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.

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Jazzy Mabel’s Pride Fair
Jun
3

Jazzy Mabel’s Pride Fair

Venue: Jazzy Mabel's, Bakersfield, CA
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Honkytonk Saturday night
Jun
3

Honkytonk Saturday night

Venue: Old River Monte Carlo , Bakersfield , CA
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Downtown Saturday night
Jun
10

Downtown Saturday night

Venue: 18th Street Bar & Grill, Bakersfield , CA
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Dan Hogan’s Retirement Party / Sunday Funday
Jun
11

Dan Hogan’s Retirement Party / Sunday Funday

Venue: Ethel's Old Corral , Bakersfield, CA
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Dagny’s Coffee Co Original music acoustic show
Jun
15

Dagny’s Coffee Co Original music acoustic show

Venue: Dagny's Coffee Co, Bakersfield, CA
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Beat The Dead Horse, Still Missing, Culture Machine, 3 Red Flags
Jun
17

Beat The Dead Horse, Still Missing, Culture Machine, 3 Red Flags

Venue: Narducci's , Bakersfield, CA
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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.

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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.

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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….

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Bands

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Eulogic

Eulogic

ExperimentalIndieJazzRock
Bakersfield, CA
The Rage Below

The Rage Below

Metal
Ridgecrest, CA
Deadbeat Valley

Deadbeat Valley

AlternativeRock
Lamont, CA
The Soda Crackers

The Soda Crackers

Country
Bakersfield, CA
The Band RAFTERS

The Band RAFTERS

AlternativeRock
Tehachapi, CA
Eric Hershkowitz Dobro player

Eric Hershkowitz Dobro player

BluegrassBluesCountryFolk
Bakersfield, CA

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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.

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BOB Episode 005 Bakersfield Cactus3

5 Bakersfield Cactus

In this 5th episode of Bands of Bakersfield, our host Mike Peters sits down with Bakersfield Cactus to discuss the history on how the band came together and the inspiration behind the songs performed on the episode.

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BOB Episode 004 Beware The Sleeping Giant

4 Beware The Sleeping Giant

In this 4th episode of Bands of Bakersfield, our host Mike Peters sits down with Beware The Sleeping Giant to discuss the history on how the band came together and the inspiration behind the songs performed on the episode.

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