Your online resource for bands and live music in Bakersfield and throughout Kern County!

Bands of Bakersfield is your online resource for music and live events from local musicians in and around Bakersfield and Kern County. We make it easy to find live music events and details about our local music artists.

Upcoming
Events

All Events
The Soda Crackers at TR!P
Dec
14

The Soda Crackers at TR!P

Venue: TR!P, Santa Monica, CA
Details
Feliz Skavidad 2023
Dec
16

Feliz Skavidad 2023

Venue: Temblor Brewing Company, Bakersfield, CA
Details
The Soda Crackers at The Nile Theater: Nashville meets Bakersfield
Dec
16

The Soda Crackers at The Nile Theater: Nashville meets Bakersfield

Venue: The Nile Theater, Bakersfield, CA
Details
The Soda Crackers at Marine Room Tavern
Dec
29

The Soda Crackers at Marine Room Tavern

Venue: Marine Room Tavern, Laguna Beach, CA
Details
The Soda Crackers at Rooster’s Honky Tonk
Dec
30

The Soda Crackers at Rooster’s Honky Tonk

Venue: Rooster's Honky Tonk, Bakersfield, CA
Details
Bob Marley 79th Birthday Jamdown at Temblor Brewing Co!
Feb
3

Bob Marley 79th Birthday Jamdown at Temblor Brewing Co!

Venue: Temblor Brewing Company, Bakersfield, CA
Details

Latest
News

All News
Jerrys Pizza and Pub
Aug
10

A run of live events for late-summer!

Live music events are making a comeback! Two of these events are coming to Jerry’s Pizza and Pub, the all-ages music venue and pizza restaurant that has been part of our local music history for the last 30 years. With the Return of the All Ages Show, Jerry’s is finding a return to its all-ages form. Then comes Fest Fest 3, an all-day event split into three different stages throughout Jerry’s: upstairs, downstairs and right outside in the Wall Street Alley. Learn more at Bakersfield.com.

More
Woolworths
Jun
11

The Woolworth’s Sessions: Music on the third floor

Undergoing preparation for its future life as business offices, retail space, and music venue, the historic Woolworth’s building’s magical third floor called out… and local musicians listened. Musicians gathered on the empty third floor of Bakersfield’s Woolworth’s building to perform and record the “The Woolworth’s Sessions.” Listen to the article at Bakersfield.com.

More
Mike Peters 2
Jun
10

Welcome to Bands of Bakersfield! Your online resource for local music entertainment.

Since time could talk there’s been music in Bakersfield. But the city hit it big in the late ’50s when a country twang rang out across our historic oilfields, sparking the musical heat we now know as the Bakersfield sound. The fire is still raging today, the city has since grown in its musical pallet….

More

The
Bands

All Bands
Valley Fever

Valley Fever

FunkRock
Bakersfield, CA
Midnight Dorsett

Midnight Dorsett

AlternativeIndieRock
Bakersfield, CA
Word of Mouth

Word of Mouth

AlternativeIndieRock
Bakersfield, CA
The Band RAFTERS

The Band RAFTERS

AlternativeRock
Tehachapi, CA
Repent

Repent

AlternativePunkRock
Bakersfield, CA
Beat The Dead Horse

Beat The Dead Horse

AlternativeRock
Bakersfield, CA

The
Podcast

More
BOB SE Episode 003 Fest Fest 4 with Ruben Val Verde3

Special Episode: Fest Fest 4 with Ruben Valverde

In this special episode of the Bands of Bakersfield Podcast, our host Mike Peters sits down with Nate Parrish and Dan Thompson to discuss the upcoming “Night at the Nile” music show on July 1st, 2023 at the legendary Nile Theater in downtown Bakerfield.

More
BOB SE Episode 002 Nate Parrish & Dan Thompson3

Special Episode: Night at the Nile with Nate Parrish & Dan Thompson

In this special episode of the Bands of Bakersfield Podcast, our host Mike Peters sits down with Nate Parrish and Dan Thompson to discuss the upcoming “Night at the Nile” music show on July 1st, 2023 at the legendary Nile Theater in downtown Bakerfield.

More
BOB Episode 006 Midnight Dorsett3

6 Midnight Dorsett

In this 6th episode of Bands of Bakersfield, our host Mike Peters sits down with Midnight Dorsett to discuss the history on how the band came together and the inspiration behind the songs performed on the episode.

More

The
Instagram

Follow

Join Our Email List

By subscribing you are agreeing to receive weekly emails from Bands of Bakersfield containing upcoming events, special events, and latest news.