By Simer Khurana
Assistant Photo Editor
Bakersfield can offer a lot more than what most people think. There is plenty to do in Bakersfield if you know where to look. If you get bored, or want to take that special someone on a different kind of date, check out some of these options:
ALL AGES:
Rush Air Sports
Bakersfield Karting Experince
Respawn (Laser Tag)
Bakersfield Escape Room
John’s Incredible (Pizza and Arcade)
Camelot Park (Arcade, Mini Golf, and Go-Karting)
Farmers Market (Every Sunday, outside of Kaiser near the Marketplace)
Via Arte (October 21-22, in the marketplace parking lot)
Gaslight Melodrama (Show times- Fri/Sat @ 7, Sunday @ 2)
Empty Space Theatre (Local Theatre)
Ovation Theatre (Local Theatre)
Fox Theater (Specialty Shows, classic movies, Plays, concerts)
C.A.L.M Zoo
Rafting the Kern
First Friday of every month
-Yoga at the Bakersfield Museum of Art
-Stand-up Comedy at The Green Room (Bar, $ Entry fee)
-Art walk, Downtown streets (intersection 19th and Eye) 5-9 pm
Free Stand-Up Comedy (Wednesday night at Temblor Brewery, Thursday Night at Rocket Shop Café) (All ages Welcome, Drinks available for 21+)
Café’s around town
Dagny’s Coffee Shop
Café Smitten
Dé Couer Bake Shop
Cloud 9 Coffee Co.
21 & Over:
Lengthwise
Dionysus
Temblor
Craft Tap House
Bootleggers
Hot spot Bars around town
Sandrini’s (Trivia Night, Monday night)
RedZone
Sports and Spirits
Firehouse
Imbibe
Tiki Ko
The Mint
1933
The Old Fashioned Social Drinkery
B Ryders (Concerts are under 21 allowed)
Happy hour spots near
Campus
Johnny Garlics
Tahoe Joes
Applebee’s
Just Wing It
Que Pasa
Nightlife
Cielo 9
Brix
Aldos
Casa Blanca (LGBT friendly)
La Movida
Elixr
Nara Hookah Lounge
Déjà Vu Showgirls (18+)
Exotic Kitty (18+)