SATURDAY, May 2nd

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Lost Hills - Archie Logsdon. LIVE MUSIC. Lost Hills is Archie Logsdon, a poet and songwriter from California's Kern River Valley. His songs of love, death and wandering in the wilderness are evocative of the Southern Sierra region where he grew up and now resides. Clean country guitar picking and plaintive harmonica provide the background for his poetic imagery and gritty stories of faith, longing and betrayal. Bring your folding chair or blanket and sit down and enjoy. FREE.

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Out of the Blue. LIVE MUSIC with Pat Seamount, Mike Gallagher and Terry Harris. Kern Valley favorites will play acoustic folk, Irish, and traditional songs to delight the crowds. Bring your folding chair or blanket and sit down to enjoy this talented group. Resonator Guitar, Guitar, Mandolin, Bass. Although this concert is FREE, Pat, Mike, and Terry intend that this is a fundraiser on behalf of the Kern River Preserve and the Nature Festival so donations are heartily welcome. Bring your folding chair or blanket and sit down and enjoy. FREE.

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. The Bako Wed Irish Session. The multiply musically talented Jill Egland along with a half dozen of her friends will entertain the crowd with an uniquely Bakersfield Celtic sound. Lilting Irish melodies are spiced up with a Wild West flavor that can carry one away to the Emerald Isle or Whiskey Flat. Bring your folding chair or blanket and sit down and enjoy. FREE.

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.  Homeless will Play for Money.  LIVE MUSIC at the Kern River Preserve from Robbie McRobinson and his local cohorts, Georgie and Bob Bergeron, and Jackie Smith. Robbie and friends have been entertaining at the Preserve for several years. They will be remembered from the Vulture Festival in 2003 where they introduced the Band "Rob the Piper with Carrion Luggage". The Band features an eclectic mix of singing, recorder, mandolin, guitar and drum playing to accompany Irish, folk, and blues tunes. Bring your folding chair or blanket and sit down and enjoy. FREE.

5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Out of the Blue. LIVE MUSIC  at the Kern River Preserve from Pat Seamount, Mike Gallagher and Terry Harris with "Out of the Blue" Kern Valley favorites will play acoustic folk, Irish, and traditional songs to delight the dinner audience at the Family Life Center in Wofford Heights.

SUNDAY, May 4th

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Archie Logsdon. LIVE MUSIC at the Kern River Preserve with Archie Logsdon, folksinger and environmental activist. Bring your folding chair or blanket and sit down and enjoy. FREE.

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - "Jill Egland,  Brenda Hunter & Friends" Two-thirds of Banshee in the Kitchen along with a few more friends will delight the audience with rousing Celtic based tunes. Jill Egland plays flute, high and low whistles, accordion, and bodhran; Brenda Hunter will be on fiddle; along with other talented musicians to be named. As is a tradition with artists from Bakersfield they take traditional tunes and liven them up to create a wonderfully unique sound. FREE (Donations welcome).

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - Homeless will Play for Money.  LIVE MUSIC at the Kern River Preserve from Robbie McRobinson and his local cohorts, Georgie and Bob Bergeron, and Jackie Smith. Robbie and friends have been entertaining at the Preserve for several years. They will be remembered from the Vulture Festival in 2003 where they introduced the Band "Rob the Piper with Carrion Luggage". The Band features an eclectic mix of singing, recorder, mandolin, guitar and drum playing to accompany Irish, folk, and blues tunes.

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m or whenever they decide to pack up. - LIVE MUSIC at the Kern River Preserve Jam with various local artists. Open Jam w/Jay Barush, Paul Webb, Jason O'Donnell, Lottie Angelsea, Terry Harris, other drop in artists, the remains of Homeless and more grand artists.  FREE.

SPRING NATURE FESTIVAL INFORMATION

LODGINGS become very crowded in the Kern River Valley by late April. Be sure to make your reservations sooner rather than later so you have a comfortable place to stay each night during the Nature Festival. Click here for local inns.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Weather: Weather in the Kern Valley in late April is usually spectacular (sunny, 65-80° F daytime highs), but it can be variable. On mountain trips prepare for very cool to freezing weather. For your comfort, we suggest bringing water, snacks, a hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, jacket for cool weather, and sturdy shoes (waterproof boots may be handy in riparian areas).

Fees/Registration: There is no general entrance fee to attend the Kern River Valley Spring Nature Festival. All fee activities are limited to twenty or less participants... usually ten to fifteen. All fees go to support the Festival and are not refundable. Vendor fees are waved at Circle Park but are 10% of net or $100 whichever is lower for booths selling merchandise at the Kern River Preserve.

Schedule of Events: Additional events may be added or changes may occur without notice.

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Visit the Kern River Preserve in Weldon, California. Open every day of the year from dawn to dusk.