Franklin observes the Fourth of July with a multiple day event packed celebration.
They kick-off the annual Taste of Talent vocal competition at 7 p.m. on Wednesday June 26. The event features twelve contestants who will entertain crowds in Bandstand Park in an elimination competition that lasts over six weeks. The winner receives a thousand dollar grand prize.
The following night, the 168 year old Silver Cornet Band will preform at 7 p.m. again at the park.
Friday morning from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. the very popular Penny Carnival takes over both downtown parks to give hundreds of children and their families dozen of games for prizes, face painting, a bouncy house, a petting zoo, and touch-a-truck. The Wild World of Animals Show will be on the Bandstand stage and a special SpongeBob photo shoot will be hosted in the park by the Barrow-Civic Theatre.
That evening the entertainment moves downtown with Al Fresco Friday performances by Iris Callahan at Bella Cucina from 6 to 8 p.m. and 2B40 at Benjamin’s
Roadhouse from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The second weekend of The Spongebob Musical kicks off at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Barrow-Civic Theatre. If you miss it on Friday there is also a show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.
The weekly Farmer's Market opens at 8 a.m. Saturday on 12th Street next the courthouse and is open to 1 p.m.
While that is going on the Liberty Fest Parade will start at 11 a.m. followed by a kid's ice-cream social on 12th Street between the Library and Trails to Ales II. At 3 p.m., Bandstand Park Jerry and Sandi Rectenwald will play a set of hit music for the 1970s
Franklin takes a little breather on Sunday but return Monday July 1 with their annual Pet Show hosted by the Venango County Humane Society in Bandstand Park beginning at 5:30 p.m.
They take another breather on Tuesday.
Taste of Talent's second round will be at 7 p.m. on July 3 in Bandstand Park.
The week ends with the "Thunder Over Franklin" fireworks display at Riverfront Park on the Fourth. The band Public Water Supply will be performing prior with festivities kicking off beginning at 6 p.m.
Anyone with questions about Liberty Fest can call Franklin City Hall at (814) 437-1922, ext. 1123
They kick-off the annual Taste of Talent vocal competition at 7 p.m. on Wednesday June 26. The event features twelve contestants who will entertain crowds in Bandstand Park in an elimination competition that lasts over six weeks. The winner receives a thousand dollar grand prize.
The following night, the 168 year old Silver Cornet Band will preform at 7 p.m. again at the park.
Friday morning from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. the very popular Penny Carnival takes over both downtown parks to give hundreds of children and their families dozen of games for prizes, face painting, a bouncy house, a petting zoo, and touch-a-truck. The Wild World of Animals Show will be on the Bandstand stage and a special SpongeBob photo shoot will be hosted in the park by the Barrow-Civic Theatre.
That evening the entertainment moves downtown with Al Fresco Friday performances by Iris Callahan at Bella Cucina from 6 to 8 p.m. and 2B40 at Benjamin’s
Roadhouse from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The second weekend of The Spongebob Musical kicks off at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Barrow-Civic Theatre. If you miss it on Friday there is also a show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.
The weekly Farmer's Market opens at 8 a.m. Saturday on 12th Street next the courthouse and is open to 1 p.m.
While that is going on the Liberty Fest Parade will start at 11 a.m. followed by a kid's ice-cream social on 12th Street between the Library and Trails to Ales II. At 3 p.m., Bandstand Park Jerry and Sandi Rectenwald will play a set of hit music for the 1970s
Franklin takes a little breather on Sunday but return Monday July 1 with their annual Pet Show hosted by the Venango County Humane Society in Bandstand Park beginning at 5:30 p.m.
They take another breather on Tuesday.
Taste of Talent's second round will be at 7 p.m. on July 3 in Bandstand Park.
The week ends with the "Thunder Over Franklin" fireworks display at Riverfront Park on the Fourth. The band Public Water Supply will be performing prior with festivities kicking off beginning at 6 p.m.
Anyone with questions about Liberty Fest can call Franklin City Hall at (814) 437-1922, ext. 1123
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