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The Lotz House in Franklin offers 90-minute Ghost Tours every Saturday night through October, plus specialty Civil War and Women's History tours, at the site the Travel Channel called "The Second Most Terrifying Place in America."
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The Franklin Police Department invites residents to Coffee with a Cop on Wednesday, Oct. 7, from 7 to 8 a.m. at White Bison Coffee inside Twice Daily on Carothers Parkway, with complimentary coffee provided.
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The Williamson County Public Library's Franklin branch has 37 children's programs scheduled for October 2026, including fire safety story times with the Franklin Fire Department, a Día de los Muertos dance session with Nashville Ballet and therapy dog reading hours.
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Downtown Franklin's PumpkinFest expands to a two-day weekend for the first time in 41 years, running Oct. 24–25 on Main Street with 140-plus vendors, live music and a $1 Park & Ride shuttle from Harlinsdale Farm.
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FirstBank Amphitheater in Franklin closes its 2026 concert season with Five Finger Death Punch on Oct. 8 and The Doobie Brothers on Oct. 11, the final two of 14 shows at the quarry venue this year.
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Pilates Franklin held three free classes Oct. 4 in memory of Allison "Che Che" Rawl, a studio regular killed in a domestic violence incident, and partnered with Shear Haven to offer free awareness training as Domestic Violence Awareness Month began.
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Fifth-generation Franklin farmer Jim Short is launching Armistead Farm, a nonprofit regenerative farm on 48 acres of his family's land, with a volunteer hoop-house build starting Monday, Oct. 5.
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The Factory at Franklin will debut its "Celebrate Dolly" exhibition of Dolly Parton-inspired artwork at the Oct. 2 Art Crawl, featuring 50 artist submissions and a new collaboration between curator ShenShen and John Carter Cash.
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Paulette Johnson, a Franklin native and retired medical lab technologist, led the African American Heritage Society of Williamson County's September Porch Talks at the Williamson County Public Library, tracing soul food's origins to the ingenuity of enslaved African Americans.
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The Tennessee Society Daughters of the American Revolution held its annual Constitution Week Bell Ringing at the Williamson County Archives & Museum on Sept. 20, moving the ceremony from Nashville to Franklin for the first time as part of the nation's 250th anniversary.
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A petition opposing the Fight Laugh Feast Conference at The Factory at Franklin has surpassed 1,400 signatures, with a boycott and sidewalk protest planned for Saturday, Oct. 3, while Saffire Restaurant says it will donate proceeds from a contractually obligated booking to World Central Kitchen.
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Saffire Restaurant at The Factory at Franklin says it will donate proceeds from a contractually obligated Fight Laugh Feast catering booking to World Central Kitchen, as a petition against the conference tops 1,400 signatures.
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