By Ken Paulson
September is a very good month for Nashville area music fans, with the Pilgrimage Festival coming this weekend on the heels of the Americana Music Festival.
Boxcutters at 2017 Pilgrimage Festival
The Pilgrimage Festival in Franklin has been a welcome addition to the mid-South music scene, offering a happy medium between the massive Bonnaroo and the generally small venues of the sprawling Americana Music Festival.
There are big names here – Jack White and Chris Stapleton among them – but the Pilgrimage Music Festival offers both intimacy and a sense of community. The sound and sight lines are good and the stages are reasonably close to each other.
The full list of artists are here, but we’re particularly looking forward to sets by Aaron Lee Tasjan (he was great here last year) The Record Company. Amos Lee, Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear, Elle King and Valerie June.
It’s a very civilized and family-friendly festival, with things winding down around 8 p.m. Tickets are still available at the festival’s website.