The Courtyard is located approximately four miles from the Kern County Fairgrounds and Bakersfield Airport. The hotel is also two miles from Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village, six miles from Valley Plaza and Vaudeville Express Melodrama Theater, 15 miles from Kern River Canyon and Mesa Marin Raceway, 25 miles from Bakersfield Speedway, and 35 miles from Lake Isabella and Lake Ming.

Hotel amenities include the Courtyard Cafe (open for breakfast only), cocktail lounge, pool, whirlpool, laundryroom, and complimentary parking.

All rooms feature free high-speed Internet access, cable TV, work desks, two-line phones, voicemail, dataports, weekday newspaper delivery, complimentary in-room coffee, irons and ironing boards, and hairdryers.

Courtyard by Marriott Bakersfield Property Information:

Rooms: 145
Floors: 3
Smoke-free Hotel: Yes

Courtyard by Marriott Bakersfield Service

Free parking
Fitness facility
Swimming pool
Wheel chair access
Dry cleaning
Conventions
First class
Free high speed internet
Data port
Family rooms
Nonsmoking
Meeting room
Dining

Courtyard by Marriott Bakersfield Reservation Policies:

Check-In: 1500
Check-Out: 1200

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Bakersfield Events & Entertainment

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Arts and Entertainment

Dore Theater

9001 Stockdale Hwy., Bakersfield, Ca 93311

661- 664-2213

Admission charged.

Located on the campus of California State University Bakersfield.

Bakersfield Music Theatre/Stars Theatre

1931 Chester Ave., Bakersfield, Ca 93301

661- 325-6100 - Dinner Theater

Admission charged.

Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra

1328 34 Street, Suite A, Bakersfield, CA 93301

661- 323-7928

Admission charged.

Theatre Arts Productions/Spot Light Theater

1622 19th Street, Bakersfield, CA 93301

661- 634-0692

Admission charged.

Located in the Historic Hayden Atrium Building in downtown Bakersfield, Spotlight Theatre showcases performances on weekend evenings and Sunday matinees throughout the year. Every seat in the ninety-nine seat theatre offers a great view and excellent acoustics.

Bakersfield Community Theatre

2400 South Chester Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca 93304

661- 831-8114

Admission charged.

Having staged seasons uninterrupted since 1927, Bakersfield Community Theatre holds special recognition as The Oldest Continuing Community Theatre in California.

Historic Fox Theater

2001 H St., Bakersfield, CA 93301

661- 636-0918

Admission charged.

This historical theater in downtown Bakersfield hosts many nationally acclaimed

performers and productions.

The Marketplace Shopping & Entertainment Center

9000 Ming Ave

661- 664-6513

A premier shopping and entertainment center, the Marketplace is home to Edwards newest multi-plex theatre and offers many exclusive shops and restaurants.

Major Event Facilities

Bakersfield Centennial Garden and Convention Center

1001 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301

661-852-7300 Or 852-7308

Admission charged.

With seating capacity up to 10,000, a variety of events are held at the convention

center throughout the year. Bakersfield Condors Hockey & California State University, Bakersfield Basketball Team call the Centennial Garden home.

Bakersfield College Memorial Stadium

1801 Panorama Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93305

661-395-4326

Admission charged.

Seating capacity 19,044. Home of the Shriner's Potato Bowl and home of the Bakersfield Renegades.

Events

April-September

Bakersfield Blaze Baseball - Sam Lynn Baseball Park

4009 Chester Avenue.

661- 322-1363

Admission charged.

Call for exact dates and times.

Directions: From State Route 99 exit California Ave. Go east on California, turn left (north) on Chester Ave. to 4009 Chester Ave.

Home of the Bakersfield Blaze, a co-op Single A farm team, affiliated with the California League.

May-August

Downtown Street Fairs

Sponsored by the Downtown Business Association

2000 K Street #120

661- 325-5892

The association sponsors evening street fairs on Chester Avenue. the annual Up on the Roof event and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Festival.

May-September

The Marketplace Shopping and Entertainment Center

9000 Ming Avenue

661-664-6513

Thursday nights, 7-9pm

Call for exact dates.

Admission Free.

Summer concert series at the fountain.

Bakersfield Jazz Festival

California State University

9001 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield, CA

661- 665-6142 Or 664-3093

This annual event takes place in May on the Cal State University campus.

The festival features local jazz artists, as well as performers from around the state.

September

Kern County Fair

661- 833-4900

1142 South P Street

Usually held at the end of September through early October. Call for exact dates.

Admission Charged.

The Kern County Fair has been serving Bakersfield and the surrounding communities for over 75 years with food booths, concerts, carnival rides, displays, contests, rodeo, livestock shows and auctions. A variety of interim events go on year-round such as home and garden shows, concerts, antique shows and more!

October-April

Bakersfield Condors Professional Ice Hockey

1001 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield, 93301

661- 324-7825

Admission charged.

Call for exact dates and times.

Home games are played at Bakersfield's new Centennial Garden Arena.

November-December

Holiday Lights at CALM

Lightasmic

Usually held the end of November through December.

661-872-2256

Call for hours and dates.

Admission charged.

Josh Barnett’s Lightasmic is a visual holiday spectacular including two million lights in 35 displays featuring animation and themed music.

Bakersfield Destination Overview

The name Bakersfield brings to mind its association with country music, and in particular with the "Bakersfield sound." Former Oildale resident and retired Sonoma State University professor Gerald Haslam's book Workin' Man Blues proposes that this Bakersfield Sound grew out of several different styles of music and that performers picked and chose the styles they liked and thus created their own brand of music found nowhere else in the country. The Bakersfield Sound was marked by the sharp, loud, high-end sound of the electric and steel guitars, fiddles, and lead and harmony vocals influenced by rock and roll and rockabilly as well as traditional country music. It was a reaction to the early ('50s and) '60s sweetening of country music as characterized by the Nashville Sound. Bakersfield music was, by comparison, rawer, twangier and more in line with rock music.

Performers such as Cousin Herb Henson, Bill Woods, Billy Mize, Oscar Whittington, Eugene Moles, Jelly Sanders, Johnny Cuevelo, and others played to appreciative crowds within the smoke-filled honky tonks in and around Bakersfield. The Blackboard CafÃ©, Bob's Lucky Spot, the Rainbow Gardens, the Pumpkin Center Barn Dance, the Beardsley Ballroom, the Clover Club, Tex's Barrel House, Trout's, and a number of other establishments offered music seven nights a week. This rich musical heritage, along with oil and agricultural production, is what put Bakersfield on the map as a California travel destination. The local music scene has produced popular performers such as Buck Owens, Merle Haggard and the alternative band, Korn. Buck Owens still makes his home in Bakersfield and performs regularly at the Buck Owens' Crystal Palace Steakhouse.

The Crystal Palace features veterans of country western music alongside some of the hottest up-and-coming young artists. The downtown theater district offers visitors an opportunity to view live performances while dining in intimate surroundings. Vintage movies appear on the big screen and national touring theatrical companies perform. For more than 70 years, the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra has made beautiful music. Visitors can catch some of the greatest touring performances at the Bakersfield Centennial Garden.

The Garden converts into one of the most competitive sporting arenas in the San Joaquin Valley and has hosted basketball's L.A. Lakers, hockey's L.A. Kings, Fight Night at the Garden, and WWF Smackdown. When spring arrives, thoughts turn to rafting, and the Kern River offers some of the best white water rafting available. If fast action is not your attraction, make sure to enjoy the many hiking trails, natural sites, and the famous Spring Kern Wildflower Tours.

Beauty abounds as the wildflowers bloom and blanket the hillsides with color. Make sure to bring your camera for those perfect shots. The city's downtown area invites you to enjoy a day of shopping and experience the award-winning streetscape. Downtown offers time for relaxation as you can take in the architecture of the past; dine at many of the downtown eateries and browse through antique and specialty stores. Corner benches allow visitors to rest and enjoy the beauty of the flowers planted in the street medians. If the visual arts appeal to you, tour the remodeled Bakersfield Museum of Art, located in downtown Bakersfield, where the architecture promotes a feeling of grace and elegance.

Find outstanding displays of artwork in three different galleries featuring local artists and world-renowned traveling exhibits. In addition to the arts, evening concerts in the park, ballet, original plays and multi-cultural displays engage all ages and interest levels. Professional sporting events and entertainers are featured at the City's Centennial Garden & Arena. For those who enjoy exercising and having "cool fun", check out Bakersfield Ice Sports Center located behind Centennial Gardens. The Bakersfield Ice Sports Center offers public skating, figure skating, and more.

In addition, the Ice Sports Center is the official practice facility for the Bakersfield Condors Hockey Team. Most weekends bring topnotch auto racing at Bakersfield Speedway and streetracing is an ongoing and very popular attraction. For water enthusiasts, the completion of the McMurtrey Aquatics Center offers additional fun to those visiting during the hot summer months. The multi-purpose swim facility is located next to the Ice Sports Center of Bakersfield. The Center has an 8,551 square foot recreation pool and a 50-meter competition pool as well as a double water slide, interactive wet play equipment, and a water volley ball area.

Those who enjoy the great outdoors may want to bring along a bicycle, roller blades, or running shoes and experience first hand the beautiful scenery of the Kern River Parkway. The Kern River Parkway extends nearly 20 miles along the banks of the Kern River, starting at the California Living Museum northeast of town and ending near Cal State Bakersfield. Visit Bakersfield soon for a fantastic country experience, and help keep the Bakersfield sound alive!