Franklin Simpson Chamber of Commerce

Summer Nights Concert Series
2016-07-22 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Simpson County Courthouse, 100 Courthouse Square, Franklin, KY, 42134, United States
The Franklin-Simpson Renaissance Summer Nights Concert Series will be held this Friday. The concerts are free and are held on the downtown square from 7 pm to 9 pm. Music by Tyrone Dunn & Kin Foke playing R&B music
Shop before the concerts from 4 pm to 7 pm at the Mini-Market on the last Friday of each month. Farmers Market, vintage items, art and clothing booths.
For more information, contact F-S Renaissance at 586.8482.

The Music Man Summer Musical
2016-07-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Goodnight Memorial Library, 203 S. Main St., Franklin, KY, 42134, United States
There’s trouble in River City when a fast-talking salesman gets his heart stolen by the town librarian. By turns wicked, funny, warm, romantic and touching, The Music Man is family entertainment at its best. Meredith Wilson’s six-time, Tony Award winning musical comedy has been entertaining audiences since 1957 and is a family-friendly story to be shared with every generation.
The Franklin-Simpson Community Arts Council will be presenting The Music Man on July 21,22,23 at 7:00pm & 24at 3:00pm at the Goodnight Auditorium in Franklin. It is being directed by Jeff Moore with Musical Direction by Eric Doades. Tickets can be purchased at the Gallery on the Square, 110 N. Main St., 270-586-8055 or on-line at www.franklinsimpsonarts.org Advance tickets are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for students and will also be available at the door at $12.00 for adults and $6.00 for students. For more information, please contact the F-S Arts Council at 270-586-6799.

Active Shooter Prevention & Response Workshop
2016-07-21 08:30 - 11:30
Mid-South SHRM presents the “Protecting People” workshop on Thursday, July 21 from 8:30 am to 11:30 am at the Southcentral Kentucky Community & Technical College. Registration fee is $10.

Summer Nights Concert Series
2016-07-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Simpson County Courthouse, 100 Courthouse Square, Franklin, KY, 42134, United States
The Franklin-Simpson Renaissance Summer Nights Concert Series will be held this Friday. The concerts are free and are held on the downtown square from 7 pm to 9 pm. Music by ZoGo playing Blues and R&B music
Shop before the concerts from 4 pm to 7 pm at the Mini-Market on the last Friday of each month. Farmers Market, vintage items, art and clothing booths.
For more information, contact F-S Renaissance at 586.8482.

Chamber Eye Opener hosted by The Medical Center at Franklin
2016-07-12 07:00 - 09:00
A casual networking opportunity for Chamber members. This event is typically held on the first Tuesday of the month and at a different location each time. Please join us for refreshments, coffee and fellowship. For more information, call the Chamber office at 270.586.7609.

Summer Nights Concert Series
2016-07-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Simpson County Courthouse, 100 Courthouse Square, Franklin, KY, 42134, United States
The Franklin-Simpson Renaissance Summer Nights Concert Series will be held this Friday. The concerts are free and are held on the downtown square from 7 pm to 9 pm. Music by Soul Searchers playing R&B and Motown music
Shop before the concerts from 4 pm to 7 pm at the Mini-Market on the last Friday of each month. Farmers Market, vintage items, art and clothing booths.
For more information, contact F-S Renaissance at 586.8482.

Fireworks at the Downs
2016-07-01 17:30 - 22:00
Fireworks at Kentucky Downs, 5629 Nashville Road
Gates open at 5:30 pm. Music, inflatables, food and more. Fireworks begin at dusk.

Eye Opener hosted by the City of Franklin
2016-06-28 07:00 - 09:00
Please join us for a morning of networking and fellowship at the Eye Opener hosted by the City of Franklin located downtown at 117 West Cedar Street.

Summer Nights Concert Series
2016-06-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Simpson County Courthouse, 100 Courthouse Square, Franklin, KY, 42134, United States
The Franklin-Simpson Renaissance Summer Nights Concert Series will be held this Friday. The concerts are free and are held on the downtown square from 7 pm to 9 pm. Music by Ronnie McDowell playing Country music
Shop before the concerts from 4 pm to 7 pm at the Mini-Market on the last Friday of each month. Farmers Market, vintage items, art and clothing booths.
For more information, contact F-S Renaissance at 586.8482.

Business After Hours hosted by The Old Favorite
2016-06-23 16:00 - 18:00
The Old Favorite meeting space, located downtown at 118 West Kentucky Avenue, will host a Business After Hours on June 23 from 4:30 pm to 6 pm.

Ribbon Cutting at Exit Realty Garden Gate Team
2016-06-22 11:00 - 14:00
Please join us on Wednesday, June 22 as we celebrate the Grand Opening of Exit Realty Garden Gate Team located at 202 North Main Street. An Open House will be held from 10 am to 2 pm and a Chamber Ribbon Cutting will be held at 11:30 am.

Summer Nights Concert Series
2016-06-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Simpson County Courthouse, 100 Courthouse Square, Franklin, KY, 42134, United States
The Franklin-Simpson Renaissance Summer Nights Concert Series will be held this Friday. The concerts are free and are held on the downtown square from 7 pm to 9 pm. Music by J.D. Shelburne playing Country & Rock music
Shop before the concerts from 4 pm to 7 pm at the Mini-Market on the last Friday of each month. Farmers Market, vintage items, art and clothing booths.
For more information, contact F-S Renaissance at 586.8482.

Flag Day at Coldwell Banker
2016-06-14 11:00 - 18:00
You’re Invited to Celebrate America!!
June 14 from 11 am to 6 pm
Coldwell Banker, The Advantage Realtor Group is extending an invitation to you to pick up a flag like those placed around the square in July. You don’t even have to get our of your car! Agents will be outside to hand you one as you turn from Main Street onto the street next to the Coldwell Banker office.

Aquabots Camp
2016-06-13 08:00 - 2016-06-17 16:00

National Thumbpickers Hall of Fame
2016-06-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Goodnight Auditorium, 203 S. Main St., Franklin, KY, 42134, United States
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On June 11, at 7:00pm at the Goodnight Auditorium in Franklin, Kentucky, the F-S Arts Council will be holding a concert with five members of the National Thumbpickers Hall of Fame. Members performing will be Paul Moseley, Joe Hudson, Larry Stone, Scott Taylor, and Parker Hastings. Parker Hastings is an incredibly talented 15 year old thumbpicking, fingerstyle guitarist who has been playing guitar since the age of 6. In 2014, Parker was inducted into the National Thumb Pickers Hall of Fame as the Horizon Award winner and this past fall, he was once again inducted into the NTPHOF, but this time as the 2015 Thumbpicker of the Year. He is the youngest person ever to receive this award.

Advance tickets are $5.00 and can be purchased at the Gallery on the Square in Franklin, KY…
.270-586-8055. Tickets will also be available at the door for $7.00

What is Thumpicking? During the first half of the twentieth century, a unique style of guitar playing known as Kentucky thumbpicking was developed by a handful of musicians in the western coal field region of Kentucky. This guitar tradition was elevated to national prominence by country guitar virtuosos Merle Travis and Chet Atkins. Kentucky thumbpicking incorporates a steady and muted bass line that alternates between the root, fifth or third of a chord. The bass is also accentuated with the use of a thumbpick worn on the right hand. Simultaneously, the index, occasionally middle and ring fingers, play the harmony and melody on the upper strings of the guitar in a syncopated rhythm. Thumbpicking is venerated because of its reverence for individualism and adaptability. One of the primary reasons it has become so prominent is because of its flexibility; it is able to be adapted to various types of music.

The National Thumbpickers Hall of Fame was founded in the Birthplace of Thumbpicking, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky in 1998. The Organizing Committee consisted of thumbpicker Eddie Pennington of Princeton, KY, Judge/Executive Rodney Kirtley of Greenville, KY, and historian Bobby Anderson of Beechmont, KY. The NTPHF is made up of members whose purpose is to honor, preserve and promote the art of thumbpicking, and its heritage. For more information, please contact the F-S Arts Council Director, Brownie Bennett at 270-776-5783 or Donnie Dortch at 615-579-1075.

Simpson County Relay for Life
2016-06-11
Simpson County Relay for Life will be held at the Franklin-Simpson High School football stadium on Saturday, June 11.

Summer Nights Concert Series
2016-06-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Simpson County Courthouse, 100 Courthouse Square, Franklin, KY, 42134, United States
The Franklin-Simpson Renaissance Summer Nights Concert Series will be held this Friday. The concerts are free and are held on the downtown square from 7 pm to 9 pm. Music by Old School Band playing 70’s, 80’s Pop, Funk & Rock music
Shop before the concerts from 4 pm to 7 pm at the Mini-Market on the last Friday of each month. Farmers Market, vintage items, art and clothing booths.
For more information, contact F-S Renaissance at 586.8482.

Summer Nights Concert Series
2016-06-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Simpson County Courthouse, 100 Courthouse Square, Franklin, KY, 42134, United States
The Franklin-Simpson Renaissance Summer Nights Concert Series will be held this Friday. The concerts are free and are held on the downtown square from 7 pm to 9 pm. Music by Jericho Woods playing Americana / Folk Rock music
Shop before the concerts from 4 pm to 7 pm at the Mini-Market on the last Friday of each month. Farmers Market, vintage items, art and clothing booths.
For more information, contact F-S Renaissance at 586.8482.

TS Performance Sled Pull
2016-06-03 - 2016-06-04 | FS Community Park, North Street

Ribbon Cutting for Get With It For Life
2016-06-02 11:00 - 11:30
Please join us at 11 am for a Ribbon Cutting celebrating the new location of Get With It For Life, located at 100 Commerce Street.

Chamber Office Closed for Memorial Day
2016-05-30

Ribbon Cutting for El Potrero Cantina & Grill
2016-05-26 10:30 - 11:30
Please join us at 10:30 am for a Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting celebration. El Potrero Cantina & Grill is located at Exit 6 on Trotters Lane.

Ribbon Cutting for Blackjack Trading Post
2016-05-24 10:00 - 11:00
Please join us for a Ribbon Cutting to celebrate the Grand Opening of the Blackjack Trading Post, located downtown at 112 West Kentucky Avenue

Habitat Homecoming POSTPONED
2016-05-20 11:30 - 13:00
Habitat Homecoming, 20 Year Anniversary of Habitat in Simpson County
Friday, May 20
Doors will open at 11:30AM, program to start at 12 noon
at Franklin First United Methodist Church CLC
For more information, contact Habitat at 270.586.6515

Legislative Luncheon
2016-05-19 12:00 - 13:30
You are invited to a
Legislative Luncheon
with guests
Senator David Givens
& Representative
Wilson Stone
Thursday, May 19
12 noon
(Buffet Opens at 11:30 am)
Southcentral Kentucky Community & Technical College
175 Davis Drive
$15 per person
RSVP by Monday, May 16
Email Cristi Freese or call 270.586.7609

Ribbon Cutting for Compton & Compton
2016-05-19 09:00 - 10:00
Compton & Compton Eye Care is celebrating 60 years! Please join us as we celebrate with a Chamber Ribbon Cutting.

Anytime Fitness 96.7 Beaver Summer Bash
2016-05-14 11:00 - 13:00
Anytime Fitness, located at 1447 Nashville Road, would like to invite the Franklin community to its 96.7 Beaver Summer Bash this Saturday from 11:00am-1:00pm. The first 100 people to show up will have a chance to sign up free at cost, and will receive their first month free as well. The day will include raffling off some free training packages, some Anytime Fitness gear, and a chance to win $100 for anyone who comes by the club. There will be healthy food options and refreshments. A free full body bootcamp will be held from 1pm to 2pm.
Anytime Fitness offers a deep discounted membership with its hero plan (military, fire/police, teachers, service roles, etc.) and the CHAMBER discount is offered to anyone working at a business affiliated with the chamber.

Small Business Workshop
2016-05-11 11:30 - 13:00
The Chamber of Commerce will offer a free Small Business Workshop on Wednesday, May 11. Light refreshments will be served. Reservations required. Limited Seating.

Goody's Grand Re-Opening
2016-05-06 09:30 - 10:30
Please join us for a Grand Re-Opening for Goody’s! A ribbon cutting will take place at 9:30 am.

Eye Opener hosted by F-S Ambulance Service
2016-04-26 07:00 - 09:00
Please join us for a networking event hosted by Franklin-Simpson County Ambulance Service located at 417 Macedonia Road
