Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival is headed back to picturesque Franklin green space The Park at Harlinsdale Sept. 27 and 28 for its 11th annual run. The event’s location, booking and daytime-and-evening hours make it among the most family-friendly fests in our vicinity, and two household names in the contemporary rock world are topping the bill: John Mayer and Kings of Leon.
Mayer will be coming off the second Dead & Co. Dead Forever residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas, and he’ll be bringing a full band to do his own material at Pilgrimage. Nashville’s own Kings of Leon got back on the road last year in the wake of their latest, Can We Please Have Fun.
Oklahoma country champs Turnpike Troubadours and California pop ’n’ rockers Young the Giant make up the next tier; further down the lineup, find various takes on rock, pop and country courtesy of Father John Misty, Grace Potter, Maggie Rose, The Heavy Heavy, Angel White and more. Over in the Americana Music Triangle tent, your options include Sam Grisman Project (led by the son of ’grass wizard David “Dawg” Grisman) featuring Vince Herman and Lindsay Lou, with support from Music City multi-instrumentalist and songsmith Cristina Vane. And if you were, ahem, “Desperately Wanting” your annual chance to catch festival co-founder Kevin Griffin’s band Better Than Ezra, fear not: They’re on the lineup too.
Tickets are available now via the Pilgrimage website. Keep an eye on the festival’s Instagram profile for updates.
