The Whiskey Flat Days celebration brings thousands of visitors to the Kern Valley to enjoy simulated gun fights, parades, a carnival, an art show and old-fashioned melodrama.
It is “50 years of Gold Rush fever,” said Mike Devich, managing editor of Kern Valley Sun online edition.
The Kernville Chamber of commerce sponsors the event.
Current BC student Aaron Stewart participated in the event as a part of the High Country Outlaws show.
The show is composed of different skits portraying gunfights. According to Stewart real guns with blanks are used during the skits.
This was the first time Stewart participated in the event but felt it went well.
“We had some snow flurries, but it went well over all,” Stewart said.
Stewart believes the event had a good amount of visitors and wishes that more BC students would participate in the event.
“They don’t know what they’re missing,” said Stewart.
Michael and Linda Lynch came from Coalinga to enjoy the Whiskey Flat Days in Kernville. They were taking advantage of the “hand casting” booth at the event.
“We wanted to have a memory of us holding hands as a part of our trip,” said Linda.
Spectators to the event also enjoyed music by Roberto Cevallos, who used wind instruments from Latin America to entertain.
The event was held from Feb. 17-20 in Kernville and happens once a year.