Events: Bakersfield Life

Karaoke at Nikki's BBQ

KARAOKE at NIKKI'S BBQ 1616 30th Street, Bakersfield

Thursdays from 8 pm - midnight

Come out and join the fun!

ROCK FU Music Festival

ROCK FU
Two-Day Music Festival

August 1st and 2nd at The Empty Space
All Ages Show!
$5 Admission/Day
$1 Beers

TENTATIVE LINEUPS:

Friday, August 1st: Doors at 6:30PM, Show starts at 7PM
Chris DeBondt
Low Flying Jet
Trading Company
Jimmy Holliday
Vince Gallindo
Near Miss Mallet
Vecar
The Silence Club

Friday, August 2nd: Doors at 12:30PM, Show starts at 1PM
Matthew Anspach
The Death of Me
In Line With You
MTD
The Dewskies
The Councilmen
Mobius Dick
Hayesfield
Legs On Sale
Norfolk
Codiene Cowboy
Back Off War Child
Get Up Get Down
The Indians
(lineups are subject to change)

This rockin' music festival has been such a success in the past that The Empty Space has decided to bring it back! We've got great lineups both days, with awesome bands representing a variety of genres. Show some support to your local musicians! Stop by to listen to some great music, check out the new gallery exhibit, and get your fill of pizza, $1 beers, and more. The Empty Space is located at 706 Oak Street (behind Pizzaville). Call 327-PLAY for more info.

ROCK FU Music Festival

ROCK FU
Music That Kicks Ass!

August 1st and 2nd at The Empty Space
All Ages Show!
$5 Admission/Day
$1 Beers

TENTATIVE LINEUPS:

Friday, August 1st: Doors at 6:30PM, Show starts at 7PM
Chris DeBondt
Low Flying Jet
Trading Company
Jimmy Holliday
Vince Gallindo
Near Miss Mallet
Vecar
The Silence Club

This rockin' two-day music festival has been such a success in the past that The Empty Space has decided to bring it back! We've got great lineups both days, with awesome bands representing a variety of genres. Show some support to your local musicians! Stop by to listen to some great music, check out the new gallery exhibit, and get your fill of pizza, $1 beers, and more. The Empty Space is located at 706 Oak Street (behind Pizzaville). Call 327-PLAY for more info.

Monty Byrom & The Buckaroos - FRI, AUG 1st

Monty Byrom and The Buckaroos

Fri. - Aug. 1st, 7:30pm

Crystal Palace 328-7560, $5.00

Wild Blue Rose LIVE @ The Rocket Shop Cafe

Wild Blue Rose LIVE at The Rocket Shop Cafe Friday night August 1st from 8pm til midnight. No cover before 10-pm. All ages welcome.

Drink & Dinner specials

Russo's Books Breaking Dawn Midnight Release Party

Please join us for the release of the highly anticipated novel "Breaking Dawn" by Stepehnie Meyer. This book concludes the thrilling Twilight Saga. The fun starts at 10:00pm on Friday with the book being released at midnight. We will have games, a costume contest, and prizes! We hope to see you there!

Lopez House Historic Films Fund-raiser - Aug. 1

It will be Kern County on the big screen as “The House with Three Lives” and “Wild West Country: The Lure of Gold” premier for a one night only screening at the majestic Fox Theatre in Bakersfield beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 1. Proceeds from the $10 per person, non-profit, fund-raiser will be used for the ongoing preservation of the historic J.J. Lopez House at the Kern County Museum. Tickets can be purchased at http://vallitix.rdln.com or by calling (661) 322-5200.

Presented by the museum and Kern River Valley Historical Society, the event will even have a 19th Century feel outside with horses and “Wild West Country…” actors in period attire greeting visitors, along with members of the pioneer Lopez, Coppock, Hill, Rankin and Powers families.

“The House with Three Lives” is a 30 minute documentary detailing the history and preservation of the house built in downtown Bakersfield by Spanish immigrant and Tejon Ranch Manager J.J. Lopez in 1906. It became the home for Otis Coppock, who moved it to Rosedale Highway and Calloway Road in 1953, and later the Hill family that purchased it in the 1960s.

Inspired by the late Bob Powers’ books, “Wild West Country…” is a 90 minute docudrama about the county’s South Sierra region, featuring Joseph Walker’s discovery of the pass that bears his name in 1834 through the Kern River Gold Rush and the establishment of gold camp, Whiskey Flat — now known as Kernville.

The films were produced by veteran filmmaker Chuck Barbee, whose credits include work on the Peabody Award network series “Hot Dog” and Emmy Award winner “Night Court.”

For more information, please call Heather Fowler, Kern County Museum Foundation executive director, at (661) 852-5020.

Black and White Party @ The Element Lounge Downtown!

Come down to The Element Lounge for a Black and White Party on Friday August 1st! $2 beer and shots! Hip Hop, House, Top 40!

Filipino American Service Team (FAST) Golf Tournament

The Filipino American Service Team (FAST) is sponsoring its first ever Golf Tournament. Membership of FAST consists of many ethnic groups and is not limited to only the Filipino population. We encourage everyone to attend as well as become members of this very worthwhile organization. All profits that FAST receives is given to high school/college students in the form of scholarships.

We are looking for players as well as tee-sponsors.

If you are interested in joining us in this first of what we hope is many golf tournaments, please call Virgil Aninion @ (661)205-1474.

If you are interested in finding out more about FAST and what FAST does for students as well as the local community, please call Rosie Munoz @ (661)871-1365.

ROCK FU Music Festival

ROCK FU
Music That Kicks Ass!

August 1st and 2nd at The Empty Space
All Ages Show!
$5 Admission/Day
$1 Beers

TENTATIVE LINEUPS:

Friday, August 1st: Doors at 6:30PM, Show starts at 7PM
Chris DeBondt
Low Flying Jet
Trading Company
Jimmy Holliday
Vince Gallindo
Near Miss Mallet
Vecar
The Silence Club

Monty Byrom & The Buckaroos - SAT, AUG 2nd

Monty Byrom and The Buckaroos

Sat. - Aug. 2, 7:30pm

Crystal Palace 328-7560, $5.00

Belly Dance Workshop

Who: Bahiyya Almas Belly Dance Co./Studio

What: Belly Dance Workshop "undulations"

Where: 3000 Mall View Rd. (inside East Hill Mall)

When: Saturday August 2, 2008 @ 10AM

Fees: Pre-paid $5
At the door $10

Rock Out To Knock Out RSD Benefit Concert

Rock Out To Knock Out RSD, Inc. will be holding its 3^rd Benefit Concert at The Nile!!

Come out and enjoy great music by:

SEED: http://www.myspace.com/seedreggaerock

Silent Treatment: .myspace.com/stface

VECAR: http://www.myspace.com/vecarmusi

And

The Silence Club: http://www.myspace.com/thesilenceclub ..

You can visit all the bands at their myspace address above.

Tickets will be $8 advance and $10 at the door.

All monies raised will go to, help purchase durable medical needs and medications for people with RSD that cannot afford it. Awareness to teach others about RSD, and help UCLA in the research for a cure for this terrible condition. Please visit www.tkorsds.org to find out more about RSD, and why we do what we do.

There will be vendors with their cool stuff, and drawings for great prizes.

All this for such a low price and you will be supporting your local music and a local charity!!!!

Thank you Bakersfield for helping Rock Out To Knock Out RSD become the wonderful non-profit organization I have wanted it to be.

Sci-Fi Group Art Show

Group Art Show

Sci-Fi ~ A Tribute to Gene Roddenberry

Accepting artwork of any medium, including but not limited to~ paintings, sculptures, photographs, digital art, drawings, folk art, fabrics, etc.

Anything to do with science fiction, space, aliens, tv shows or movies, etc.

$10 per piece, maximum of $30, maximum of 5 pieces per person - space permitting, additional pieces may be submitted, at $10 each

Deadline to enter is August 7th

For more info, call Mike or Tammy @ 395-1600

The Underground Gallery and Studio

1525 19th St. Bakersfield, CA 93301

KARAOKE at Black Angus Steakhouse

"TAKE A BREAK WEDNESDAY"

Black Angus Steakhouse 3601 Rosedale Hwy, Bakersfield

Happy Hour 3 pm - midnight

Karaoke 9 pm - midnight