Deborah Allen & Friends Sunday Gospel Matinee ft. John Berry, Chloe Agnew, and Jesse & Noah Bellamy
special show
Country songwriter Deborah Allen leads a one-night gospel set with John Berry, Chloe Agnew, and Jesse and Noah Bellamy sharing the bill.
This week in Downtown Franklin
Time-limited things in Downtown Franklin. This week and soon.
The scene here runs on a clock. These are the live and coming-up here-then-gone windows in Downtown Franklin -- pop-ups, one-night dinners, limited runs and events with a real deadline. Pulled straight from what the machine tracks. Nothing undated, nothing already closed.
Live for Sunday, October 11 · 17 windows in Downtown Franklin
FEAR FEST! The Fly (1986)
limited-run screening
Cronenberg body-horror double-billed alongside The Invisible Man on the same afternoon as part of the October series.
FEAR FEST! The Invisible Man (1933)
limited-run screening
Classic Universal horror screening, part of an October film series running through Halloween weekend.
Oddity Improv
special show
Live improv comedy billed as Oddity, a one-night stand in the middle of the week.
FEAR FEST! Hocus Pocus (1993)
limited-run screening
Second October screening of the 1993 cult classic, good option if you missed the Oct 3 showing.
The Franklin Theatre Songwriters Series: Black River Entertainment Presents Doug Johnson, Josh Kerr, and Dan Wilson
The Franklin Theatre · special show
Three Black River Entertainment writers perform in the round; Dan Wilson co-wrote Adele's 'Someone Like You' and brings serious Nashville credibility to this one-night set.
The Songs of Frank Myers: Songs and Strings
special show
An evening built around the catalog of songwriter Frank Myers, presented with strings.
Alison Brown
special show
Grammy-winning banjo player and Compass Records founder performs a one-night set.
FEAR FEST! Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
limited-run screening
Family-appropriate Halloween entry in the Fear Fest lineup, Aardman's only feature-length Wallace and Gromit film.
Mike Dawes
special show
UK fingerstyle guitarist known for percussive solo arrangements plays a rare single-night stop.
An Evening With Jim Messina
special show
Loggins and Messina co-founder plays a standalone evening set; catalog spans country-rock from the early 70s forward.
Women in Harmony
special show
One-night vocal harmony performance; no further details given beyond the title and time.
FEAR FEST! Backrooms: Everything Must Go Edition (2026)
limited-run screening
A 2026 Backrooms film billed as an all-day Fear Fest anchor event running nearly 14 hours on the calendar.
FEAR FEST! Ghostbusters (1984)
limited-run screening
Classic 1984 comedy-horror on the PumpkinFest weekend, family-friendly morning slot.
FEAR FEST! The Addams Family (1991)
limited-run screening
The Barry Sonnenfeld film screens on PumpkinFest Saturday afternoon as part of the closing Fear Fest weekend.
41st Annual PumpkinFest 2026
festival
Downtown Franklin's long-running fall street festival runs all weekend; expect the usual vendor and activity footprint across the historic square.
Alive II: A Tribute To KISS ft. Paul Sidoti
special show
KISS tribute act featuring Paul Sidoti, known as a longtime touring guitarist with Taylor Swift, on a one-night Halloween-week booking.
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