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The Franklin Cultural Council & Random Smile Project present

Taste of Artweek

Franklin Town Common & Hayward Manor
Rain date April 28

Food Truck Festival Click Here
Beer & Wine Garden Click Here
Live Performances Click Here
Art Show Click Here
Craft Fair Click Here
Parking & Directions Click Here

Food Truck Tickets $20 Adults, $10 Kids
Beer & Wine Garden Tickets $20


Food Truck

Food Trucks

$20 Adults = 4 tickets. Each ticket may be turned in to a participating food truck for one savory or sweet item. 4 tickets is enough for a complete meal and dessert, and will give you the opportunity to "taste" several cuisines.

$10 Kids = 2 tickets

PLEASE PRINT YOUR RECEIPT FOR ANY TICKET PURCHASES. THIS RECEIPT MUST BE TURNED IN AT THE TICKET BOOTH FOR YOUR ACTUAL TICKETS. The ticket booth will be located on the Common, across from the Hayward Manor entrance.

Our participating food trucks include:

Away Cafe Mobile Kitchen
Shishkaberry Shuttle
Moe's Street Eats
Like No Udder Food Truck
Gotta Q Smokehouse BBQ
The Dogfather Truck
Sarcastic Sweets
The Whoo(pie)Wagon
The Cod Squad Food Truck

Beer Garden

Beer & Wine Garden

$20 Adults = 6 tickets. One ticket may be turned in for a 4 oz. "taste", allowing you a flight of 6 different beer or wine selections, or three tickets may be turned in for a full pour.

Note: PLEASE PRINT YOUR RECEIPT FOR ANY TICKET PURCHASES. THIS RECEIPT MUST BE TURNED IN AT THE TICKET BOOTH FOR YOUR ACTUAL TICKETS. The ticket booth will be located on the Common, across from the Hayward Manor entrance. A valid license or other identification must be shown when picking up your beer garden tickets. Only guests over the age of 21 may pick up beer garden tickets; any guest intending on drinking in the beer garden must stop by ticketing to be carded and receive an "over 21" bracelet. No one without a bracelet will be served.

We are pleased to welcome the following microbreweries and winery to Taste of ArtWeek:

La Cantina Winery
Zelus Beer Company
Jack's Abby Craft Lagers
Crue Brew Brewery
Exhibit 'A' Brewing Company

Live Performances

Performance Line Up

All performances are FREE and require no ticketing!


4:00 - 4:45Cape Cod Sax Quartet, featuring professional Berklee musicians (jazz)
4:55 - 5:15Dean College Theater Rep Ensemble & Dean College Dance Company
5:20 - 5:40Feet in Motion School of Dance
5:45 - 6:05Franklin School for the Performing Arts Dance Company
6:15 - 7:00Jeff Roy & Friends (pop music)
7:15 - 8:00Kaye Kelly & Mark Hardt, Berklee (folk music)
Dean College Theater
Kaye Singing
Dean College Dancing
Franklin School of Performing Arts FSPA Dance

Fine Art Exhibition

Visit a fine art exhibition and small works sale hosted by the Franklin Art Association inside Hayward Manor. Paintings and photographs from their member artists will be on display, along with prints, note cards, and other fine art items. FREE entry!

Franklin Art Association


Craft Fair

Over 25 Craft Fair booths showcasing handmade items from local artisans can be found behind and next to the gazebo on the Common. Please also visit The ArtWeek Experience Pavilion, a special tent full of art demonstrations and hands-on projects, including The Family Creative Corner, sponsored by Senate President Karen E. Spilka, with free crafts for kids!


Parking & Directions

Taste of ArtWeek is being held at the Franklin Town Common and across the street at Hayward Manor, 195 Main Street, Franklin, MA. There will be handicap parking available at the Common. For other parking, you may park at the Franklin Public Library, the Franklin Senior Center, or the Oak Street/Horace Mann/Franklin High School complex parking lots. There is also a fair amount of street parking near the Common.

Directions: From 495, take exit 17 for Route 140. Take 140 South to Beaver Street. Make a left on Beaver. The Common is at the next traffic light. The Senior Center and school parking is on Oak Street; turn left from Beaver. The Library is on School Street; from Beaver, turn right on Union, then left on School.


Sponsors

Our sincere thanks to these sponsors, who helped make Taste of ArtWeek possible. Proceeds from the festival will benefit Random Smile Project and the Franklin Cultural Council grant fund.

GOLD SPONSORS

MetroWest Visitors Bureau
Mass Vacations

SILVER SPONSORS

Dedham Savings Bank
Senate President Karen Spilka
Dean Bank
La Cantina Winery
The Liberty Group
Middlesex Savings Bank
Dean College
Mass Cultural Council
Allegra Marketing & Printing