Bakersfield’s Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace Closes After 28 Years

Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace, which has operated in its namesake’s adopted hometown of Bakersfiled since 1997, will shut down in the coming months.

The bar, club, museum and venue runs out of a 21,000 square-foot property and has hosted nearly every major country act of the last 28 years and plenty of up-and-comers and legends — including Owens himself, who played his last show there March 24, 2006, the day before he died at the age of 76.

The venue is owned by Owens’ family through Buck Owens Private Foundation, which put it up for sale last year, asking $7.5 million — Owens spent $10 million building it, about $20.3 million in 2025 dollars — but has thus far been unable to find a buyer.

“A challenging business climate plus the wishes of the Owens family members to step back from the responsibilities of managing the property require finally shutting its doors,” the venue wrote on social media. “It is our hope that new owners will step forward to utilize this beautiful venue. Meanwhile, we will do our best to fulfill scheduled commitments we’ve made in the coming months.”

The most recent Pollstar Boxoffice report from the Palace is a Aug. 13, 2024, show by Mac Macanally, who sold out the 450-cap venue, grossing $26,880.