Town Center Saturdays has noisy competition, and a few love notes

So, are you over the cicadas yet?

I’ve got big news if you just can’t get enough of the noisy winged things. An official Nashville Cicada Festival 2024 is already in the works! It’s set for May 18, 2024 from noon to 11:30 p.m. Organizer Jeff Bradford has already gotten 60 affirmative RSVPs on the Nashville Cicada Festival 2024 Facebook page. The citywide festival will feature a cicada art show, cicada cook-off, cicada beauty contest, cicada-inspired music, cicada fashion and “much more,” says Jeff, an old newspaper guy who now owns a very successful Nashville PR firm.

I’m not positive, but I think I am on the official steering committee. Jeff must have heard about my years of work to establish the Brentwood Mole Fest, which was thankfully overshadowed by Town Center Saturdays.

A location for the 2024 Cicada Fest is still being sought. One steering committee member has suggested “a field with lots of mature trees and plenty of cold, frosty 'Bugweiser.'” Good thing we have 13 more years to work out the details.

Luckily for us, all the details have been worked out for the next Town Center Saturday, planned for June 18. Let’s see: The cicada invasion lasts four to six weeks depending upon what source you check. They started hatching – and buzzing – in mid May. Here's hoping we have a cicada-free TCS festival, farm market and overall great time.

I have some romance news to share: First, happy 24th anniversary to the best business partner anyone can have, Kelly Gilfillan and her husband Dave. They must have gotten married when they were teenagers because Larry and I are celebrating our silver anniversary in August and we’re a LOT older than they are.

Also, a big congratulations to City Commissioner Anne Dunn and her husband John. Their daughter Amy was married Sunday. How did I know? I saw Anne in the recently reopened Brentwood Shoney’s just hours before the ceremony.

Now that’s what I call one laid back mother of the bride.

Speaking of weddings and anniversaries, we’re ramping up our coverage of special events like these. If you have a wedding in your future, Brentwood Home Page would love to post an engagement announcement. A wedding? One of those landmark anniversaries?

We’re working on new forms that will be super-easy to fill out, but until we have those ready to roll, we invite our readers celebrating special passages in their lives to send us announcements and a picture to share with friends and family via BHP in our Lifestyles section. Send your announcement to brea@brentwoodhomepage.com, along with the name and a daytime telephone number of a contact person.

Originally posted in the Brentwood Home Page.