Local Events

Glow Wild opens at the zoo, Breeden's hosts Pie Weekend, and Murfreesboro holds its Veterans Day Parade. 17 Middle TN picks for Nov 13-15.

The Dancing Lights open in Lebanon, Opryland starts A Country Christmas, and Murfreesboro has two parades. 16 picks for Nov 6-8 near Nashville.

Halloween lands on a Saturday. 15 verified Middle TN events for Oct 30-Nov 1, from Fiddlers Grove in Lebanon to Cheekwood and the Stardust.

15 verified events Oct 23-25: Halloween in the Park in Mt. Juliet, two-day PumpkinFest in Franklin, Harvest Days in Murfreesboro and more.

This weekend in Middle Tennessee (October 2 to 4, 2026), the season's last Movie in the Park screens Hook at Charlie Daniels Park in Mt. Juliet Friday night, the Franklin Theatre runs its Fear Fest film series all three days, and Murfreesboro hosts the Boro Art Crawl. Thirty-one events span Wilson, Davidson, Rutherford, and Williamson counties.

Oktoberfest at Oaklands, Kacey Musgraves at Bridgestone, and a free Steel Magnolias night in Brentwood. 31 things to do across Middle TN, Sept 25-27.

This weekend in Middle Tennessee (September 18 to 20, 2026), Musicians Corner opens its free fall series Friday night in Centennial Park, the Nashville Fair runs its final three days at the Fairgrounds, and Lebanon hosts the Tennessee Ice Cream Festival on Sunday afternoon. Twenty-three events span Wilson, Davidson, Rutherford and Williamson counties.

This weekend in Middle Tennessee (September 11 to 13, 2026), the biggest events are Uncle Dave Macon Days at Hop Springs in Murfreesboro, the 23rd annual Sherry's Run 5K in Lebanon Saturday morning, and Lebanon's 25th anniversary September 11 remembrance ceremony at City Hall.

This weekend in Middle Tennessee (September 4 to 6, 2026), the biggest draws are John Deere Touch A Tractor at Breeden's Orchard in Mt. Juliet, the 5th Annual Hope & Recovery Fest in Lebanon, and first-Friday art crawls in both Murfreesboro and Franklin. Twenty-five events span Wilson, Davidson, Rutherford, and Williamson counties over Labor Day weekend, and 14 are free.

This weekend in Middle Tennessee (August 28 to 30, 2026), the biggest events are the FoodieLand Food Festival running all three days at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, O.A.R. with Gavin DeGraw and KT Tunstall at FirstBank Amphitheater in Franklin on Friday, and a USA versus Mexico arena polo match at Harlinsdale Farm on Saturday. Twenty-three events span Wilson, Davidson, Rutherford and Williamson counties.

This weekend in Middle Tennessee (August 14–16, 2026), the biggest event is the Wilson County–Tennessee State Fair at the James E. Ward Ag Center in Lebanon, running all three days with a Saturday dueling piano set and a Sunday antique tractor pull. Thirty-one events span Wilson, Davidson, Rutherford, and Williamson counties. Fair week. The Wilson County Tennessee State Fair opened Thursday and runs through the 22nd, which means for the next ten days the only real question in

This weekend in Middle Tennessee (August 7–9, 2026), the headliners are Vince Gill closing his Ryman Auditorium residency Friday and Saturday, a free outdoor screening of Zootopia 2 at Charlie Daniels Park in Mt. Juliet, and Cumberland University's Sondheim cabaret in Lebanon. Nineteen events span Wilson, Davidson, Rutherford, and Williamson counties, many of them free. Friday night my kids will be on a blanket at Charlie Daniels Park watching Zootopia 2 on the big screen, an

This weekend in Middle Tennessee (July 31–August 2, 2026), the biggest draws are the grand opening of the new Downtown Square Park in Lebanon on Friday, Vince Gill's residency at the Ryman, and Bob Dylan at Ascend Amphitheater on Saturday. Twenty-one events span Wilson, Davidson, Rutherford, and Williamson counties — many of them free, on Tennessee's tax-free weekend. Lebanon finally cuts the ribbon on the new Downtown Square Park Friday evening, and I'll be there live music,

This weekend in Middle Tennessee (July 24–26, 2026), the biggest draws are Bluegrass Along the Harpeth in Franklin, a free outdoor screening of Field of Dreams at Charlie Daniels Park in Mt. Juliet, and Usher and Chris Brown at Nissan Stadium. Twenty-six events span Wilson, Davidson, Rutherford, and Williamson counties. Franklin has been doing Bluegrass Along the Harpeth since 1991, and it is still the best thing on this weekend's calendar Friday night pickin' on the square,