2nd Annual Franklin Cultural Festival July 27th - July 30th

The Franklin Cultural District Committee is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the 2nd Annual Franklin Cultural Festival. Scheduled for July 27 through July 30, 2016, the Festival will celebrate many of the cultural arts found throughout Franklin. All the performances and events will be free thanks to the sponsorship of many donors large and small. The festival is a key step toward the Town of Franklin's initiative to create a state-designated cultural district in Franklin.

The four day festival begins at 5 pm, Wednesday, July 27th on the Franklin Town Common with children's activities including face painting, sidewalk chalk painting and block printing. Members of the Franklin Art Association will facilitate all art-related activities. The opening ceremony will begin at 5:45 PM followed by Concerts on the Common with Electric Youth performing at the Town Common gazebo.

Events continue Thursday through Saturday, including theater, music, art and food. Check the website at www.franklinsculturalfestival.org and Facebook at www.facebook.com/franklinculturalfestival for more information.

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE:

Wednesday, July 27, Franklin Town Common

5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Art Activities – Sidewalk Chalk, Face Painting, Block Painting and Plein air Painting

5:45 PM – Opening Ceremony - the Franklin Cultural Festival Committee

6:00 PM – Electric Youth 

Wednesday, July 27, at THE BLACK BOX, 15 West Central Street, Franklin

8:30 PM: One-Acts, Franklin Performing Arts Company

Thursday, July 28, at the Historical Museum, 80 West Central Street, Franklin

5:00 PM to 8:00 PM – The Fiddling Thomsons

Thursday, July 28, at the Franklin Town Common

6:30 PM to 7:30 PM – Laughter Yoga, by the statue

8:00 PM - Shakespeare on the Common, Franklin Performing Arts Company, at the gazebo

Friday, July 29, at the Franklin High School, 218 Oak Street, Franklin

11:00 AM – Performances by Chorus Camp, Summer Glee, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Elementary Strings and Summer Orchestra, FHS Auditorium

Friday, July 29, at the Sculpture Park, Panther Way, Franklin

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Kevin Wolfe, Classical Soft Rock

Friday, July 29, at the Franklin Town Common

8:00 PM - Shakespeare on the Common, Franklin Performing Arts Company, at the gazebo

Saturday, July 30

THE BLACK BOX, 15 West Central Street, Franklin

Under the Festival tent

Culinary Arts – 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM - The "Taste of Franklin" … featuring many local restaurants 

Visual Arts – Afternoon and evening – featuring Franklin Art Association exhibit and Robot Designs

Performing Arts – 12:45 PM to 10:00 PM

Inside THE BLACK BOX

12:45 PM Emma Newton, Voice and Harp

2:00 PM     Brent Selby, Cello and Keun Young Sun, Piano

3:15 PM         LiveARTS - Don Krishnaswami, viola and Phil Hall, piano

4:30 PM      Heath Nisbett, Flamenco guitar

6:00 PM    Kaye Kelly, Guitar

6:30 PM    One Acts

Outside THE BLACK BOX

Hosted by Circle of Friends 

1:15 PM         Stefilia's Stone 

2:30 PM  Lori Diamond and Fred Abatelli

3:45 PM Jamie Barrett

5:00 PM  Jim Henry with Stephanie Marshall & Susan Cattaneo of The Boxcar Lilies

7:30 PM Victims of Gravity

9:00 PM Soiree

10:00 PM Closing Ceremony

Franklin Cultural Festival - July 27 to 30, 2016