Community Dog Walk & Vendor Marketplace

Pasadena Humane’s Wiggle Waggle Walk & Run lands at Brookside Park at the Rose Bowl on Sunday, April 19, with dogs, a training park and a vendor marketplace on the schedule. (pasadenahumane.org) The nonprofit says registration begins at 8 a.m., the Vendor Marketplace and Sit, Stay, & Play Training Park open at 9 a.m., and the walk and run begin at 10:10 a.m. at 360 N. Arroyo Blvd. in Pasadena. (pasadenahumane.org) Participants can choose a 5-kilometer route or a one-mile morning loop around the Rose Bowl, and the event listing says both dogs and children are welcome. Registration starts at $50 per person. (welikela.com) Pasadena Humane calls the walk one of its biggest annual fundraisers, with proceeds supporting foster care, a kitten nursery, an animal intensive care unit, wildlife care and other shelter programs. The organization says more than 11,000 animals come through its doors each year. (pasadenahumane.org 1) (pasadenahumane.org 2) This year’s event follows months of animal emergency work tied to the Eaton fire. Pasadena Humane said in January that evacuation orders began on January 7, 2025, and later reported taking in more than 1,000 animals during that response while reuniting nearly 500 pets at the shelter and 1,000 in the field. (pasadenahumane.org 1) (pasadenahumane.org 2) Pasadena Humane has also said the walk returned to Brookside Park in 2025 with a message of community resilience after the fire, and this year’s 2026 edition keeps the same dog-centered format with shopping, food trucks and a costume contest alongside the course. (pasadenahumane.org) (pasadenahumane.org) For anyone showing up with a leash and walking shoes, the day is set up as both a fundraiser and a neighborhood outing: check-in first, training park and vendors next, then the loop around the Rose Bowl. (pasadenahumane.org)