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Vendor says new holiday market at Pasadena Convention Center is harming established show

5809888 · September 2, 2025
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Summary

The organizer of the Bay Area Nutcracker Market told council the convention center permitted a second, similarly named holiday market that is confusing vendors and customers and causing financial hardship for her business.

Jornea West, the coordinator and promoter of the Bay Area Nutcracker Market at the Pasadena Convention Center for the past 10 years, told the City Council during public comment that a newly permitted market with a near-identical name is causing "extreme confusion" among her vendors and shoppers.

West said some vendors registered for the new show thinking it was her established event…

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