Master the outdoors at Kern River Rafting. The company started with a few boats, a handful of guides, an old yellow van, and a big bad dream. Today, outdoor enthusiasts can book customizable, fun, and thrilling rafting, mountain biking, rock climbing, and winter sports adventures with a highly trained group of adventure professionals.
Calm your wild interest at the California Living Museum, known by locals as CALM, the state's premier native zoo and garden. Discover a wild kingdom adventure teeming with animals, plants, fossils, artifacts, and attractions ready to capture a wild amount of respect for all living things through education, recreation, and conservation.
Conduct your evening out at the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra. Enjoy listening to the sweeping sounds of the professional 80 member orchestra under the direction of Maestro John Farrer, as it performs classical music masterpieces written by the musical greats. Productions have included Beethoven's Overture to Egmont, Brahms Symphony No. 4 and Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker.