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Calling all collectors! Collect-A-Con is coming to the Charlotte Convention Center on August 9 and 10, 2025. This is America’s largest trading card, anime and pop culture convention.
Convention Hours
- Saturday, August 9 – 10 am to 6 pm
- Sunday, August 10 – 10 am to 5 pm
Special Guests
Fan favorite celebrities, artists, writers, creators and pop culture icons will be at Collect-A-Con. Special guests include
- Sean Schemmel: Dragon Ball Z, Monkie Kid, and Super Smash Bros
- Christopher Sabat: Dragon Ball, Yu Yu Hakusho, My Hero Academia, and One Piece
- Johnny Bosch: Power Rangers, Demon Slayer, One Piece Dragon Ball, and Sailor Moon
- Zach Aguilar: Demon Slayer, Seven Deadly Sins, and One Punch Man
- Christopher Judge: God of War, Black Panther, and Stargate
- Steve Blum: Naruto, Demon Slayer, Mortal Kombat, and Star Wars: Rebels
- Terri Hawkes: Sailor Moon and Puppycat
- Erica Schroeder: Pokemon, Sonic the Hedgehog, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and One Piece
- Stephanie Young: Full Metal Alchemist, My Hero Academia, and One Piece
- Charles Martinet: Voice of Mario, Luigi, Waluigi, and Wario
- Veronica Tayler: Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball Super
- Pokeetris: Influencer
- Godzilla: Collector
- Goat Breakers: Influencer
- Lord Rush: Content Creator
Panel Sessions
Panel Sessions will be held on Sunday.
- 12:30 PM: Pokémon Panel hosted by Goat Breakers with guest Veronica Taylor
- 1:00 PM: Demon Slayer Panel hosted by Goat Breakers with guest Zach Aguilar
- 1:30 PM: One Piece Panel hosted by Pokeetris with guests Christopher Sabat, Johnny Bosch, Erica Schroeder, and Stephanie Young
- 2:00 PM: Naruto Panel hosted by Pokeetris with guest Steve Blum
- 2:30 PM: Women of Anime Panel hosted by Pokeetris with Stephanie Young & Terri Hawkes
Vendors
There will be 900+ vendor tables. Vendors will be selling, trading and buying
- Funko POP!
- Anime Merchandise
- Comic Books
- Vintage Toys
- Pokemon
- Video Games
- Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Magic: The Gathering
- One Piece
- Lorcana
- Sports Cards
and so much more!
You can bring your collections. Submit your items for grading, authenticate your items, consign your items, authenticate your autographs, sell and trade with vendors.
There will be cosplay. Cosplay is not only welcomed, it is encouraged. You can find some great cosplay costumes here.
Woka Flocka Flame will be at the convention and will give a live performance. Jason Paige will also be performing.
Coupon
You can save the most money by purchasing a two day pass, rather than buying two single day tickets. I’ve seen the 2 Day Pass going for as much as $167 by online ticket brokers. Book your 2 Day Pass here and you can save $107 on each Pass.
If you can only attend one day, purchase your ticket here and you can save $87 on your Saturday Ticket and $48 on the Sunday Ticket.
