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The Franklin Theatre is excited to announce a re-launch of its movie offerings with a new curated, themed movie-going experience in collaboration with Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory and founder of the highly successful Movie Gang series at the Theatre. Movie offerings fall into four distinct themes: Sci Fi Sundays, Rock & Roll Mondays, Throwback Thursday Comedy Nights, and...

The film, set on the Natchez Trace, follows the events surrounding the death of the famed American explorer & will feature Q & A with Director & Actor A story of the allegedly unresolved 1809 demise of a national hero, Mysterious Circumstance, directed by Clark Richey, sheds light on Meriwether Lewis’s death by gunshot on the Natchez Trace, an isolated frontier road connect...

Fan favorites, like White Christmas and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, return to The Historic Franklin Theatre and go on sale this Friday.   We are excited to announce Republic Bank as the presenting sponsor for its holiday movie screenings throughout December. As part of their month-long “Christmas in July” promotion, all holiday movies will go on sale Friday, Jul...

Atmos Energy will serve as the Presenting Sponsor for this series, running July 13-17 FRANKLIN, TN (July 6, 2022) – The Franklin Theatre is pleased to announce Atmos Energy as the presenting sponsor for its “Summer Pay What You Can” movie screenings to be held July 13th to July 17th. These screenings are a way for Williamson County residents and visitors to engage with the ...

Nashville Film Festival Announces 53rd Annual Event, Hosted at Iconic Nashville-Area Venues and Featuring New Programming Initiatives The historic Franklin Theatre will host festival screenings Friday, September 30 through Sunday, October 2. The Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) today announces plans for the organization’s 53rd annual event, a week-long celebration o...

On June 22nd, 2022, The Franklin Theatre hosted the Middle Tennessee premiere of Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” to a full house of local celebrities, actors, musicians, and theatre donors. The Warner Bros. Pictures film, which premiered on June 24th, explores the relationship between Elvis (played by Austin Butler) and his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker (played by Tom Hanks)...

Beginning with small, private rental events, theater now looking to bring back live entertainment, movies and hybrid live-streamed shows that conform to current COVID restrictions FRANKLIN, TN (March 10, 2020) – After going dark to public performances last year due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Heritage Foundation of Williamson County, TN, parent organization of The Frankli...

  PRIVATE MOVIE PARTIES The Franklin Theatre is working to honor our tradition as a beloved, local movie house by offering small, private movie parties for families and close friends. AVAILABLE FOR JANUARY 29 – FEBRUARY 14  CLICK HERE TO VIEW AVAILABILITY & TO BOOK YOUR EVENT If you don’t see your preferred date listed as an option, please reach out to Meg Hershey (mhers...

The Franklin Theatre, which has been closed to the public since mid-March in response to state guidelines regarding COVID-19, will reopen to the public on June 12 at 7 p.m. with a showing of Monty Python and The Holy Grail (PG). The theater is also bringing back the popular Silver Matinee series on June 17, with a showing of Some Like It Hot(1959). Theater Executive D...

Having received more than 200 submissions the festival program, the final films have been selected for the 2019 Franklin International Independent Film Festival.  The opening night for FIIFF will be held at the Franklin Theater on August 14, 2019 with screen local film director, Barbara Hall’s American Masters film “CHARLEY PRIDE, I’m Just Me.” “I could not be more excited...