Downtown Franklin

Blackhole Drifters & American Watermelon: Live at Kimbro's
2015-06-27 19:00 - 23:00 UTC | TN
The Black Hole Drifters are a brand new band born from the Storied Nashville Music Scene. Their Mission is to get the dance floor hopping, while challlenging and entertaining audiences with lyrics that envoke humor and poetic reflection of lifes good and hard times.Embracing varied musical backgrounds from 70’s funk, jazz, blues , reggae, Americana, and hard rock, they manage a perfectly blended recipe for a sound that grabs music lovers of any genre. Members have played with a variety of whose who from the Nashville music scene and beyond.
American Watermelon is a 3 piece based in Nashville, TN. With influences from artists like The Band and Leon Russell, they have a funky southern sound. The band just finished a 6 song ep which is set to be released in the spring of 2015. Each member has played in many other projects supporting other artist but has just recently come together to form American Watermelon. “We are a new band of seasoned players”, Tony Keats says.

National Sunglasses Day at Vue Optique
2015-06-27 09:00 - 17:00
Celebrate National Sunglasses Day! Vue Optique has things happening at their store all day (discounts included…)

Saint Aubin/ Kingsbury/ Midnight Pilot: Live at Kimbro's
2015-06-26 19:00 - 23:00
Saint Aubin is a soulful collision of alt-rock, and jazzy folk music. This is a very beautiful and meaningful collection of genres that results in music that is bound to run around in your head for days.
Midnight Pilot is an indie-folk band based in Nashville, TN. The band grew up together in West Michigan and have been playing together for over a decade. Blending vintage harmonies with classic americana, Midnight Pilot is the soundtrack for a cruising through a dusk-lit prairie.

Foggy Minded Bluegrass Jam hosted by Doc 7:00pm
2015-06-25 19:00 - 23:00
Doc will be hosting this legendary bluegrass jam. It’ll be an open mic and all pickers are free to join in. Bring your instruments and appetite. Kimbro’s kitchen will be cookin’ southern style and the bar has crafty, local brews.

Cooking Demo at McConnell House | Berry Patch
2015-06-25 18:00 - 21:00
An intimate cooking demonstration of three courses, a signature cocktail, and instruction from one of the Chefs with McConnell Hospitality Group (Red Pony Restaurant, Cork & Cow, 55 South, McConnell House, and Red Pony Catering). House wine is included and all guests leave with recipe cards. Space is limited.

Amanda June & Muddy Ruckus at Kimbro's
2015-06-24 19:00 - 23:00
Amanda June 7pm-9pm
Muddy Ruckus 9pm-11pm
Muddy Ruckus is a nationally touring americana-rock duo from Portland, Maine. The stripped down power duo features guitarist Ryan Flaherty and percussionist Erika Stahl. Muddy Ruckus blends haunting male/female vocals, rootsy guitar and edgy percussion on a suitcase drum kit. Muddy Ruckus’ music can be deceiving, in that only two people are producing such a large sound . As pioneers in this recently stripped down age of music, Muddy Ruckus is trailblazing the parameters and stretching the limitations of how small a full fledged band can actually be. Fans are always amazed by the huge sound coming from only two musicians.
Muddy Ruckus’ music is an epic blend of gypsy-americana, punk-folk and suitcase rock. Flaherty, originally from Rock Island, IL, met Stahl in 2013 in Portland Maine. They played on porches, street corners and campfires and became Muddy Ruckus. An Explosive clash of American and European inspired guitar, edgy percussion, obscure lyrics and growling vocal harmonies follow suit. Muddy Ruckus pulls inspiration from the music they love – old-timey folk music, dirty blues, circa 1940 hot swing (Django Reinhardt) and American rock – dressing it with Dylan-esque lyrics that poke fun at society and examine the state of the world.

The Deconstructed Free-Form Songwriters Night
2015-06-23 19:00 - 23:55
Musicians and writers and players of all types – this is where it’s at! Tuesday nights are something special here at Kimbro’s, in light of our one-of-a-kind Deconstructed Songwriter Night. Sign-ups start around 6, slots start at 7, you play 3 songs, and we’ll be jammin’ until the break of dawn!
Our open mic night is very free-form… that means whatever your music bag is, bring it and share it with us. It’ll be a night to remember and you’ll see why people talk about it so much.
The night goes until 2 a.m.
LONG LIVE LIVE MUSIC!

Grace Maher & the Wayward Sons
2015-06-22 19:00 - 21:00
Grace Maher & the Wayward Sons is composed of four unique players raised on country, rock, gospel and bluegrass. Grace’s voice has been described as what you might get if Patsy Cline raised Norah Jones on a farm in the Midwest. Sprinkle in some hot guitar from Kirk”Skinny” Webb, infectious grooves from bassist Reece McCune and the “in the pocket” rhythms of drummer Jay Miller and you have an original sound that may well be the future of modern country music.

Live Celtic Music at McCreary's Irish Pub and Eatery!
2015-06-20 21:00 - 23:00
Live Celtic Music at 9 p.m. with Bill Verdier and pipes at McCreary’s Irish Pub and Eatery!

Boom Labs Showcase
2015-06-20 19:00 - 23:00
The Boom Labs is a music production company that has been designed to help artists define their sound, live performance, and recordings. Originally the brainchild of Pino Squillace (producer, musician, and visionary), the Boom Labs has become home to a musically diverse range of incredibly talented artists. Backed by the unique percussive stylings that Pino has developed in his years of experience and combined with his vast network of Nashville “players” he has been able to create a sound that is truly original, yet captures the soulful essence of the artists he works with.

Hymn For Her at Kimbro's
2015-06-19 20:00 - 23:00
Hymn for Her have been busy touring across the country and abroad over the past few years, injecting juiced-up backwoods country blues with a dose of desert rock psychedelia that has been described as ‘Hell’s Angels meets the Amish’
They recorded their last album, ‘Hymn for Her Presents . . . Lucy and Wayne and the Amairican Stream’, in their vintage 1961 Bambi Airstream trailer at locations stretching from Philadelphia to Malibu on a three-month tour.
For their new release, ‘Hymn for Her Presents . . . Lucy and Wayne’s Smokin Flames’, released April 23rd, the twosome kicked it into high gear. They traveled to Ghetto Recorders in Detroit to work with Jim Diamond and recorded live and mixed 12 original songs in just one week.
Along with launching the new CD, Hymn for Her also have a hot sauce under the same name as the album. It features bananas, jalapeños and smoked paprika.
Catch the two as they burn up the highway and ignite your town this year to promote ‘Hymn for Her Presents . . . Lucy & Wayne’s Smokin Flames’.
Come out and taste the heat, y’all!

City Farmhouse Pop-up Fair
2015-06-19 08:00 - 2015-06-20 17:00
The City Farmhouse Pop-up Fairs have been named one of the top five October events in the South by Southern Living magazine, and thousands of shoppers from around the globe (literally) flock to Williamson County each year to attend the Fairs to score loads of vintage & antique items from dozens of vendors.
June 19th • 9-12 Early Buying $25.00
June 19th • 12-5 General Admission $10.00
June 20th • 9-5 General Admission $10.00

Jonathan Timm and Friends
2015-06-18 19:00 - 23:00
On 7/1/14, Jonathan Timm released “These Hours” on cassette as a teaser for his upcoming full length, “Fever Dream.” The title track is a vignette of haunting electric guitar and swoops of lapsteel; a perfect slice of moodiness and desolation. It’s one of those trust-establishing tracks that hooks into you, and opens up your ears to whatever else he’s created. The other three tracks on the tape range from more brooding Americana to full-oncountry, all crafted with a steady hand. He’s a seasoned perfomer with several trips across the US under his belt.

Doug Allen and Friends
2015-06-17 19:00 - 2015-06-18 00:00
Meet Nashville recording artist Doug Allen…
a singer/songwriter with a rich voice and tunes with strong hooks that are setting him apart on the country music scene. You’ll hear two songs off his current CD in Major Motion Pictures… including a bar scene with Renee Zellweger in the Universal Pictures Film One True Thing. Doug is a seasoned live performer, having opened for acts like Gregg Allman, Edwin McCain, John Entwistle of The Who, Jewel, The Bacon Brothers and many more.

Live Celtic Music at McCreary's
2015-06-13 21:00 - 23:00
Live Celtic Music at 9 p.m. with David Coe at McCreary’s Irish Pub and Eatery!
