Saturday block that starts an hour before Waukesha opens — which is exactly why the two-show circuit works. Admission is one dollar at the door and children are free with an adult. There is no VIP tier, no advance ticketing and no early entry. Lake Country Cards typically brings its grading submission service on site, so raw cards you want sent to PSA or SGC can often be handed over at the show rather than shipped yourself, which is a meaningful convenience heading into the winter submission crunch.
Pewaukee High School is at 510 Lake Street in Pewaukee, roughly twenty-five minutes west of downtown Milwaukee and just north of Interstate 94. School lot parking is free and generous, the building is level, heated and ADA-accessible, and a concession stand usually runs for coffee, snacks and lunch — welcome in November.
This remains the best family show in the metro. A dollar at the door, a school setting, and a wall of dollar boxes make it easy to hand a kid ten dollars and let them hunt for an hour. It rewards serious collectors too: a hundred and twenty-five tables is real depth, and the dealer base pulls from across the region. Tips: start here at 9:00 AM, work fast through your priority tables, then head to Waukesha for the second half of the morning. Bring cash, carry a want list by sport, player and set, and pack sleeves, top loaders and a hard case. Details post at lakecountrycards.com.
