FRANKLIN A bluegrass festival, with Vince Gill headlining, next year in Simpson County will likely benefit the joint city-county park system. Franklin City Commission and Simpson County Fiscal Court spent much of a joint session Thursday night discussing the Franklin Music Festival being planned for Sept. 10-11, 2004. The city commission, in a special meeting Thursday afternoon, voted to sponsor the festival. We want this to be a community program, Mayor Jim Brown said. The city will look to every entity in the county for money, time and expertise to help with the festival, Brown said. The theme will be Franklin: Where Industry Meets the Bluegrass. Bluegrass festivals tend to be family-oriented with no drinking or drug use, said City Manager Tom Gordon, who has attended several festivals. Franklin is close to a big portion of the countrys population and has quick access to Interstate 65.Quite frankly, its one of the best locations in the country to have one, Gordon said. The festival will be in Jim Roberts Community Park. The park has a good area where a large tent can be put up for the performance. There also is plenty of parking, camping areas and even a place for musicians to jam, he said. The lineup includes two days of music beginning at noon and running to about 10 p.m. or 11 p.m. Brown said. The bands include some of the best in Bluegrass music, Gordon said. Fridays lineup includes Rhonda Vincent and the Rage; Marty Raybon, who was lead singer of the band Shenandoah; the Williams and Clark Expedition, which will be the host band; Taylor Parker and the Propane Tanks; the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band; and New Road. On Saturday, the bands include Doyle Larson and Quicksilver; Jessie McReynolds and the Virginia Boys; the Williams and Clark Expedition; The Lost and Found; The Chapmans; LeRoy Toy and the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band and Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike. Gill will close the festival on Saturday night. The planners had expected the festival to take three to four years to develop into a viable event, but with Gill performing, Gordon said the planners may be looking for a place to use the money raised with the festival. Weve got what we feel is an ideal lineup, the ideal location, Gordon said. What were hoping for is to get the whole community behind it. Brown has an idea of what to do with the money raised from ticket sales. Our community has benefited from a great parks system through the years, Brown said. Funds have been short for the parks system, though, and Brown wants the proceeds to go to youth programs in the parks system. Brown does want to keep the ticket prices low enough so that as many people as possible can attend. Weve got a lot of work to do and a lot of decisions to make, but weve got a good infrastructure in place, Brown said. Recycling centerThe group also discussed an interlocal agreement to operate a recycling center. The center will be run by OBrien Recycling in a facility owned by the city. The city, county and the OBriens will share the cost of the property. The city approved the agreement in its special meeting. The county will look at the agreement at its next scheduled meeting on Sept. 16.