Celebrate the Season and Great Food at Franklin’s Harvest Festival on Sept. 28

The 21st Annual Harvest Festival is set for Sat., Sept. 28, with a rain date of Sun. Sept. 29, from 12 noon to 5 p.m. It will take place on Main Street and the surrounding area in downtown Franklin.

More than 150 vendors will display their specialties. Come and enjoy live music, food, kids’ activities, artwork and crafts. It’s a great time to meet local shop owners and check out all that Franklin offers.

Enjoy delicious choices from local restaurants at the food court: Italian sausage, pizza, hot dogs, barbecue chicken sandwiches, cheeseburgers, chicken fingers, pastries, fried dough, ice cream, gelato and more. Teddy Gallagher’s Pub will be working their grill. Dean Bank staff members will be selling cider and fun treats in front of the bank. Proceeds of their sales will go to the Harvest Festival. 

Live music will fill the air at The Performance Tent. In separate performances, visitors will hear Dom DeBaggis, Rep. Jeff Roy, and Heath Nisbett. The Performance Tent is located between the Post Office and Dean Bank.

This music space presents acoustic guitar and vocal arrangements for all ages.

The Franklin Fire Department will have its popular touch-a-truck attraction. Fire trucks will be out front at its Route 140 station and Sparky will give out plastic fire helmets to children.

The Franklin Historical Museum will celebrate the long-running St. Rocco’s Festival. The museum will share images, news clips, and memories of the St. Rocco’s Festival and celebrate Franklin’s Italian roots as well. The Rome restaurant pizza slices will be on sale by the Friends of the Museum plus there will an appearance by Franklin's PBS cooking star, Marcella DiChiara and strolling musicians, too!

“Downtown Franklin is a busy social center for shopping, dining and entertainment. The Harvest Festival is the perfect time to get acquainted with local business owners and community groups,” said Scott Martin, President of the Franklin Downtown Partnership and Harvest Festival Chair. “We welcome friends from our town and beyond.”

The Partnership invites business owners to sponsor the Harvest Festival. Email the FDP office at downtown.franklin@yahoo.com to learn more about sponsorship opportunities.

Thank you to this year’s generous festival sponsors: 

Platinum sponsor – Dean Bank. 

Gold sponsors – Dean College; Floor & Décor; Middlesex Savings Bank. Silver sponsors – Camford Property Group, Inc.; The Enclave of Franklin; Glen Meadow Apartments; Hockomock YMCA; Notturno Home Services; Rockland Trust.

Bronze sponsors – Beaux Regards Photographic Art; Chestnut Dental; DCU; D.G. Ranieri Real Estate; Eagle Stainless Tube & Fabrication, Inc.; Fenton Financial Group; Keefe Insurance; LeafFilter Gutter Protection; Nerds To Go; Simons Furniture; and Turtle 2 Properties, LLC.

For festival, booth registration or sponsorship info, visit the FDP website at

www.franklindowntownpartnership.org.

Follow the Downtown Partnership at:

https://www.instagram.com/franklindowntownpartnership/and

https://www.facebook.com/franklindowntownpartnership.org/

The Franklin Downtown Partnership is a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization made up of more than 300 business owners, residents, and community leaders working to revitalize downtown Franklin. Residents can join the Downtown Partnership for only $25. The Partnership manages events like the Strawberry Stroll and the Harvest Festival, and initiatives such as beautification, streetscape design, green space, alley murals, and sculpture projects. For more information go to www.franklindowntownpartnership.org.