[ CARDCORE ] SLEEPOVER | Melbourne Trading Card & Collectables Event
[ CARDCORE ] SLEEPOVER
One of Melbourne's biggest trading card and collectibles show
Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 September 2026 — Seaworks, Williamstown
Melbourne, are you ready for the ultimate collector sleepover?
[ CARDCORE ] is taking over Seaworks Williamstown for two days of trading
cards, collectibles, cosplay, community and pure nostalgia. 170+ vendor
tables. Over $5,000 in major prizes and giveaways. Pokémon, One Piece,
Dragon Ball, sports cards and more, from open to close.
This is our biggest event yet.
Because the hobby never sleeps.
SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER
VIP entry from 1PM
General admission 2PM to 9PM
Kids 12 and under free
SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER — COMMUNITY DAY
10AM to 4PM
Free entry for everyone
WHAT'S ON
170+ vendor tables — Pokémon, One Piece, Dragon Ball, sports cards and
more. Slabs, sealed, singles, vintage.
Buy, sell, trade and hunt all weekend
Over $5,000 in major prizes and giveaways
Claw machines with tiered prizes
Retro game zone
Live tattoo artists
Food trucks all weekend
[ CARDCORE ] merch, available at the event only
Mini games, activations and creators across both days
TICKETS
GEN POP — $20. Covers Saturday and Sunday.
[ CARDCORE ] VIP — $35. Covers Saturday and Sunday.
VIP gets you through the doors at 1PM, a full hour before general
admission, a premium show bag, and entry into the $5,000 door prize draws.
VIP is capped at 500 tickets. When they're gone, they're gone — we won't
be releasing more.
Saturday entry is $25 at the door. Book online and you save $5 and walk
straight past the queue.
SUNDAY IS FOR EVERYONE
Sunday is our community day. Your weekend pass covers it, and if you don't
have a ticket you can still come — scan in at the door, free.
Bring the kids. Bring someone who's never been to a card show. Saturday is
the big one. Sunday is where everyone's welcome, whatever your circumstances.
GETTING THERE
Seaworks, 82 Nelson Place, Williamstown VIC 3016.
Free parking on Ann Street, paid parking on Nelson Place.
Trains run from Southern Cross and Flinders Street to Williamstown station
roughly every 20 minutes. Ferries run from Southbank.
GOOD TO KNOW
One ticket covers both days — come Saturday night, come back Sunday morning.
Kids 12 and under enter free on Saturday.
Bring cash. Deals move faster.
Come as you are, or come in costume.
[ CARDCORE ] SLEEPOVER. Seaworks Williamstown. September 12 and 13.
How cardcore are you?