Events and Marketing

Franklin Events/Marketing and the Franklin Fine Arts Council (FFAC)

Franklin’s signature brand is its family-friendly festivals, events and performing arts venues. The Franklin Events and Marketing Coordinator serves to plan and synchronize the City-sponsored festivals and events with the local retailers and businesses in order to maximize their exposure and reap the benefits of the destination visitors in town. The Coordinator also markets the City of Franklin as a whole and serves as a liaison between the City of Franklin and other local events and community happenings.

Franklin Fine Arts Council Yearly Festivals & Events include:
Franklin On Ice
Easter Egg Hunt
Thursday Night Concerts in the Park
Taste of Talent Vocal Competition
4th of July Festivities Days, June 26 to July 4
Taste of Talent Semi-Finals
Taste of Franklin
Rock In River Fest/PA Stone Skipping Championship
Downtown Trick or Treat & Light Up Night.

The mission of the Franklin Fine Arts Council is to foster, stimulate and promote the arts and enhance the vitality and quality of life of our community and region. It is an all-volunteer group of dedicated citizens that run the FFAC

The jewel in Downtown Franklin’s arts and culture crown is the fully restored Barrow-Civic Theatre. The Barrow presents noteworthy performances in a theater that does not have a bad seat in the house. Downtown Franklin is also home to DeBence Antique Music World, a unique museum of over 100 antique mechanical instruments and calliopes. St. John’s Episcopal Church provides tours of its collection of 30 brilliant, authentic Tiffany stained glass windows completed in 1917 (only 6 other churches survive today with a complete collection). Multiple outdoor concerts are held weekly throughout the summer months. Franklin is proud to be home to the Franklin Silver Cornet Band, one of the oldest volunteer bands in the entire country. Franklin is blessed with popular restaurants and unique mom and pop shops. A Self-Guided Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Franklin is available to visitors. All of this happens in Historic Downtown Franklin on Liberty Street – voted one of the 10 Great Streets of America in 2010 and one of the 10 Great Places in PA in 2017.

Franklin is a Bicycle-Friendly Community with miles of scenic trails and waterways.

Come, experience our friendly town. We are looking forward to greeting you!

Please contact us for information packets and any other assistance that we can provide for you during your stay. Email events@franklinpa.gov or go to www.franklinpa.gov and we are on FB: @FranklinPAEvents

Destination Franklin... It’s Always Eventful!

Downtown Historic Walking Tour

For information packets, email events@franklinpa.gov or we are on FB: @FranklinPAEvents

Downtown Franklin is a destination for family-friendly festivals, live music, unique gift shops, varied dining options, a brewery, a distillery, and winery. Cultural attractions include the Barrow-Civic Theatre, DeBence Antique Music World, Saint John’s Tiffany Window Display and the Venango County Historical Society Egbert Mullen Koos House.

Franklin offers a vibrant blend of old and new in our downtown. Listed on National Register of Historic places, Liberty Street (2010 APA Top 10 Streets in America) features two beautiful downtown parks and is a picture perfect setting for a variety of activities. The City hosts 10 festivals and numerous special events throughout the year. The summer months are filled with weekly concerts in multiple downtown venues. Below you can find the sections of our Downtown Historic Walking Tour: