Calendar of Events

Joy Oladokun, Thursday, February 13, 2025, 7:30 PM at the Bijou Theatre.

Joy Oladokun will donate 100% of the proceeds from her performance in Knoxville at the Bijou Theatre on Thursday, February 13, to East Tennessee Foundation's Disaster Relief Fund to help rebuild after the disastrous effects of Hurricane Helene across Appalachia. For more information, please visit easttennesseefoundation.org.

Joy Oladokun has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket sold will go to The Ally Coalition's work to support homeless and at-risk LGBTQ youth affected by Hurricane Helene.

Tickets at: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B00613AF50A7F0F

Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information/tickets: 865-522-0832, https://knoxbijou.org/

8:00 PM (Doors 7:00 PM)
The Mill & Mine, 227 W. Depot Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917
Ages 18+
https://www.ticketweb.com/event/dylan-marlowe-the-mill-mine-tickets/13660514

Rooted in the classic skills of country music’s past – but finding new ways to deliver three chords and the truth – Dylan Marlowe is an emerging Sony Music Nashville artist proving tradition and convention are very different things. Drawing on the familiar themes of small-town youth, yet amplified with punk rock propulsion and outside-the-county-line lyricism, his debut album Mid-Twenties Crisis presents the simple truth of a complicated age, spoken plain (just against the grain). Raised in Statesboro, Georgia, the avid outdoorsman’s unique creative path began with an equally-diverse soundtrack, ranging from Eric Church and Kenny Chesney to Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Good Charlotte and Blink-182. A self-taught writer fusing heartland storytelling with hard-edged intensity, Marlowe broke out with an attention-grabbing cover of Olivia Rodrigo’s “drivers license” in 2021, changing the lyrics to reflect his own backwoods story and resulting in more than half-a-million TikTok followers. Marlowe went on to drop a series of self-penned singles and EPs like “Record High” and Dirt Road When I Die, eventually racking up more than 282 million global career streams as an artist, while co-penning Jon Pardi’s Number One hit, “Last Night Lonely.” The 2023 anthem “Boys Back Home” (feat. Dylan Scott) has accounted for more than 112 million streams while becoming his first country radio single, and Marlowe has continued to cultivate an audience on tour with Cole Swindell, Hardy, Brantley Gilbert and more. Building on the momentum with 15 co-written tracks, Mid-Twenties Crisis fuses Nashville story craft and country-punk energy with angsty defiance and a clever smirk, as Marlowe captures the beautiful torment of the 20s decade. Standing apart from his peers while staying true to himself, the rising star reminds country fans that authenticity doesn’t have to be boring. And in fact, the expected might be overrated.

KJYO to Perform with Jazz Trumpeter Pat Harbison February 13, 7:00 PM, at Pellissippi State Community College in the Clayton Performing Arts Center on the Hardin Valley campus, part of the Spring Concert Series. The concert is free and open to the public.

Jazz trumpeter and educator Pat Harbison is Professor Emeritus of Jazz Studies at Indiana University, where he taught from 1997-2023. He currently serves as Clinical Professor of Jazz Trumpet at the University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana). He was previously on the faculty of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music from 1984-1997. He was on the faculty of Jamey Aebersold’s Summer Jazz Workshops from 1976-2019. He is also the founding director of Jazz Retreats, which stages small group jazz improvisation learning sessions for adults.

Knoxville Jazz Orchestra: 865-573-3226, www.knoxjazz.org

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information/tickets: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present five new exhibitions at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville opening on Friday, February 7, from 5:00-9:00 PM. A free gathering with the exhibiting artists will also feature live music by Ella Pinchok and Friends.

Amadeus Concert Ensemble Presents Beethoven and Strauss
Amadeus Concert Ensemble is delighted to mount an exhibition celebrating composers being featured on its upcoming concerts at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus:
+ “The Lighter Side of Beethoven” on Sunday, February 16 at 4:30 PM
+ “The Golden Age of Strauss” on Sunday, March 9 at 5:30 PM

The exhibition includes photographs, music, programs, and memorabilia from the collection of conductor Brian Salesky about composers Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss Sr. & Jr., and Oscar Straus.

Free reservations for the Amadeus Concert Ensemble concerts will be available at https://www.shcathedral.org/cathedral-concert-series.

The exhibitions will be on display February 7 – March 1, 2025 at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. The Emporium is open to the public Monday-Thursday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Friday, 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM; and Saturday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Most of the works on exhibition will be for sale and may be purchased by visiting in person or the online shop at https://www.knoxalliance.store. For more information, please see www.knoxalliance.com or call (865) 523-7543.

Wicked - Movie Night - Watch Wicked on the event lawn.
Feb 5th | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST

Tennessee Basketball Watch Party - Come grab a bite and a drink at Kern's Food Hall while watching the Tennessee Ba...
Feb 5th | 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM EST

Live Music - BEN STEPHENS
Feb 7th | 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM EST

SALSA/BACHATA in the taproom 9pm-1am
Feb 7th - 8th
Feb 14th - 15th
Feb 21st - 22nd

Live Music - DANIMAL PINSON
Feb 8th | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST

Live Music - COURTNEY HOLDER
Feb 14th | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST

Live Music - COLE GRAHAM & THE WHISKEY RIVER
COLE GRAHAM & THE WHISKEY RIVER 7-9pm
Feb 15th & 22nd

Live Music - MILKSHAKE FATTY
Feb 21st | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Live Music - LE GATO
Feb 22nd | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Kerns Food Hall, 2201 Kern’s Rising Way, Knoxville, TN 37920
https://kernsfoodhall.com/events/

The WDVX Blue Plate Special is a live performance radio show held at noon at Visit Knoxville (301 S. Gay Street) every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with your host Red Hickey… and on Saturday with host Sean McCollough. On Fridays WDVX takes the Blue Plate Special to Barley’s Taproom & Pizzeria (200 E Jackson Ave) for “The Big Plate”. Make yourself at home as part of the WDVX family at this this daily free concert series. From blues to bluegrass, country to Celtic, folk to funk, rockabilly to hillbilly, local to international, it’s all part of the live music experience on The WDVX Blue Plate Special.

All seats are free, and visitors may come and go as they please.

Info: 865-544-1029, http://www.wdvx.com