The West Van Card Show brings its Lynnwood stop to the Lynnwood Event Center on Saturday, August 29, 2026, closing out the summer with one of the north Puget Sound's steadier recurring shows. West Van runs a small circuit of Washington dates — Lynnwood and Bellingham among them — and the Lynnwood editions have become a fixture for Snohomish County collectors who want a quality afternoon show without driving into Seattle or across to the Eastside.
The Lynnwood Event Center ballroom format keeps things focused. Rather than an overwhelming hall, you get a well-organized room where you can cover the whole floor in a lap and still have hours left to dig. Sports card dealers bring MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, UFC, boxing, and soccer inventory spanning the full timeline: vintage Topps, Bowman, Fleer, and Donruss from the 1950s through the 1980s, plentiful and inexpensive junk-wax-era product, and current-season Panini Prizm, Select, Donruss Optic, Topps Chrome, Bowman, and Bowman Draft. A late-August date means football product is front and center as the NFL season approaches, and Seattle Seahawks inventory typically moves fast. Mariners, Kraken, Sounders, Storm, Washington Huskies, and Everett AquaSox material also runs deep given the location.
Trading card game vendors cover Pokémon singles and sealed from Wizards of the Coast vintage through current Scarlet and Violet sets and Japanese imports, plus Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Disney Lorcana, Dragon Ball Z Fusion World, Digimon, and Star Wars Unlimited. Graded slabs from PSA, BGS, SGC, and CGC appear in locked cases, and additional tables carry autographed memorabilia, comics, Funko Pops, and hobby supplies including sleeves, top loaders, one-touch magnetics, and binders.
Hours run 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM Pacific Time — an afternoon-only, five-hour show, which is worth noting because it does not follow the usual 10:00 AM pattern. Do not show up at ten. Admission is a modest door charge with children typically free or reduced alongside a paying adult; confirm current pricing before you go, as this show does not always publish a ticket page in advance.
The Lynnwood Event Center is at 3711 196th Street SW, Lynnwood, WA 98036, directly off I-5 at Exit 181 and a short walk from the Lynnwood City Center Link light rail station — one of the few Puget Sound card show venues genuinely reachable by transit from Seattle. Parking on site is free, the space is indoors, climate-controlled, level, and ADA-accessible, and Alderwood Mall plus downtown Lynnwood dining sit minutes away.
Who should attend: north-end collectors who want a local option, football collectors timing the season, families taking advantage of the afternoon start, and anyone who prefers a manageable room to a sprawling convention. Transit riders should especially note the light rail access.
To get the best out of it, arrive right at noon — a five-hour afternoon show compresses opportunity, and the first hour is when the sharpest raw material is still on tables. Bring cash plus Venmo and Zelle, a want list organized by sport and set, penny sleeves and top loaders, and a small carrying box. Walk the full room before committing, and revisit anything you hesitated on around 4:00 PM. Check the Explore Lynnwood events calendar and the show's social pages for vendor lists and the fall Lynnwood dates.