March will be a fun filled month full of events, days to celebrate, and important dates to note. Since this is the first issue of the month, this brief covers everything you need to know with a little something for everyone.

Today’s brief includes:

• 📝Important Dates

• 📆March Events

• 🍀St. Patrick’s Day

• 📖Books of the month

• 🏒🍿Kid Brief - Events and Entertainment

• ...and more

Enjoy!

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Important Dates in March

• March 4th - 📿Mardi Gras and 🥞National Pancake Day

  • IHOP will be offering free pancakes!! Dine-In only!

• March 5th - Ash Wednesday

• March 9th - Daylight Savings Begins - set your clocks forward one hour

• March 17th - 🍀St. Patrick’s Day

• March 18th - 🏀March Madness begins

  • The 2025 March Madness bracket will be revealed on Selection Sunday, March 16, announcing the 68-team NCAA Division I men’s tournament field. The first four games begin March 18 in Dayton, Ohio, with detailed matchups and venues provided for the opening rounds. For more information about the tournament schedule and how to watch, go to usatoday.com

• March 31st - Cesar Chavez Day

Events

• Marvel Trivia - 3/5 - Chuy’s Baja Grill (at 7pm)

  • Test your superhero knowledge, battle it out with fellow fans, and maybe even win some epic prizes!!

• Boots in the Park - 3/7 - Bakersfield Sports Village

  • Featuring Brooks & Dunn, Jackson Dean, and more. Enjoy live country music, line dancing, great food, and drinks at Bakersfield’s biggest country party starting at 5 p.m.

• Central California Tiki Marketplace - 3/8 - Tiki-Ko

  • This event starts at 11am and features over 30 vendors. Enjoy all things California in one spot.

🍀🍀St. Patrick’s Day Themed Events🍀🍀

• St. Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl - 3/15 - Riley’s Tavern Downtown

• St. Patrick’s Themed Candle Party - 3/15 - Wine Me Up

More Events

• Chicago the Musical - 3/17 - Mechanics Bank Theater

• Bakersfield Amazing Race - 3/22 - Wall Street Alley

  • Teams of 2-4 will compete in fun challenges while navigating on foot. This is a trivial scavenger hunt of wit to the finish line with a dash of cat-and-mouse.

• AKC Dog Show - 3/27-3/30 - KC Fairgrounds

• Bakersfield Marathon - 3/30 - Kern County Museum

📖Books of the Month📖

Check out what books are coming out this month!

1. Sucker Punch by Scaachi Koul (March 4)- Sucker Punch explores how unexpected life changes force a reevaluation of identity and conflict. With wit and insight, Scaachi reflects on past battles to determine when fighting is necessary and when walking away is the better choice.

2. Count My Lies by Sophie Stava (March 4)- Count My Lies follows compulsive liar Sloane Caraway, who lands a nanny job with a wealthy New York couple through deception. Soon, she realizes her employers have dark secrets of their own, making her latest lie more dangerous than she imagined.

3. Stag Dance by Torrey Peters (March 11)- Stag Dance is a bold collection of three short stories and a novella exploring hidden gender and sexual identities. From a hormonal apocalypse to secret romances and self-discovery, each story examines the complexities of identity and desire.

4. Early Thirties by Josh Duboff (March 18)- Early Thirties follows best friends Victor and Zoey as they navigate career pressures, heartbreak, and big life decisions. Drifting apart, they realize that to move forward, they must find their way back to each other.

5. O Sinners! by Nicole Cuffy (March 18)- Journalist Faruq Zaidi infiltrates a California cult after his father’s death. Initially seeking to expose it, he forms a deep bond with its leader, Odo, and questions whether his teachings might heal his grief.

Full list at time.com

Kid Brief

• 3/8 - Bluey Night at the Condors Game 

• 3/11 - Toddlers & Tulips at Jerry’s Pizza & Pub (at 11am)

  • Fun-filled art workshop to let your imagination soar

• 3/13 - Moms Night Out – Belcourt Village

Brief Kid Movie Update

In theaters March 7th😀

Night of the Zoopocalypse, is an animated comedy horror film directed by Ricardo Curtis and Rodrigo Perez-Castro. When a space virus turns zoo animals into gummy-like zombie mutants, young wolf Gracie and mountain lion Dan must stop the villainous Bunny Zero from taking over the world. Inspired by a concept from Clive Barker. (Rating has not been determined).

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