JANUARY 21-28, 2026

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

Jan 22 – Mar 1
Ewing Gallery: 79th Annual Student Art Competition

Jan 23 – Feb 1
Encore Theatrical: RENT by Jonathan Larson

Jan 28 – Feb 8
River & Rail Theatre Company + Sea Dog Theater: Tuesdays with Morrie

Through Apr 25
The Farragut Museum: Farragut Focus: A Creative Community

Jan 23-24
Gallery 1010: Little Moments by Iris Love, Lili Call and Julia Johnson

Jan 23-25
Alice in Wonderland & Disney Art & Cosplay Expo

Wed Jan 21
Bottom Book Club: Sip N' Read at Peter Kern Library
Farragut Museum: History Hour - East Tennessee’s Civil War
Lonetones Trio – Folk at Fourth
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Q Series at The Elks Lodge
UT Arboretum: Smithsonian Affiliates Citizen Scientist monthly bird walk

Thu Jan 22
Bjiou Theatre: Charlie Starr
The Bottom: Arts In Movement Session: Money & Power
Laurel Theater: Square Dance with Lincoln Park String Band
TAMIS presents TVA: Public and Private Perspectives
Union Ave Books: Patrick Wensink with Charles Dodd White

Fri Jan 23
Bijou Theatre: Scott Miller
Hi-Wire: Drink & Draw with The Creative Kind
McClung Museum: Meditation at the Museum
The Mill & Mine: Bayker Blankenship
Tavern Notes: Live Music at Maker Exchange
WDVX Big Plate: Nathan Morgan Band

Sat Jan 24
Barley's Knoxville: The Constellations w/ High Heat
Bijou Theatre: Kathleen Madigan
The Bottom: Assorted Chocolates and Flowers Exhibition Reception
Clayton Center: The Coalminers Present Always Loretta: The Ultimate Loretta Lynn Tribute Show
Doc Rock for Health
Food City Center: Skeletour
Knox County Public Library: Mayor Jacobs' Read City 2026 challenge kick-off
Knoxville Indie Bookstore Crawl
Marble City Opera: Pop Up Party: Bon Appétit at Ossoli Circle

Sun Jan 25
Amadeus Concert Ensemble: Organ Spectacular
Asian Culture Center of TN: Japanese New Year Celebration at Market Square
The Evelyn Miller Young Pianist Series presents Dr. Dario Martin in Recital
Food City Center: Comedian Nate Bargatze
Ijams Nature Center: An Afternoon of Winter Tales with The Smoky Mountain Storytellers
Lawson McGhee Library: Daytime Docs – Umberto Eco: A Library of the World
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Haydn “Oxford” Symphony
Sundress Academy for the Arts: January Poetry Xfit
Yellow Door Media Presents: Pretty Funny Comedy Showcase

Mon Jan 26
Bijou Theatre: The Floozies + Too Many Zooz
Summit Choral Collective: Knoxville Sings
Union Ave Books: Chiasmus Reading Series

Tue Jan 27
Red Piano Nights: A Frank Sinatra Tribute

Wed Jan 28
The Mill & Mine: Redferrin

Through Jan 23
(Re)Discovering Knoxville: Artwork by B. J. Clark

Through Jan 25
Knoxville Children’s Theatre: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Tennessee Theatre: MJ The Musical

Through Jan 30
RED Gallery: Work by Natalie McLaurin
Sunsphere Sessions (Fridays)

Through Jan 31
Arrowmont Gallery: Non-Linear Thinking
Broadway Studios and Gallery: Art Fix 2026
Crue Smith: Winter’s Gap
Keith Bryant: The Panax Herbarium and The Monolith Assemblage
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Commission: Gallery of Arts Tribute

Through Feb 1
Art Market Gallery: Featuring New Members
Lilienthal Gallery: Her: Women Artists Modern and Contemporary
Theatre Knoxville Downtown: Doubt, A Parable

Through Feb 4
Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church: GoFigure Group & David Underwood

Through Feb 13
Dogwood Arts: Intertwine

Through Feb 14
Tri-Star Arts: Greetings from Vestal V – Dallery, Field, Hricovsky & Pace
Tri-Star Arts: A Soft Refusal by Chase Williamson

Through Feb 18
UT Downtown Gallery: Ancestral Objects: Holders of Memory, Space & Time

Through Feb 26
Fountain City Art Center: A Journey Through Windows & Doors by David Liles

Through Feb 28
The Bottom: Assorted Chocolates and Flowers by Victoria Burnside

Through Mar 1
Knoxville Museum of Art: The Body is a Drum, the Voice a Song, the Soul a Fire

Through Mar 15
Zoo Knoxville: Smoky Night Lights

Through Mar 28
Cruze Farm Dairy: Drive-In Movies (Thu & Fri)
Nourish Knoxville: Winter Farmers Market (Sat)

Through Apr 12
Raking Light: Photographs of East Tennessee and the American South

Through Apr 19
East Tennessee Historical Society: I've Endured: Women in Old-Time Music

Through Apr 25
Hardin Valley Event Center: Winter Farmers Markets (2nd & 4th Sat)

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
Rawk-A-Oke (live band Karaoke) with Sevan Takvoryan at Scruffy City Hall

Fridays
The Eclectic Cleric: Sacred Story Studio

Sundays
Circle Modern Dance Classes
English Country Dance at the Laurel

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