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Are you ready for Main Street Festival this month?
The shops downtown are getting ready for you, too!
As you plan your festival visit, make time to join the Caterpillar Crawl – earn a FREE movie ticket to The Franklin Theatre for each participant and shop discounts while making fun memories with your friends and family…
Here's how it works:
🐛Visit the Downtown Franklin Association headquarters tent on the Public Square to pick up your Caterpillar Crawl guide.
🐛At each destination, take a photo with The Very Hungry Caterpillar and jot the unique destination code on your printed guide.
🐛Show your completed passport at the DFA tent before the end of the festival to pick up your movie voucher for The Franklin Theatre!
🐛BONUS – Post your photos with The Very Hungry Caterpillar to social media with the hashtag to be entered to win a $50 gift card to the downtown destination of your choice!
Drop at 🐛 if you are excited! We can’t wait to see you strolling the Caterpillar Crawl. It's almost time to make memories on Main Street again!
Participating Stores:
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Rebel Rebel
Hester & Cook
Fourth Avenue Church of Christ
Kilwins Franklin
Walton's Jewelry
Pre-Order a special treat for your Valentine at Kilwins Franklin! A pound of hand-dipped chocolate strawberries in Milk or Dark Chocolate! Or satisfy their love of chocolate with a special Valentine Box of hand crafted truffles and fine chocolates! Come into the store to see the variety of Valentine chocolates we have!
Call Kilwin's at 615-472-1244 and pre-order your strawberries TODAY for pick up on Valentine's weekend, depending on when you need them! The strawberries are $29.99 per pound, and there are approximately 10-12 berries per pound.
❤ GIFT GIVING ~ Go ahead, take our gift ideas! Kilwins offers high-quality confections available as customized gifts. Choose from our Fudge, Caramel Corn and Brittle, fine Chocolates, or fun Chocolate-dipped treats and be assured that the same quality you find in our store is available for your clients and employees. Let Kilwins handle your corporate gifting needs.
❤ MACKINAC ISLAND FUDGE ~ Buy two, get one free. Our creamy Mackinac Island Fudge comes from our original recipes developed by Don & Katy Kilwin. Having purchased a marble table in 1948, Don Kilwins began hand-crafting fudge shortly thereafter. Over the years, we have added many flavors that are enjoyed in all of our stores and throughout the country. At Kilwins Franklin, when you buy two slices of Fudge, you get a third slice free!
❤ GOURMET CAKE & ICE CREAM $39.99 or $59.99 ~ Kilwins Gourmet Cake & Ice Cream is the perfect way to celebrate with those you love. Choose from two sizes and six flavors. Order a cake by calling (615) 472-1244.
❤ PECAN PRALINES $24.99 per pound ~ Kilwins Franklin makes Pecan Pralines in store from the freshest ingredients. Pecan Pralines are a Southern tradition made with sugar, milk, butter, and pecans. It’s a confection with a history as rich as its flavor.
Follow the "Trick or Treat Trail" throughout the festival on October 30th!🤤 🍫
The festival map will show candy icons on these storefront locations for you to find throughout the festival footprint with special treats for the kids – Look for a pumpkin sign in the window to snack and shop! 🛍
Get your map from our headquarters tent on the square, your trick or treat bag from the FirstBank tent on the square, and then follow the map behind the tents to find the sweet spots along the trail!
HINT: These are the storefronts in the "Trick or Treat Trail"...
🍭Between Five Points & 4th Avenue:
Finnleys
Bink's Outfitters
Kilwins Franklin
Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe
Walton's Antique Jewelry
The Heirloom Shop
🍭Between 4th Avenue & the Public Square:
Hester & Cook
Rock Paper Scissors Store
Carmichael Capital
🍭On 4th Avenue North:
Fourth Avenue Church of Christ
Visit Franklin, TN Visitor's Center
🍭On 4th Avenue South:
Merridee's Breadbasket
🍭On the Public Square:
The Bickerstaff Group, Compass
ONYX & ALABASTER
🍭Between the Public Square & 2nd Avenue:
Posh Franklin
🍭On 2nd Avenue North:
Saint Goose
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Join us in Downtown Franklin on October 30th from 10am-7pm for full day of autumn-inspired food and drink, children’s activities, live music, costume contests for pets and families, and outstanding arts & crafts – featuring seasonal and specialty gift items in the Heritage Foundation of Williamson County's 36th Annual PumpkinFest™ presented by FirstBank. 🍁 🎃
Apply to volunteer at
https://bit.ly/volunteerpumpkinfest21
Apply for the costume contest at
https://bit.ly/pumpkinfestcontest21
The online auction is NOW CLOSED as our LIVE AUCTION ensues at our 48th Annual Heritage Ball presented by Vanderbilt Health.🕺Up next shortly, our celebrity entertainer of the evening – Josh Turner! 🎵
Please join us in thanking our sponsors for this event once again:
PRESENTING SPONSOR:
Vanderbilt Health
OFFICIAL AUTOMOTIVE PARTNER:
Reiselman Buick GMC
PATRON SPONSORS:
The Alexander Family
The Honorable Senator Bill & Tracy Frist
RNM Management & Properties
Williamson Medical Center
Williamson Medical Center Foundation
PREMIER SPONSORS:
Cheatham, Palermo & Garrett
Wesley Mortgage
MAJOR SPONSORS:
CoreCivic
FirstBank
First Citizens National Bank
First Horizon Bank
Fourth Capital
GSRM Law
Harpeth Associates
The Harpeth Hotel
JLB
Lipman Brothers
McMahan, Winstead & Richardson
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Refine Facial Plastic Surgery and Aesthetics, Lucas Bryant, MD
Renasant
Southern Events Party Rental and Event Company
Tennessee Equine Hospital
IN-KIND SPONSORS:
AmosEvents
G Catering
Kevin Wimpy Portraits
Kilwins Franklin
Nashville Tent & Awning Co, Inc.
Parking Management & Consultants, Inc. - PMC
Quest Events Nashville
Red Pony Restaurant
Scout's Pub
SPECIAL THANKS:
The Dorothy Cate and Thomas F. Frist Foundation
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The Downtown Merchants are excited to be a part of Main Street Festival this year! 🛍 🍽
For example, 7-year festival participant Kilwins Franklin will have a booth set up right in front of their location – serving fresh-squeezed lemonade and orangeade, caramel apples and pecan snappers. 🤤
With 32 flavors of ice cream to choose from, enjoy Kilwin's and other Downtown Franklin Merchants as you visit and shop the festival this year! 🍦
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Explore over 200 high-quality arts and crafts vendors🎨 , over 30 food vendors🍕, a beer garden presented by Bavarian Bierhaus🍺, a whiskey lounge presented by Leiper's Fork Distillery🥃, KidZone presented by Grace Chapel Franklin 🎈, and Mutts on Main PetZone presented by Mars Petcare🐱 , at our 37th Annual Main Street Festival presented by First Horizon on July 17th (10am-7pm) & 18th (10am-6pm)!
We have more big news! We’ve partnered with Narrow Gate Trading Co. to create a Valentine’s Day Box which includes two handmade leather wrapped coffee mugs with the his/hers option, a box of Kilwins of Franklin chocolate truffles, and a big 12oz bag of our fresh coffee roasted right here in Franklin. Don’t forget to choose your font and whether you want whole bean or ground coffee before you check out!
To grab yours, you can click here:
https://ngtradingco.com/product/valentines-day-box/
It’s the month of love! We wanted to love you by making your Valentine’s Day shopping simple and fun so we combined two of our best-selling leather wrapped coffee mugs with a his & hers option, a 12oz bag of fresh coffee roasted right here in our shop, and a box of Kilwins of Franklin chocolate truffles all bundled together and guaranteed to make the special ones in your life feel loved.❤️☕️
You can shop our Valentine’s Day Box now by clicking here:
https://ngtradingco.com/product/valentines-day-box/
*The last day to order a box and have it by Valentine's Day is February 10th!
Stop by Kilwins of Franklin today to celebrate with free toppings! Today is also their 6th anniversary on Main Street. 🥳🍨
I am shocked that your outside tables are close together. I would not feel safe at Kilwins right now.
Recognize this stretch of Main Street? In this mid-70s photo, you can see in the foreground the old shingled canopy that adorned the The Franklin Theatre before its restoration, and the Dollar General where 55 South, Kilwins of Franklin and Mimi and Dottie now are located. The current Philanthropy building was the Western Auto store back then. Looks like Blazing Saddles was showing at the theater! 😂
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