A somewhat troubled childhood led to years spent behind bars for Merle Haggard.

The annual Haggard Boxcar Music Festival is scheduled for April at the Kern County Museum. The event includes a plethora of Bakersfield artists, as well as a viewing opportunity of the boxcar that ...

In honor of one of Bakersfield's most famous sons, the Haggard Boxcar Music Festival, a grand birthday celebration for the iconic country music legend Merle Haggard, returns after a four-year ...

Merle Haggard was known by his fans as “Hag ... from a life that started in 1937 in a converted train boxcar, the family home in Bakersfield, Calif. Haggard’s mother and father were ...