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Fri 27 Mar Sun 29 Mar
11:00 am 1:00 pm
International Anthem’s Chrysanthemum Tea
Boyd's Jig and Reel
0 Scheduled

Fri 27 Mar Sat 28 Mar
4:30 pm 5:30 pm
A Taste of Blue Note: Music & Bourbon
Blue Note Lounge
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Fri 27 Mar Sat 28 Mar
6:00 pm 7:00 pm
The Radical Chimeras Sessions
UT Downtown Gallery
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Fri 27 Mar Sat 28 Mar
8:45 pm 2:00 pm
The Crossing Presents David Lang’s poor hymnal
First Presbyterian Sanctuary
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Sat 28 Mar
9:00 am 11:00 am
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill (1995)
Regal Riviera Cinema 2
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Sat 28 Mar
9:30 am 11:30 am
The Magic City: Birmingham According to Sun Ra (2025)
Regal Riviera Cinema 1
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Sat 28 Mar
9:30 am 10:30 am
Music Writing For The Digital Age
PostModern Sound Exchange
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Sat 28 Mar
9:30 am 10:30 am
100 Miles and Counting: The Legacy and Impact of Miles Davis
Blue Note Lounge
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Sat 28 Mar Sun 29 Mar
10:00 am 11:30 am
Laraaji & Arji: Laughter Best Medicine Playshop
Knoxville Museum of Art
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Sat 28 Mar
10:00 am 11:30 am
Kunal Gunjal & Praveen Narayan
St. John's Cathedral
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Sat 28 Mar
10:00 am 11:00 am
Essential Tremors: Joe Westerlund
Regas Square
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Sat 28 Mar
10:00 am 12:00 pm
Joe Boyd:  And the Roots of Rhythm Remain, an audio/visual continuation Part 2
The Blackbox
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Sat 28 Mar
11:00 am 12:00 pm
Emancipation Proclamations
Blue Note Lounge
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Sat 28 Mar
11:00 am 12:00 pm
Fight With Music: A Conversation with Marc Ribot & Grayson Haver Currin
PostModern Sound Exchange
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Sat 28 Mar
11:00 am 11:45 am
time. place. DJ Set with Josh Bienko
The Emporium
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Sat 28 Mar
11:30 am 1:30 pm
Ghetto Children (2024)
Regal Riviera Cinema 2
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Sat 28 Mar
12:00 pm 1:00 pm
Cobra
Bijou Theatre
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Sat 28 Mar
12:00 pm 1:30 pm
Kaoru Watanabe’s Bloodlines Interwoven (Concert III)
Knoxville Museum of Art
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Sat 28 Mar
12:00 pm 1:00 pm
Saraswathi Ranganathan, Swaminathan Selvaganesh, and Praveen Narayan
St. John's Cathedral
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Sat 28 Mar
12:00 pm 1:15 pm
Briggan Krauss Solo
First Presbyterian Chapel
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Sat 28 Mar
12:00 pm 1:15 pm
Gwenifer Raymond
Barley's
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Sat 28 Mar
12:00 pm 1:15 pm
Haley Heynderickx
The Point
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Sat 28 Mar
12:00 pm 1:15 pm
Nik Bärtsch’s RONIN
Tennessee Theatre
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Sat 28 Mar
12:00 pm 12:30 pm
Record Signing: Darius Jones
PostModern Sound Exchange
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Sat 28 Mar
12:00 pm 1:15 pm
time. place. Artist Panel
The Emporium
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Sat 28 Mar
12:15 pm 1:25 pm
Ethiopiques: Revolt of the Soul (2017)
Regal Riviera Cinema 1
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Sat 28 Mar
12:15 pm 1:30 pm
Chad Taylor Quintet
The Standard
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Sat 28 Mar
12:25 pm 1:15 pm
Bill Orcutt
Regas Square
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Sat 28 Mar
12:30 pm 1:45 pm
Sō Percussion plays Williams, Tarpaga & Eastman
The Greyhound
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Sat 28 Mar
12:30 pm 1:30 pm
Curious Listening in the Streaming Era
PostModern Sound Exchange
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Sat 28 Mar
12:30 pm 1:45 pm
Annie & The Caldwells
Jackson Terminal
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Sat 28 Mar
1:00 pm 2:15 pm
Thurston Moore & Shabaka Hutchings
Mill & Mine
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Sat 28 Mar
1:00 pm 1:45 pm
Selvaganesh Vinayakram
St. John's Cathedral
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Sat 28 Mar
1:30 pm 2:00 pm
Record Signing: Patricia Brennan
PostModern Sound Exchange
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Sat 28 Mar
2:00 pm 2:30 pm
Record Signing: Simon Hanes
PostModern Sound Exchange
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Sat 28 Mar
2:00 pm 2:30 pm
time. place. Ambient Performance with Sean Thompson & Jake Davis
The Emporium
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Sat 28 Mar
2:15 pm 3:30 pm
Miriam Elhajli
First Presbyterian Chapel
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Sat 28 Mar
2:15 pm 3:30 pm
Twin Talk
Barley's
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Sat 28 Mar
2:15 pm 3:45 pm
Purbayan Chatterjee & Nitin Mitta
St. John's Cathedral
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Sat 28 Mar
2:30 pm 3:30 pm
Junction Trio Plays Zorn
Bijou Theatre
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Sat 28 Mar
2:30 pm 3:45 pm
Sami Stevens
Regas Square
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Sat 28 Mar Sun 29 Mar
2:30 pm 2:15 pm
DoYeon Kim
The Blackbox
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Sat 28 Mar
2:30 pm 3:45 pm
Either/Orchestra Plays Either/Orchestra
The Point
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Sat 28 Mar
2:30 pm 3:45 pm
Mary Halvorson: Canis Major
Tennessee Theatre
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Sat 28 Mar
2:45 pm 4:00 pm
Hayden Pedigo
The Standard
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Sat 28 Mar
2:45 pm 4:00 pm
The Living Earth Show: Trust Me
The Blackbox
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Sat 28 Mar
3:00 pm 3:45 pm
Colle
PostModern Sound Exchange
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Sat 28 Mar
3:00 pm 4:15 pm
Fred Frith, Simon Hanes, Max Jaffe, Jordan Glenn Quartet
Jackson Terminal
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Sat 28 Mar
3:00 pm 5:00 pm
Joyful Noise Presents: The Joyful Noise Players
Pretentious Beer Company
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Sat 28 Mar
3:00 pm 4:15 pm
Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño & Friends
The Greyhound
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Sat 28 Mar
3:00 pm 5:00 pm
Tim Heidecker & the Very Good Band with Neil Hamburger
Knoxville Civic Auditorium
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Sat 28 Mar Sun 29 Mar
3:15 pm 5:45 pm
Muireann Bradley
Boyd's Jig and Reel
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Sat 28 Mar
3:15 pm 4:30 pm
Laraaji – Day of Radiance
First Presbyterian Sanctuary
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Sat 28 Mar
3:30 pm 4:45 pm
Perfume Genius
Mill & Mine
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Sat 28 Mar
3:45 pm 4:30 pm
Record Signing: Caroline Shaw & Ringdown with Sō Percussion
PostModern Sound Exchange
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Sat 28 Mar
4:15 pm 5:45 pm
The Saami Brothers featuring Ustad Naseeruddin Saami
St. John's Cathedral
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Sat 28 Mar
4:30 pm 10:00 pm
Miles Okazaki: The Complete Monk
First Presbyterian Chapel
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Sat 28 Mar
4:30 pm 10:00 pm
Miles Okazaki: The Complete Monk
First Presbyterian Chapel
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Sat 28 Mar
4:30 pm 10:00 pm
Miles Okazaki: The Complete Monk
First Presbyterian Chapel
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Sat 28 Mar
4:30 pm 10:00 pm
Miles Okazaki: The Complete Monk
First Presbyterian Chapel
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Sat 28 Mar
4:45 pm 6:00 pm
John Mailander’s Forecast
Barley's
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Sat 28 Mar
5:00 pm 6:00 pm
Incerto
Bijou Theatre
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Sat 28 Mar
5:00 pm 6:15 pm
Mary Lattimore & Walt McClements
Knoxville Museum of Art
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Sat 28 Mar
5:00 pm 6:15 pm
Charlemagne Palestine (Solo Piano)
Regas Square
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Sat 28 Mar
5:00 pm 6:15 pm
Marquis Hill Blacktet
The Point
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Sat 28 Mar
5:00 pm 6:15 pm
Richard Thompson
Tennessee Theatre
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Sat 28 Mar
5:15 pm 6:00 pm
Mei Semones
The Standard
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Sat 28 Mar
5:15 pm 6:00 pm
digi-squires (sam gendel & nate mercereau)
PostModern Sound Exchange
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Sat 28 Mar
5:15 pm 6:30 pm
Peni Candra Rini
The Blackbox
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Sat 28 Mar
5:30 pm 6:45 pm
Electrical Field of Love (Harriet Tubman & Georgia Anne Muldrow)
Jackson Terminal
0 Scheduled

Sat 28 Mar
5:45 pm 6:45 pm
Film Scores for No One: a Patrick Watson project
The Greyhound
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Sat 28 Mar
5:45 pm 7:00 pm
Wu Fei’s Moon Hunter
First Presbyterian Sanctuary
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Sat 28 Mar
6:00 pm 8:00 pm
Joyful Noise Presents: Molten Soundscapes
Pretentious Beer Company
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Sat 28 Mar
6:00 pm 7:15 pm
Cymande
Mill & Mine
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Sat 28 Mar
6:00 pm 9:15 pm
Setting
Boyd's Jig and Reel
0 Scheduled

Sat 28 Mar
6:00 pm 9:15 pm
Setting
Boyd's Jig and Reel
0 Scheduled

Sat 28 Mar
6:15 pm 8:00 pm
L. Shankar with Selvaganesh Vinayakram & Swaminathan Selvaganesh
St. John's Cathedral
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Sat 28 Mar
6:45 pm 8:00 pm
Madison Cunningham
Knoxville Civic Auditorium
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Sat 28 Mar
7:15 pm 8:30 pm
Tsons of Tsunami
Barley's
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Sat 28 Mar
7:30 pm 8:30 pm
Laurie Anderson & John Zorn
Bijou Theatre
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Sat 28 Mar
7:30 pm 8:45 pm
William Tyler & Yasmin Williams
Knoxville Museum of Art
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Sat 28 Mar Sun 29 Mar
7:30 pm 4:45 pm
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Tennessee Theatre
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Sat 28 Mar
7:30 pm 8:45 pm
Karen Mantler Trio
Regas Square
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Sat 28 Mar
7:45 pm 9:00 pm
Maria Somerville
The Standard
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Sat 28 Mar
7:45 pm 9:00 pm
Respira
The Blackbox
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Sat 28 Mar
8:00 pm 9:15 pm
Patricia Brennan Septet
Jackson Terminal
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Sat 28 Mar
8:15 pm 9:15 pm
Hania Rani presents Chilling Bambino
The Greyhound
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Sat 28 Mar
8:15 pm 9:30 pm
Julia Úlehla & Dálava
First Presbyterian Sanctuary
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Sat 28 Mar
8:15 pm 9:45 pm
Robert Plant with Saving Grace and Suzi Dian
Tennessee Theatre
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Sat 28 Mar
8:30 pm 9:45 pm
SHABAKA
Mill & Mine
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Sat 28 Mar
9:00 pm 10:30 pm
Night Cap Blue Note Vinyl DJ Set with a Special Guest DJ
Blue Note Lounge
0 Scheduled

Sat 28 Mar
9:30 pm 10:45 pm
Annahstasia
St. John's Cathedral
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Sat 28 Mar
9:30 pm 11:00 pm
MJ Lenderman & The Wind
Knoxville Civic Auditorium
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Sat 28 Mar
9:45 pm 11:00 pm
Winged Wheel
Barley's
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Sat 28 Mar
10:00 pm 11:00 pm
Barbara Hannigan Sings Zorn II
Bijou Theatre
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Sat 28 Mar
10:00 pm 11:15 pm
Thurston Moore & Bonner Kramer
The Point
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Sat 28 Mar
10:00 pm 11:00 pm
Spin: Laurie Anderson with Eyvind Kang & Martha Mooke
PostModern Sound Exchange
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Sat 28 Mar
10:15 pm 11:15 pm
Eliana Glass (Band)
Regas Square
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Sat 28 Mar
10:15 pm 11:30 pm
Rafiq Bhatia: Environments
The Standard
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Sat 28 Mar
10:15 pm 11:30 pm
Darius Jones Trio
The Blackbox
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Sat 28 Mar
10:30 pm 1:00 am
SML (Night 3)
The Greyhound
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Sat 28 Mar
10:30 pm 1:00 am
SML (Night 3)
The Greyhound
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Sat 28 Mar
10:30 pm 11:45 pm
Nate Smith
Jackson Terminal
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Sat 28 Mar
11:00 pm 12:30 am
Don Was & The Pan-Detroit Ensemble
Tennessee Theatre
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Sat 28 Mar
11:15 pm 12:30 am
Flying Lotus
Mill & Mine
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Sat 28 Mar
12:00 am 1:00 am
Masada II
Bijou Theatre
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Sat 28 Mar
12:15 am 1:30 am
Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band
Barley's
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Sat 28 Mar
12:30 am 1:45 am
Dave Harrington’s Pranksters South
The Standard
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