The Schaumburg Card Show returns to the Hyatt Regency Schaumburg on Sunday, August 9, 2026 for the August edition of Chicagoland's flagship monthly Sunday card show. August's edition lands exactly one week after the National Sports Collectors Convention wraps in nearby Rosemont, which makes this one of the most product-rich and ripe-for-deals Chicagoland shows of the entire calendar year. Dealers consistently arrive with leftover National inventory at moved-to-clear pricing — the post-National Sunday at Schaumburg is one of the few Midwest shows where you can actually buy fresh National pickups one week after the National ends, and at meaningfully better pricing than you would have paid on the National floor.
The vendor floor is deep across both sports cards and TCG. Sports tables stock MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, UFC, boxing, and soccer across every era — vintage Topps, Bowman, Fleer, and pre-war inventory through 1980s and 1990s wax, and modern Panini Prizm, Donruss Optic, Select, Mosaic, Topps Chrome, and Bowman Chrome rookies and prospects. Early-August timing puts the show right at the front of NFL training camp and the launch window for the year's first major football product, so football wax and rookie speculation are at peak velocity. Chicago-team inventory — Cubs, White Sox, Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks, Sky, and Fire — moves heavily, along with Big Ten college football coverage. Trading card games are well represented — Pokemon singles and sealed product across the Scarlet & Violet era, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece TCG, Disney Lorcana, and Dragon Ball Z Fusion World all get table space. Graded PSA, BGS, SGC, and CGC slabs fill locked cases at the higher-end tables. Sealed wax, memorabilia, autographs, Funko Pops, comics, and supplies like sleeves, top loaders, and binders round out the room.
Show hours run 8:00 AM CDT to 2:00 PM CDT on Sunday, August 9 — the standard early-open Sunday-morning window. Admission is a modest door fee (recently in the $5 range) with kids 12 and under typically admitted free with a paying adult. Arriving at 8:00 AM sharp is strongly recommended for the August edition — dealers with National leftovers price aggressively in the first 90 minutes to clear inventory before the room thins out.
The Hyatt Regency Schaumburg sits at 1800 East Golf Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173, just off I-290 / IL-53 and a short drive from I-90, with on-site parking and a full hotel restaurant for an easy pre-show breakfast or post-show lunch. The hotel pulls collectors from Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, Palatine, Arlington Heights, Rolling Meadows, Streamwood, Bartlett, Elgin, Naperville, Aurora, and the broader Chicagoland market.
Who should attend? August's Schaumburg show is built for collectors who could not make the National, collectors who attended the National and want a second shot at the dealers and inventory that frustrated them on the convention floor, NFL-season football flippers warming up for the season, families with kids, set builders, vintage diggers, prospect chasers, and Pokemon and TCG fans. The post-National timing alone makes this the strongest Schaumburg edition of the year.
To get the most out of the day, arrive close to the 8:00 AM open for first crack at National-leftover inventory, walk the full room once before pulling the trigger on a big buy, and carry a sorted want list with target prices. Bring cash for the quickest transactions (Venmo and Zelle as backups), pack a slab case and a few extra top loaders for pickups, and bring a trade binder. Follow the operator on Facebook and Instagram and check tradinstuff.com for the latest schedule.