Franklin Simpson Chamber of Commerce

Ribbon Cutting at Southern Care Walk-In Clinic
2016-08-24 11:00 - 12:00 UTC
Please join us for a Ribbon Cutting to celebrate the Franklin location of Southern Care Walk-In Clinic at 208 South Main Street.

Ribbon Cutting at 4 Soils Coffee Cafe & Bakery
2016-08-18 09:00 - 10:00
Please join us at 9 am at 4Soils Coffee Cafe & Bakery, located downtown at 126 North Main Street, for its Grand Opening Celebration.

Summer Nights Concert Series
2016-08-12 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 Black Widow Band 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.

Garden Spot Moo Run for Kids
2016-08-12 18:00 - 19:00
The Garden Spot Moo Run for kids ages 6 to 10 will be held at 6 pm on the corner of College Street and Cedar Street. Registration begins at 5 pm. $2 registration fee.

Summer Nights Concert Series
2016-08-05 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 Jimmy Church Band 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.

Hometown Harvest Dinner
2016-08-05 05:00 - 18:30
Hometown Harvest Dinner: A Farm to Table Event
This farm to table event will feature an entire meal derived from locally grown food products. It will be held outdoors on College Street prior to the Friday night concert on the square. Tickets are $45 each. All proceeds will go to the F-S Farmer’s Market Association for promotion, facility maintenance and utilities. This is a unique event that will make you appreciate good food, friends and living in Franklin!
Tickets will be pre-sale only and seating will be limited. Be sure to check out the Franklin-Simpson Farmer’s Market Facebook page for details. You may also contact Kim roberts at 270.776.1641 or the Simpson County Extension Service at 270.586.4484.

Chamber Eye Opener hosted by Compton & Compton Eye Care
2016-08-02 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
2016-07-29 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 The Sidewinders playing R&B and Current 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.

Bookstore Christmas in July
2016-07-25 15:00 - 17:30
Bookworm Paradise Bookstore is celebrating Christmas in July with several other books on sale on the 25th of July from 3-5:30

The Music Man Summer Musical
2016-07-24 15:00 - 17:00, 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.

Summer Nights Concert Series
2016-07-22 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 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.

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

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.
