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Lead singer of NEEDTOBREATHE, Bear Rinehart, and his bandmate play a duet. 9-29-2024 (Photos by Paige Mast)

Photo Gallery: Pilgrimage Festival Day 2

Paige Mast, Multimedia editor September 30, 2024

To contact the Lifestyles Editor, email [email protected]. For more news, visit www.mtsusidelines.com, or follow us on Instagram at MTSUSidelines or on X at @MTSUSidelines....

Pilgrimage Festival 2024: Steven Sanchez, COIN and Noah Kahan rock the rain away on day 2

Pilgrimage Festival 2024: Steven Sanchez, COIN and Noah Kahan rock the rain away on day 2

Emma Burden September 30, 2024

Featured photo by Paige Mast Story by Emma Burden Music lovers strutted down the streets of Franklin, Tennessee, decked in their finest western wear for the second and final day of Pilgrimage...

Fans show off their signage to the artists in Franklin, Tennessee, on Sept. 28, 2024.

Photo gallery: Pilgrimage Festival Day 1

Paige Mast, Multimedia editor September 29, 2024

To contact the Lifestyles Editor, email [email protected]. For more news, visit www.mtsusidelines.com, or follow us on Instagram at MTSUSidelines or on X at @MTSUSidelines....

Pilgrimage Festival 2024: Rain or shine, Pilgrimage ready to rock on day 1

Pilgrimage Festival 2024: Rain or shine, Pilgrimage ready to rock on day 1

Emma Burden September 29, 2024

Featured Photo by Paige Mast Story by Emma Burden The organizers of Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival surprised ticket holders with a Saturday morning announcement — despite heavy...

Demonstrators rally for strengthened gun laws on the Franklin Public Square. (Photo by Ethan Schmidt)

Rally on Franklin Public Square Calls for Strengthened Gun Laws

Kailee Shores April 17, 2023

Featured Photo by Ethan Schmidt Story by Ethan Schmidt A protest in support of enhanced Tennessee gun legislation took place on the Franklin Public Square on Saturday, April 1. The event was in...

Sidelines Guidelines: A roundup of Middle Tennessee's best food trucks

Sidelines Guidelines: A roundup of Middle Tennessee’s best food trucks

Sidelines April 25, 2018

Photo courtesy of Banh Mi & Roll Factory Story by Krystal Loritts / Contributing Writer The weather is slowly getting warmer, which means summer is near. And with summer comes a break from reality,...

Photos: PumpkinFest visits Franklin, continues streak of Middle Tennessee's largest fall festival

Photos: PumpkinFest visits Franklin, continues streak of Middle Tennessee’s largest fall festival

Sidelines November 1, 2017

Photo courtesy of Sidelines Archive Photos and story by Gerardo Palacios / Contributing Writer Downtown Franklin hosted PumpkinFest Saturday for its 34th year as Middle Tennessee’s largest family fall...

Table Talk: Bob's Fish Fry is a food truck worth trying

Table Talk: Bob’s Fish Fry is a food truck worth trying

CIM Digital September 28, 2017

Photo by Tayhlor Stephenson / Lifestyles Editor  It was a hot September day, and it felt as though the blazing sun was aiming its rays right at me. Live music filled the Franklin air at the Park at Harlinsdale,...

Day two of Pilgrimage Festival revolves around rock, excites fans for Pilgrimage 2018

Day two of Pilgrimage Festival revolves around rock, excites fans for Pilgrimage 2018

CIM Digital September 25, 2017

Photo by Tayhlor Stephenson / Lifestyles Editor Still on a high from day one of the Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival --  complete with performances from Justin Timberlake, Walk The Moon, Colony...

Day one of Pilgrimage Festival complete with pop, rock, country

Day one of Pilgrimage Festival complete with pop, rock, country

CIM Digital September 24, 2017

Photo and story by Tayhlor Stephenson / Lifestyles Editor It was 90-something degrees outside, and the sun cast a smoldering hot spell on Franklin’s The Park at Harlinsdale. Regardless, several thousand...

Nothing Bundt Cakes captivates Murfreesboro residents with 'sweet' soft opening

Nothing Bundt Cakes captivates Murfreesboro residents with ‘sweet’ soft opening

CIM Digital August 16, 2017

Photo by Steve Barnum / Reporter Nothing Bundt Cakes, a franchise offering a refreshing approach to the classic bundt cake, celebrated its soft opening at their newest location Wednesday. Now, Murfreesboro...

Marisa McKaye: 12-year-old Franklin local appears on ‘America’s Got Talent'

Marisa McKaye: 12-year-old Franklin local appears on ‘America’s Got Talent’

CIM Digital August 9, 2017

Photo by Tayhlor Stephenson / Lifestyles Editor With an acclaimed title like Music City, U.S.A., Middle Tennessee attracts thousands of aspiring musicians on the daily, some great and some not-so-good....

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