The Project TCG Card Show opens its fall season at the Queens College Dining Hall on Saturday, September 26, 2026, bringing more than 200 vendors back to Flushing for New York City's biggest regular Pokemon and One Piece event. The September edition lands at a great moment in the TCG calendar — fall set releases are hitting shelves, league play is ramping back up, and collectors are returning from summer breaks ready to trade — which historically makes this one of the liveliest floors of the year.
Pokemon dominates the room: vintage WOTC holos and first editions, modern special illustration rares, alt arts, and gold cards, Japanese exclusives and promos, graded slabs across every major grading company, sealed booster boxes and elite trainer boxes at competitive prices, and bulk bins where set builders can grind out completions cheaply. One Piece dealers bring leaders, secret rares, manga rares, and sealed product from the newest waves, and the supporting cast covers Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Lorcana, and Dragon Ball, plus supplies, plush, anime collectibles, and a handful of sports card tables carrying MLB, NBA, and NFL inventory for crossover collectors.
Entry follows the show's usual two-tier format: early bird ticket holders enter at 10:00 AM, general admission opens at 11:00 AM, and the floor runs into the late afternoon. Tickets are sold in advance at projecttcg.com, with general admission typically in the five-to-ten-dollar range and early bird modestly higher. Kids are welcome and the atmosphere is family-friendly — this show is where a lot of NYC kids attend their first card event. Buy ahead online; fall editions draw lines before open.
The venue is the same collector-favorite setup: Queens College at 65-30 Kissena Boulevard in Flushing, with free parking in campus Lot 5 and street-side parking around the perimeter — the best parking situation of any New York City show. The Q25, Q34, and Q64 buses connect from the 7 train at Flushing-Main Street for transit riders, and downtown Flushing's food scene makes an ideal post-show stop.
This edition suits Pokemon collectors and One Piece players first, but the audience is broad: parents and kids on an affordable weekend outing, competitive players stocking up ahead of fall tournaments, trade-binder regulars who treat the show as the city's best organized trading floor, and sellers who can shop a collection to multiple buying vendors in one afternoon.
Tips for the best day: take the early bird ticket if you have specific targets, because graded chase cards and underpriced sealed move in the first hour. Bring cash — it remains the strongest negotiating tool on any floor — plus a want list with target prices, and walk all 200-plus tables once before spending big, since the same card often sits at three different prices in the same room. Keep your trade binder sleeved and organized. For tickets, vendor lists, and the rest of the fall schedule, check projecttcg.com or follow Project TCG on Instagram for maps, vendor spotlights, and giveaway announcements before the show.