{"id":899452,"date":"2026-04-15T14:22:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/pilgrimage-music-cultural-festival-to-skip-2026-has-plans-for-something-bigger-in-2027\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:22:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:22:56","slug":"pilgrimage-music-cultural-festival-to-skip-2026-has-plans-for-something-bigger-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/pilgrimage-music-cultural-festival-to-skip-2026-has-plans-for-something-bigger-in-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival to Skip 2026, Has Plans for \u2018Something Bigger\u2019 in\u00a02027"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Joseph Settine of The Brook & The Bluff performs during 2024 Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival at The Park at Harlinsdale Farm.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tOrganizers for the annual Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival, set in Franklin, Tenn., are skipping the fest for 2026, with plans to return with \u201csomething bigger, something better, something brighter\u201d in 2027, according to an Instagram post shared on March 25.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Instagram video announcement<\/a> noted, \u201c11 years of memories, of magic, of music\u2026now something new is blooming.\u201d Meanwhile, the video was captioned with, \u201cNew sights, new sounds, new surprises! This move will allow us to bring you the best festival experience. We can\u2019t wait to see you next year!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNo other details were given regarding nixing the 2026 fest, or regarding the plans for 2027\u2019s festival. <\/p>\n

\n\tBetter Than Ezra frontman Kevin Griffin co-founded the festival along with Brandt Wood and Michael Whelan. Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival launched in 2015, headlined by artists including Cage The Elephant, Willie Nelson and Wilco, all performing at The Park at Harlinsdale Farm in Franklin. The 2016 installment of Pilgrimage featured performances from Beck, Jason Isbell, and Daryl Hall & John Oates. Since then, the festival has always prioritized a blend of country, rock, folk, and Americana sounds, with other artists performing at the fest over the years including Chris Stapleton, Zach Bryan, Foo Fighters and The Lumineers.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2015, Griffin told<\/a> Billboard<\/em> about how he took inspiration from New Orleans Jazz Fest when dreaming up the idea for the Pilgrimage festival.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cJazz Fest has huge tents on the main stages that look unlike any other festival. It has a very bucolic, rural look to it and we\u2019re taking that idea,\u201d Griffin said at the time. \u201cAll the partners in Pilgrimage grew up in New Orleans going to Jazz Fest and having gone to a lot of festivals<\/a> around the country and world I realized that model of a multi-genre day festival with a big emphasis on food and drinks and art really wasn\u2019t done the way Jazz Fest does it. It hadn\u2019t been done many places outside New Orleans. So that was really the emphasis behind Pilgrimage.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLast year\u2019s festival featured performances from Kings of Leon, John Mayer, Turnpike Troubadours, Better Than Ezra, American Aquarium and Sam Barber. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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