Skate Night and Pictures with Santa
2019-12-13 18:30 (America/Chicago) | TN
December 13: Skate Night and Pictures with Santa – Fairview Recreation Complex
2714 Fairview Blvd., Fairview, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Come to the Fairview Recreation Complex on Friday night, December 13 to skate and get your picture with Santa! Kids will be able to skate with Santa, play holiday-themed skating games, and have a picture taken with Kris Kringle himself. It’s a perfect chance to ask Santa for those new skates you have been wanting. Cost: $5 per person. All ages welcome. For more information contact Andrew Hawken at (615) 799-9331 ext. 2315 or Andrew.Hawken@williamsoncounty-tn.gov.
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Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
2019-12-13 19:00, 2019-12-14 14:00 - 19:00, 2019-12-15 14:00 - 19:00, 2019-12-19 19:00, 2019-12-20 19:00, 2019-12-21 14:00 - 19:00, 2019-12-22 14:00 - 19:00, 2019-12-26 14:00 - 19:00 and 2 more dates | TN
Join Studio Tenn this holiday season with Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, the Tony Award®-winning family-fun musical that will delight audiences with its contemporary take on the classic tale. Fully equipped with an incredible orchestra, jaw-dropping transformations and all the moments you love—the pumpkin, the glass slipper, the masked ball and more— this production will transport you back to a time of fairy tales and fairy godmothers! Rediscover some of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s most beloved songs, including “In My Own Little Corner,” “Impossible/It’s Possible” and “Ten Minutes Ago” in this enchantingly romantic experience for anyone who’s ever had a dream!
SHOW DATES/TIMES:
Friday, December 6 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, December 7 at 2 p.m.
Saturday, December 7 at 7 p.m.
Sunday, December 8 at 2 p.m.
Sunday, December 8 at 7 p.m.
Thursday, December 12 at 7 p.m.
Friday, December 13 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, December 14 at 2 p.m.
Saturday, December 14 at 7 p.m.
Sunday, December 15 at 2 p.m.
Sunday, December 15 at 7 p.m.
Thursday, December 19 at 7 p.m.
Friday, December 20 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, December 21 at 2 p.m.
Saturday, December 21 at 7 p.m.
Sunday, December 22 at 2 p.m.
Sunday, December 22 at 7 p.m.
Thursday, December 26 at 2 p.m.
Thursday, December 26 at 7 p.m.
Friday, December 27 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, December 28 at 2 p.m.
Saturday,December 28 at 7 p.m.
Sunday, December 29 at 2 p.m.
Sunday, December 29 at 7 p.m.

Over the Rhine Christmas
2019-12-13 20:00 | TN
One December, not long after Over the Rhine began recording and touring, we were invited to perform some seasonal songs on a public radio station. So we worked up a few carols and traditional tunes. It actually felt really good and conjured up an unusual mix of feelings from childhood: innocence, loss, wonder, joy, sadness. I think we were surprised.

People must have tuned into the radio broadcast, because we began receiving inquiries as to whether we had recorded any of our Christmas songs. In December of 1996 – can it really be over 20 years ago? – we recorded and released our first song cycle of some of the Christmas carols that still haunted us. We included a few original tunes and called our wintry mix The Darkest Night Of The Year. Folks began snatching up copies and seemed to agree that they hadn’t heard anything quite like it.We began playing concerts around the Midwest every December and found that the rooms were usually packed full of people who had bundled in out of the cold. If you stepped outside during intermission, you could make ghosts with your breath in the crisp night air. And it was dark – oh so dark: a time of year with its own music.
A decade later, in 2006, we released our first full collection of original Christmas/holiday songs called Snow Angels. What is it about Christmas music and the undeniable gravitational pull it exerts on some songwriters? So many Christmas songs had already been written. I think we were genuinely curious about the ones that hadn’t yet been written.
We continued to tour every December and these special year-winding-down concerts began to feel like an annual tradition – gatherings of extended musical family, without whom, we’d be homeless.
And when we released our third holiday album of original songs, Blood Oranges In The Snow, in December of 2014, we were still at it.
On our 2019 tour, we will be leaning into three-part harmonies and making an intimate but hopefully holy ruckus. It won’t be all Christmas music: we’ll certainly mix in tunes from many of our records along the way. But hopefully it’s still true; that you haven’t heard anything quite like it.
We hope you’ll join us,
Linford Detweiler
With Karin close by
Nowhere Else
Clinton County, Ohio
Sponsored by Jackson National LifePresented by Franklin Theatre Live

Breakfast with Santa
2019-12-14 09:00 - 11:00 | Bethlehem United Methodist Church, 2419 Bethlehem Loop Road, Franklin, TN, 37069, United States
Breakfast with Santa by TuneTown Show Chorus
Come join Santa for breakfast, photo ops, crafts, and more!
Join Santa Claus on December 14 from 9am-11am for a Pancake Breakfast! This fun event in Franklin, TN will include:
Photo opportunities with Santa
Crafts and other fun activities
Pancake Breakfast Includes:

Pancakes
Bacon
Fruit
Coffee
Hot Cocoa

Prices:
Adult – $12
Kids 3-12: $5
Kids under 3: FREE!

The Franklin Farmers Market
2019-12-14 09:00 - 12:00, 2019-12-21 09:00 - 12:00, 2019-12-28 09:00 - 12:00 | TN
The Franklin Farmers Market is a true Tennessee farmers market!
From produce, fruit and dairy to baked goods and meats, you’ll find delicious fresh food at the Franklin Farmers Market. And because it’s all from local farms, the variety of goods increases and changes each week through the seasons. You can taste the difference, because it all comes straight from the farm to the market, ripe and ready to enjoy. It’s Tennessee farm fresh food from real farmers, every Saturday morning at the Franklin Farmers Market. Plus, there are a select number of local crafts persons at the market too, with unique and beautiful goods for you to enjoy.
Market Hours: All Year Long, Every Saturday
Spring/Summer Market: April thru Oct, 8am – 1pm
Fall/Winter Market: Nov thru March, 9am – 12pm

35th Annual Dickens of a Christmas
2019-12-14 10:00 - 2019-12-15 16:00 | TN
35th Annual Dickens of a Christmas, Presented by First Citizens National Bank
The Heritage Foundation of Williamson County TN’s 35th Annual Dickens of a Christmas, Presented by First Citizens National Bank is Middle Tennessee’s largest outdoor Christmas festival returning this year on December 14 & 15, 2019!

Drop & Shop with Mrs. Claus
2019-12-14 18:00 - 22:00 | TN
December 14: Drop & Shop with Mrs. Claus – Williamson County Enrichment Center in Franklin
110 Everbright Ave., Franklin, TN., 6:00 – 10:00 p.m. Parents, enjoy a night out to go shopping and leave the kids with us for some fun activities. Our Drop & Shop evening will be on Saturday, December 14 and will include a pizza dinner, a holiday movie, bingo, crafts and cookie decorating with Mrs. Claus. Cost: $25 for 1st child, $15 each additional child. For ages 4-14. Register for activity #15833 at www.wcparksandrec.com. For more information contact: Laurie Kamunen at (615) 790-5719 ext. 2018 or Laurie.Kamunen@williamsoncounty-tn.gov.
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A Christmas Carol with Jason Woods
2019-12-14 19:30 | Franklin Theatre, 419 Main Street, Franklin, 37064, United States
A Christmas Carol with Jason Woods – A Dickens of a Christmas Theatrical Experience in Downtown Franklin at the Franklin Theatre

Some things cannot be explained…they must be EXPERIENCED.

This December, prepare to be haunted by three Christmas Spirits. Jason Woods is the One-Man Christmas Carol, taking the stage at The Franklin Theatre on the first night of Dickens of a Christmas Festival.Ebenezer Scrooge is a coarse old miser who doesn’t celebrate the season and wishes ill will on all who do. On a freezing Christmas Eve, he is visited by the ghost of his business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns that he will be haunted by three spirits. The past, present and future collide to show Scrooge what his life could have been and where it is going. A holiday classic that faithfully entertains and inspires!
Jason Woods transforms into over 25 characters as he describes every shadowy phantom, every mouth watering morsel of Christmas dinner and each tear of joy from this beloved tale.
The show is brought to you by The Heritage Foundation of Williamson County, TN as part of the Dickens of a Christmas Festival presented by First Citizens National Bank.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - A Play
2019-12-15 16:00 - 19:30 | Franklin Theatre, 419 Main Street, Franklin, 37064, United States
In this hilarious Christmas tale, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids– probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won’t believe the mayhem– and the fun– when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on!

“One of the best Christmas stories ever – and certainly one of the funniest.” – The Seattle Times

This production is performed by the youth of the Act Too Players.

BeauSoleil Cajun Christmas avec Michael Doucet
2019-12-18 20:00 | Franklin Theatre, 419 Main Street, Franklin, 37064, United States
For the past 40 years, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet has been making some of the most potent and popular Cajun music on the planet. Born out of the rich Acadian ancestry of its members, and created and driven by bandleader Michael Doucet’s spellbinding fiddle playing and soulful vocals, BeauSoleil is notorious for bringing even the most staid audience to its feet. BeauSoleil’s distinctive sound derives from the distilled spirits of New Orleands jazz, blues rock, folk, swamp pop, Zydeco, country and bluegrass, captivating listeners from the Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, to Carnegie Hall, then all the way across the pond to Richard Thompson’s Meltdown Festival in England.

For their first studio release in four years, and the 25th in their 37-year career, BeauSoleil teamed up with Nashville- based roots music label Compass Records. The band named the new album From Bamako to Carencro, a title that alludes to the cultural and migratory connection between Bamako, in Mali, West Africa, and Louisiana (symbolized in name by the Lafayette, LA. suburb of Carencro), a connection that draws a sonic bloodline back to BeauSoleil’s roots. On the album’s 11 tracks, the band performs with a resounding authenticity all the while bringing a refreshed playfulness to the genre-the fiddle, flat-picked guitar and accordion carry driving melodies over the two-step and waltz dance beats characteristic of their Cajun and Zydeco music, but not without the country, jazz and blues leanings that informed the genre in the 1920s. They channel the godfathers of other music as well by including a Cajun/La La- style reimagining of James Brown’s classic 1962 Live at the Apollo version of “I’ll Go Crazy” and a swing version of John Coltrane’s tune-de-force “Bessie’s Blues.” Guitarist David Doucet even tucks an occasional Lester Flatt-style bluegrass G-run into his highly melodic guitar solos.Since becoming the first Cajun band to win a GRAMMY with L’amour Ou La Folie (Traditional Folk Album – 1998) and then a second Grammy in 2010, Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, BeauSoleil has garnered many accolades, including twelve GRAMMY nominations, the latest being their 2009 release Alligator Purse. They are regular guests on Garrison Keillor’s National Public Radio show A Prairie Home Companion, where Keillor has dubbed them as “the best Cajun band in the world,” and their music is so integral to the Cajun culture that they have been featured on the New Orleans-based hit HBO program Treme. (Look for an on-camera performance from the band this year during the final season of the show). Critics unanimously agree that it is “bon temps, every time they play,” (New York Times).
Sponsored by Jackson National LifePresented by Franklin Theatre Live

A Charlie Brown Christmas
2019-12-19 19:00 - 2019-12-22 14:00 | Mockingbird Theater, 230 Franklin Road, Building 6, Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
Source One Five presents A Charlie Brown Christmas at The Mockingbird Theatre at The Factory at Franklin!

ALL AGES

Everyone’s favorite holiday classic comes to life in Source One Five’s annual production; A Charlie Brown Christmas!

About this Event

Join Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, and the Peanuts gang as they produce their own Christmas play and ultimately learn the true meaning of the season. Adapted from Charles M. Schulz’s timeless story, A Charlie Brown Christmas features the unforgettable music of Vince Guaraldi, as well as beloved holiday carols performed by the Peanuts characters. There’s no better way to discover the magic of the season!

Thursday Dec 19th @ 7:00pm
Friday Dec 20th @ 7:00pm
Saturday Dec 21st @ 2:00pm
Saturday Dec 21st @ 7:00pm
Sunday Dec 22nd @ 2:00pm

Exile Christmas
2019-12-19 20:00 | Franklin Theatre, 419 Main Street, Franklin, 37064, United States
Exile formed in 1963 looking to play small clubs in Richmond, KY but managed to top both the pop and country charts during their more than 50 year-long career. Their most successful hit, “Kiss You All Over” spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard’s pop chart in 1978. In the early 1980’s, they started to focus on country music. During their run on the country charts, Exile has successfully had ten No. 1 singles and many more top 20’s. The band released two new recording projects in 2018 featuring their latest music as well as greatest hits. The five original members of the band reformed in 2008 and continue to tour today.

Sponsored by Jackson National LifePresented by Franklin Theatre Live

Country & Christmas
2019-12-20 20:00 - 2019-12-21 20:00 | Franklin Theatre, 419 Main Street, Franklin, 37064, United States
Larry, Steve and Rudy: The Gatlin Brothers – Country & Christmas
Larry, Steve, & Rudy, the Gatlin Brothers are a Grammy Award-winning trio who have dazzled audiences for more than sixty years with a lifetime of noteworthy achievements in their storybook career, including a Grammy for Best Country Song (“Broken Lady”), three ACM awards for Single of the Year (“All The Gold In California”), Album of the Year (Straight Ahead) and Male Vocalist of the Year for Larry Gatlin, along with five nominations for CMA Vocal Group of the Year, Single, Album and Male Vocalist of the Year. (DOVE Awards – AMA’s – PEOPLE’S CHOICE info here) The Brothers have accumulated 7 # 1 Singles, 32 Top 40 Records, 22 Studio Albums and 5 BMI “Million-Air” Awards. Larry ranks 4th as Solo Writer’s with the most self-penned top 40 Billboard Hits!
His massive song catalog has been recorded by the Who’s Who of entertainers, including Elvis Presley, Barbara Streisand, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Glen Campbell, Kris Kristofferson, Sir Tom Jones, Dottie West, Charlie Rich, Johnny Mathis and dozens of others, securing his legacy as one of BMI’s top solo songwriters of all time. For more than 62 years now, the Gatlin Brothers have entertained audiences in some of the world’s largest venues and from some of the most iconic stages, including the GRAMMY Awards, the American Music Awards, the People’s Choice Awards, the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Oprah, Hee Haw, Love Boat, the Midnight Special with Wolfman Jack, the Merv Griffin Show, Solid Gold, the Barbara Mandrell Show and their own variety special on ABC – “Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers.”Sponsored by Jackson National LifePresented by Franklin Theatre Live

Santa Visits the Market
2019-12-21 09:00 - 12:00 | TN
Santa visits the market each December. Bring the kids to visit with Santa and snap a picture of Santa asking what each child wants for Christmas. It’ll be a fun day for local families!

Christmas Eve Candlelight Services
2019-12-23 16:00 - 2019-12-24 16:00 | TN
This Christmas Eve we will have a wide selection of services and locations for you to choose from! At all three of our campuses (Franklin, Nashville, and Nolensville) we will have our normal Sunday services and then our candlelight services on both Monday and Tuesday.
We would love for you to join us at one of our campuses:
FRANKLIN // 1810 Columbia Ave, Franklin TN 37064
Dec 23 – 4PM & 5:30 PM
Dec 24 – 1PM, 2:30PM, 4PM, & 5:30 PM
NOLENSVILLE // 7198 Nolensville Rd, Nolensville TN 37135
Dec 23 – 4PM & 5:30 PM
Dec 24 – 1PM, 2:30PM, & 4PM
NASHVILLE // 2112 Belmont Blvd, Nashville TN 37212
Dec 23 – 5:30 PM
Dec 24 – 2:30PM & 4PM
About Rolling Hills Church
Rolling Hills Community Church exists to bring glory to God by reaching people for Christ and nurturing them in the faith through inspired worship, genuine community and passionate ministry that transforms lives in our neighborhoods and throughout the world.

Behind the Scenes Tour
2019-12-26 10:00 - 14:00 | Historic Franklin Masonic Hall, 115 2nd Ave. S, Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
The Behind the Scenes Tour lets visitors get a peek into the hidden spaces of the Masonic Hall, Franklin’s oldest public building. The tour visits the first floor community space, second floor Blue Lodge and preparation rooms, and third floor Royal Arch lodge room. Visitors will learn about early interactions between Native Americans, enslaved blacks, and white settlers in early Franklin, the Masons of Hiram Lodge No. 7’s role in Franklin and Tennessee’s development, the home-front and Federal occupation during the Civil War, African American community’s struggle to gain and keep rights during Reconstruction–epitomized in the Franklin Race Riot–and Jim Crow and modernization in Franklin. Visitors will see fingerprints left by enslaved workers in the bricks, 200 year old Masonic lodge rooms, and Civil War graffiti left behind by soldiers who used the Hall during Occupation and the Battle of Franklin.
When: Tours are offered Thursdays and Fridays at 10 A.M. and 2 P.M. and last approximately 90 minutes
Where: Historic Franklin Masonic Hall, 115 2nd Ave. S., Franklin, TN 37064

Marshmallow Hikes
2019-12-27 10:00 - 14:00, 2019-12-28 10:00 - 14:00 | Owl’s Hill Nature Sanctuary, 545 Beech Creek Rd S, Brentwood, TN, 37027, United States
December 27 & 28, 2019 and January 2-4 & 11, 2020
10:00am – 2:00pm
Cost $10/hiker
Are you looking for something to do with the family during the holidays or an excuse to get out of the house by yourself? How does a nice hike in the winter woods followed by hot chocolate and roasted marshmallows sound? Come by Owl’s Hill for our annual Marshmallow and Hot Chocolate Hikes.

One Night in Franklin, TN: Americana & Roots Rock Songwriters
2019-12-27 19:30 - 22:30 | Mockingbird Theater, 230 Franklin Road, Building 6, Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
For one night only in Franklin, TN come enjoy a special days-between holiday event with some of Nashville’s most earnest and captivating Americana and Roots-Rock songwriters. Line-up includes Don Gallardo, Rich Mahan, Lilly Winwood, Allen Thompson & Keshia Bailey, Chip Greene, and Josh Womack.
