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David Byrne: Who is the Sky? with Maruja Limon

7:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Knoxville Civic Auditorium 0 Scheduled

Pat Metheny Side-Eye III+

7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Tennessee Theatre 0 Scheduled

Isaiah Collier Plays Coltrane

8:30 pm - 9:45 pm
Bijou Theatre 0 Scheduled

Marc Ribot’s SHREK

11:00 pm - 12:15 am
Bijou Theatre 0 Scheduled

Wild Up: Julius Eastman’s Femenine

6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Bijou Theatre 0 Scheduled

Deerhoof

6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Mill & Mine 0 Scheduled

YHWH Nailgun

9:45 pm - 10:30 pm
Mill & Mine 0 Scheduled

Medeski, Martin, Metzger & Cline

11:30 pm - 1:00 am
Mill & Mine 0 Scheduled

Tunde Adebimpe

8:00 pm - 8:45 pm
Mill & Mine 0 Scheduled

Taper’s Choice

10:30 pm - 11:45 pm
Jackson Terminal 0 Scheduled

Yagódy

6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Jackson Terminal 0 Scheduled

Sam Amidon

8:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Jackson Terminal 0 Scheduled

Ryan Clackner & Tyshawn Sorey

8:45 pm - 10:00 pm
The Standard 0 Scheduled

Ches Smith’s Clone Row

6:15 pm - 7:30 pm
The Standard 0 Scheduled

Chávez / Ismaily / Saunier

11:15 pm - 12:30 am
The Standard 0 Scheduled

Jamie Lidell & Luke Schneider

9:45 pm - 11:00 pm
The Point 0 Scheduled

Kaoru Watanabe’s Bloodlines Interwoven (Concert I)

7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
The Point 0 Scheduled

SML (Night 1)

8:15 pm - 9:15 pm
The Greyhound 0 Scheduled

SML (Night 1)

9:45 pm - 10:45 pm
The Greyhound 0 Scheduled

Turning Jewels Into Water (Val Jeanty & Ravish Momin)

6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
The Greyhound 0 Scheduled

SUSS premieres Americana Apocolypse

11:45 pm - 1:00 am
The Greyhound 0 Scheduled

Natalie Bergman

7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Barley's 0 Scheduled

Jesse Harris Cosmo

11:30 pm - 12:45 am
Barley's 0 Scheduled

Shrunken Elvis

9:15 pm - 10:30 pm
Barley's 0 Scheduled

WDVX Blue Plate Special

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Barley's 0 Scheduled

Chuck Johnson

10:45 pm - 12:00 am
St. John's Cathedral 0 Scheduled

Dither Play Laurie Spiegel

6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
St. John's Cathedral 0 Scheduled

Dom Flemons

8:15 pm - 9:30 pm
St. John's Cathedral 0 Scheduled

Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick

7:45 pm - 9:00 pm
First Presbyterian Sanctuary 0 Scheduled

Carlos Niño, Surya Botofasina, Aaron Shaw (Trio)

10:15 pm - 11:30 pm
First Presbyterian Sanctuary 0 Scheduled

Lisel

9:00 pm - 10:15 pm
First Presbyterian Chapel 0 Scheduled

Rosenau & Sanborn

6:30 pm - 7:45 pm
First Presbyterian Chapel 0 Scheduled

Brian Marsella & Sae Hashimoto

6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Regas Square 0 Scheduled

Brittany Davis

11:00 pm - 12:15 am
Regas Square 0 Scheduled

William Hooker Quartet

8:30 pm - 9:45 pm
Regas Square 0 Scheduled

Essential Tremors: Maria Chavez

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Regas Square 0 Scheduled

Pan American & Kramer

10:15 pm - 11:30 pm
The Blackbox 0 Scheduled

Terry Allen with Brendan Greaves & Jo Harvey Allen: Truckload of Art

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
The Blackbox 0 Scheduled

Mali Obomsawin (Deerlady)

7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
PostModern Sound Exchange 0 Scheduled

Knoxville in Music History: Jack Neely

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
PostModern Sound Exchange 0 Scheduled

Festival Culture: Music in America Post-1965

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
PostModern Sound Exchange 0 Scheduled

Tell Me Your Story, I’ll Tell You Mine: Bloodlines Interwoven with Larry Blumenfeld & Kaoru Watanabe

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
PostModern Sound Exchange 0 Scheduled

Janel Leppin

9:30 pm - 10:30 pm
PostModern Sound Exchange 0 Scheduled

Bloodshot Bill

9:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Boyd's Jig and Reel 0 Scheduled

Bloodshot Bill

11:00 pm - 12:00 am
Boyd's Jig and Reel 0 Scheduled

The Gladson Family Band

6:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Boyd's Jig and Reel 0 Scheduled

Critics Picks: Navigating Big Ears 2026

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Blue Note Lounge 0 Scheduled

The DownBeat Blindfold Test

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Blue Note Lounge 0 Scheduled

Night Cap Blue Note Vinyl DJ Set with OK.CRAIG

9:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Blue Note Lounge 0 Scheduled

Newport & The Great Folk Dream (2026)

11:00 am - 1:15 pm
Regal Riviera Cinema 1 0 Scheduled

The Last Critic (2026)

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Regal Riviera Cinema 2 0 Scheduled

Zorn I (2023)

11:30 am - 12:25 pm
Regal Riviera Cinema 2 0 Scheduled
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