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Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
2019-12-06 19:00, 2019-12-07 14:00 - 19:00, 2019-12-08 14:00 - 19:00, 2019-12-12 19:00, 2019-12-13 19:00, 2019-12-14 14:00 - 19:00, 2019-12-15 14:00 - 19:00, 2019-12-19 19:00 (America/Chicago) | 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.

The Franklin Farmers Market
2019-12-07 09:00 - 12:00, 2019-12-14 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

Festival of Nativities
2019-12-07 10:00 - 20:00, 2019-12-08 16:00 - 20:00 | msf_11
3 Kings. 2 nights. 1 babe. #Followthestar to Bethlehem, and experience hundreds of international nativity crèches, enjoy a children’s activity room, and listen to live festive music during this FREE weekend event! A live-action, indoor nativity scene will also play periodically during the Festival.
In the Children’s Activity Room, families can make crafts, play games and dress up in nativity garb for an Insta-worthy snapshot.
Canned food will be accepted in support of the Providence Baptist Food Pantry which serves Williamson County residents. For more info, please visit www.festivalofnativitiestn.org.

Dates:
Friday, 12/6: 5 – 9 pm
Saturday, 12/7: 10 am – 8 pm
Sunday, 12/8: 4 – 8 pm

Franklin Kiwanis Christmas Parade 2019
2019-12-07 14:00 - 16:00 | TN
The Historic Downtown Franklin Kiwanis Club is the host and sponsor of the annual downtown Franklin Kiwanis Christmas Parade.

Saturday, December 7, 2019 from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST

Williamson County Community Band Holiday Concert
2019-12-07 15:00 | TN
WCPR Holiday Community Events and Programs

Williamson County Parks and Recreation (WCPR) will host several holiday community events and programs during the month of December. All events are open to the public.

December 7: Williamson County Community Band Holiday Concert, Williamson County Enrichment Center, 110 Everbright Avenue, Franklin, 3:00 p.m.
Come enjoy the talents of the Williamson County Community Band, our longest-running intergenerational program with members ranging from pre-teen to upper 80’s. Their varied holiday program is composed of traditional carols, international carols, popular holiday music, and even a fanfare composed by one of the band members. FREE and open to the public with light refreshments offered. For more information contact Laurie Kamunen at (615) 790-5719 ext. 2018 or Laurie.Kamunen@williamsoncounty-tn.gov.
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Christmas Time With Louis York & The Shindellas
2019-12-07 20:00 | Franklin Theatre, 419 Main Street, Franklin, 37064, United States
‘Twas a week after Thanksgiving when all through the Weirdo house not a creature was stirring, not even a Weirdo mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care. Three knocks on the door and listen y’all, no one was there. If you listened closely you could surely hear a little Rock & Roll, Funk, and Jazz filled the Franklin, Tennessee air. A great escape is happening let us tell you where! Kick off your Christmas holiday with a soulful and magical night filled with theatrics, heart-warming sounds, and a dazzling presentation by Louis York and The Shindellas. It’s Christmas Time at Franklin Theatre and we hope to see you there!

Features special guest performances by Caroline Randall Williams, Patrick Dailey and the W. Crimm singers

More about Louis York:
Louis York is the musical creation of Claude Kelly and Chuck Harmony, who’ve worked with everyone from Celine Dion and Michael Jackson to Ne-Yo, Rihanna, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, and Bruno Mars; their music is not one genre. Or influence. Or thought. It’s an exploration of it all. When stepping behind the mic for the first time in their careers, the Grammy nominated songwriter and producer threw out every rule the business has told them to follow. It doesn’t matter how long, how many transitions or how many genres. Kelly and Harmony found themselves searching for one thing, and one thing alone – GREAT ART. Art they’re proud to introduce to the world. Music they believe does their rhythmic predecessors proud. And the two have tapped into their eclectic backgrounds and respective New York and St. Louis upbringings to do just that. Every lyric & vocal you hear is straight from Claude’s heart. Every sound a product of Harmony’s mind. But words simply don’t do the justice a play button can. So enjoy.
More about The Shindellas:
Beatnik group The Shindellas are a female band formed under the belief that when women come together, powerful things can happen. The Shindellas are comprised of three brilliantly talented women, Kasi Jones (Singer), Stacy Johnson (Singer/Guitarist) and Tamara Chauniece (Singer). Each member was introduced by multi-platinum, Grammy- nominated, songwriting and production duo, Chuck Harmony and Claude Kelly, also known as the progressive band Louis York. The Shindellas explore Jazz, Soul and true R&B to create a unique genre of music for their audience. They are proponents of self-love, empowerment, and elegance, which are tenets they work hard to spread through their music.
Sponsored by Jackson National LifePresented by Weirdo Workshop
In association with Franklin Theatre Live

Williamson County Community Chorus Winter Concert
2019-12-08 15:00 | TN
WCPR Holiday Community Events and Programs

Williamson County Parks and Recreation (WCPR) will host several holiday community events and programs during the month of December. All events are open to the public.

December 8: Williamson County Community Chorus Winter Concert, Williamson County Enrichment Center, 110 Everbright Avenue, Franklin, 3:00 p.m.
The Williamson County Community Chorus will perform their FREE Winter Concert on Sunday, December 8th at 3:00 p.m. in the afternoon at the Williamson County Enrichment Center in Franklin, 110 Everbright Avenue. The Community Chorus will delight with the piece they will be performing at Carnegie Hall in February 2020, John Rutter’s Requiem. The second half of the concert will feature beautiful arrangements of classic holiday songs. Light refreshments will be served. For more information contact Laurie Kamunen at (615) 790-5719 ext. 2018 or Laurie.Kamunen@williamsoncounty-tn.gov.
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Night of Hope Tour
2019-12-08 19:30 - 2019-12-09 19:00 | Franklin Theatre, 419 Main Street, Franklin, 37064, United States
Christy and Nathan Nockels Present – Night of Hope: A Family Christmas
Description
I am excited to set sail on the third year of Night of Hope Tour. With my family in tow it will for sure be a night to remember. Christmas is such an amazing time to come together and remember the hope we have in Jesus, and to rediscover the hope He has given us to offer the world. We hope you’ll join us for these nights of awe and wonder as we worship Him together as a family. From my family to yours – we can’t wait to see you there!
– Christy
Christy is a Wife, Mother, singer, poet, and songwriter! She began singing and writing music in the church from a young age, as the daughter of a pastor in Oklahoma. She met Nathan in 1993, at the Christian Artists Seminar in Estes Park, Colorado, and they married in 1995. An invitation from Louie Giglio came later to join the first ever Passion Conference in Austin, Texas, which flourished into a fruitful fifteen years of writing and leading worship for the Passion movement. Christy’s devotion to creating earnest and honest songs prepared her to be an integral author and voice in worship songs like “Healing Is In Your Hands,” “Waiting Here For You,” “Let It Be Jesus,” and “Lord, I Need You.” She recently launched a podcast entitled “The Glorious in the Mundane,” which is intentionally focused on helping women in all places in life, finding the wonder and awe of God in the moments of the here and now. Her latest record “Be Held: Lullabies for the Beloved” is a beautifully crafted collection of lullabies intended for all ages to explore our identity as “Beloved.”
Christy & Nathan live in Franklin, Tennessee with their three beautiful children: Noah, Elliana, and Annie Rose. When they’re not focused on parenting, producing, and writing, they love to spend time making their house, affectionately called Keeper’s Branch, a home. Whether it be a season of growth, pruning, or rest, God has been faithful to carry Christy and Nathan and give them songs and prayers for the sharing.
Presented by Christy and Nathan Nockels

Snack with Santa
2019-12-09 10:00 | TN
December 9: Snack with Santa – Timberland Park, Franklin
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Williamson County Parks and Recreation invites kids (age 4 and under) to experience the wonder of a visit with Santa at picturesque Timberland Park, located at mile marker 437.2 on the historic Natchez Trace Pkwy., Franklin, TN. Meet by the fireplace in the interpretive center on Monday, December 9 at 10:00 a.m., for a story and snack with Santa. This is a free event, but online pre-registration is required at www.wcparksandrec.com. Register for activity #16115. Space is limited. For more information contact: Erin Williams at (615)786-0200 ext. 2417 or Erin.Williams@williamsoncounty-tn.gov.
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Photos with Santa
2019-12-10 10:00 | TN
December 10: Photos with Santa – Nolensville Recreation Complex
7250 Nolensville Rd., Nolensville, 10:00-11:00 a.m. Parents, don’t spend your time waiting in line at the mall to get your child’s photo made when you can come to the Williamson County Recreation Complex at Nolensville on Tuesday, December 10 at 10:00 a.m. for your Christmas photo. Cost: $5 per child and includes a printed photo, but parents are welcome to bring their own cameras in order to capture memorable photos with Santa. Register for activity #16116 at www.wcparksandrec.com. For ages 3-6. For more information contact: Erin Williams at (615)786-0200 ext. 2417 or Erin.Williams@williamsoncounty-tn.gov.
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David Archuleta Christmas Show
2019-12-11 18:00 - 2019-12-12 20:00 | Franklin Theatre, 419 Main Street, Franklin, 37064, United States
David Archuleta became a star when he was just 16. In 2008 more than 30 million television viewers fell in love with his angelic voice and their 44 million votes made him runner-up in Season 7 of “American Idol.”

Soon after, the young Utahan had his first single “Crush,” debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week of its release. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the track sold 166,000 downloads that first week in the U.S. and subsequently more than 1.92 million digital copies. Three months later, David’s self-titled album, “David Archuleta,” went gold, selling more than 750,000 copies in the U.S., and more than 900,000 worldwide.In 2010 David released his third album, “The Other Side of Down” and appeared as guest star on The Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s holiday album, “David Archuleta – Glad Christmas Tidings.”
David went on to release his fourth album, “Forevermore,” exclusively in the Philippines in March 2012 where it was soon certified gold. Later that year he released his fifth album, “Begin.” David’s sixth album, “No Matter How Far” was released in March 2013.
In 2012, David as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, put his singing career on hiatus so he could serve a two-year stint as a missionary outside of Santiago, Chile, at the La Misión Chile Rancagua.
David returned from Chile in March 2014 eager to perform and record once again. He has been touring all around the U.S., Canada, Asia and even performed in the Middle East for the U.S. troops. He relocated to Nashville and last year released his seventh album “Postcards In The Sky” featuring all original songs that he co-wrote. David says it was an album of finding his own voice and that what he had to say mattered.
VIP experience includes:

Part of soundcheck
Meet and greet/photo with artist
VIP gift
Signed 8×10

The VIP experience requires the purchase of a regular concert ticket. This will be verified after purchase.
Sponsored by Jackson National LifePresented by Franklin Theatre Live

On The Outside (OTO) - An Acoustic Christmas
2019-12-12 19:30 - 21:30 | Mockingbird Theater, 230 Franklin Road, Building 6, Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
Get into the holiday spirit with the world’s first ever Pop Country Boyband! Be the first to hear songs live from the ‘Sent From Above’ EP!

Flashlight Candy Cane Hunt
2019-12-13 17:00 - 19:00 | Eastern Flank Battlefield Park, 1368 Eastern Flank Cir, Franklin, TN, 37064, United States
The grounds of Eastern Flank Battlefield Park are sprinkled with candy canes ready to be eaten…grab your flashlight and help us hunt for the holiday treats! Kids will decorate treat bags for their candy canes before the hunt. Hot chocolate and cookies will be served. Participants must bring a flashlight, and all other supplies will be provided. Feel free to dawn a festive outfit for the event! This event is limited to 100 participants and PRE-REGISTRATION & ENTRY FEE WILL BE REQUIRED. Registration begins November 4, 2019.

Skate Night and Pictures with Santa
2019-12-13 18:30 | 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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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!

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
