{"id":371986,"date":"2026-06-23T21:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/371986\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T21:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:17:09","slug":"independence-day-events-around-kern-county-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/371986\/","title":{"rendered":"Independence Day events around Kern County for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Here is a list of Independence Day celebrations scheduled to happen around Kern County.<\/p>\n

Bakersfield:
Annual Independence Day Celebration at The Park at River Walk<\/a>
Friday, July 3
Joined by the U.S. 250 Tour
Starts at 10 a.m. with music, food, and family-friendly activities
Fireworks show to start at 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Wasco:
Annual Car Show & Shine at Barker Park
<\/a>Saturday, July 4
Car show<\/p>\n

Delano:
Annual Family Fun Day (Memorial Park)
<\/a>Friday, July 3
5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Memorial Park
Car show, food, games, music, vendors, and petting zoo<\/p>\n

McFarland:
Independence Day Celebration at Blanco Park
<\/a>Thursday, July 2
Food trucks. Free event. Attendees encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs
Fireworks show to begin at 9 p.m. or dusk<\/p>\n

Shafter:
Celebrating America\u2019s 250th Year of Independence Fireworks Show
<\/a>Friday, July 3
Gates open at 7 p.m. and can be viewed at the grass field area of Sequoia Elementary School and Shafter Recreation and Parks District
No vendors on site and no alcohol permitted
Fireworks show to start at dusk<\/p>\n

Buttonwillow:
19th Annual Fireworks Show at Buttonwillow Park
<\/a>Thursday, July 2
Vendors, games, swimming and more
Free swim 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Event is lawn seating, bring lawn chairs or blankets
Fireworks show starts at dusk<\/p>\n

Taft:
Taft 250 A Hometown Celebration Cruise Night
<\/a>Friday, July 3 at downtown Taft
Classic car display, music, food vendors, shopping vendors, family-friendly activities<\/p>\n

Taft 250 A Hometown Celebration Patriotic Parade
<\/a>Saturday, July 4
Starts at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n

Tehachapi:
All-American 4th of July Festival
<\/a>Friday, July 3
Concert at 6 p.m.
Movie at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Saturday, July 4
7 a.m. 5K begins
9 a.m. Tehachapi Independence Day Parade
10 a.m. Live music, food, and vendors
6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Bad Bulls Rodeo
9 p.m. Fireworks show<\/p>\n

Sunday, July 5
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Freedom Fest at West Park<\/p>\n

Lake Isabella:
2026 Independence Day Fireworks Extravaganza
<\/a>Saturday, July 4
Fireworks will be launched from Engineer’s Point shortly after dark<\/p>\n

Ridgecrest:
Fourth of July in Freedom Park
<\/a>Saturday, July 4 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Splash pad, music, food, competitions and a drone show
Drone Patriotic Show starts at 9 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Here is a list of Independence Day celebrations scheduled to happen around Kern County.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-371986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}