OCTOBER 1-8, 2025

Sent by the Arts & Culture Alliance and representative of the upcoming week's events at VisitKnoxville.com

Oct 1-31
Farragut Fall Trail

Oct 3-25
Relay Ridge: Say It Again! Prints of Resistance

Oct 3-26
Lisa Soland – PAT, the Play at Old City Performing Arts Center

Oct 3 – Nov 1
Arrowmont Gallery of Knoxville: October Exhibition: Fall Instructors
AIA East Tennessee | Art Salon at the Emporium
Hannah Hancock: Memory Piecing at the Emporium
HoLa Hora Latina: Down from the Mountains by Daniel Wornicov
Nhora Ortiz: Brushstrokes of Freedom at the Emporium
Noteworthy by Hanna Seggerman at the Emporium

Oct 3 – Nov 2
Art Market Gallery: Featuring Barbara Gamble and Patricia Herzog
Rala: 3rd Annual Haunted Art Show curated by Esther Sitver

Oct 4 – Nov 2
Tennessee Artists Association: Annual Members Juried Show at Fountain City Art Center

Oct 4 – Nov 22
Epworth Old Harp Singing School (Saturdays)

Through Nov 2
Prismatic Knoxville: Brandon Woods’ Photographs at Tomato Head

Oct 1-2
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Concertmaster Series - Spanish Vices

Oct 2-5
Disney on Ice presents Mickey's Search Party
Knoxville College 150th Anniversary Celebration
Secret City Improv Festival

Oct 3-4
24th Annual Clinch River Fall Antique Festival
Bennett: Maggie Taylor & Diane Hanson + Champagne Saturday
Gallery 1010: Personal Space – A Portfolio Exchange
Jim McNutt Designs Open House Party & Sale
Knox Pride Fest

Oct 3-5
The Kerbela Shriners 2025 Circus: A Spectacular Family Tradition

Oct 4-5
Knox Small Press Fest Publishers Fair at the Emporium
Little Ponderosa Zoo: 14th Annual Fall Festival
Sundress Academy for the Arts: 5th Generative Writing Retreat

Wed Oct 1
Bijou Theatre: Wilderado With Illiterate Light
6th Annual Hispanic Film Festival: Machuca (Chile, 2004)
The Mill & Mine: Maddox Batson
The WDVX Blue Plate Special – Vaden Landers

Thu Oct 2
AIA East TN: Design Awards Gala
Bijou Theatre: Penelope Road
Knoxville Chamber Chorale: The Glory of Autumn
Knoxville Writers Guild: Sheri McCarter – Embracing Authenticity
The WDVX Blue Plate Special – HuDost / Sweet Megg

Fri Oct 3
Able Trade: Books & boxes
Bijou Theatre: Yonder Mountain String Band
Free Local Sunsphere Observation Deck Day
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center: Sunset Concert Series: Steve Kaufman
Hi-Wire Brewery: Taylor Swift Album Release Party Silent Disco
InterFaith Health Center: An Evening Under the Stars
Jubilee Community Arts: Country Gongbang with Maddie McCullough
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Sailing: Soft Rock of the 70s & 80s
Light Begets Light: Artist Gary Heatherly and Knoxville Poet Laureate Linda
Mighty Mud: In the Pithos of Hope by Jeremy Myles
Old City First Friday Market
Pride Fest Parade
The WDVX Big Plate – The Rectangle Shades
WDVX First Friday Live featuring The Rectangle Shades
Zoo Knoxville: Brew at the Zoo

Sat Oct 4
Arlington Baptist Fall Fest on the Hill
Black Oak Heights: Fall Craft Fair
The Bottom: Author Talk with Jacinda Townsend
The Bottom: Banned Book Fair at Wild Love Bakehouse
Fourth & Chill Festival
Historic Cherokee Caverns: Movies in the Cave – The Nightmare Before Christmas
Jubilee Community Arts: Fellow Pynins
Orange Hat Brewing: Birds and Brews
Scruffy Roots Fest – Vaden Landers, Wyatt Ellis & The Deep Fakes
SkyFest Music Festival
Tennessee Theatre: Henry Cho: The Empty Nest Tour
Totally Rad Vintage Fest
UT Gardens: Fabulous Fall Plant Sale
The WDVX Blue Plate Special – Rounder Station

Sun Oct 5
Bijou Theatre: Mary Chapin Carpenter / Brandy Clark
Clayton Center for the Arts: The President’s Own United States Marine Band
The Kraken’s Cup: Annual Spooktacular Tea Party
Margherita Fava: Album Release at Barley’s
Smoky Mountain Blues Society: Blues Cruise with Chris O’Leary Band

Mon Oct 6
Birdhouse Neighborhood Center: Chances R Good Live
Tennessee Theatre: Mighty Musical Monday – Memorial to Dr. Bill Snyder

Tue Oct 7
Bijou Theatre: Samantha Fish
Central Cinema Comedy Night
Ijams Nature Center: Big Fun Tuesdays: Silent Disco at Mead's Quarry
Muse Knoxville: Sensory Trick or Treat Night
National Night Out – Knoxville Kickoff Celebration
Tennessee Theatre: ZZ Top
Union Ave Books: Ashlee Latimer launches Witchkiller
Union Ave Books/Episcopal Church of the Ascension: Silas House + Bishop Brian Cole

Wed Oct 8
Bijou Theatre: Melvins
Marble Springs: Homeschool Day
Tennessee Theatre: An Acoustic Evening with Rick Springfield And Richard Marx
WDVX Summer Nights – Mic Harrison and the High Score / Trisha Gene Brady

Through Oct 5
Clarence Brown Theatre: Sense & Sensibility
The WordPlayers: Walking Across Egypt

Through Oct 10
Michael Alvis Art Gallery at Carson-Newman: Knoxville Watercolor Society Group Exhibition

Through Oct 12
Schulz Bräu Brewing: 10 Years of Oktoberfest in Knoxville

Through Oct 14
Ewing Gallery: Rhiannon Skye Tafoya

Through Oct 15
HoLa Hora Latina: Frutos Latinos

Through Oct 16
Clayton Center for the Arts: Exhibition by Kara Lockmiller

Through Oct 17
Dogwood Arts: Sleep Cycle by Lauren Adams

Through Oct 18
UT Downtown Gallery: Dirty Ones - The People Of Gaduhvi-Tsu’ni’ga’da’h

Through Oct 19
Eastside Sunday Markets (Sundays)

Through Oct 24
Clayton Center for the Arts: Community Canvas exhibition

Through Oct 25
Tri-Star Arts: John Douglas Powers - A Better View Of The Rising Moon

Through Oct 30
Hardin Valley Event Center: Pavilion Farmers Market (Thursdays)

Through Oct 31
The Bottom: Patch-wood Piecing and a Bedtime Story by Jennifer Simon
Maple Lane Farms: 27th Fall Festival and Corn Maze

Through Nov 1
Givin’ the What For curated by Michael Dickins

Through Nov 9
Knoxville Museum of Art: Seeds of Regionalism The Clauss Legacy: Early Modernism in the South

Through Nov 22
Nourish Knoxville: Market Square Farmers Market (Wed & Sat)

Through Dec 2
Anakeesta: Bear-Varian Fall Festival

Through Dec 7
McClung Museum: Karel Appel: Cats

Daily/various
Historic Westwood: Docent-led Tours
Knoxville Walking Tours
WDVX: Blue Plate Special & The Big Plate

Mon & Wed
Capoeira Fundo da Mata: Trainings

Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat
Bistro at the Bijou: Live Jazz

Mondays
Knoxville Contra Dancers

Tuesdays
Knox Makers: Open Hack Night
McClung Museum: Monty's Craft Circle
Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Troupe
Trollkretsen Scandinavian Dancers

Wednesdays
Flamenco Dance Academy Classes
Knoxville Swing Dance Association: Weekly Swing Dance

Thursdays
Honky Tonk Thursdays at Barley’s

Fridays
The Eclectic Cleric: Sacred Story Studio

Sundays
Circle Modern Dance Classes
English Country Dance at the Laurel

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