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DJ Hannibal Buress

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
TBD 0 Scheduled

Dinner Party (Robert Glasper/Terrace Martin/Kamasi Washington/9th Wonder)

5:45 pm - 7:15 pm
Knoxville Civic Auditorium 0 Scheduled

THE ROOTS

9:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Knoxville Civic Auditorium 0 Scheduled

Hannibal Buress

3:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Knoxville Civic Auditorium 0 Scheduled

Mon Rovîa

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Knoxville Civic Auditorium 0 Scheduled

Chucho Valdés Royal Quartet

5:15 pm - 6:30 pm
Tennessee Theatre 0 Scheduled

Gustavo Santaolalla: Ronroco

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Tennessee Theatre 0 Scheduled

Natalie Merchant with Erik Della Penna

10:15 pm - 11:45 pm
Tennessee Theatre 0 Scheduled

Jim James

7:45 pm - 9:00 pm
Tennessee Theatre 0 Scheduled

Double Bill and Buster: A Night of Film and Music by Bill Frisell, Bill Morrison and Buster Keaton with Luke Bergman & Tim Angulo

2:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Tennessee Theatre 0 Scheduled

Bang On A Can All-Stars: Julia Wolfe: Steel Hammer

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Bijou Theatre 0 Scheduled

Ursula Oppens performs The People United Will Never Be Defeated (Rzweski)

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Bijou Theatre 0 Scheduled

Sierra Hull

5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Bijou Theatre 0 Scheduled

David Murray Quartet feat. Francesca Cinelli

10:00 pm - 11:15 pm
Bijou Theatre 0 Scheduled

Lovano / Makhathini / Morgan / Cyrille

7:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Bijou Theatre 0 Scheduled

Courtney Barnett

9:00 pm - 10:15 pm
Mill & Mine 0 Scheduled

HYUKOH

1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Mill & Mine 0 Scheduled

SML

11:30 pm - 12:45 am
Mill & Mine 0 Scheduled

Bradford Cox & Lockett Pundt

4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Mill & Mine 0 Scheduled

Meat Puppets

6:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Mill & Mine 0 Scheduled

Yilian Cañizares

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Jackson Terminal 0 Scheduled

Zig Zag Power Trio (Vernon Reid, Melvin Gibbs, Will Calhoun)

10:15 pm - 11:30 pm
Jackson Terminal 0 Scheduled

Mayan Space Station

5:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Jackson Terminal 0 Scheduled

Vanishing Twin

3:00 pm - 4:15 pm
Jackson Terminal 0 Scheduled

SHABAKA

8:00 pm - 9:15 pm
Jackson Terminal 0 Scheduled

Otto Benson

5:15 pm - 6:30 pm
The Standard 0 Scheduled

Ken Vandermark / Paal Nilssen-Love

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
The Standard 0 Scheduled

Shardik

12:30 am - 1:45 am
The Standard 0 Scheduled

L’Rain

7:45 pm - 9:00 pm
The Standard 0 Scheduled

Ida

2:45 pm - 4:00 pm
The Standard 0 Scheduled

Avishai Cohen – Big Vicious

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

Penguin Cafe

5:15 pm - 6:30 pm
The Point 0 Scheduled

Nicole Mitchell and Joe Westerlund

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
The Point 0 Scheduled

Bedouine

10:00 pm - 11:15 pm
The Point 0 Scheduled

Peter Stampfel and the Atomic Meta-Pagans

2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
The Point 0 Scheduled

Finom

7:30 pm - 8:45 pm
The Point 0 Scheduled

Holy Tongue

10:30 pm - 11:45 pm
The Greyhound 0 Scheduled

OOIOO

8:00 pm - 9:15 pm
The Greyhound 0 Scheduled

Marina Herlop

3:00 pm - 4:15 pm
The Greyhound 0 Scheduled

Daniel Lanois – Solo Electro

5:30 pm - 6:45 pm
The Greyhound 0 Scheduled

JD Pinkus Triptych

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

Expandards

4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Barley's 0 Scheduled

Bronwyn

2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Barley's 0 Scheduled

Case Oats

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

Avey Tare

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

Hannibal Buress – DJ Set

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

Rachna Bodas wtih Nitin Mitta, Praneet Marathe

12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
St. John's Cathedral 0 Scheduled

Sruti Sarathy with Athrey Nadhan, Samyuktha Sreeram

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm
St. John's Cathedral 0 Scheduled

Talvadya Percussion Ensemble: Samyuktha Sreeram, Anubrata Chatterjee, Athrey Nadhan with Suhail Yusuf Khan

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
St. John's Cathedral 0 Scheduled

Alam Khan with Anubrata Chatterjee

4:45 pm - 6:15 pm
St. John's Cathedral 0 Scheduled

Aditya Prakash with Sruti Sarathy, Athrey Nadhan, Samyuktha Sreeram

6:45 pm - 8:00 pm
St. John's Cathedral 0 Scheduled

Anupama Bhagwat with Nitin Mitta

8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
St. John's Cathedral 0 Scheduled

Suhail Yusuf Khan with Anubrata Chatterjee

10:00 am - 11:30 am
St. John's Cathedral 0 Scheduled

Ana Roxanne

3:15 pm - 4:30 pm
First Presbyterian Sanctuary 0 Scheduled

Tristan Perich: Surface Image (with Vicky Chow)

5:45 pm - 7:00 pm
First Presbyterian Sanctuary 0 Scheduled

Heart Trio

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

Suzanne Ciani

8:15 pm - 9:30 pm
First Presbyterian Sanctuary 0 Scheduled

Lucy Railton

9:30 pm - 10:45 pm
First Presbyterian Chapel 0 Scheduled

Dagmar Zuniga

7:15 pm - 8:15 pm
First Presbyterian Chapel 0 Scheduled

Min Xiao-Fen & Julian Kytasty

12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
First Presbyterian Chapel 0 Scheduled

Lia Kohl

2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
First Presbyterian Chapel 0 Scheduled

Sumie Kaneko

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
First Presbyterian Chapel 0 Scheduled

Sylvie Courvoisier Trio

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Regas Square 0 Scheduled

Adam O’Farrill’s ELEPHANT

5:15 pm - 6:15 pm
Regas Square 0 Scheduled

Dave Harrington, Jay Bellerose & Billy Mohler

8:00 pm - 9:15 pm
Regas Square 0 Scheduled

Matthew Shipp solo

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Regas Square 0 Scheduled

Dawn of Midi

10:30 pm - 11:18 pm
Regas Square 0 Scheduled

Visible Cloaks

11:00 pm - 12:15 am
The Blackbox 0 Scheduled

Yeah NO

8:30 pm - 9:45 pm
The Blackbox 0 Scheduled

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1:45 pm - 3:00 pm
The Blackbox 0 Scheduled

Pamela Z

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

Glenn Kotche

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The Blackbox 0 Scheduled

KatzPascale

5:45 pm - 7:00 pm
Boyd's Jig and Reel 0 Scheduled

Bronwyn

8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Boyd's Jig and Reel 0 Scheduled

Wyatt Ellis

10:15 pm - 11:30 pm
Boyd's Jig and Reel 0 Scheduled

Black Cherry

3:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Boyd's Jig and Reel 0 Scheduled

VariegOrchestra

7:15 pm - 8:15 pm
Knoxville Museum of Art 0 Scheduled

Marisa Anderson

2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Knoxville Museum of Art 0 Scheduled

Tristan Perich: Open Symmetry

12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Knoxville Museum of Art 0 Scheduled

Kalia Vandever & Dave Harrington

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Knoxville Museum of Art 0 Scheduled
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April 1 – 4, 2027
Knoxville, TN · USA

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