Watertown is a city known for its many musical and artistic experiences including the hundreds of music videos produced in Watertown, the music and art festivals and the wealth of artists living in the area.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
NEW YORK — Carrie Underwood brought the Academy of Country Music Awards to church. Maren Morris won the most awards of the night, including song of the year. Miranda Lambert performed three times and held on to her record as the most decorated winner in ACM history. And Mickey Guyton, the fi…
Saturday, April 10, 2021
Lebanon’s Fiddlers Grove Historic Village held an open house Friday to kick off the 2021 season with several volunteers and locals breaking bread in the Veterans Building. Volunteers prepare food plates for attendees as they get ready to take their seats for the ceremony. Fiddlers Grove will…
Thursday, April 08, 2021
Fiddlers Grove Historic Village will welcome visitors for the 2021 season with an open house Friday. The opening day event will have Lebanon Mayor Rick Bell as the guest speaker. There will be light refreshments and beverages served. Fiddlers Grove welcomes visitors to learn about what we pl…
On the fancy new 245-passenger American Countess riverboat, passengers sip complimentary mint juleps on a top deck, masks wrapped around their wrists like bulging bracelets, while the ship’s big, red paddle wheel churns through the Mississippi. It’s a post-pandemic sight to behold-even if th…
Saturday, April 03, 2021
Historic Granville-Tennessee’s Mayberry Town will have a grand festival of celebration of the “I Love Lucy” show and “The Andy Griffith Show” on April 10.
Cumberland University has announced the 2021 Phoenix Ball will be held on Aug. 7. The annual event has traditionally been held on the first Saturday in June, but has been rescheduled to August in hopes that attendees who wish to receive COVID-19 vaccinations will have the opportunity to do s…
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Fiddlers Grove had originally set April 2 as its opening date. However, it was an oversight that Friday, April 2 is Good Friday. Most offices will be closed and Fiddlers Grove is scheduled to be closed to observe the holiday as well. Therefore, Fiddlers Grove will have its grand opening on A…
Saturday, March 13, 2021
After the cancellation of last year’s Wilson County Fair because of the COVID-19 pandement, “Honoring Hometown Heroes” has been announced as the theme of the 2021 Wilson County Fair
Thursday, March 11, 2021
The vote for women’s suffrage was over 100 years ago, but the chance to learn about the Tennesseans who made it possible is available all month at the Wilson County Courthouse.
The vote for women’s suffrage was over 100 years ago, but the chance to learn about the Tennesseans who made it possible is available all month at the Wilson County Courthouse.
Tuesday, March 09, 2021
Historic Granville, “Tennessee’s Mayberry Town,” opens on March 17h with the 2021 theme “Contributions of Women.”
People from across Tennessee and neighboring states descended on the Lebanon Sunday to rev their engines and test out their sports cars.
Saturday, March 06, 2021
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival organizers asked the city of Manchester last week to begin the process of annexing Great Stage Park in a move leaders hope boosts the long-term viability of the property.
Thursday, February 18, 2021
NASHVILLE — In response to a surge of visitors to Tennessee State Parks last year, the state department announced this week a new partnership with Arrive Outdoors to make gear more affordable for park visitors. The plan is to offer gear that visitors can rent as opposed to buying expensive g…
MEMPHIS — On the 44th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death, fans will get to celebrate the musician once again at the annual Elvis Week event in Memphis, Tennessee.
Saturday, February 13, 2021
Wilson Bank & Trust’s annual Southern Home & Garden Expo will be a virtual and interactive event this year.
Saturday, February 06, 2021
NEW YORK — Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film “The Sound of Music” and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award acting winner in history, has died. He was 91.
It might not have seemed likely early in the pandemic, but the 55th Super Bowl Sunday is upon us yet again. Each year advertisers pull out all the stops to entertain the crowd of 100 million viewers expected to tune in to the CBS broadcast on Sunday. This year there are more than 20 newcomer…
NASHVILLE — A new museum two decades in the making is telling the interconnected story of Black musical genres through the lens of American history.
Tuesday, February 02, 2021
Historic Granville is introducing a Meet the Maker program to be added to its annual Arts & Craftsmen Workshops.
Saturday, January 30, 2021
LOS ANGELES — Cicely Tyson was a Black actor who knocked down doors so other women of color could walk through them.
Those who enjoy Civil War history now have a more modern way of following Hartsville’s link to the War Between the States.
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Tickets are officially on sale for the Ally 400, the NASCAR Cup Series race headed to the Nashville Superspeedway on June 20.
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Friday marked the 206th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans. Bob McDonald, president and CEO of CedarStone Bank and past regent of the Andrew Jackson Foundation, served as the master of ceremonies and keynote s peaker of the celebration. The event was very well attended, including Mary …
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Steve Hill had dreamed of owning a 1932 Ford roadster since he was about 12 years old.
Saturday, January 02, 2021
Granville’s Sutton Ole Time Music Hour, a bluegrass show performed at the Sutton General Store since 2008, will be livestreamed without an audience each week in January due to COVID-19.
Saturday, December 26, 2020
Many Tennesseans first heard about baseball’s seven Negro Leagues after the MLB’s decision to recognize their records as major league statistics this month.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
This year’s Mt. Juliet Christmas Parade, “Hometown Heroes,” celebrated first responders, health care workers, teachers and many more who have been on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Tennessee’s Mayberry Town will hold its 22nd annual Granville Country Christmas on Saturday with the theme “Visions of Christmas: Spread Good Tidings.”
Tuesday, December 08, 2020
2020 has been a difficult year for Lebanon, from the March 3 tornado to the ongoing impact of COVID-19, but the community is keeping its Christmas spirit alive.
Saturday, December 05, 2020
The annual Taste of Wilson County event will be virtual this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Tuesday, December 01, 2020
The Christmas season means Christmas parades, and residents across Wilson County are hard at work on the floats hitting the streets over the next few weekends.
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
For those looking for unique holiday gifts, the annual Fiddlers Grove barn sale could be just the ticket.
The Dancing Lights of Christmas is back to illuminate the Wilson County Fairgrounds through Jan. 3.
Saturday, November 14, 2020
Watertown may be a little out of the way, but it has a thriving tourism industry thanks to the Tennessee Central Railway Museum.
Events at the Nashville Superspeedway may seem as distant as a time when dinosaurs walked the earth for those growing up after it closed in 2011. But today, dinosaurs are walking the speedway as it roars back to life.
Christmas has come to Lebanon’s Fiddlers Grove Historic Village, where more than 60 buildings are adorned with Christmas wreaths, lights, animated figures and more!
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
The Mill at Christmas looked a bit different in its eighth year, but the two-day shopping event proved just as big a draw amid COVID-19.
Saturday, November 07, 2020
The Lebanon Wilson County Chamber of Commerce and the city of Lebanon have announced this year’s Christmas parade theme, “A Blue Christmas,” will celebrate hometown heroes.
Three Forks Community Park in Watertown is back with brand-new playground equipment, and families are welcoming its return.
Thursday, November 05, 2020
Sutton Store Players to offer new production
Tuesday, November 03, 2020
The Wilson County Convention & Visitors Bureau, in conjunction with, the Wilson County Murals Committee, is set to unveil their next mural in the countywide mural initiative, PaintWilCo, on Nov. 12. This mural is the seventh of 10 murals projected to be completed by the end of 2020.
The Halloween 5K 4 Hope and Parkinson’s Fun Walk saw its highest turnout yet at Charlie Daniels Park on Saturday as the community joined together to raise $7,000 for those in need.
Saturday, October 31, 2020
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Fiddlers Grove.
Cumberland University’s Community Arts Council has announced the People’s Choice Award winners for the first annual Chalk it Up! Art Fest.
The Lebanon Senior Citizens Center was one of the first places to close when COVID-19 hit, and that means fundraising has taken a hit.
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Halloween is right around the corner, and Wilson County has plenty of holiday haunts for families to visit. Here are some of the events happening around town on Saturday:
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Historic Granville Tennessee’s Mayberry Town is featuring an Old Time Craftsmen Festival during the month of October.
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