Out & About

Food, live entertainment, family activities and fireworks at Fairview City Hall, traditionally held on July 3.

A free fall festival at Bowie Nature Park with nature activities, craft vendors and live entertainment, typically in September.

A free day of fall activities, Touch-a-Truck and nature programs at Bowie Nature Park, typically a Saturday in October.

The lighting of Fairview’s city tree at City Hall, with holiday music and family activities, typically in early December.

Free weekend Jazz and Bluegrass at Arrington Vineyards, plus seasonal Food Truck Fridays, typically May through October.

Veterans, JROTC units and marching bands travel through historic downtown Franklin each November 11.

A free public reading of the Declaration with living history, fife and drum music and Revolutionary-era activities.

A small-town Independence Day on the Public Square, with the Patriotic Pet Parade, a vintage car display and craft booths.

Nine days of midway rides, livestock shows, creative arts exhibits and live entertainment at the Ag EXPO Park.

Horses, floats and marching bands move through historic downtown Franklin to kick off Rodeo Week each May.

More than 40 trucks and public service vehicles for kids to climb aboard at Jim Warren Park, plus a quiet No Horn Hour.