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This Friday, September 7th the Franklin Art Crawl celebrates it’s one year anniversary! With the recent closing of the Hillsboro Village’s Art Walk it’s makes us even more appreciative to have such an event in our downtown. Many times we’ve heard about a particular artist showing at a location and weren’t sure exactly where it was. So, for fun, we created a Google Map so we could easily get walking directions while  crawling. Above is the map to help you get around Downtown Franklin’s First Friday Art Crawl. You can even save the map to your home screen for quick and easy access. Many thanks to the small businesses and the Downtown Franklin Association for supporting the arts and making our town even more amazing!

For anyone looking for something special to do for the 4th of July around Nashville, below is a list of some local Celebrations. We know that it can be a real bummer for folks who live in areas where Fireworks have been banned or disallowed, such as the City of Franklin. We hope that wont discourage you from enjoying such a wonderful holiday with loved ones. After the burgers and dogs have been eaten, we suggest finding one of these local fireworks displays! Vauxite Creative wants to wish everyone a happy and safe 4th of July!

Downtown Nashville
Riverfront Park
The Riverfront fireworks show is the most popular, and for good reason! We suggest trying to make it downtown for the show, but expect a high volume of people to do the same.

Franklin
Franklin High School Stadium
Franklin on the Fourth is great! children’s activities, food, musical entertainment and a huge fireworks show. It’s from 4:00-9:00 p.m. At the Franklin High Stadium on Hillsboro Rd.

Nashville
Greer Stadium
The Sounds offer fireworks displays all season long – They follow every Saturday home game and for Independence Day too!

Brentwood
Crockett Park Concert
Crockett Park celebrates Independence Day after a Concert at Crockett Park – For more information call 371-0060.

Gallatin
Gallatin Civic Center
The Gallatin July 4th Celebration includes food, music and fireworks at the Gallatin Civic Center. This event is free to attend. Contact the Gallatin Chamber of Commerce at 615-452-4000

Hendersonville
John Paul II High School
The Hendersonville Independence Day Celebration normaly features a concert at Pope John Paul II High School, followed by fireworks at Drakes Creek Park at dark (around 9 pm). For more information on concert tickets call 615-824-2818

Hurricane Mills
Loretta Lynn’s
Loretta Lynn’s Family Campground is located in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. It’s the home to Loretta and hosts a wide array of events during the year including a fireworks display and concert this year for the 4th.

Lebanon
James E. Ward Ag. Center
The City Of Lebanon hosts an annual 4th of July Celebration every year with fireworks. It’s normally held at the James E. Ward Ag. Center. Call the City Hall office @ 443-2839 for further details.

Mt. Juliet
Providence Marketplace
Mt. Juliet will host its annual 4th Celebration this year with fireworks and other festivities. It’s normally held at the Providence Marketplace and begins at 4:30 with the fireworks display kicking off around 9:00pm.

Pegram
Town Hall City Park
Pegram offers plenty of fun for the whole family at their annual Independence Day Celebration in Town Hall City Park. (Located at the intersection of Hwy 70/Thompson Road)

Watertown
Watertown 4th of July Parade & Fireworks
The city of Watertown offers a Parade, Food, Fireworks & more. Call the Watertown Chamber Of Commerce @ 237-0270 for more information.

White House
White House City Park
The White House Independence Day Celebration offers Food, music, crafts, games and of course fireworks at White House City Park.

As you can see, there are plenty of great events going on around the area! We hope you enjoy your 4th, and don’t forget the bug spray and the SPF 30+

Franklin, Tennessee is a charming southern town. It is the type of town that you can just park your car and walk around for hours. You can cool off with some frozen yogurt at Sweet Cece’s in the summer or grab a slice at the Mellow Mushroom if your feelin funky! It’s places like the Franklin Mercantile Deli and Dotson’s that have given the town that unique feeling of home for Vauxite. But the town always seemed like it was missing something… Anyone familiar with Franklin, TN probably knows the history of the Franklin Theatre. If not, here it is. Having personally moved to the area after the closing, I cannot speak on the theatre conditions before it was shut down. However through asking, I found that it was in very rough shape.

But an amazing thing happened- after closing in 2007, a movement to “Save the Franklin Theatre” began. The town rallied to raise the historic landmark from the dead, with a new vigor that seems to have revitalized the streets themselves!

The night of the Grand Opening, the Vauxite team headed downtown for the festivities. The girls even dressed for the event! They had King Kong and the Wizard of Oz playing on huge screens right out in the street. There were vintage cars and parents shared old memories with children, while making new ones. It was everything small towns are made of. The next morning, Al and Kristin took their young daughter to her first movie ever. They saw Charlotte’s Web, the last movie to play in the theatre before it closed.

The next night, Vauxite hit the town again to see Casablanca. It was a great time and the theatre is beautiful! We encourage anyone who has the chance to visit the theatre, to do it often! This town has a new heart, and we should all be thankful for the work that the Heritage Foundation and Williamson County have done.