Bakersfield Goes Nuts for Nuts
By Nick Fequiere
The Bakersfield Nut Festival has once again come and gone, enjoying another successful weekend despite facing a bit of stiff competition from another community stalwart, the Bakersfield Jazz Festival. As always though, the Nut Festival provided plenty of good times and good food to nut enthusiasts and casual fans alike throughout Kern County.
The third annual festival was once more held at the Kern County Museum, which has been open since 1941 and has remained a hub for education and entertainment. The nut festival’s brief history and association with the museum has only served to further cement the lasting legacy of the Kern County Museum within the community.
The festival was originally thought up as a way to simultaneously show appreciation for a beloved food and generate income for the local economy. It’s safe to say that festival organizers have succeeded on both fronts, offering open spots to both sponsors and vendors who are all gladly willing to partner with the event.
The nut festival has quickly become one of Kern County’s favorite annual events, due to the sheer amount of cooking demonstrations, live musical performances, games, and other great activities that organizers set up for festival goers. Last Saturday marked another successful installment in what appears to be an event destined to become a longstanding tradition for many Kern County residents, much in the vein of the Jazz Festival.