The Philly Show returns to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks from Friday, September 25 through Sunday, September 27, 2026, and it remains the biggest sports card weekend in the region by a wide margin. One of only three editions per year — March, September, and December — the fall Philly Show packs more than 1,000 dealer tables into the Expo Center's halls, drawing collectors and dealers from the entire Northeast corridor and routinely landing among the largest recurring card shows in the country.
The floor covers everything the hobby produces. Vintage sports cards are a Philly Show specialty — prewar tobacco and caramel cards, 1950s and 1960s Topps and Bowman, and Hall of Fame rookies in every grade — alongside massive modern inventory: MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, UFC, boxing, and soccer rookies, autographs, and numbered parallels. Graded slabs from PSA, SGC, and CGC fill display cases by the hundreds, sealed wax spans decades, and the Pokémon and TCG footprint grows every edition, with Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, and Lorcana all represented. Add autograph guests signing throughout the weekend, on-site grading submissions, memorabilia, and game-used pieces, and there is no category of collecting the show misses. Corporate hobby names — grading companies, breakers, and manufacturers — typically exhibit as well.
Hours run Friday 1:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Saturday 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM with VIP entry at 9:00 AM, and Sunday 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM with VIP entry at 9:00 AM. Ticket options include single-day general admission, weekend passes, and VIP fast passes sold through phillyshow.com, with autograph tickets sold separately per guest. Kids 10 and under are admitted free with a paying adult, and active-duty military and veterans get half off admission with proof of service — check the website for current pricing and the full autograph guest lineup as the show approaches.
The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center sits at 100 Station Avenue in Oaks, just off Route 422 about 25 minutes northwest of Center City, with acres of free on-site parking and food vendors inside the halls. Hotels adjoin the Expo Center campus for collectors making a full weekend of it.
Everyone belongs at this show. First-timers get the most overwhelming — in the best way — introduction to the hobby available locally; families get a free-kids policy and endless affordable boxes; serious collectors and dealers get the deepest vintage and highest-end inventory assembled in Pennsylvania all year; and competitive TCG collectors get a growing gaming footprint worth the trip on its own.
Strategy matters at a show this size: buy a VIP or early pass if you are hunting anything scarce, because the best material moves Friday and early Saturday. Wear comfortable shoes, bring cash alongside cards and payment apps, carry a want list, and map the room in one fast lap before buying. If you are selling, the concentration of buying dealers here is unmatched regionally — get several offers before parting with anything significant.
Full details, tickets, autograph guest announcements, and dealer information are at phillyshow.com, with updates on the show's social channels throughout the run-up to the September weekend.