August 19 – 26, 2026

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

August 21
Gallery 1010: Compendium – A UTK Second Year Graduate Student Exhibition

August 26
Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture: Art, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm

Through August 19
Arrowmont Summer Intensive Workshop: The Art of Puppetry

Through August 23
Knoxville Children’s Theatre: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

August 28 – September 6
Oak Ridge Playhouse: The Dining Room

September 2 – 20
Clarence Brown Theatre: Dial M for Murder

September 3 – 20
Tellico Community Playhouse: Moon Over Buffalo

September 4 – 20
Theatre Knoxville Downtown: The Iliad, The Odyssey, and all of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less

August 19
Central Cinema: $5 Screening of Phantasm
Able Trade: Intro to woodturning - Mushrooms
Bistro at the Bijou: Summer Vibes: Knox Jazz Orchestra
Mabry-Hasen House: Final Porch Time

August 20
Concerts on the Square: Pink Houses - The Ultimate John Mellencamp Experience
Union Ave Books: Noah Soltau
UT McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture: Threads of Community Reception
St. James Episcopal Church: CHROMA film screening of La Haine

August 21
Tennessee Theatre: 1964 – The Tribute
The Bottom: The Art of Candle Making with The Garden Goddess
Bijou Theatre: Jim Norton
Marble Springs State Historic Site: The Lost State of Franklin with Jim Piecuch
Bistro at the Bijou: Absinthe Allstars

August 22
Tennessee Theatre: The Temptations & The Four Tops (Rescheduled)
Tyson Park Pavillion: POET 1 Year Celebration and Poetry Reading

August 23
Tennessee Theatre: Tommy Emmanuel CGP – Living in the Light Tour
Ijams Nature Center: Re-Discovery Camp
Barrelhouse: The Follies Girls Pop Up Dance Night

August 24
McCarty Auditorium: Care is Choreography with Lindsey Wikstrom
East Tennessee History Center: Little History Lessons - Newspapers
Bistro at the Bijou: UTK Jazz Jam-Hosted by Margherita Fava

August 25
UT McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture: Monty’s Craft Circle
The Emporium: Free Public Jazz Concert with The Core

August 26
Regal Riviera: FILM FEST KNOX: Nadja
Bistro at the Bijou: Summer Vibes: Knox Jazz Orchestra
The Bottom: Write it Out Session

Through August 22
UT Downtown Gallery: First Year MFA Exhibition

Through August 26
Arrowmont Gallery: Fall Legacy Instructors

Through August 28
Clayton Center for the Arts: Radiant Geometry by Carl Gombert
The Emporium:  Be.Coming / Be.Longing curated by Karlota I. Contreras-Koterbay 
The Emporium:2026 Dogwood Regional Exhibition
The Emporium: Leaving the Pines by Gale Bolduc
The Emporium: Every Piece Has A Purpose by Twyla & Manuel Marti
Dogwood Arts: 2026 Regional Exhibition
Tri-Star Arts: While the Wind by Jessie Van Der Laan

Through August 29
Broadway Studios and Gallery : Knoxville Watercolor Society Exhibition
Arrowmont Gallery: 100 & Under: Dinner Party

Through August 30
Ijams Nature Center: A1LabArts presents Bug Show

Through August 31
Schilling Gallery: Three Dames by Marcia Shelly, Cheryl Massey, and Linda Blair
The Bottom: Expanding Horizons: Ceramics at The Bottom Exhibition Reception
Red Gallery: Facet of a Whole  by Michelle Barillaro

Through September 5
Eugenia Williams House: Gabriel Lester – Melancholia in Arcadia

Through September 6
Tomato Head Downtown: Last Lure on the Left by Steven McQuilkin

Daily/various
Historic Westwood: Docent-led Tours
Knoxville Walking Tours
Pretentious Glass: Make Your Own Workshops
WDVX: Blue Plate Special & The Big Plate

Mondays
Fountain City Art Center: Fountain City Harmony Choir Class
Laurel Theater: Knoxville Contra Dancers

Mon & Wed
Capoeira Fundo da Mata: Trainings

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

Tuesdays
Knox Makers: Open Hack Night
McClung Museum: Monty's Craft Circle
Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Troupe
Trollkretsen Scandinavian Dancers
Boyd’s Jig & Reel: Old Time Jam

Wednesdays
Flamenco Dance Academy Classes
Knoxville Swing Dance Association: Weekly Swing Dance
Alliance Brewing: Singer & Songwriter Night
Boyd’s Jig & Reel: Hear Here Songwriter Night

Thursdays
Honky Tonk Thursdays at Barley’s
Rawk-A-Oke (live band Karaoke) with Sevan Takvoryan at Scruffy City Hall

Every Third Thursday
Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: Sightseers, A Drawing Club for People Who Like Plants

Fridays
The Eclectic Cleric: Sacred Story Studio
Maker Exchange: Tavern Notes

First & Third Fridays
Salsa Knoxville Dance Company: Friday Ballroom Dance Party

Saturdays
Luna Creative: Sketch Club Saturdays

Sundays
Circle Modern Dance Classes
English Country Dance at the Laurel

Every Third Sunday
Ijams Nature Center: East Tennessee Bluegrass Association Monthly Jam

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