April 15 - 22, 2026

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

April 16
Gallery 1010: Out of Hiding – A Juried Exhibition of Matrices

April 17
Relay Ridge: Nurturing Nature: An Afrolachian Prayer by Ty Murray & Jazmin Witherspoon

April 15 – May 3
Clarence Brown Theatre: You Can’t Take It With You

April 16 & 17
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: MoxCar Marketing + Communications Masterworks Series Midori Plays Beethoven

April 16 – 19
Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre: Grease by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey

April 16 – May 3
River & Rail Theatre: Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl

April 18 & 19
Knoxville Opera: Rossini Festival

April 22 – 26
Tennessee Theatre: The Outsiders

April 15
Dogwood Arts: Hikes & Blooms: UT Arboretum (Guided Bird Walk)
East TN History Center: Women and the Banjo
Knoxville Museum of Art: Deaf Night
Thompson Boling Arena: Rod Stewart, One Last Time

April 16
Knoxville Museum of Art: Candlelight: 90s Hip-Hop on Strings
UT McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture: Meditation at the Museum
UT Art and Architecture Building:  Artist Lecture: Jillian Ross and Brendan Copestake
Union Ave Books: Mark A. Johnson, 'American Bacon'
Curio at Maker Exchange: Open Mic Night
Bijou Theatre: The Rush Tribute Project

April 17
The Emporium Center: Knox Creatives/The Creative Kind Speaker Series, ' Curiosity as a Career Strategy
The Laurel Theater: Steve Kaufman
Central Cinema: The Invisible Mammal (Free Screening)

April 18
Addison’s Bookstore: Bookmarks from Old Books
Dogwood Arts: Hikes & Blooms: UT Arboretum
Baker Creek Preserve: Earth Day Festival
East Tennessee Art Center: Creative Workshop & Art Camp at Pellissippi State
Knoxville Bonsai Society: Beginner Workshop
Knoxville Botanical Garden: Spring Plant Sale
New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods: Moon Market
Bijou Theatre: Penny & Sparrow

April 19
Old City Knoxville: Old City Market
Arnstein Jewish Community Center: Yom HaShoah - An Evening with Judy Kolb
Ijams Nature Center: Bird Banding
Ijams Nature Center: Mayapple Marketplace
Crafty Brewery, Downtown: Yappy Hour, Pet Appreciation Night
Central Cinema: Screening Ferngully: The Last Rainforest
Tennessee Theatre: William Shatner Live On Stage With Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
University of Tennessee: Live Painting Site – Artists On Location 2026

Apri 20
UT Denbo Center for Humanities and Arts: Distinguished Lecture Series:The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the Calendar of Holocaust Memory with Avinoam Patt
Knoxville Museum of Art: Drop In Figure Drawing
The Cove at Concord Park: Live Painting Site – Artists on Location 2026

April 21
Market Square Mall and Gay Street, The Old City, Five Thirty Lounge: Live Painting Sites – Artists on Location 2026
Fly by Night: Pages & Pours
UT McClung Museum: Justice Rooted in Sovereign Ground, A Panel Discussion

April 22
Kerns Bakery: Movie Night – Jurassic Park
Mill & Mine: Charles Wesley Godwin

Through April 17
Dogwood Arts: Resonance by Curtis Glover

Through April 19
East Tennessee Historical Society: I've Endured: Women in Old-Time Music
Schulz Brau Brewing Company: Ritterfest

Through April 25
The Farragut Museum: Farragut Focus: A Creative Community
Hardin Valley Event Center: Winter Farmers Markets (2nd & 4th Sat)
Tri-Star Arts: First Begin by Brittney Boyd Bullock
Tri-Star Arts: <+<+<+>+>+> by Kyle Cottier
Arrowmont Gallery: Stuck on a Feeling: Bryan Wilkerson & Rainey RawlesThe Emporium Center: What We Carry Curated by Jordan Ahlers
The Emporium Center: Smoky Mountain Quilters
The Emporium Center: Cumberland Woodturners
The Emporium Center: Artimal History by A.B.A Turner
Geneva Galleries at the Emporium Center: Direct Results: A Private Journey by Christen Jo Blackman

Through  April 26
The Red Gallery: Is Everybody Ready by Andrew Saftel
Fountain City Arts Center: 2026 Juried Regional Exhibition
Knoxville Children’s Theatre: Sticky Business: The Super Secret and Totally Real History of Goldilocks

Through April 29
Knoxville Theatre Club: Cindy & Ella

Through May 3
Knoxville Museum of Art: A Two Way Mirror: Double Consciousness in Contemporary Glass by Black Artists
River & Rail Theatre: Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
Clarence Brown Theatre: You Can’t Take It With You

Through May 15
UT Art & Architecture: Drawn from the McClung Museum: Printmaking Showcase Gallery

Through May 24
Knoxville Museum of Art: Susana Navarro 

Through June 3
Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church Gallery: David Liles & Jennifer B. Simon

Through July 12
Knoxville Museum of Art: Wayne White: Revenge of the Knoxville Girl

Through December 6
McClung Museum: Fashioning Ourselves – The Power of Clothing & Adornment

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

Mon & Wed
Capoeira Fundo da Mata: Trainings

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