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The 28th annual “Walk the Streets of Bakersfield” car show will be held during Bakersfest, Saturday, Sept. 12, in downtown Bakersfield. Registration is between 9 and 11 a.m. that morning, with awards given at 1 p.m. Dash plaques will be awarded to the first 50 entries.
The entry fee is $20 to show/...
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A couple years ago a group associated with Flotsam Farm, located north of Gainesville near Hodgson Mill, put together a “raising cane” themed float for the Hootin an Hollarin parade in honor of their annual project of growing sorghum cane and pressing and cooking the juice to make sweet sorghum molasses. Now is the perfect time to come up with a float idea for this year’s festival. Organizers hope there will be several floats entered into the Sept. 19 parade. Many floats are made with pioneer, hillbilly or Ozarks culture in mind, as well as the festival theme. This year the theme is “Celebrating 250 Years of the USA.”
Hundreds of spectators are expected to line the Gainesville square at 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon, Sept. 19, as one of Hootin an Hollarin’s biggest...
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photo shared courtesy of Alan Arnold
The 28th annual “Walk the Streets of Bakersfield” car show will be held during Bakersfest, Saturday, Sept. 12, in downtown Bakersfield. Registration is between 9 and 11 a.m. that morning, with awards given at 1 p.m. Dash plaques will be awarded to the first 50 entries.
The entry fee is $20 to show/...
September 10, 2026
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photo shared courtesy of Alan ArnoldSeptember 10, 2026The 28th annual “Walk the Streets of Bakersfield” car show will be held during Bakersfest, Saturday, Sept. 12, in downtown Bakersfield. Registration is between 9 and 11 a.m. that morning... -
September 10, 2026When’s the last time you saw a bunch of folks pushing a bed down Main Street at top speed? Or, for that matter, an outhouse? At Hootin an Hollarin, that’s just part of the regular fun.The... -
Jaivon SmithSeptember 4, 2026Court documents filed in the case of a man arrested in connection with the attempted theft of the Stockmens Bank ATM in Gainesville provide new details about the months-long investigation that...
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