May 6 - 13, 2026

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

May 8
Gallery 1010: Body Count: An Immersive Floral Hellscape by Lindsay Skvarek

May 9
The Bottom Knox: The Weight of Color by Glenn Schumpert

Through May 10
Theatre Knoxville: Bug
Oak Ridge Playhouse: The Cottage

May 8 & 10
Bijou Theatre: Knoxville Opera presents Gianni Schicchi

May 8 – 10
Schulz Bräu Brewing Company: Maifest 2026

May 7 – 17
Tennessee Stage Company: William Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part One

May 8 – 17
Knoxville Children’s Theater: R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) Reimagined by AI with Genuine Human Assistance from Dennis E. Perkins

May 6
Eugenia Williams House: Meet Eugenia Williams Part 2: The Mansion
Market Square:  Nourish Knoxville Farmers Market
Central Cinema: $5 Screening of Labyrinth

May 7
The WordPlayers Staged Reading: The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
UT Gardens: The Pollinator Perspective
Addison's Bookstore: Never Say Love in a Poem - A Love Poem Workshop

May 8
Knoxville Museum of Art: Soundscapes, A Tribute to Minneapolis Sound
Ijams Nature Center: A Wildflower Affair
Hi-Wire Brewing: Dark Market – Cryptids of the Appalachia

May 9
Knoxville Museum of Art – World Collage Day
Happy Holler: Holleroo
The Vestal Arts and Heritage Association: Vestival 2026
Ijams Nature Center: Storytelling at the Ijams Nature Playscape
Knoxville Civic Auditorium: Knoxville Symphony Orchestra & Michael Cavenaugh
Hilton Knoxville: The Dinner Detective True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner Show

May 10
Ijams Nature Center: Jazz at Ijams on Mother's Day 2026
Maker Exchange: Mother’s Day Brunch at The Tavern
The Spice & Tea Exchange of Knoxville: Mother’s Day – Tea & Brunch Bites

May 11
Bijou Theatre: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
UTK Art & Architecture Building: Handheld Film Festival

May 12
Blount Mansion: Centennial Lecture: Women of the Progressive Era in Appalachia
UT McClung Museum: Museum Sprouts – Butterflies and Blooms
Maple Hall: Olivia Roberts on the Eastern State Asylum Cemetery
Ijams Nature Center: Sunset Series – A Summer of Storytelling Night

May 13
Bijou Theatre: Andrew Marlin + Josh Oliver (of Watchhouse)
East TN History Center: Washington County Archives: What We Have & What We Do
Knoxville Visitors Center: Grand Reopening

Through May 15
The UT Downtown Gallery: Art Source 2026
UT Art & Architecture: Drawn from the McClung Museum: Printmaking Showcase Gallery

Through May 24
Knoxville Museum of Art: Susana Navarro

Through May 29
The Emporium Center: Time and Place: Works by JoEl Levy LoGiudice and Laura Chenicek
The Emporium Center: Sense of Wonder by Dennis Duchon
The Emporium Center: JOINERY by Amanda Mohney
The Emporium Center: What We Carry curated by Jordan Ahlers
Dogwood Arts: Epiphone Student Guitar Design Exhibition
Red Gallery: (by time, by distance), work by Kelly Hider & Nick Deford

Through May 30
Arrowmont Gallery: 100 & Under: Small Works
Rose Center: Tennessee Artists Association Exhibit

Through May 31
Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: Auspices by Ashlee Mays & Annie Rochelle

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

Through June 30
Fountain City Art Center: Fountain City Art Guild
The Bottom Knox: The Weight of Color by Glenn Schumpert

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

Through August 7
Tri-Star Arts: Looking At Looking Through, work by Linda King Ferguson & Alex Lopez
Tri-Star Arts: Index of a Small Town by Houston Cofield

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

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