Classic country music comes alive with local troubadours The Daliens. Covering artists from the golden age of country like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, these "08ers" pay homage to the spirit and music that influenced a genre. Coming together in the latter half of 2009, The Daliens have made it their mission to bring real live honky-tonk music back to Bakersfield's bars and clubs as they did Jan.
Two artists are now joined together to bring out the beauty of downtown Bakersfield's artistic atmosphere. Deon Bell and John Moore have collaborated to reopen and reconstruct what has been well known in Bakersfield as The Basement, at a new location. The new art building is now located on the corner of Chester Avenue and 20th Street.