The City of Franklin honors veterans with its Veterans Day Parade on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, starting promptly at 11am at West Main and Fifth Avenue and running down Main Street past the Square to Bicentennial Park, with JROTC units and high school marching bands. Before the parade, local veterans and their families are invited to a reception at the Williamson County Archives, 9–11am.
Floats, bands and Santa Claus wind through Historic Downtown Franklin in the 60-plus-year-old Franklin Christmas Parade on Saturday, December 5, 2026, at 1pm. This year's theme celebrates the charm of Franklin's Main Street.
Downtown Franklin's Main Street turns Victorian for Dickens of a Christmas, Saturday, December 12 (10am–6pm) and Sunday, December 13 (11am–5pm), 2026. Expect carolers, dancers, Dickens characters from Scrooge to Tiny Tim, Father and Mother Christmas with treats for kids, story times, two music stages and a Victorian Village. Food, crafts and drinks are for sale. Franklin Transit runs a $1-each-way shuttle from the Park at Harlinsdale Farm (and Franklin High School on Sunday).
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