Historic Halloween in Franklin

Wednesday, Oct 26, 2011 8:00 PM

Back by popular demand, it’s Girls’ Night Out at the Franklin Theatre this Wednesday with The Help.

All movie tickets at the Franklin Theatre are $5, and The Help continues through Friday evening. For tickets and additional showtimes, see www.franklintheatre.com.

Our drink special for Girls’ Night Out will be in honor of Miss Celia’s favorite tonic, “Lady-A-Pinkum.” It’s a chambourd-flavored vodka with sparkling wine for $7. In honor of breast cancer awareness month, we’re pinking the drink with $1 of each “Lady-A-Pinkum” going to the cause. Also, 55 South at the corner of 4th & Main is having $5 drinks and appetizers prior to the show. There might even be a chocolate pie door prize to the person who finds the new Chapman’s Pie Wagon menu at the Frankin Theatre for this show. Come out and enjoy a fine movie and your local friends at the Franklin Theatre on Main Street in historic downtown Franklin, but don’t count on getting a ticket at the door–it’s liable to sell out in advance, Sugarpie.

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Friday Night Sauce Fight and Smoked Meat Feast

It’s the Friday Night Sauce Fight, in the Heineys and Butts Tent on Fourth Avenue South and you won’t want to miss it this Friday, Oct. 28, from 5 to 9 p.m.! Be a part of the VIP Party, observe the competition and meet the celebrity judges, and enjoy the Smoked Meat Feast from Puckett’s, live music and beer from Heineken.

It’s the preliminary party to Saturday’s events (see below). Just the side streets of Fourth Avene North and South and Third Avenue South will be closed on Friday; Main Street closes at 10 p.m. Friday to set-up for Saturday’s Pumpkinfest.

Puckett’s Grocery and Restaurant has developed a gourmet selection for Friday night’s Smoked Meat Feast, including Barbecued Lamb Shank, Smoked Salmon Memphis Style, Bacon Wrapped Chicken Livers, Chicken Sausage Jambalaya, Smoked Sausage Red Beans and Rice, and Beef Brisket Chimichangas. This is going to be a smorgasbord! Come feast with us.

Celebrity judges include New York Times best-selling author chef Chuck White, who wrote the hit cookbook If It Makes You Healthy with Sheryl Crow; Tennessee Titans Senior Assistant Coach Dave McGinnis; former Franklin High standout athlete and current Belmont University Women’s Head Basketball Coach Brittney Ezell; 104.5 The Zone’s Clay Travis, host of the popular Three Hour Lunch sports show; and eat-drink-smile.com culinary blogger Beth Sachan.

Your $50 Ticket includes:

•   Access to the Heineken “Heineys and Butts” VIP tent

•   All-you-can-eat Smoked Meat Feast, presented by Puckett’s Grocery and Restaurant

•   Beverages provided by Heineken

•   Observe the Friday Night Sauce Fight competition, and meet our celebrity judges.

•   Live entertainment by The  Consoulers

A Limited number of tickets are available for this event. Get yours now before it’s sold out! Click here for a link to buy tickets:  https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e4rzw7nq9fc18442&oseq=

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Saturday, Oct. 29, on Main Street

28th Annual Pumpkinfest includes

Decades Dance Party & movie Scare-A-Thon

Historic Downtown Franklin’s Pumpkinfest presented by Bank of America now has something for everyone on Saturday, Oct. 29, on Main Street. Activities are 10 a.m. until 9 p.m., with more children’s activities early in the day progressing to a Decades Dance Party in the evening. Admission to the street festival is free.

Activities include:

• A Memphis Barbecue Network-sanctioned barbeque contest, Franklin’s Battle of the BBQ, for professional and backyard teams. Public tastings of competition pulled pork and ribs available from 3-6 p.m. on Fourth Avenue South in the Heineys and Butts tent, presented by Heineken. Five samples of pulled pork are $5. For more info, see www.franklinsbattleofthebbq.com

• A full schedule at the Five Points Stage in front of Starbucks:

10am—Franklin School of Performing Arts

11am—All That Dance

11:30am—Prima Performance

Noon—Waste Management Elvis

12:10—Scott Ellis School of Dance

1pm—Kristin Butke School of Irish Dance

2pm—Tommy Jackson’s Rocky Top Revue

2:50pm-Pull-Tight Players Youth Guild

3pm—Waste Management Elvis

3:10pm—Costume Contest

4pm —O’Brien School of Dance

4:50pm—Waste Management Elvis

5pm—’50s Music—The Fabulous Suedes

6pm—’60s Music—SixtyFour Band

7pm—’70s Music—Emy and Soul Survivors

8pm—’80s Music—SASS

• The all-day Scare-a-Thon five-movie marathon at Franklin Theatre, 419 Main St. The day starts with Casper (PG) 10 a.m., Beetlejuice (PG) 1 p.m., Night of the Living Dead 3:30 p.m. (a free movie, not rated), Nightmare on Elm Street (R) 6 p.m., and The Exorcist (R) 8:30 p.m. Except of the free movie, all movie tickets are $5. For more information or to purchase tickets, see www.franklintheatre.com

• A costume contest from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Five Points stage. The four categories are pets and ages 0-5, 6-13, 14+. Entry is $1 and sign-up is next to the stage (located on Main Street near Fifth Avenue) from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., or until the maximum of 50 contestants are in the category. Contestants must be signed up and at the stage by 3 p.m. to participate.

• Cemetery tours in Downtown Franklin’s two historic cemeteries on North Margin Street (two blocks from Main Street) from 7 to 9 p.m. In “Grave Matters: Stories Behind the Stones,” costumed actors tell fascinating stories of the inhabitants of the graves. Tickets are $15 for ages 14 and up, $5 for ages 7-13, and are available at www.franklinonfoot.com, at the Heritage Foundation office at Five Points Post Office, or at the gate the night of the event.

• More than 70 Arts and crafts booths featuring fall and holiday handmade and unique items will be around the Public Square and East Main Street to First Avenue from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.

• Children’s activities in a new location on Third Avenue North from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Some activities are free; some have a nominal charge, and include Franklin’s Sister City, Carleton Place, Canada, with the Great Pumpkin, pumpkin painting, free games with small prizes, inflatables and sports games.

• The Franklin Tomorrow Chili Cook-off will be held from 10:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Fourth Avenue South, offering 10 samples for $5. The organization is also holding a Vision Fair during Pumpkinfest at City Hall on the Public Square 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. to give residents an opportunity to have input into creating a shared vision for the future of Franklin.

The annual fall event is produced by the Heritage Foundation of Franklin & Williamson County and its division, the Downtown Franklin Association. Pumpkinfest is presented by Bank of America, Waste Management, Heineken, Jackson Life Insurance, the City of Franklin, Williamson Medical Center, Publix Super Markets, Fox 17, Williamson A.M./The Tennessean, Clear Channel Radio, Williamson Medical Center, FranklinIs, Franklin Tomorrow and the Sister Cities Board of Franklin.

Pumpkinfest is open to the public with free admission except for special activities as noted. For more information please call 615-591-8500 or visit www.historicfranklin.com.