Mixed media artist Nathan Murrell of Nathan Murrell Studio rolls up part of the protective canopy over his booth during a break in the rain, as visitors browse his artwork at Jackalope Pasadena in Central Park on Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Photo by Mark Savage, Contributing Photographer)
Crowds peruse handmade items at a previous Jackalope Pasadena indie artisan fair. (Photo courtesy of Gil Riego Jr.)
A visitor uses a large plastic bag for cover while passing by Jackalope Pasadena at Central Park in Pasadena on Saturday, April 26, 2025, as rain falls over the indie artisan fair. (Photo by Mark Savage, Contributing Photographer)
A dog bundled in a raincoat walks with its owner past Jackalope Pasadena at Central Park in Pasadena on Saturday, April 26, 2025, as rain falls over the indie artisan fair. (Photo by Mark Savage, Contributing Photographer)
More than 200 artisans will offer their handmade wares for sale at Jackalope Pasadena, this weekend at Central Park in Pasadena. Jackalope Gives, the event’s new nonprofit, will support artists who lost their homes, businesses, studios and inventory in the Eaton and Palisades fires. (Courtesy, Gil Photography)
Musicians performing all-ages tunes will entertain attendees of this weekend’s Jackalope indie artisan fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27, at Central Park, 275 S. Raymond Ave., in Old Pasadena. (Courtesy Gil Photography)
Jackalope Pasadena indie fair will help Eaton and Palisades fire artisans who lost their homes and businesses in the wildfires. The handmade fest takes over Central Park in Old Pasadena this Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27. (Photo courtesy Jackalope Pasadena)
Younger Jackalope Pasadena attendees try hula hoops on for size at the indie artisan fair in 2024. The all-local, all-handmade celebration is set for this weekend at Central Park in Old Pasadena. (Courtesy Jackalope Pasadena)
A visitor carries a dog bundled in a raincoat while leaving Jackalope Pasadena at Central Park in Pasadena on Saturday, April 26, 2025, as rain falls over the indie artisan fair. (Photo by Mark Savage, Contributing Photographer)
Visitors shield themselves from the rain with umbrellas as they browse handmade goods at Jackalope Pasadena, an indie artisan fair held at Central Park in Pasadena on Saturday, April 26, 2025. This year’s event also supported six artists who lost their homes or businesses in the Eaton Fire, along with one artist affected by the Palisades Fire. (Photo by Mark Savage, Contributing Photographer)
A large dog rides in a stroller as its owner pulls it through Jackalope Pasadena at Central Park in Pasadena on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Rain fell throughout the morning but cleared by the afternoon at the indie artisan fair. (Photo by Mark Savage, Contributing Photographer)
Visitors browse booths at Jackalope Pasadena at Central Park in Pasadena on Saturday, April 26, 2025. After a rainy morning, the skies cleared by early afternoon, giving way to blue skies and scattered clouds over the indie artisan fair. (Photo by Mark Savage, Contributing Photographer)
René Amy of Altadena Maid, a purveyor of artisan-made wildflower seedbarks, speaks with a visitor at his booth during Jackalope Pasadena at Central Park in Pasadena on Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Photo by Mark Savage, Contributing Photographer)
With a little help from his dad, Lu, 4-year-old Nicholas Yin climbs down from a tree during Jackalope Pasadena at Central Park in Pasadena on Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Photo by Mark Savage, Contributing Photographer)
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Mixed media artist Nathan Murrell of Nathan Murrell Studio rolls up part of the protective canopy over his booth during a break in the rain, as visitors browse his artwork at Jackalope Pasadena in Central Park on Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Photo by Mark Savage, Contributing Photographer)
Jackalope Pasadena’s popular “community meets artisan” event, returned to the city this weekend, honoring Eaton Fire victims.
This year’s 10th celebration – Saturday and Sunday at Central Park, 275 S. Raymond Ave – of all things handmade is dedicated to five Altadena artists who lost their homes, and businesses in the Eaton Fire as well as one business from Pacific Palisades.
Shoppers on Saturday were finding trendsetting indie goods, from clothes to jewelry, paper goods, home and garden décor, housewares, art, photography, and food.
Among the more than 200 artisans in the fair are six businesses whose proprietors lost their homes, and in most cases, their studios and inventory in the wildfires. They include Altadena Maid, Srimoyee Handmade, Pottery Daily, Antenna Studio and Altadena Studio Company. Nikki Rifkin, co-owner of Heartprint Press, lost her home in the Palisades fire and said the future of her business is uncertain.
A GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $11,000. People can also donate to win three baskets of handmade items valued at more than $600. Artists will create pieces of art live onsite at the Downtown Burbank Arts Festival on May 31 and June 1. Proceeds will benefit Jackalope Gives, too.
The new nonprofit will help communities in every city that hosts a Jackalope fair.
The event also runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Admission is free. The outdoor fair is for all ages and is handicapped accessible. Leashed pets are welcome.
For more information: Jackalopeartfair.com or 323-989-2278.
