Madison Card Show @ Alliant Energy Center Sports Card Show — Nov 28, 2026

The Madison Card Show at the Alliant Energy Center is a monthly sports card and Pokémon show held in the Exhibition Hall in Madison, Wisconsin. It is one of the larger events on the Madison Card Show calendar, built for collectors who want a big floor with hundreds of dealer tables, and for vendors who want a crowd drawn from across the Midwest. The next date is Saturday, November 28, 2026.

What you'll find on the floor

The July 2026 edition ran 275 dealer tables, every one of them reserved, and dealers came from Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana and Minnesota. Sports cards and Pokémon share the room, and the inventory covers a wide span:

• Vintage baseball, football, basketball and hockey cards
• Modern rookie and prospect cards
• Pokémon cards and other trading card games
• Graded cards from PSA, BGS, SGC and CGC
• Sealed hobby boxes and wax packs
• Sports memorabilia and autographs
• Bargain boxes alongside high-end cards
• Hobby supplies and storage products

Concessions are available inside the Alliant Energy Center through the day, which makes a long browse easier.

Dates and format

The Alliant Energy Center hosts the larger shows on the Madison Card Show calendar. The smaller community-style shows, including the separate Pokémon events, are held at the Madison Marriott South. The Alliant dates are the full-scale ones.

The hours shown are those of the July 2026 show at this venue, and the Alliant Energy Center shows have run on that same Saturday schedule.

Admission at the Alliant Energy Center is $5 for adults, and kids 12 and under get in free. Buying admission in advance online saves about 50 cents in fees and shortens the line at the door. Parking has run $8 to $10 depending on the month, and it was free for the July 2026 show, so it is worth confirming before a given date.

Vendor tables

Tables for the Alliant Energy Center shows are booked online ahead of time, and the larger dates have sold out. The July show filled all 275 tables, and earlier shows in the series ran 250 tables. Vendors who want a spot at a bigger date should book early.

History

The Madison Card Show has run monthly for years, with its own schedule announcements going back to 2021. The series settled into a two-venue pattern: the Exhibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center for the large shows, and a hotel venue for smaller ones, which has included the Sheraton Hotel on John Nolen Drive and, in 2026, the Madison Marriott South. Table counts at the Alliant Energy Center have grown from about 250 at the winter shows to 275 in July 2026, the largest the show has been.

Getting there

The Alliant Energy Center is in Madison, and the show uses its Exhibition Hall. Parking is on site, with the fee varying by month.

Who it suits

This show fits collectors who want a wide floor to work through in one Saturday, from vintage cardboard to current rookies to graded slabs, and families, since kids 12 and under are admitted free. It also suits vendors who want a reliably full room: the larger Alliant Energy Center dates draw dealers and buyers from several states.