Holiday Nerd Market
To carefully curate markets that lift the small businesses and creators of the nerd and gaming communities — free to attendees AND to vendors.
What is the GAAM Holiday Nerd Market?
The GAAM Holiday Nerd Market is a crowdfunded holiday market event put together by the GAAM team, with a focus on nerdy small businesses. We plan on consistently curating 30+ local businesses with nerdy stuff to sell right before the holidays!
We’ve gone this route to create a dedicated, financially inclusive market, that is put together by the people, for the people, with free general attendance tickets, and the option for vendors to achieve full refunds (or donate their fees to fund good things like this, happening in the community).
How it started
Many of the supporters of GAAM, as well as members of the GAAM team, were small business owners, and pillars of the community. There was a substantial amount of passion and potential, but not many opportunities for them to highlight their skills and connect their dreams to a fiscal reality.
With the help of friends and volunteers, we created the first Holiday Nerd Market in 2018 to fill the void and help lift our people. Since then, we’ve continued to champion small businesses and nerdy culture, by consistently aligning good deeds with economic opportunities.
