Recent News and Reviews
Current and Upcoming
Concerts, Shows, Theatre
Tennessee Theatre
Mon, Sep 7, NOON – Mighty Musical Monday
Mon, Sep 14, 7:30P – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass & Other Delights
Thu/Fri, Sep 17/18: KSO: Gershwin’s American In Paris
Sun, Sep 20, 7:30P – The ‘From Whose Line Is It Anyway?’ Tour
Fri, Sep 25, 8P – Ashley McBryde: Into the Wild Tour
Sun, Sep 27, 7:30P – Brit Floyd: The Moon, The Wall, And Beyond
Mon, Oct 5, NOON – Mighty Musical Monday
Wed, Oct 7, 7:30P – ZZ Top
Thu, Oct 8, 7:30P – Kenny Wayne Sherherd
Fri, Oct 9, 8P – Knoxville Symphony: ICON – The Voices That Changed Music
Sat, Oct 10, 7:30P – Amy Grant & Mac Macanally
Thu/Fri, Oct 15/16, 7:30P – Knoxville Symphony Orch. Tchaikovsky’s Fifth
Pilot Light
Check Pilot Light website for weekly schedule of shows.
Civic Auditorium
Fri, Sep 11, 7:30P – The Black Jacket Symphony Presents Def Leppard’s Hysteria
Thu, Oct 15, 7P – Zach Williams, Cochren & Co., Christian Hohn: Revival Nights
Cathedral Concert Series
Sun, Aug 30, 6P – Tenn. Wind Symphony: The Songbook
Sun, Oct 11, 5:30P – Amadeus Concert Ensemble: “Piano Passions”
Sun, Jan 10 (2027), 5:30P – Amadeus Concert Ensemble: “From Paris With Love”
Sun, Apr 25, 5:30P – Amadeus Concert Ensemble: “Schubertfest”
Knoxvillle Theatre Club
Sep 17 – Borderlands Playhouse: Hedda Gabler
Knoxville Opera
Fri, Oct 23, 7:30P – Knoxville Opera at TN Theatre: Die Fledermaus
Sun, Oct 25, 2:30P – Knoxville Opera at TN Theatre: Die Fledermaus
Bijou Theatre
Thu, Aug 27, 7:30P – (Film) The Invisible Mammal
Sat, Aug 29, 7P – Jonnie W.
Sun, Aug 30, 6P – Trish Suhr and Karen Mills
Fri, Sep 11, 7:30P – The Fab Four
Tue, Sep 15, 7:30P – The Milk Carton Kids
Thu, Sep 17, 6P – Ten Year Town Film Screening
Fri, Sep 18, 8p – Son Volt
Sun, Sep 20, 2:30P – Adventure of Tortoise and Hare
Thu, Sep 24, 8P – The Devil Makes Three
Fri, Sep 25, 8P – Zoso: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience
Wed, Sep 30, 7:30P – Sarah Jarosz
River and Rail Theatre Co.
Sep 10 – 27 – The Last Five Years
Dec 3 – 20 – Every Brilliant Thing
Apr 15 – May 2, 2027 – Native Gardens
Knoxville Children’s Theatre
Sep 11 – Sep 27 – Charlotte’s Web
Oct 23 – Nov 8 – Julius Caesar
Dec 4 – Dec 21 – Elf, Jr., The Musical
Jubilee Community Arts at the Laurel Theater
Fri, Sep 4, 8P – The Local Honeys
Sun, Sep 6, 8P – Laurie Lewis
Fri, Sep 11, 8P – Jake Blount Band
Marble City Opera
Sun, Sep 20, 3:30P – Stalactites, Sopranos, & Stilettos (Tickets)
Mill and Mine
Thu, Aug 20, 7:30P – Winyah
Thu, Aug 27, 7:15P – Happy Landing
Fri, Aug 28, 8P – Jonah Karen
Sat, Aug 29, 8P – Bop to the Top
Fri, Sep 4, 8P – Cigarettes at Sunset
Wed, Sep 9, 8P – Isaiah Rashad
Thu, Sep 17, 7:30P – Judah & the Lion
Sun, Sep 20, 8:00P – Buffalo Traffic Jam
Tue, Sep 22, 7:30P – The Home Team
Fri, Sep 25, 7P – The EMO Night Tour
Mon, Sep 28, 8P – Beach House
Tue, Sep 29, 8P – The Beths
Tue, Oct 6, 8P – The Brook & the Bluff
Clarence Brown Theatre
Check out the upcoming 2026-27 season at ClarenceBrownTheatre.com
Sep 2 – Sep 20 — Dial M for Murder (CBT)
Oct 1 – Oct 18 — The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (LAB)
Oct 28 – Nov 15 — Clyde’s (Jenny Boyd Theatre)
Nov 19 – Dec 19 — A Christmas Carol (CBT)
Theatre Knoxville Downtown
Sep 4 – 20, The Iliad, The Odyssey, and all of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less
Oct 16 – Nov 1 – Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
Nov 27 – Dec 13 – I’ll Be Home For Christmas
UT College of Music
UT College of Music events are FREE unless otherwise noted by ($) Click for calendar
At Natalie Haslam Music Center – Powell Recital Hall:
Thu, Sep 3, 7:30P – Guest artist recital: Dieter Hennings (guitar) & Paul Vaillancourt (percussion) Duo
Thu, Oct 8, 7:30P – Guest artist recital: Alexandra Schoeny, soprano
Tue, Oct 20, 7:30P – Guest Artist Recital: Sharan Leventhal, violin
Thu, Oct 29, 7:30P – Southern Arts Brass Ensemble
Sun, Nov 1, 3:30P – Volunteer Brass Quintet
Wed, Nov 4, 7:30P – Faculty & Guest Artist Recital: Jake Hertzog, Jazz Guitar; with UT Jazz Faculty
Wed, Nov 18, 7:30P – Faculty Brass Quintet
At Cox Auditorium
Sun, Sep 13, 4P – UT Symphony Orchestra
Thy, Oct 1, 7:30P – Symphonic/Concert Band Concert
Sun, Oct 11, 4P – UT Symphony Orchestra
Tue, Nov 17, 7:30P – Symphonic/Concert Band Concert
Sat, Feb 13, 7:30P – UT Symphony Orchestra
At Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street
Nov 20-22 (4 perfs) – Robert Ward’s The Crucible ($)
Venue TBA
Apr 23-25 – Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera ($)
Other Venues
Thu, Sep 3, 7P – KSO – Symphony in the Garden (Knoxville Botanical Garden) (FREE)
Thu, Sep 10, 7:30P – KSO – Symphony on the Square, Downtown Market Swuare (FREE)
