My daughter attended classes here growing up. We have such fond memories including the fun…read moreChristmas show and the Father Daughter Dance. Jennifer and her family have always been wonderful to work with.

Don't take your kids here! Waste of money!…read moreWe signed our daughter up for their summer hip-hop dance class and it was a joke! The young instructor girl wasn't even into it and never smiled! They were only taught a few JAZZ type moves (even though it's supposed to be hip-hop) and are expected to do a show the beginning of next month. I don't know why they would want a group of young kids up on stage embarrassed not knowing what to do. I called to let the company know that I would no longer be bringing her and the lady proceeded to tell me that I did not have to formally call and take her out because it is the summer class.She also didn't even offer to give me my money back. She wasn't nice about it at all! I told her I will be spreading the news of this company and how unorganized and rude they truly are. I would never recommend this place!

Parents Beware!!My teenager was very anxious to go tonight. However was disgusted with the kind of…read moredancing going on by the teenagers in the dark room. Not appropriate for minors at all.

We moved to Bakersfield almost two years ago from Georgia. We found out about Halloween town last…read moreyear too late, it was close to closing time. This year, we went every other day. They changed their pricing to free admission, and you pay only for what you ride or do. Some things are free. They grown their own pumpkins and corn, which is SOOOO COOOOL. They have a corn maze and corn pit where the kids can swim in an ocean of corn. Be ready to leave with corn in your underwear if you get in. There are pony rides, singing pumpkins, a tube slide, bouncy castles, and this year they had barrel rides. I saw someone comment that the hay ride was nothing more than driving around the lot and looking at storage. That was 100% untrue. Last year the hayride rode through a scary tunnel and it was nicely decorated for Halloween. This year the barrels rode by the haunted house, which was enough of a scare for smaller children. My daughter, who is 7, loved it. Children don't see the world the way we do. Where an adult is riding and criticizing, like the reviewer, the children are happy to be on something new, moving. My daughter wanted to go to Halloween Town EVERY DAY, so we tried! Since admission was free, it really made that easier on us. She is obsessed with anything to do with Halloween so imagine how it went when we had to explained they were going to be closed for a little while. I'm hoping they will plan more festivities throughout the year. There aren't a lot of places for children to go in Bakersfield, and this family have devoted their lives to making a place where families can do things together at an affordable price. I talked to the owner and she said that was their inspiration. For anyone to give a bad review of their farm is upsetting because they certainly don't have to do the things they're doing. I'm sure the cost of admission barely covers what it costs to pay their bills. As a community, we should support local businesses. This is one deserving of support. Aside from that they have a beautiful thing going and Bakersfield children finally have a place, centrally located, to enjoy! It's too bad they can't grow Christmas trees! Maybe little palm trees? The haunted house, is AMAZING! They put a lot of work into it. I cant wait to see what they come up with next year!

Such friendly staff and the show was amazing! My friend and…read moreI saw "Beautiful: Carole King Musical" and it was amazing! The staff were very accommodating and showed us to our seats! Will definitely go again:)

I took a friend of mine to see Sweeney Todd on 11 / 2 . The music backing up the vocals was way…read moretoo loud and made it well nigh impossible to hear and understand much of the dialog. I wouldn't give that performance one star. I just wasted $70.00 on a lot of unintelligible noise. Major disappointment.

I used Yelp to find Ballet classes for my toddler. When I…read morecalled the woman on the phone answered with "hello." I asked if I was calling a dance studio and the woman said "yes you are" but never identified the name of the business. I had to ask what the name of the business was just to confirm I was calling the right place. The woman on the phone sounded nice enough and for all, I know this may very well be the best dance studio in town... but on the phone I just did not get the most professional vibe. This was definitely a deterrent for me.

Jana Kirks is one of the best ballet teachers in California, let alone Bakersfield. She is…read moreextremely knowledge in her craft. I was under her tutelage for 4 years, and my technique improved vastly. She helped develop my passion for my ballet so much so that I'm considering following in her footsteps in becoming an Royal Academy of Dance certified teacher as well. If you want to truly become a great ballet dancer, you must go to Jana. She'll give you the tools you need to go on to be a professional ballerina.

When Bakersfieldians lament on the lack of local entertainment I can't help but wonder where these…read morepeople are looking? Bakersfield is full of events! Festivals by the dozens are cropping up every weekend, Food Fairs, and Home Shows. Our arts and music district are always putting on something fabulous. As for our local theater? You'd be hard pressed to find a weekend when there's not something showing. Gus' Garage was a totally new experience to me. I can honestly say that up until Gus' I've never been to a real live magic show. Only the one's on TV that make you wonder, 'is that magic or is it "TV Magic"?' So when I was told we'd be attending this variety show/magic show I was stoked. Something new and nearby! The location isn't what you may expect; over in Rosedale, as far away from the flourishing arts district as possible. It's inside a warehouse type garage - very unexpected. Parking is mostly on-street and no issue at all. Inside, the building is industrial chic. There's no real ticket window, and money is taken out of an old school cash box. Once paid, you make your way around to the back where the space opens up to the rafters. Half a dozen chairs or so line each row. A packed house would be maybe 30-40 or so folks. The show itself was entertaining. Perhaps a little silly and corny, but it's good old fashioned fun. There's a wide variety of talent and shows vary week to week, so definitely check them out. If you're looking for something totally new and different, check out this quirky show.

I am in love with this place, specifically the Latin dance scene in Bakersfield! If you want to…read morelearn salsa, Edgar's Monday night class is where it's at (7:15pm for beginners and 8:15pm for advanced)! His class can be fast paced, but you'll really have fun and learn a lot if you keep going. One of my favorite classes is Alex's Tuesday night bachata class (8pm for beginners and 9pm for advanced)! She's a lot of fun and great at breaking down the steps. The awesome classes socials at studio 9, will have you booty rolling and body rolling in no time!

Love coming here! The classes are fun and the instructor makes the class so much fun and insightfulread more

They offer classes for ages 2 to 102. Specializing in classical Ballet they offer jazz, tap, modern…read moreand hip-hop as well. Not a competition studio, a place for kids to dance and develop community and become amazing adults. And for adults to to continue a dance experience or begin a new journey.

If you are looking for a dance studio in Kern county, I highly recommend Civic Dance studio! My…read moredaughter has been coming here for 3 years now and we have really enjoyed seeing her progress as a dancer, as well as see her up on stage in those adorable costumes each year ;) They hold the dancers to high standard with a firm, but gentle hand. Each class has a head teacher with 1 to 2 student assistants. They are very focused on teaching each dancer the fundamentals and helping to mold them into the best possible dancer they can be. At the end of the year they put on a gala where you get to see all their hard work pay off! Check them out, you won't be disappointed!

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. ;-)