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The Silk Festival will honor Knoxville’s star in the jazz firmament, keyboardist and bassist Donald Brown, using his longtime nickname, which describes both the sound of his music and his favorite suit fabric. The internationally respected recording artist is originally from Memphis and has lived in Knoxville for more than three decades while teaching at UT’s jazz program. An 11 ...
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The Roy Cockrum Chamber Series will open with Bach & Bluegrass for the 2026-27 season with conductor Aram Demirjian and Jeff Midkiff on mandolin. BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 O’CONNOR: Appalachia Waltz HIGDON: Mandolin Concerto
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The annual Green Thumb Gala, now in its 17th year, is a major fundraiser for Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum. This vibrant event features cocktails, silent and live auctions and seated dinner. Guests gather for a memorable evening under the tent on the Great Lawn surrounded by iconic stone walls, picturesque maple grove and magical Secret Garden. Cocktails begin at ... |
2 events,Leadership Knoxville's Connect Knox hosts “The Big Table,” which is designed to to talk about the importance of neighboring and Knoxville's opportunities and challenges. The event creates authentic connections at various locations of hosted tables for a small group of people for breakfast, lunch, dinner or snacks. Register HERE to host. Knox County Commission will hold its monthly meeting at the City County Building. |
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Pellissippi State Foundation's Plates for a Purpose provides a memorable evening at The Plaid Apron with an expertly crafted multi-course dinner, thoughtfully paired wines and an opportunity to make a lasting impact on student success. Proceeds benefit Pellissippi State's Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management programs, helping prepare the next generation of chefs, hospitality professionals and industry leaders. Dinner begins at ... |
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The 19th Annual Restoring Hope Luncheon is a cornerstone event for The Restoration House that leads to building new relationships and ensures sustainable funding for impacting single mothers and their children throughout Knoxville and beyond. The high-impact event that will inspire and challenge perceptions of low-income single mother families. Guests are provided an opportunity to invest in the work of ... |
2 events,The UT Alliance of Women Philanthropists will hold Vintages & Virtuosos with all proceeds to benefit the Giving Circle Grants Program.
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The Real Good Gathering is a celebration of Knoxville's food community, featuring multiple tasting stations from local chefs & Food Business Incubator program participants. The proceeds form this festive evening will go toward supporting the Real Good Kitchen Foundation's mission of empowering local entrepreneurs in the food industry. |
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Arrowmont's signature fundraising gala, Starry Night, celebrates the spirit of creativity, community and generosity in support of Arrowmont's mission to enrich lives through art and craft education. The celestial celebration directly contributes to the vibrant future of Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, helping to continue the legacy of fostering artistic excellence and providing transformative experiences.
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Boo at the Zoo is for nocturnal animals with a night of craft brew, food and wildlife adventures. The event includes 40 craft breweries, a variety of local food trucks and live entertainment under the stars. Explore the zoo like never before at an exclusive 21+ after-hours event. Event is held rain or shine.
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Enter a world of wonder, where a proud porcelain rabbit begins an extraordinary journey that will change his heart forever. When Edward Tulane is lost, he is carried from place to place, meeting a remarkable cast of strangers whose kindness, courage and sorrow slowly reveal the magic of love. Filled with imagination, theatrical enchantment and moments of breathtaking tenderness, The ... |
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2 events,The Equal Opportunity Awards Gala is the Knoxville Area Urban League’s most significant fundraising event of the year in a celebration with food, fellowship and top-flight music. Honorees for Minority Business, Corporate Leadership and Whitney M. Young Jr. Lifetime Achievement awards will be recognized for their service. |
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Pinnacle Turkey Creek will host "Taste of Turkey Creek" with live music and delicious food and local flavors from participating restaurants and businesses while supporting an organization that makes a lasting difference for individuals and families affected by breast cancer. The nonprofit beneficiary is Breast Connect, a Knoxville-based nonprofit created by breast cancer survivors to support others throughout their breast ...
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Show Your Love Fashion Show with Marc Nelson is a fundraiser for Boys & Girls of the Tennessee Valley (BGCTNV). The event will include cocktails, fashion show and after party. Cocktail hour begins at 7 p.m. with fashion show at 8 p.m. and after party at 9 p.m.
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Powerhouse vocalists Capathia Jenkins and Ryan Shaw join the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra for a tribute to the voices who changed music with a night of hits immortalized by the likes of Michael Jackson, Prince, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston, Elvis Presley, Diana Ross and Stevie Wonder. |
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The HoLa Festival is a celebration of diversity and a cultural salute to the East Tennessee community as part of the local celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. The festival includes live music and performances, food, drinks, arts and crafts, the Parade of Nations, 21 educational Hispanic Heritage booths, children’s activities and community resources. A $4 donation will be required by ... |
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Amadeus Concert Ensemble will play its first free concert of the new season with PIANO PASSIONS. The performance, under the baton of ACE Artistic Director Brian Salesky, will feature Vivaldi’s Concerto for Strings in D minor, Falla’s Pantomine and Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo, a movement from Granados’ Piano Quintet and the Knoxville premiers of Koželuch’s Keyboard Concerto ... |
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The KJO celebrates the centennial of Miles Davis’ birth with trumpeter Marquis Hill, one of the boldest visionaries of the modern era. Hill cut his teeth in Chicago before winning the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz competition in 2014 and becoming a presence on the global scene virtually overnight. The program will include music from across Davis’ storied career, including ... |
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Join the East Tennessee Community Design Center for an inspiring evening celebrating the power of design to shape stronger, more vibrant communities. This signature event brings together community leaders, designers and advocates to honor impactful projects and the people behind them, while raising critical support for work that connects nonprofits and neighborhoods with pro bono design expertise. Enjoy an engaging ... |
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Historian and author Jack Neely will speak on "The Road to Knoxville," the city in the 1790s and its connections to the Revolutionary War. Perhaps to a degree unusual even in America, the first Knoxvillians came from a surprisingly wide variety of backgrounds, in terms of cultural heritage, home state or country, religious faith, experience, age, race, educational attainment and ...
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For one night only, a historic downtown office will become Knoxville’s most exclusive hidden speakeasy. As twilight settles, the office of Barber McMurry Architects transforms into a starlit world of clandestine cocktails, whispered conversations and jazz-filled intrigue. Peak behind the curtain of Barber McMurry's legacy in East Tennessee, exploring more than a century of archives and step into an exciting ...
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InterFaith Health Center will hold a fall evening of music, community and purpose at An Evening Under the Stars at the Lakeshore Park Amphitheatre featuring singer-songwriter Emily Wyrick with a special tribute to Tennessee’s Dolly Parton. Her connection to Dolly is more than musical. When Emily was a young child at the age of 7 or 8, Dolly came to ...
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Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 anchors a MoxCar Marketing + Communications Masterworks program exploring the voices of American poetry. The evening opens with Ye Who Seek the Truth by Julia Perry, one of the most important American composers of the 20th century, before continuing with Leonard Bernstein’s Songfest. Written for the United States Bicentennial, Songfest sets poetry by 13 American poets ... |
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The UT College of Music will hold its annual event with the Big Orange gala. Big Orange Spirit will take center stage with exceptional performances, fine dining and lively auctions to support future students of the Natalie L. Haslam College of Music.
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Unshattered is a black-tie evening for 120 people — four movements, seated dinner at one long table, original score performed once — where every dollar beyond the cost of the night goes directly to Knoxville nonprofits. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with cocktails at 6:35 p.m.; dinner, 7:30 p.m.; program, 8:05 p.m.; live auction, 8:35 p.m.; and entertainment at 9:15 ...
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The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will perform Perry's Ye Who Seek the Truth, Bernstein's Songfest and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 with conductor Aram Demirjian; soprano Raquel González; mezzo-soprano Cierra Byrd; alto Renée Tatum; tenor John Overholt; baritone Stephen Salters; and bass David Crawford. |
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1 event,Hosted at beautiful Strong Stock Farm in East Knox County, a working cattle farm established in 1791, Friends & Farmers offers a day of fun celebrating the local food system. This invitation-only event brings together donors, chefs, farmers, nonprofits and other supporters of Nourish Knoxville and the local food community to mingle and enjoy a laid-back day together. |
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The Knoxville Habitat for Humanity CEO Build unites influential business leaders to create affordable homeownership opportunities through a workforce housing initiative. By partnering with future homeowners, CEOs and executives help build not just houses but also hope and stability for Knoxville families. The event will be held in the Mezzanine at The Kennedy. |
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The annual Fall Luncheon and Silent Auction is Cancer Support Community East Tennessee's (CSCET) signature event. The guest speaker will be comedian and ovarian cancer survivor Karen Mills, who will share her cancer story with humor and grace. The silent auction will include more than 100 items for guests to bid on. All proceeds go toward the mission of CSCET ...
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Knox Area Rescue Ministries will hold its annual Fall Gala to celebrate the incredible stories of men and women whose lives have been restored at KARM. |
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The 2026 Annual Trefoil Society Luncheon will honor a mother and daughter duo, Ann Baker Furrow and Lee Ann Furrow Tolsma, for the first time. Ann Baker Furrow is trailblazer for women and women's athletics at the University of Tennessee and a civic leader. Lee Ann Furrow is a successful businesswoman and community leader. The Trefoil Society Luncheon is named ...
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Centro Hispano de East Tennessee's Latino Awards Gala honors Latino leadership, culture and achievement across East Tennessee. Held each fall, the event brings together hundreds of community leaders, artists, partner organizations, businesses and families for a vibrant celebration. |
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Humane Society Tennessee Valley will hold its Mask-Fur-Ade Gala. Step into an evening inspired by the elegance and intrigue of the Regency era, where masquerade masks, timeless fashion and compassion come together for a lifesaving mission. Guests are encouraged to embrace Regency-inspired formal attire – think Bridgerton-worthy gowns, tailored coats, gloves and dramatic flair fit for a grand ballroom. The ...
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Cattywampus Puppet Council’s 4th annual Fall Ball features an evening of food, drinks, music, dancing, giant puppets, illuminated surprises and a silent auction. The 2026 GLOW theme takes inspiration from moonlight, fireflies, bioluminescent fungi, stardust and anything that shimmers. The event will be held at the Dogwood Center. Attire is festive.
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Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus revels in the elegance and excess of a single night gone slightly off course. Through an elaborate game of disguise, friends, spouses and rivals cross paths at a glittering masquerade ball where champagne flows freely, and no one is who they claim to be. Beneath the comedy, Strauss keeps a sharp eye on social pretense ... |
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Pellissippi's 12th annual Young Creative Writer's Workshop (YCWW), held on the Strawberry Plains campus, will offer workshops in fiction, poetry, publication and craft-focused subjects, along with workshops and activities in honor of the theme, “Joined at the Roots”: “Quilting Bee” station, "Story Square” station, “What Connects YOU to Home?” station; fun games with prizes; and the “Writer’s Room” to meet ...
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Gather at Beardsley Farm to celebrate another season of growing and harvesting together with free food and drinks, pumpkin painting, games and family-friendly activities. Come paint a pumpkin, warm up with a bowl of chili, explore the farm, and celebrate the arrival of autumn with community partners. The event is open to the public.
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Clarence Brown Theatre will hold its annual gala. Doors open at 5 p.m. for cocktails with dinner and entertainment at 6:30 p.m. Additional details to come. |
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Harvest in Bloom is back with a festive Halloween twist, including costumes, live entertainment, delicious treats, local shopping and mission‑driven fun. The family-friendly event is for all ages with pony rides, face painting and balloon art, kids’ crafts and games, a local craft vendor market, live music, seasonal drinks including craft beer, cider, hot chocolate and coffee, and delicious food ...
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Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus revels in the elegance and excess of a single night gone slightly off course. Through an elaborate game of disguise, friends, spouses and rivals cross paths at a glittering masquerade ball where champagne flows freely, and no one is who they claim to be. Beneath the comedy, Strauss keeps a sharp eye on social pretense ...
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The annual Evening Under the Stars is a major fundraiser for the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra (KJO) and features cocktail hour in the gardens, a delicious dinner courtesy of By the Tracks Catering, wine and dancing to the swinging sounds of the KJO. The event is held at a private residence on the banks of the Tennessee River. |
1 event,Knox County Commission will hold its monthly meeting at the City County Building. |
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The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association will host a cocktail reception following the Perseverance Through Primary Sources: Teaching Washington’s World through Stories & Source Analysis workshop, where educators, historians and site-based experts at the East Tennessee Historical Society and Blount Mansion explored George Washington’s world through compelling narratives and hands-on analysis of primary sources. Adrian Jay, vice regent Tennessee of The ... |
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Leadership Knoxville will hold its annual fall homecoming event, which is by invitation only to the newest class members and alumni of all leadership classes, and Leadership Knoxville Class of 2027, plus a guest. The event will be held in the Lone Tree Pass Courtyard with bold bites, fun libations and live music. |
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In a roadside sandwich shop where second chances are rare and the boss rules with a hard hand, a group of formerly incarcerated cooks begin to dream again, one sandwich at a time. As bread is toasted and sauces swirl, something unexpected rises in the kitchen: pride, possibility and the fragile hope of redemption. From two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn ... |
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