Pilgrimage Festival Takes 2026 Off, Plans 2027 Return
Past installments of the two-day event were held at The Park at Harlinsdale in Franklin, Tennessee.
By Scott Bernstein Mar 25, 2026 • 1:21 pm PDT
Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival will not take place in 2026. Organizers of the event held at The Park at Harlinsdale in the Nashville suburb of Franklin, Tennessee announced what is expected to be a one-year hiatus on social media.
The next Pilgrimage Festival will be happening in 2027 – New sights, new sounds, new surprises! This move will allow us to bring you the best festival experience. We can’t wait to see you next year!” the announcement read without any indiction of why 2026 will be skipped.
First held in 2015, last year’s festival marked the 11th installment of the Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival. Severe weather derailed all but a few hours of the 2018 event before the pandemic led organizers to pull the plug on the 2020 festival.
Wilco, Willie Nelson, Weezer, Cage The Elephant, Steven Tyler and The Decemberists led the inaugural lineup. The 2025 iteration featured performances by John Mayer, Kings Of Leon, Turnpike Troubadours, Young The Giant and over a dozen additional acts.
The dates for Pilgrimage’s 2027 return have not been specified. Past festivals took place over the last weekend of September.
