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Bakersfield Daily Brief

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Weekend Guide

5 Things to Do This Weekend

Picked from the venues we watch — Fox Theater, Mechanics Bank Arena, The Well Comedy Club, the Condors, and Visit Bakersfield’s calendar.

Week of August 5, 2026• generated Thursday · email draft is reviewed before sending
  1. Strangelove: The Depechemode Experience 2026 Fox Theater · Aug 08, 2026 Details →
  2. PEPPER With CYDEWAYS Fox Theater · Aug 14, 2026 Details →
  3. Gavin Adcock Mechanics Bank Arena · Aug 14, 2026 Details →
  4. Brit Floyd Mechanics Bank Arena · Aug 14, 2026 Details →
How

How picks are made

Events come from each venue’s own website (schema.org event data, ticketing calendars, or events feeds). We scrape only the venues on our hand-maintained whitelist — a whitelist can’t recommend a dead venue the way a scraper can. Venues with no dated events this weekend are skipped; dates are as the venue published them, so check before you go.