Communications and Community Outreach

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The Communications and Community Outreach team oversees communications, public relations, media relations, marketing, special event planning, and educational and community outreach for Kern County Public Works.

Check out the upcoming events Kern County Public Works will be participating in for an opportunity to engage with community outreach staff, learn about department programs and services, and pick up educational resources and great giveaways!

Kern County Public Works also believes that education, at the elementary school level, can have a lasting impact on the future of our communities. Kern County Public Works, in partnership with The EcoHero Show, provide an interactive, environmental, music-and-dance-based program to thousands of elementary-aged students each year. For more information on this empowering and educational program, visit our School Outreach page.

2026 Community Outreach Events

October 2026

Walter W. Stiern Middle School's Career Fair (not open to the public)

Tuesday, October 9, 2026

September 2026

Kern County Fair

September 23-October 4, 2026

Kern County Fairgrounds

August 2026

Kern County Child Support Services' 17th Annual Ready-Set-Back-2-School

Thursday, August 6, 2026

9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Location TBD

June 2026

Haggin Oaks Farmers Market

Sunday, June 7, 2026

9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

8800 Ming Avenue

May 2026

Children First's East Bakersfield Festival

Saturday, May 16, 2026

11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Jefferson Park

Supervisor Leticia Perez's Mother's Day Movie in the Park

Friday, May 8, 2026

6:30 p.m.

Rexland Acres Park

Pioneer Drive Elementary School's College & Career Day (not open to the public)

Friday, May 8, 2026

Leon H. Ollivier Middle School's Career Day (not open to the public)

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Mental Health & Wellness Resource Fair

Monday, May 4, 2026

5:00-7:00 p.m.

Independence High School

Haggin Oaks Farmers Market

Sunday, May 3, 2026

9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

8800 Ming Avenue

Kern County Superintendent of School's STEAM Olympiad 

Saturday, May 2, 2026

7:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Liberty High School

   

April 2026

CalWalk's Bike Safety Education Presentation

Saturday, April 25, 2026

4:00-5:00 p.m.

1201 24th Street

Community Interventions' Open Streets Festival

Saturday, April 25, 2026

11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (between De Wolfe Street and Houser Street)

Health & Safety Community Resource Fair

Thursday, April 23, 2026

3:30-6:30 p.m.

Greenfield Family Resource Center

Children First's Bicycle Safety Presentation

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

5:30-6:30 p.m.

David Nelson Pocket Park

Mexican Colony Sidewalk Project Ribbon-cutting Ceremony

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

11:00 a.m.

Intersection of Mannel Avenue & Burbank Street in Shafter, CA

Bakersfield College's 19th Annual Garden Fest

Saturday, April 18, 2026

9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Bakersfield College

Kern River Conservancy's Trout Fest

Saturday, April 18, 2026

9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Riverside Park

East Bakersfield High School's CalWalks Presentation

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

5:30-6:30 p.m.

Parent Resource Center

Horrace Mann Elementary School's CalWalks Presentation

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

9:30-10:30 a.m.

Parent Center

Haggin Oaks Farmers Market

Sunday, April 12, 2026

9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

8800 Ming Avenue

Bakersfield Condors vs San Diego Gulls – Youth Jersey Giveaway

Saturday, April 11, 2026

7:00 p.m.

Dignity Health Arena

Casa Loma Elementary School's Career Day (not open to the public)

Friday, April 10, 2026

 

March 2026

Tejon Indian Tribe's Spring Event

Saturday, March 28, 2026

10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Tejon Indian Tribal Office - 4941 David Road

Adult Education Resource Fair

Thursday, March 26, 2026

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Bakersfield Adult School

McKee Middle School Career Fair

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

 

Oildale Community Action Network's Pedestrian and Bicycle Workshop

Monday, March 23, 2026

6:00-7:00 p.m.

North High School, Hall B

Bakersfield Condors vs Calgary Wranglers – Star Wars Night

Saturday, March 21, 2026

7:00 p.m.

Dignity Health Arena

The Wildlands Conservancy's 11th Annual Spring Nature Festival

March 21-22, 2026

10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Wind Wolves Preserve

The Links, Incorporated - Bakersfield Chapter's 2026 Black Family Wellness Expo

Saturday, March 21, 2026

9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Lowell Park

Corazon Latino Bakersfield's Small Business Day

Saturday, March 14, 2026

9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Belle Terrace Park

 

 

February 2026

Myra A. Noble Elementary School's Higher Education and Career Exploration Fair

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Col Howard Nichols Elementary School's College & Career Fair

Friday, February 13, 2026

Highland High School's 3rd Annual Career Fair

Friday, February 13, 2026

January 2026

Downtown School's Career Fair

Friday, January 30, 2026

CAPK's 3rd Annual Fatherhood Conference

Friday, January 23, 2026

8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. 

DoubleTree Hotel