Farmers Market
Cookeville Farmers Market, Spring Season
Cookeville's weekly farmers market returns for the spring season with local produce, baked goods, honey, flowers, and handmade crafts. Opens every Saturday morning through October.
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Cookeville, Tennessee
County Seat Putnam County Pop. 35,619
Cookeville is the county seat of Putnam County and the largest city in the Upper Cumberland region. Home to Tennessee Technological University, a growing healthcare sector, and a vibrant downtown square, Cookeville is the economic and cultural hub of the region.
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Big Band Sound Orchestra - August 24
The Big Band Sound Orchestra returns to Dogwood Park for a free evening of swing and big-band favorites. The show begins at 7:30 PM at the Performance Pavilion; bring a chair or blanket. The concession stand and restrooms will be open.
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First Friday Arts - September
Art Round Tennessee's monthly First Friday event brings the arts to Cookeville's Historic Westside. Stroll from gallery to gallery, meet local artists, shop original work, and enjoy live music at stops including Edison Hills, Glass Tangerine, Plenty Bookshop, and more. Suggested $5 donation.
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Muddy Roots Music Festival
Muddy Roots is an internationally recognized three-day camping music festival held near Cookeville every Labor Day weekend, bringing together roots, folk, country, and Americana acts from around the world. A passionate, devoted following draws attendees from across the country to the Upper Cumberland.
Sports
TTU Golden Eagles Football, Home Opener
Tennessee Tech kicks off the 2026 football season at Tucker Stadium. Come out and cheer on the Golden Eagles in their first home game of the year.
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Bryan Symphony Orchestra at Dogwood Park
The Bryan Symphony Orchestra presents its annual free outdoor community concert at 7 PM. Professional musicians from across the region, including Tennessee Tech faculty and select students, perform under the stars at Dogwood Park.
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Businesses in Cookeville
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7 Brew Coffee
7 Brew Coffee is a drive-thru coffee chain at 1200 Interstate Drive offering a wide range of coffee beverages, energy drinks, and customizable drinks at high speed. The best option in Cookeville for convenience coffee when you need something in hand fast without getting out of your car.
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Alexander's
Alexander's has been a Cookeville steakhouse institution on S Jefferson Ave for decades. Known for prime cuts, fresh seafood, and the kind of full-service hospitality that older Cookeville residents grew up with, it's a family-friendly restaurant with a full bar that fills up on weekend nights. It's not trendy, it's consistent, and consistency is what keeps locals coming back year after year.
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Aura Salon Spa
Aura Salon Spa is Cookeville's Aveda concept salon, located on the upper level of 123 W Broad St near the historic Train Depot. Specializing in Aveda hair and skin care, the boutique salon offers cuts, color, keratin treatments, curly hair cuts, and Aveda skincare in an intimate, appointment-focused environment.
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Back Alley BBQ
Back Alley BBQ is a North Side Cookeville staple for slow-smoked Tennessee BBQ. Their pit-smoked ribs, pulled pork, and homemade sides have kept locals coming back for years. Unpretentious, consistent, and priced right, this is what neighborhood BBQ in the Upper Cumberland looks like.
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Back N Touch Spa & Treatment Center
Back N Touch Spa & Treatment Center on S Walnut Ave is the most comprehensive dedicated spa in Cookeville. Offering therapeutic and hot stone massage, couples massage, facials, dermaplaning, microdermabrasion, lash and brow services, waxing, and the Upper Cumberland's only full-spectrum sauna with salt cave and LED chromotherapy, it's a genuine wellness destination.
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Best Beginnings Preschool
Best Beginnings Preschool on E 12th St is a Tennessee 3-Star Quality Rated childcare center serving children ages 6 weeks to 5 years in Cookeville since 2007. With a curriculum focused on Kindergarten readiness, including ABCs taught in both English and ASL, and a maximum capacity of 30 children, it provides the kind of personalized early education that shapes how children learn for the rest of their lives.
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Local essentials
Civic and help information that explicitly serves Cookeville or Putnam County.
Civic information
Cookeville City Council
City of Cookeville · First and third Tuesday of each month, 7:00 PM
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Cookeville Regional Planning Commission
City of Cookeville · Fourth Tuesday of each month, 6:00 PM
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Putnam County Commission
Putnam County · Third Monday of each month, 6:00 PM
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Regional events
Community
Fall Gardeners' Festival
The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture and Cumberland County Master Gardeners host a free day for gardeners of every skill level. Registration opens at 8 AM, followed by seminars and exhibits from 9 AM to 3 PM, plus an ask-the-expert tent, wagon tours, garden and craft vendors, and food for purchase.
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Taste of Crossville
Downtown Crossville hosts its annual local-food showcase from 6 to 8 PM. Restaurants, food trucks, caterers, and other local food businesses gather downtown for an evening centered on Cumberland County flavors.
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Warren County Agricultural & Livestock Fair
McMinnville's community fair returns with agricultural and livestock exhibits, pageants, local bands, grandstand entertainment, food vendors, and a carnival. The fair runs September 11 through 19 and remains one of Tennessee's free county fairs.
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Cookeville reference
Landmarks
Around town
- • Tennessee Technological University
- • Cookeville Depot Museum
- • Cummins Falls State Park
- • Burgess Falls State Park
- • Cookeville Drama Center
- • Dogwood Park
Local economy
Major employers
- • Tennessee Technological University
- • Cookeville Regional Medical Center
- • Averitt Express
- • Jarden Zinc Products
- • AMSCAN
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