Make Your Plans for the 2015 Franklin Wine Festival

Franklin Wine Festival

The committee for the 2015 Franklin Wine Festival presented by Cool Springs Wines & Spirits and supported by Nissan, is working hard preparing for the annual event being held on Friday, October 16 from 7p-10p at the Factory in Franklin.

The Franklin Wine Festival is widely regarded as Middle Tennessee’s premiere wine tasting event featuring more than 300 wines from around the world and showcases culinary offerings from 30 of Middle Tennessee’s finest restaurants. The wine festival also features a silent auction and live entertainment on multiple stages throughout the Factory.

Advance tickets are $89 and available now for purchase at the event’s brand new, redesigned website www.FranklinWineFestival.com The new site is optimized for viewing across all devices and includes information about the event, tickets to the festival and options for getting involved.

The funds raised by the Franklin Wine Festival events will allow Big Brothers Big Sisters to serve more children in Middle Tennessee with mentorship programs. Children with mentors have higher aspirations, greater confidence and better relationships. Additionally, children with mentors are more likely to avoid risky behavior and show greater commitment to their education laying the groundwork for an overall stronger Middle Tennessee community.

Last year, the 2014 Franklin Wine Festival raised more than $200,000, which served 130 children with one-on-one mentorship for a year. To date, the event has raised more than $1 million for the charity serving hundreds of Middle Tennessee children by pairing them with a positive adult role model.

Register this week for the online auction and be entered to win a Hatch Show Print! Many donations have come in and new items are up for auction in the online pre-sale. Check out these must-haves and start bidding to get in on the great deals!

You can visit the online auction site and register at Franklin Wine Festival Silent Auction and get your bids in now for items like Titans tickets, a casino getaway, comedy show tickets, Hatch Show Prints, restaurant gift cards and more! Check back often as there will be new items up for sale at noon every Tuesday leading up to the Franklin Wine Festival. The auctions will close each Monday, so make sure to bid and bid again!

Committee members for 2015 include:

James and Jackie Woodard, Honorary Chairs; Emmy Akin, Double Diamond Marketing + Communications; Kenneth Bargers, Pilkerton Realtors; Amy Burch, RPM Transportation Consultants; Brandy Byrd, CMT; Amy Delk, Franklin Synergy Bank; Kathy Dozier; Wendy Dyes, Keller Williams Realty; Angela Evans, Double Diamond Marketing + Communications; Penny Floyd, Cool Springs Wines & Spirits; Mary Francis, Sitel; Elonda Goodloe, Emdeon; Sonya Hairston, Molette Investment Services; Casey Hannigan, UL; Ashley Harrison, Wells Fargo; Connie Harvey, Pilkerton Realtors; John Hollingsworth, Metropolitan Bank; Mary Kate Miller, CMT; Tonya Pyburn, Danielle Rice, Touchstone Medical Imaging; Andrea Stilwell, Interfaith Dental Clinic; Rebecca Talley, Middle TN School of Anesthesia; Philip Thompson, Cool Springs Wines & Spirits; Chandra Williams, Metro Nashville Schools.

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