Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival brings live music back to Franklin, TN, next weekend, as the two-day celebration of art, culture, and diverse music welcomes its seventh year at The Park at Harlinsdale Farm on September 25 & 26.

Doors open 11 a.m. CT Saturday (9/25) and 10 a.m. CT Sunday (9/26), with the 200-acre property hosting 50+ acts across five stages – Midnight Sun Stage, Gold Record Road Stage, Simple Truth X Shady Grove Stage, Lil’ Pilgrims Family Stage, and Americana Music Triangle Experience (AMTE) – plus over 35 artisanal vendors in the Makers Village and more than 50 food and beverage partners between the Farm to Turntable Food Truck Park and Wicked Weed Brew Hall.

Festival-goers can download the Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival app (for Apple and Android) beginning September 20 to create their own personalized schedule, as the anticipated lineup boasts headliners Dave Matthews Band, The Black Keys, Maren Morris, and Cage The Elephant, alongside Khruangbin, Black Pumas, Amos Lee, The Marcus King Band, Houndmouth, Jamestown Revival, Tank and the Bangas, JD McPherson, Better Than Ezra, Low Cut Connie, Katie Pruitt, Morgan Wade, Larry Fleet, Harlem Gospel Travelers, Hailey Whitters, Dylan LeBlanc, Jimbo Mathus, Thee Sacred Souls, Anna Vaus, Blessing Offor, Natalie Madigan, Wax Owls, Myron Elkins, Emily West & The Whiskey Wolves of the West, JT Hodges, The Deltaz, and many more. AMTE will also honor the past and present of the Americana Music Triangle with stripped-down live performances and intimate chats with musical storytellers including Butch Walker, Valerie June, Robert Finley, Lilly Hiatt, People on the Porch, Jake Leg Stompers, Hogslop String Band, Boo Ray, Layla Tucker, Sunday Morning Service with Pastor Jeff Simmons and special guests Kathie Lee Gifford and Louis York, Rocky Top Revue, The Local Honeys, Manuel Cuevas, and Sound Diplomacy’s Shain Shapiro on Music Tourism. Click here for the full schedule.

Remaining tickets are selling fast, with very limited two-day GA and VIP passes on sale at PilgrimageFestival.com. No single day tickets will be available for purchase this year. A portion of every ticket sale will benefit members of the music community in need through Pilgrimage’s direct partnership with the Recording Academy’s nonprofit MusiCares, in addition to Friends of Franklin Parks for capital projects at The Park at Harlinsdale Farm. 

FESTIVAL WRISTBAND DETAILS
 

ALL TICKET PURCHASERS WILL RECEIVE A FESTIVAL WRISTBAND – NO PRINTED TICKETS WILL BE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT. YOUR WRISTBAND IS YOUR TICKET INTO THE FESTIVAL. WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR WRISTBAND IN THE MAIL, DO NOT TRY IT ON. THE CLASP SLIDES ONE WAY AND THERE IS NO WAY TO REMOVE IT OR LOOSEN IT WITHOUT DAMAGING THE WRISTBAND.
 

WRISTBANDS ARE NON-REMOVABLE AND NON-TRANSFERABLE AND MUST NOT BE TAMPERED WITH IN ANY WAY. YOUR WRISTBAND GRANTS YOU ADMISSION FOR BOTH DAYS. YOU MUST WEAR YOUR WRISTBAND AT ALL TIMES AT THE FESTIVAL. DO NOT CUT OFF OR REMOVE YOUR WRISTBAND UNTIL YOU LEAVE THE FESTIVAL FOR THE FINAL TIME.
 

IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE YOUR WRISTBANDS IN ADVANCE, PLEASE BRING YOUR CONFIRMATION EMAIL AND A PHOTO ID TO THE BOX OFFICE, AND PILGRIMAGE WILL REPLACE YOUR PASSES. THE ON-SITE BOX OFFICE WILL BE OPEN 9:30 A.M. - 9:00 P.M. CT ON SATURDAY (9/25) AND 8:30 A.M. - 7:30 P.M. CT ON SUNDAY (9/26). THEY WILL ALSO BE OPEN IN ADVANCE OF THE FESTIVAL INSIDE THE DRURY PLAZA HOTEL AT THE BENDING CHESTNUT ROOM (1874 WEST MCEWEN DRIVE, FRANKLIN, TN 37067) ON THURSDAY (9/23) AND FRIDAY (9/24) FROM 8:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M. CT.

Produced by Better Than Ezra frontman and Franklin resident Kevin Griffin, alongside W. Brandt Wood and Michael Whelan, Griffin and Wood are set to wrap the Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival-themed Power Hour on Lightning 100 at 1 p.m. CT Friday (9/17). Tune in for a chance to win a pair of tickets here. 

HEALTH & SAFETY

THE SAFETY OF OUR FANS AND STAFF IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE, SO PILGRIMAGE HAS ANNOUNCED AND IMPLEMENTED SPECIFIC COVID-19 HEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDELINES FOR ATTENDING THE SHOW. ALL ATTENDEES MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF A FULL VACCINE OR A NEGATIVE COVID-19 TEST TAKEN WITHIN 48 HOURS OF ATTENDANCE. PLEASE VISIT PILGRIMAGEFESTIVAL.COM FOR FULL HEALTH & SAFETY DETAILS.

PilgrimageFestival.com is your main source for information regarding performance and shuttle schedules, ticketing and VIP upgrades, vehicle and bicycle parking, rideshare options, prohibited items, etc. Guests can also email questions to [email protected].

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