The Tehachapi Chamber on the city podcast Tehachapod on Aug. 1 outlined logistics and programming for the Tehachapi Mountain Festival weekend, including a parade with an Aug. 8 application deadline, multiple rodeo performances, an arts-and-crafts fair with more than 80 vendors and family-friendly facilities.

Claire Scott, a Tehachapi Chamber representative, said the festival will “kick off the morning” with a parade that begins at 10 a.m. and runs down F Street, and that the weekend includes a pro rodeo starting Friday at 6 p.m., additional rodeo performances Saturday and Sunday, a Mountain Gallop 5K organized by Tehachapi Valley Parks and Recreation District, and a pancake breakfast hosted by Christian Life Assembly Kids from 7 to 9:30 a.m.

The Chamber highlighted vendor and entertainment plans: an arts-and-crafts festival in Central Park beginning at 10 a.m., more than 80 vendors (local and from outside the area), food trucks offering a variety of cuisines, and live music acts including Bear Mountain Boys, Zephyr Saints, Flash Back, Angel’s Roost (Saturday headliner) and 42 Out (Sunday).

Organizers also described family-oriented programming: a Fun Zone with bounce houses and a dunk tank, face painting and games; a beer garden; and two new amenities this year — a BMO-hosted ATM in the park and an infant feeding and changing area hosted by Family Life Pregnancy Center. Scott said the infant area is intended as “a private space” for parents to feed or change infants.

The Chamber named a series of festival sponsors and partners announced on the podcast: Tehachapi Cement (Gold Rush sponsor), Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Parks District, Terrigen, Maribel Estate, RWS, Knight Building Systems, The Loop newspaper, Alta1, BHE Renewables, Valley Straw (entertainment sponsor), ProTech Auto Service, Pierce Renewables, The Village Co. and Tehachapi Amateur Radio (safety communications). Organizers credited the City of Tehachapi as a partner in staging the event.

Scott also outlined ticket and registration details: discounted rodeo tickets will be available at the Chamber office; parade applications and other information are available via the festival website (tehachapimountainfestival.com). For a full schedule and vendor list, Scott directed listeners to tehachapimountainfestival.com and the Chamber’s community calendar.

The segment included additional Chamber event announcements for August and September — a monthly Chamber luncheon on Aug. 19 featuring Police Chief Stanridge and a Sept. 6 small-business series — but the podcast emphasized that Mountain Festival remains the Chamber’s largest annual event.

Organizers encouraged attendees to bring chairs and blankets for the parade and said staff will provide misters and a cooling station in the beer garden if warm weather requires them. For more details and event updates, listeners were directed to the festival website and the Chamber’s online calendar.