Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival

10:36 pm | Wednesday, Sep 23rd
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Like most great ideas, Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival was inspired by friendship, history, and the desire to create a meaningful experience. Two years ago, Musician and Franklin, TN resident Kevin Griffin was on a September morning jog through The Park at Harlinsdale, a century-old horse farm recently purchased by the City of Franklin. Kevin was so taken by the rolling hills, natural amphitheaters, and breathtaking vistas of the 230-acre farm, he envisioned it as a natural fit for a music festival venue.
Considering Franklin’s place, Kevin wanted people to understand the beauty and rustic quality of Middle Tennessee in the fall, and with the blessing of the City, began to dream up a music festival to do it justice.Partnered with lifelong buddies and fellow New Orleanians W. Brandt Wood and Michael Whelan, the trio aspired to highlight the diversity and community spirit of the New Orleans Jazz Fest, tailoring the best elements to Franklin– a richly historic town just 30 minutes south of Nashville. Like Jazz Fest, Pilgrimage will take place during the day, and offer a diverse yet renowned lineup of rock and roll, alt-country, bluegrass, jazz, indie, gospel and more.
Performing on patina-clad stages reflecting the area’s aesthetic, many bands will “crank it down” and give a partly acoustic set specifically tailored to the day. Moreover, the fest will boast “Pilgri-mashups,” pairing artists together for special one-time collaborations on stage. The Little Pilgrims Stage will be more than a kids’ play area; it will feature a line-up of talented young musicians in their own right, to inspire and entertain kids and adults alike.The region’s best food and drink will be on display at the Kitchen and Sippin’ stages at scheduled times throughout the weekend, and carefully selected food and merchant vendors will be featured in the Bazaar.
When performances wrap at 7:30pm each day, guests can conveniently head back into the heart of downtown Franklin, within walking distance from the Park at Harlinsdale, to imbibe the best of the town’s restaurants, shops, and great weekend lineup of nighttime shows.Ultimately, Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival invites folks of all ages on a journey to experience a myriad of musical styles, a bevy of food and beverages, and the rich regional spirit of Franklin, TN.

Road to Open on Carothers Parkway South

1:53 pm | Monday, Sep 21st
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Wednesday, September 23, at 11:00 a.m. Franklin officials will gather for the official opening of Carothers Parkway South Extension from Old South Carothers to Long Lane.  The ceremony will take place on the Carothers Parkway Bridge over the Harpeth River.  The media and general public are welcome and encouraged to attend the ceremony.

 

Carothers Parkway is an important north-south connector on the East side of I-65 and will now provide connectivity from the Goose Creek Interchange to Moores Lane.  This roadway will provide access to numerous neighborhoods in the southeast portion of Franklin.  Over the past few years the Board of Mayor and Aldermen have approved the construction of approximately 2,183 new single family units and 757 multi-family units along the frontage of this project.  The roadway is approximately 2.8 miles in length, with a bridge crossing the Harpeth River.  The project was graded to accommodate a four-lane divided highway, however, only two of the four lanes were built initially.  A sidewalk has also been installed from the bridge going north.

 

 

The cost for the design, right-of-way, easements, engineering and construction of this project was approximately 17 million dollars.

Eric Church

1:17 pm | Monday, Sep 21st
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The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum hosted an intimate reception of family, music industry friends, and media VIPs on Sept. 17, to celebrate the opening of its latest cameo exhibition, “Eric Church: Inside the Outsider.”  The exhibit features stage clothing, song manuscripts, photos, awards, a hand-written note from George Strait, and more memorabilia that was personally selected by this year’s top CMA Awards nominee for the display.  “Eric Church: Inside the Outsider” will run through February 2016 and is part of the normal admission to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

During the reception, Church said, “I revere country music. I grew up a fan in North Carolina. I remember a distinct memory when I was 23, walking by the Country Music Hall of Fame just having a moment you know, as a songwriter that had been told ‘no’ a bunch. If I had the chance, had a time machine to go back and tell that guy what would happen over the next 10-15 years (laughs)…neither one of us would believe it.  I just walked through an exhibit that had my name all over it, and here’s what I learned. It doesn’t matter how great your songs are, how great a singer and player you are…I know this now, that it’s about the people that are in this room. It’s about everybody from songwriters, it’s about management, it’s about the band and crew that give it to ‘em every night. It’s about my family, it’s about the people at our house. It’s not about me, because it’s not possible for one person to make that happen.”

About Eric Church


The Country Music Association and four-time Academy of Country Music Award winner finished 2014 as country music’s top-selling artist, with the year’s highest debut and sales of any release in the format as the critical and commercial success The Outsiders reached Platinum status, marking more than one million albums sold. Debuting at No. 1 on both the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart and Top Country Albums chart, “The Outsiders” garnered GRAMMY, CMA and ACM Album of the Year nominations and features his No.1 hits “Give Me Back My Hometown” and “Talladega” as well as Top 10 “Like A Wrecking Ball.” The Outsiders is the follow-up to Church’s Platinum-certified CHIEF, named the 2012 Album of the Year by both CMA and ACM, and GRAMMY-nominated for Best Country Album. The LP featured five Top 20 singles: “Homeboy” (certified Platinum for sales in excess of 1 million); the Top 10 “Like Jesus Does” and the Top 5 “Creepin’” (both certified Gold for sales in excess of 500,000); and two No. 1 hits “Drink in My Hand” (certified Platinum) and “Springsteen” (certified Double Platinum for sales in excess of 2 million singles). Church’s 2006 debut album, Sinners Like Me (2006) and his sophomore album Carolina (2009) are both RIAA Gold-certified.
For more information or tickets, visit www.EricChurch.com.

About the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is operated by the Country Music Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization  chartered by the state of Tennessee in 1964. The museum’s mission is the preservation of the history of country and related vernacular music rooted in southern culture. With the same educational mission, the foundation also operates Historic RCA Studio B, Hatch Show PrintTM CMF Records, the museum’s Frist Library and Archive and CMF Press. Museum programs are made possible, in part, by the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission, the Tennessee Arts Commission, and under agreements with the National Endowment for the Arts.

More information about the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is available at www.countrymusichalloffame.org or by calling (615) 416-2001.

Gypsy

2:00 pm | Sunday, Sep 20th
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Presented by The Tennessean Williamson
Music by Jule Styne, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Arthur Laurents

Sept. 17 – Oct. 4, 2015  at Jamison Hall – The Factory at Franklin, Franklin TN

A long-time short-list production for Studio Tenn, “Gypsy” is widely exalted as the Greatest American Book Musical, integrating a rich, compelling story and complex characters into its Broadway songbook standards such as “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” “Let Me Entertain You,” and “Together (Wherever We Go).”

Bombastic and overbearing stage mother Rose is desperate to catapult her children to stardom during Vaudeville’s heyday. When her younger daughter June flees the family and The Circuit, quiet, sidelined Louise steps into the limelight. With Vaudeville waning, mother and daughter find themselves on an unexpected path to fame.

Studio Tenn is going all out in this bold, dynamic production–nothing short of the royal treatment “Gypsy” deserves.

For tickets, show times and more please visit Gypsy.

Heritage Ball

6:00 pm | Saturday, Sep 19th
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Heritage-Ball-2015 Franklin TNFor four decades, the Heritage Ball has emphasized the importance of historic preservation in the community and underscored the efforts of the Heritage Foundation of Franklin & Williamson County. Generations of Williamson County residents have made a tradition of supporting the Heritage Ball, the community’s longest-running black tie event. This year’s proceeds will benefit the ca. 1941 Old, Old Jail–the Foundation’s future headquarters and the community’s Big House for Historic Preservation!

For event information please visit Heritage Ball.

Producing the Heritage Ball is just one of the many activities of The Heritage Foundation of Franklin & Williamson County. Since 1967 the non-profit group has been dedicated to protecting and preserving Williamson County’s historic, architectural and geographic resources; in short, saving the places that matter.

Gypsy

2:00 pm | Saturday, Sep 19th
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Presented by The Tennessean Williamson
Music by Jule Styne, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Arthur Laurents

Sept. 19th, 2015 at 2:00pm and at 7:00pm at Jamison Hall – The Factory at Franklin, Franklin TN

A long-time short-list production for Studio Tenn, “Gypsy” is widely exalted as the Greatest American Book Musical, integrating a rich, compelling story and complex characters into its Broadway songbook standards such as “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” “Let Me Entertain You,” and “Together (Wherever We Go).”

Bombastic and overbearing stage mother Rose is desperate to catapult her children to stardom during Vaudeville’s heyday. When her younger daughter June flees the family and The Circuit, quiet, sidelined Louise steps into the limelight. With Vaudeville waning, mother and daughter find themselves on an unexpected path to fame.

Studio Tenn is going all out in this bold, dynamic production–nothing short of the royal treatment “Gypsy” deserves.

For tickets, show times and more please visit Gypsy.

Junior Excursion Adventure Program – Zip Lines

9:00 am | Saturday, Sep 19th
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Junior Excursion Adventure Programs Franklin TN
The Williamson County Parks & Recreation Department will be offering adventure programs for teens who are from the ages of 11 to 15 years old. This program will offer day trips that are more adventurous for your child to participate in. All trips will departure from the Franklin Recreation Complex- 1120 Hillsboro Rd., Franklin, TN 37064. For more info. about trips and trip registration please call Whitney Osborne at 615-302-0971 ext. 2214 or WhitneyO@williamson-tn.org. 
SEPTEMBER 19: ZIP LINES
OCTOBER 19: PAINT BALL

PRE-REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT IS REQUIRED BECAUSE SPACE IS LIMITED!
 * Teens MUST arrive no later than 30 minutes prior to trip departure times.

 

Gypsy

7:00 pm | Friday, Sep 18th
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Presented by The Tennessean Williamson
Music by Jule Styne, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Arthur Laurents

Sept. 17 – Oct. 4, 2015  at Jamison Hall – The Factory at Franklin, Franklin TN

A long-time short-list production for Studio Tenn, “Gypsy” is widely exalted as the Greatest American Book Musical, integrating a rich, compelling story and complex characters into its Broadway songbook standards such as “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” “Let Me Entertain You,” and “Together (Wherever We Go).”

Bombastic and overbearing stage mother Rose is desperate to catapult her children to stardom during Vaudeville’s heyday. When her younger daughter June flees the family and The Circuit, quiet, sidelined Louise steps into the limelight. With Vaudeville waning, mother and daughter find themselves on an unexpected path to fame.

Studio Tenn is going all out in this bold, dynamic production–nothing short of the royal treatment “Gypsy” deserves.

For tickets, show times and more please visit Gypsy.

Gypsy

7:00 pm | Thursday, Sep 17th
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Presented by The Tennessean Williamson
Music by Jule Styne, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Arthur Laurents

Sept. 17 – Oct. 4, 2015  at Jamison Hall – The Factory at Franklin, Franklin TN

A long-time short-list production for Studio Tenn, “Gypsy” is widely exalted as the Greatest American Book Musical, integrating a rich, compelling story and complex characters into its Broadway songbook standards such as “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” “Let Me Entertain You,” and “Together (Wherever We Go).”

Bombastic and overbearing stage mother Rose is desperate to catapult her children to stardom during Vaudeville’s heyday. When her younger daughter June flees the family and The Circuit, quiet, sidelined Louise steps into the limelight. With Vaudeville waning, mother and daughter find themselves on an unexpected path to fame.

Studio Tenn is going all out in this bold, dynamic production–nothing short of the royal treatment “Gypsy” deserves.

For tickets, show times and more please visit Gypsy.

 

Megan Barry to speak at Williamson Inc. Membership Luncheon

4:30 pm | Monday, Sep 14th
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Nashville Mayor-elect Megan Barry is confirmed to speak at Williamson, Inc.’s monthly membership luncheon, presented by WGU Tennessee, Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 11 a.m. in Liberty Hall at The Factory at Franklin, located at 230 Franklin Road. Barry will address the Williamson County business community at what will be one of her first public speeches as Nashville’s first female, newly-elected mayor.

Barry was elected the seventh mayor of Nashville’s metropolitan government Thursday, Sept. 10, making history as the first woman and first Metro Council member to hold the city’s top office.

Barry defeated runoff opponent David Fox with 55 percent of the votes to win the mayoral runoff election. With all precincts reporting, Barry had 60,519 votes to Fox’s 49,694 votes.

Barry will lead one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities neighbored to the south by Williamson County, Tennessee’s fastest-growing county. By 2040, the Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization predicts Middle Tennessee’s 10-county region will absorb 1 million new residents.

“Williamson and Davidson counties have become prime destinations for millennials, corporate relocations, job growth and tourism,” Matt Largen, president and CEO of Williamson, Inc., said. “Having the next mayor of Nashville speak to our county’s business leaders shows we are committed to building regional partnerships that ensures continued economic growth in both counties. We depend on Nashville, and our brand, to a degree, is Nashville.”

Building on the momentum established by outgoing Mayor Karl Dean, Barry made regional economic development and growth one of her top campaign platforms to address traffic congestion, mass transit, population growth and business relocation and expansion.

According to Barry’s website, building the local economy will require a regional mindset that includes surrounding counties and working with local, regional, state and federal agencies.

The entire community is invited to hear Barry’s plans on this critical topic. Registration begins at 11 a.m. followed by the program at 11:30 a.m. The luncheon costs $35 for Williamson Chamber and Nashville Chamber members, $55 for non-members, and attendees may register online at www.williamsonchamber.com or pay at the door. Companies may purchase a table of seven for $400. A $5 late fee is added after noon Monday, Sept. 14.

About Williamson, Inc.

Williamson, Inc. is the premiere source for business and economic development initiatives in Williamson County. In 2012, the Brentwood Cool Springs Chamber, the Cool Springs Chamber, the Williamson County-Franklin Chamber, and the county’s Office of Economic Development approved unification under the banner of the new Williamson, Inc. Williamson, Inc. uses an innovative approach to building a prosperous business community through educational programs, networking events, beneficial services, vocal business advocacy and business growth opportunities. Visit us on the web at www.williamsonchamber.com, on Facebook and on Twitter.

Photo Credit: Megan Barry Facebook

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