Calendar of Events

Join the Historic House Museums of Knoxville on Thursday, October 3, 2024, from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. for our Founder's Day Bash, a celebration in honor of our great city's 233rd birthday! The celebration will be located in the fabulous Mabry-Hazen House. It will be a FREE event and open to the public to attend! Help us wish Knoxville a happy birthday with an evening of fun, food, drinks, desserts, and history! Test your knowledge of how we went from James White establishing his homestead to today’s Scruffy City. From the Civil War to the World’s Fair, we’ve gathered our favorite trivia about our home city with the top 3 winners taking home prizes. Donations are happily accepted with all proceeds benefiting Historic House Museums of Knoxville!

Event attendees can also purchase PastPorts - Your Key to Knoxville History, organizational memberships, and more during this event.

Drop in anytime during the event, no RSVP required.

Founded on October 3, 1791, the city of Knoxville has transformed from a rough frontier settlement to the grand mountain metropolis you see today! Come meet and mingle with your local historians and museums including Blount Mansion, Mabry Hazen House, Historic Westwood, Historic Ramsey House, Marble Springs State Historic Site, James White Fort, and Crescent Bend.

The Historic House Museums of Knoxville (formerly Historic Homes of Knoxville) is a local partnership between 8 historical organizations: James White's Fort, Blount Mansion, Historic Ramsey House, Marble Springs State Historic Site, Crescent Bend, Mabry-Hazen House, Historic Westwood, and the East Tennessee History Center.

Mabry-Hazen House, 1711 Dandridge Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37915 (Parking Lot located at 1649 Rosedale Ave.)

Friday evening, September 27th will mark the 26th consecutive year that Maple Lane Farms will open its Corn Maze and other “agritainment” activities that include tractor-pulled hayrides (daytime and nighttime), pumpkin picking, inflatables for the kids, music, corn hole, food vendors, face painting, photo ops, sunflower fields, and other wholesome family fun to the public!

The Maze is located at 1126 Maple Lane in Greenback, just 14 miles south of Knoxville’s McGhee Tyson Airport. The Maze is open weekends from September 27 through October 31. The Haunted Maze begins on weekends starting Friday night Oct 18. Opening hours are the following:

Friday 6pm to 10pm
Saturday 10am to 10pm
Sunday Noon to 6pm, Haunted Noon – 10pm
Haunted Maze Opens nightly, October 18-20, 25-27, 30, 31
Additional Features include: Barn Store Collectibles including Fall/Halloween Decorations, Straw Bales, Cornstalks
Variety of Food and Beverage Vendors
Evening campfires in the Maze Fairway near our Covered Party Tents
Private Parties via Tent Reservation with Fire Pit
Music
Face Painting, Old Time Photo Booth
Numerous Photo Ops, including the Sunflower Fields

Maple Lane Maze is an “authentic agritainment” venue operating since 1999. The farm’s offering continues to be an organic destination for families who love outside adventures mixed with the peacefulness of simply being together sitting around the fire pit and making memories. Many guests have described the farm as a “a fall tradition”. Yes, it is a place seeped deep in tradition. We hope you will join us to start your fall traditions here at Maple Lane Maze. Visit the farm’s website at www.TNMapleLaneFarms.com, Call 865-856-3511 or www.Facebook.com/tnmaplelanefarms/ www.Instagram.com/MapleLaneMaze/

Willkommen to Schulz Brau! Oktoberfest is our biggest festival of the year here at our Brewery and Biergarten! Meticulous planning goes into creating this special 2-week celebration of Bavarian culture. We proudly follow Munich traditions to offer our guests an authentic and fun experience. Prost!

BARREL-TAPPING CEREMONY
21.SEPT – 5AM-9AM
TICKET SALES TBA

https://knoxvilleoktoberfest.com/