Downtown Franklin

Women Wine and Wood - DIY Workshop
2016-12-06 18:00 - 21:00, 2016-12-13 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | T
You need a night out with some girlfriends! Come relax with a bottle of wine and hammer out those midweek stresses while you create a wood sign for your home. With over 40 project designs to choose from there’s a DIY wood sign for every home and every style. Our instructor-led classes include all tools and supplies necessary for you to create and take home your own custom wood sign.
Register online to pick your project design, then customize your sign in-class to match your home decor or as the perfect gift to give!

Shannon Eye Care Holiday Trunk Show Party
2016-12-08 16:00 - 19:00
Join us for our annual holiday party and trunk show featuring our Anne et Valentin collection of eyeglasses & sunglasses handmade in France. We welcome our patients and the public!

DIY NIGHT
2016-12-08 18:00 - 20:00
Join us on Dec 8th for our holiday DIY Night! This month we’ll be making a peppermint body scrub! All natural and completed with cute jars! These make great gifts for you or your friends! See you there!

Dickens of a Christmas
2016-12-10 10:00 - 2016-12-11 17:00
Join us for the largest Christmas festival in Middle Tennessee! Step back in time with the Heritage Foundation of Franklin & Williamson County when Dickens of a Christmas returns to Franklin’s Main Street December 10-11, 2016.
Sponsored this year by Nissan, the 32nd annual free street festival will recreate the time of Charles Dickens using historic downtown Franklin’s Victorian architecture as the backdrop. Some 200 musicians, dancers and characters will fill the streets, including several from Charles Dickens’s stories. Expect to see and interact with the nefarious Fagin from Oliver Twist; Jacob Marley, Ebenezer Scrooge and Tiny Tim Cratchit with his parents from A Christmas Carol; and of course, a Victorian Father and Mother Christmas with treats for children.
As more attention is turned toward downtown Franklin in both the local and national press, we encourage festival goers to dress in Victorian costume and to add to the ambiance as they stroll the streets.
This year’s event will reprise a crowd favorite from last year: it WILL snow at Dickens of a Christmas! Come decked out in holiday style to capture that perfect family picture.

Holiday Story Time with the Sugar Plum Fairy
2016-12-10 11:00 - 12:00
Join Visit Franklin and Dreams Do Come True Princess Parties this holiday season during Storytime at the Visitor Center! The Sugar Plum Fairy will be reading her favorite story during Dickens of a Christmas in Downtown Franklin.
Space is limited.

Holiday Story Time with Elf on the Shelf
2016-12-10 13:00 - 14:00
Join Visit Franklin and Dreams Do Come True Princess Parties this holiday season during Storytime at the Visitor Center! Elf on the Shelf will be reading his favorite story and stirring up mischief during Dickens of a Christmas in Downtown Franklin.
Space is limited.

Christopher Radko Signing Event
2016-12-11 14:00 - 16:00
Please join us at the Heirloom Shop to meet Christopher Radko artist Mario Tare. Mario will be available to sign Christopher Radko handcrafted ornaments, including Carrying the Magic, a piece created exclusively for stores holding signing events. Arrive early as quantities of this very special ornament are limited.

12 Days Of Christmas Giveaways
2016-12-13
Join us for free treats to celebrate the kick off of our annual “12 Days Of Christmas Giveaway” and sign up to win great freebies!

Downtown Franklin Salutes Wives of Deployed Soldiers with Third Annual Christmas Celebration
2016-12-13
This next Tuesday, December 13th, Parks on Main and our downtown merchants are so pleased to once again welcome more than two dozen Ft. Campbell wives’ of our deployed soldiers, for a day of shopping, exploring and experiencing our community … giving us the opportunity to recognize these families for their service and sacrifice during this Christmas season.
Thank you to our downtown merchants who’ve come together this year to make this a really special day … offering special gifts, discounts, chocolate, wine and Champaign, gift wrapping and much more.
This year’s event will begin when they arrive at Puckett’s Boat House via charter bus, where owner’s Andy & Jan Marshall will host a welcome lunch. From there, they’ll begin with another welcome at the Franklin Visitor’s Center where they’ll start their day of shopping and enjoying our Downtown Franklin just after noontime. They’ll all be wearing name tags, so they’ll be easy to recognize!
We invite ALL of our downtown merchants to join us as we conclude their special day with a final send-off reception at Parks on Main at 2:30 pm where Mayor Ken Moore and his wife, Linda, will join us to share a few words.
Please call or email Kim Henderson @ 615-881-9053, kim@henderson-team.com, with any questions.

Live Music at Gray's On Main
2016-12-15 19:30 - 21:00
Join us for live music at Gray’s every Thursday at 7:30 p.m! No cover charge!

Live Music at Gray's On Main
2016-12-16 19:30
Join us for live music, every Friday beginning at 9 p.m! $6.00 cover charge.

Hop & Shop Trolley
2016-12-17 10:00 - 17:00
The Downtown Franklin Association is partnering with The Factory at Franklin and the Franklin Transit Authority once again to provide FREE TRANSPORTATION as part of the “Hop & Shop Trolley” initiative!
In an effort to encourage people to “shop small,” the Hop & Shop ride will begin on Small Business Saturday Nov. 26. The Hop & Shop Trolley will also run on Saturday, Dec. 3 and Saturday, Dec. 17. The trolley is heated and handicap accessible!
Participating passengers will enjoy festive music on the decked-out trolley, which will run from the front of The Factory in 30-minute increments. The ride will start at The Factory at 230 Franklin Road, and take its passengers down Main Street and Columbia Avenue, as well as businesses on the First through Fifth avenues of Main Street. There is no need to reserve space or tickets for the trolley. Simply park at The Factory, and look for the pick-up signs at the front of the building.

Holiday Story Time with Elsa & Olaf
2016-12-17 11:00 - 12:00
Join Visit Franklin and Dreams Do Come True Princess Parties this holiday season during Holiday Story Time at the Visitor Center. Elsa & Olaf are returning once again and will be reading their favorite holiday story.
Space is limited.

Soul At The Factory With Jason Eskridge
2016-12-17 19:00 - 21:00
Soul at The Factory celebrates the best local, national and international R&B, Soul, Funk, Jazz, Blues and Gospel music. Hear Jason Eskridge and Friends with Nashville’s finest top flight live music at the state of the art Little Brick Theater at The Factory. Doors open at 6pm. General Admission and VIP tickets available and Concessions. Presented by DrAlvin.com and LifeStyle Publications.
The audio and video promotional recording is courtesy of ICU Security to air on Cromwell Radio 102.1 The Light Nashville and featured on www.DrAlvin.com.
From more information call 615-716-2139, email alvin@dralvin.com and visit www.DrAlvin.Com.
