Hi everyone! I’ve been into collecting for some time now and would like to go to card shows to complete the last pieces of my graded sets. However, I’m struggling to find a centralized place that has them all listed. Where is the best place to find out about dates/location of card shows, or even better - Pokemon specific card shows if they exist?
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If you happened to live in Europe this thread should help: Pokemon events/shows calendar Europe
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I actually live in Canada, but thanks for this if I ever find myself in Europe!
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Your best bet is Facebook or Instagram. Most trade shows have a social media presence nowadays. Many big cities in North America have longstanding shows that used to be sports-heavy and now cater to Pokemon and TCGs.
If you don’t mind traveling across the border, you could visit U.S. Collect-a-Cons. Another option is Regionals for Pokemon competitive play.
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Thanks for the response, that’s actually very helpful! 100% expect to be going across the border to the USA for most of these conventions. Collect-a-con sounds like a good name to watch out for, I’ll look it up! Are there any other names of conventions that are worth looking up?
Collect-a-con is probably the largest one in terms of what you’re looking for. There really is not any other one that is as notable and specifically for non-sports.
There’s a lot of sports shows that have started doing more Pokemon stuff like this one https://sportcardexpotoronto.com
You could also see where PSA and CGC are going
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Follow “influencers” in IG, as they are featuring shows on weekly basis!
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Just incase you want to see uk ones then you can google uk card shows and there’s a website that shows all the shows across the year
I would just google “card shows near me” and see what pops up. Thats how I found out about some local shows. There are quite a few national ones that are US based. Not sure if they have anything in Canada, but they might 
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