Pilgrimage Festival Releases Kids Area Lineup

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Back for another year, the Franklin Fun Farm returns to Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival for all to enjoy family-friendly activities throughout the 2024 festival weekend. Blending favorites from last year’s Performance Tent like the Beyond Wings Aerialists & Hula Hoop Dancers, this year’s lineup features an exciting new addition— Tennessee Titans Cheerleaders, T-Rac, + Blue Crew Drumline.

The Franklin Fun Farm Performance Tent lineup also includes Bach 2 Rock Youth Bands + DJs, Story Time with Williamson County Library, Magic Show!, Fiddle Frenzy Youth String Jam, Colorful Hats Juggling & Balancing Act, and a Bach 2 Rock Youth Band Spotlight. The adventure starts on Saturday (9/28) at 12:00 p.m. CT and picks up again at the same time on Sunday (9/29).

In addition to the Performance Tent lineup, this year’s Franklin Fun Farm includes the Electric Lounge w/ Music Mixing Lab & Oculus VR, Joyful Arcade Video Gaming Center, Book Nook & Craft Corner, Baby Station with a Toddler Play Area and Country Music Hall of Fame Instrument Petting Zoo.

For those looking to burn a little more energy, other activities include the Franklin City Fire Department Obstacle Course, Giant Maze, Knockerball Arena, STEM Activities and Drone Soccer. The kids’ area also offers traditional festival favorites like face painting. For a full list of the weekend schedule and the magic beyond the music at the Franklin Fun Farm, visit PilgrimageFestival.com.

Gearing up with less than a month until Pilgrimage Festival kicks off, the Nashville Sounds will host “Pilgrimage Night” this Sunday (9/15) at First Horizon Park in Nashville, TN. Tickets are on sale and available for purchase here with $5 of each one sold donated to Gibson Gives. With gates opening at 5:00 p.m. CT, come get excited for the upcoming festival weekend and cheer on the Sounds in their last official game of the season.

In other Pilgrimage Festival news, festival co-founder and Better Than Ezra frontman Kevin Griffin will chat with WMSV’s Today In Nashville this Friday (9/13), leading up to the epic milestone weekend. And next Wednesday (9/18), festival performer Cassandra Lewis will be in the studio giving a taste of what to expect on the Americana Music Triangle Tent stage. Be sure to tune in to Today In Nashville weekdays at 2:30 p.m. CT to catch both Griffin’s interview and Lewis’ performance on Nashville’s NBC affiliate station channel 4.

On September 28 & 29, the Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival will return to The Park at Harlinsdale Farm in Franklin, TN. Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, festival headliners for 2024 include Dave Matthews Band, Noah Kahan, Hozier, and NEEDTOBREATHE, with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Lukas Nelson, The Brook & The Bluff, Allison Russell and Chance Peña on Saturday (9/28), and COIN, Stephen Sanchez, Better Than Ezra, Myles Smith, The Cadillac Three and Sierra Hull on Sunday (9/29), plus many more.

Limited tickets remaining are on sale now at PilgrimageFestival.com, including two-day general admission, two-day VIP, single-day general admission, single-day VIP tickets, parking passes, and travel packages. Children under the age of seven are free with an adult GA ticket holder.

Sponsors of the 2024 festival include Southwest Rapid Rewards® Visa® Card, Hardee’s™, Gibson, White Claw, Corona, George Dickel, Splash Refresher™, Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery, Blue Moon, Teremana Tequila, Stetson Legend, National Seating & Mobility, Crescent 9 THC Seltzer, House of Mustaine Wines, ASCAP.

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