The Heritage Foundation of Williamson County, TN’s Main Street Festival is a highly-anticipated, annual tradition held in the historic downtown of Franklin, Tennessee. Consistently listed among the top 20 events in the Southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society, Main Street Festival is expected to attract 100,000+ visitors. The festival features more than 200 high-quality arts and […]
Level Up Your Festival Experience! Ready to take your Main Street Festival to the next level this year? Introducing the Main Street Picnic on the Lawn VIP Experience – your ticket to ultimate luxury brought to you by our friends at Picnic PopUp! Picture this: a dreamy, styled picnic setup on the beautiful lawn of […]
Join us for our next Building of the Month Tour on Tuesday, April 29 from 6:00-7:00 PM at the Hatcher Family Dairy. William and Lucy Hatcher settled in Williamson County in 1819, establishing roots in the small farming community of Arno, located in the southeastern part of the county. William and Lucy's son, Abram Wooldridge […]
Discover the timeless craft of dry stack stone walling with our upcoming workshop on May 3rd and 4th, from 9 AM to 5 PM. We're thrilled to welcome Martin Beevers of Old England Rock Walls to lead this hands-on introduction, bringing expertise directly aligned with the renowned Dry Stone Walling Association of the UK. This […]
The inaugural Songwriting and Music Business Youth Conference 3-day event held June 23 – 25, 2025 is open to current high school students by application and is limited to 40 attendees pursuing tracks in songwriting, live performance and arts entrepreneurship. The curriculum-based approach, taught by Tier 1 career professionals with over 10k hours experience highlights […]
The Heritage Foundation of Williamson County’s 40th Annual PumpkinFest is Middle Tennessee’s largest family Fall festival that returns on Saturday, October 25, 2025. With more than 115,000 people in attendance in 2023, the festival stretches along Main Street and its side avenues in downtown Franklin and offers tons of festive fun for people of all […]
Welcoming a record 150,000 visitors in 2024, Dickens of a Christmas recreates the time of Charles Dickens using historic downtown Franklin’s charming architecture as the backdrop. A variety of musicians, dancers and Dickens characters will fill the streets. Expect to see and interact with the nefarious Fagin from Oliver Twist; Jacob Marley, Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny […]
