I got to attend the Barrio Fiesta today! I wish I could've made it to Saturday's festivities, but…read moretoday was nice too. The performance line up included a contestant on the Voice, Koumba Diallo. Unfortunately, I couldn't stay to watch. There were some really cool vendors selling hilarious Pinoy merchandise. The puns had my brother and I laughing so hard. I got caught up looking at the jewelry vendors and bought myself a phone charm. I passed by a neat candle vendor who was selling interesting scents like Sampaguita, Calamansi, and Lychee. Aside from shopping, my brother and I found entertainment in the bounce houses, obstacle courses, and human hamster ball. There were also food trucks/stands. I saw some stands selling boba, halo halo, and of course some filipino food. I noticed some taco trucks too. The lines were quite long for the food, so I didn't get to try anything today. I wish there was more shade because it was hot today. Lots of people planned better than I did and brought umbrellas or tents. I'll be more prepared next year.

Carshow event is engineered to help friends of the event win!…read more A completely modified rhd civic lost the event to a Toyota corolla

Day 1 Friday, May 6th it rained hard and constant, but for the few hundred folks here, the rain…read moredidn't stop the awesome funk of musician extrodinair Brian Culberson ! Day 2 Saturday, May 7th is a dry evening of smooth and cool jazz. Thank you CSUB for another outstanding weekend of outstanding Jazz!

This was a very good event. The vendors had a great variety of beers to drink and they were well…read morespread out. The lines were not too long at any vendor. Everyone was very friendly and the food and water for sale were very reasonably priced for a closed-in event (water was only $1 per 16 oz bottle). Free parking too! They could improve the event by providing some live music and adding more places to sit.

Lightning in a Bottle is like a 4 Michelin Star restaurant…read more It's probably on par with French Laundry and Alinea if they had a baby, but the restaurant only served House and Bass music, which we know the latter is an acquired taste (for me at least). I think the most important part of my year, is arguing about the Lake water. I tend to make sure it's brought up around the dinner table during Thanksgiving and Christmas, if I feel like we aren't debating the lake Buena Vista water quality enough, the lake water is always top of mind in my house hence why I married an ecologist. Also, I really enjoy totems. So much so, I've made an LED Parasol totem that gives off random light commands since I never took the time to learn how to truly code while working in Trad. Fi. All in, I rate Lightning in a Bottle 13/5. Lucky 13 for the amount of times me and my friends had to troubleshoot my RV or Trailer rental, and that has allowed me to successfully escape the dust and eventually drive home on the 5 (what up Moo Moos on the road, respect). My favorite stage remains Woogie, that's why I named my dog(s) Woo and Gie, with their powers combined they arf arf arf into the night as one dog, in unison like the biggest baddest dog named Al Capone. Last, it's imperative that we all spend ample time in a Porto by the end of the trip, for it was Seneca that said setting aside a few days to wear rough clothing, eat meager food, and ask oneself: "Is this the condition that I feared?"

Probably the absolute best music festival I've ever attended! Lots of fun stages and mini mobile…read moreDJs which were all playing excellent music. The crowd was chill and welcoming. Not like other music festivals where people are over the top and on their phones the whole time. I made so many friends and will definitely be returning next year! However, they need to do something about the holes in the ground. I tripped a few times and saw a girl break her ankle. Also the camping situation can be a little rough so prepare for that!

This was the 2nd Annual Tamale Fest and I was excited to check it out. When you enter at the gate…read morethey give you some tickets for your free tamales. When you go to get your tamales, you're given 4 1/4 pieces, so basically you're given 1 free tamale, but 4 different flavors. This event is brand new to Bakersfield and I do anticipate it to grow in the future. It wasn't a bad event at all, there were at least 10-15 vendors/trucks out there selling crafts or food. Music was provided by a live band and there was a little bit of stage entertainment. You're able to bring your own folding chairs from what I was able to see and there's lots of room for growth. One thing I'm hoping to see in the next years as this event grows is more restaurants showing off their tamales. Maybe even a tamale throw down. I only saw 2-3 different trucks, which I think is okay since it was their 2nd event. When we went there was supposed to be some kind of tamale eating contest, but I think something happened in the process. Hopefully we can check out that contest next year and see who can put it down. ;-)

This little big town of Tehachapi really gives it all when they gave an event. In this case the…read moreApple Festival! I like these festivals. This one was surprisingly large. The usual crafts and service were offered. I perused the flannel shirt sellers, some leather crafters and jewelry. What I like most though is the food vendors. Having had my fill of funnel cakes and Apple skivers in the past I gravitated towards the real food. There were tacos, spiral sliced potatos on a stick and local tri tip sandwiches. The potato line was long, really long so I passed it up. The taco/taquito line was long and after waiting in line over ten minutes I bailed due to no food coming out. The tri tip sandwiches place sounded excellent ( truly a carnivore) so we waited in that line for 20 to 25 minutes only to find out they were out of bread....omg. Well we did get a tray of just tri tip with a couple extra pieces. Surprisingly or not surprisingly not much Apple products. We got a piece of pie of course. They also had a nice kids section with face painting and various things.

It wasn't really a festival more like a street fair they had very little Apple focusesread more

Had the pleasure to attend the party of the year right here in Bakersfield at the Kern County…read moreMuseum. This event helps raise money for kids in need. They had Bakersfield vendors serving food, drinks, and fun to our community. They had several stages of music. I would recommend coming to this event every year.

This is a fun place to be, first time coming for their 30th anniversary and I think we shall be…read moreback next year. I will definitely buy the tickets sooner so I can get a better discount instead of waiting till the week off.

Such a beautiful place! The food smells amazing, and the coffee is good! Highly recommend.read more

Another great time at the Kern River Rockin Blues Festival. So much great music and camaraderie…read moreamongst the crowd. This is such a fun small festival held at Camp Frandy in Kernville. The weather was beautiful this year. The campground is scenic right on the river. If you get too warm or dusty you can just take a little trek and put your feet in the water. It's so relaxing and refreshing surrounded by trees. You can rent a camp space for the festival for those so inclined. There are several motels and many Air B&B's in the area as well if you want to make a vacation of it. Thanks to Tito's vodka for becoming a sponsor we now have many new artists coming in who are not local. There are food & retail vendors. It's casual and you can bring in food & drink. I highly recommend this local festival for a great weekend of good music & great people.

Although it's cute, it's horrid. It was packed and the people that work there are so rude. It was…read morevery unorganized. They literally ran out of pumpkins. It said "$5 admission includes a small pumpkin" when you walk in. My kids walked out crying because they did not get a pumpkin at the supposed "pumpkin patch".

Don't waste your money! Not worth it. It's a waste of money. Not much to do except the haunted…read morehouse. The corn maze is literally a 2min walk. The carnival attractions suck but worst of all THEY RUN OUT OF PUMPKINS! We were left with no pumpkins which is the whole reason to go to a pumpkin patch would never go again!

This is becoming a tradition to experience CALM during the holidays. The kids love it and we must…read moretake the train ride too. They have a variety of food vendors and yes get your hot chocolate with yummy marshmallows.

Me and the my wife came to the Holiday lights at C.A.L.M. It was a Thursday evening, not packed at…read moreall. Tickets were 16.00 no discount. We rode the train, treated ourselves to some churros, and hot cocoa. They had wonderful Christmas music, meeting with Santa, Christmas trees for sale, and other goodies. If you're from Bakersfield this place is a must for the Christmas season.

This was the 4th annual Bakersfield Wing Festival and our first time going. The event was worth it,…read morethe downside is the long lines, but they have plenty of wing stands, so choose your line wisely. This year there was approximately 15-16 wing vendors and I didn't get to try them all, but of all the wing vendors my favorite was Bucky's. Bucky's chicken wing was crunchy, moist, and had good flavor. They had their levels of heat in "Mild-Smooth Smiling", "Medium-Heating Up", "Hot-Loco Loco" & "X-Hot-Get Buck". A lot of the other vendors had 1 or 2 flavors, and even Costco made it out there to give wings out. Winner of this years best wings went to Hooters. I think they were 2nd place in my books, but there was more votes for Hooters. I honestly feel that Bucky's was the best, but people didn't vote (Rolling my eyes). I don't want to say which vendor, but I waited in line for chicken which is fine, but when I got the wings they were chewy and then when we reached the center it was bloody, hope that was just because they were under pressure because the line was long at the time. I would definitely like to try it again next time. The atmosphere is pretty casual and we brought our folding chairs, I also saw some people bring their canopies and tents. What started off at 91 degrees changed in a matter of 2hrs. It got really cloudy, windy and even sprinkled a little down to high 70s, but it's Bakersfield so you never know what kind of weather it's gonna be like. They played good music on stage with live singers and live bands. They even had contests so you can win tickets to go to Vegas and they had that wing contest so you can get your Wingfest entry free next year. I happened to be in line during the contest, so I missed out on that cool contest. I would definitely like to come again, I think if I went alone then it wouldn't be worth it for me because I don't drink beer, but going with my husband he gets to get two beers at a time, so it evens out for us. The downside for the beers is that they fill it up half way. I'm not a beer drinker so I don't care, but the lines are already long, so drinking your beer then having to refill it takes some time. Waters are free so that's cool and I liked that. I brought my water bottle with ice in it and my ice lasted the whole day with the free waters because they were cold.

It's hot dog!!!!! Alright, Buffalo Wild Wings bomb!! I had…read morethe blazing and it's delicious and definitely not for the fate of heart. Next was Denweed's Heart and Soul had amazing real fresh meat the wing full of buffalo sauce. Then came KVS southern style was so worth the long line. I had a BBQ that was absolutely amazing their meat was grilled and tender and so juicy. At BLVD we had garlic wings absolutely delectable a must try. Next stop I had Dickey's BBQ , I had two BBQ wings that were pretty good. Lastly, we had the Barrington's Jamaican Kitchen had mild and spicy very juicy wings with lots of flavor. All the drinks were standard and hit the spot in the heat, I recommend the experience!!