Wax and Draft — Sports, TCG & More returns to Infusion Brewing Company on Sunday, August 30, 2026, closing out the summer with one of Omaha's most relaxed and reliably fun card shows. The concept is exactly what the name promises: quality trading cards spread across dealer tables inside one of the city's favorite craft breweries, so you can hunt cardboard with a fresh draft in hand while the rest of the taproom hums around you.
The dealer mix covers both major wings of the hobby. Sports card tables feature baseball, football, and basketball singles from vintage through the newest releases, with graded slabs, rookie cards, parallels, and wax boxes all in circulation. College football season kicks off this very weekend, so expect Husker cards and Big Ten alumni to be moving fast. On the TCG side, dealers bring Pokemon singles and sealed product, Magic: The Gathering staples, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and increasingly One Piece and Lorcana as those games keep growing across the Midwest. Supplies, memorabilia, and oddball collectibles fill out the room.
The show runs from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM and entry is free, which makes this an easy, zero-commitment stop even if you only have an hour. The five-hour window rewards early arrivals — the first hour sees the best selection, while the final hour is when dealers loosen up on prices rather than box everything back up.
Infusion Brewing Company is a comfortable host venue with plenty of seating, food options, and a full lineup of house-brewed beers, plus non-alcoholic choices for younger attendees and designated drivers. Parking is free and easy to find nearby. Because the show shares space with a working taproom, the atmosphere is more social than a typical hotel-ballroom show; plenty of trades start as conversations between strangers at neighboring tables.
Who should come? Casual collectors and families will find the freewheeling brewery setting welcoming, TCG players can dig for singles between rounds of whatever they are playing that weekend, and serious sports card investors regularly pull graded and vintage inventory out of this series at fair prices. It is also one of the best shows in town for anyone new to the hobby who wants to browse without pressure.
A few tips from regulars: bring cash, since many dealers here prefer it over card readers, and bring a want list to keep yourself focused once the room fills up. If you have cards to trade, carry them in a binder or top loaders — the casual setting makes this one of the easiest shows in Omaha to strike up a trade. Arrive at 11:00 AM sharp if you are chasing anything specific, and stick around for the last hour if you are bargain hunting. The Wax and Draft series runs roughly monthly at Infusion Brewing, with fall dates already scheduled, so check the show listing on cardshows.io for the latest schedule and follow the brewery's event page for table lineups before show day.
