Calendar of Events

We are honored that these Knoxville residents have opened their properties to the public as a part of our annual celebration of East Tennessee's natural beauty! Properties for our 2025 Spring Featured Gardens are still TBD.

This event is free though a $5 donation per garden is suggested. Tours are self-guided; although Dogwood Arts staff and volunteers will be on-site for questions. No tickets are required.

NOTE: There is limited parking at each garden, and guests will be admitted on a first-come-first-served basis. Comfortable or hiking shoes are recommended. No pets allowed.

Dogwood Arts, 123 W. Jackson Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-637-4561, www.dogwoodarts.com

Join us for Knoxville Opera’s annual Rossini Festival, an international street fair celebrating the music, food, art, and culture that shape East Tennessee! This beloved event transforms downtown Knoxville into a vibrant, family-friendly celebration with non-stop entertainment, delicious food, and local artisan vendors. April 12 & 13, in Downtown Knoxville Admission: Always FREE!
• Live Performances on Four Stages – Enjoy opera, jazz, gospel, classical, ballet, modern, and ethnic dance for 11 hours each day!
• Food & Drink Vendors – Savor delicious international and local flavors!
• 75+ Artisans & Vendors – Discover handmade jewelry, clothing, home décor, and more from talented creators across East Tennessee.
• The Y FunZone – A special area packed with activities to keep the kids entertained!

For over 20 years, the Rossini Festival has been a must-attend event, bringing together more than half a million visitors to experience the arts and culture of Knoxville. Don’t miss this fun, family-friendly celebration—there’s something for everyone at the Rossini Festival!

Knoxville Opera: 865-524-0795, https://www.knoxvilleopera.org/rossini/

April 12: Sequoyah Branch Used Book Sale, 10:00-5:00

https://www.knoxfriends.org/book-sales/

WDVX Kidstuff Live, free radio show every 2nd Saturday of each month at 10am from the stage at Visit Knoxville.
On 4/12 Sarah Pirkle brings an hour of fun and real live music for the whole family.

WDVX, 301 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-544-1029, www.wdvx.com

All our concerts are free admission, bring your family and friends!

Rossini Festival
A full Italian Program
Saturday April 12th, 2025
12:00pm
Market Square Stage
Downtown Knoxville, TN

https://www.knoxvillecommunityband.com/#concerts

Saturday, April 12, 2:00-4:00pm

MultiMind resides in her hometown, Baltimore City, Maryland. She writes books that are fairly Black, usually queer, and very much embedded in the world of Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror. MultiMind's books include Dreamer, In Search of Amika, Kinetics and The Glassman. Her work has also appeared in Nightlight Podcast. Her newest book, The Harlequin will be the focus of our event.

About The Harelquin
Quiet and bookish, Rosalyn always loved living in her head, especially under the glow of the silent moonlight. One snowy moonlit night, she finds someone princely and ethereal standing at the edge of the forest, the Harlequin. Dazzled by his words and ways, Rosalyn follows the Harlequin. But to what end?

There will be a book signing following the event.
https://www.thebottomknox.com/events-1/the-harlequin-in-conversation-with-multimind

April 12, 1:00 PM at Historic Ramsey House
Step back in time and experience the thrill of 19th-century base ball at Historic Ramsey House! This FREE, family-friendly event is the perfect way to spend a beautiful spring afternoon. What to Expect:
A live 1860s-style base ball game with authentic rules and uniforms
A fun and educational living history experience for all ages
An opportunity to relax outdoors—bring your own chair, umbrella, or tent for shade

Concessions Available! Enjoy snacks and refreshments, with all proceeds going toward the preservation of Historic Ramsey House. The Tennessee Vintage Base Ball Association brings history to life by recreating the spirit of 1860s baseball. Players follow the original rules, wear period-appropriate uniforms, and uphold the sportsmanship values of the era. Don’t miss this unique glimpse into America’s pastime—bring your family and friends for an unforgettable day of vintage base ball!

https://ramseyhouse.org/system/events/view/111/vintage-base-ball-opening-day

April 11-13, 9:00-4:30

We are excited to share our artwork reflecting the Spring season. Sixteen artists will be displaying their fiber arts, jewelry, paintings, photography, pottery, and woodworking. Demonstrations are planned for each day so you can explore our techniques and, maybe, answer questions about some of your own pursuits.

Meet the artists, enjoy unique locally created arts, and find gifts for yourself, friends and family.

The Gallery will also be open and the original work of forty artists will be displayed. The work will include fine art, fine craft and gifts of drawings, fiber arts, jewelry, mixed media, painting, photography, pottery, stained and fused glass, and woodworking.

Join us at the Townsend Visitor Center, 7906 East Lamar Alexander, and at the Townsend Art Center, 7719 East Lamar Alexander in Townsend. https://www.tnvacation.com/local/townsend-smoky-mountains-visitor-center-townsend

The University of Tennessee Arboretum Society’s 57th Spring Plant Sale will take place on Friday, April 11th and Saturday, April 12th. The public sale will be held on Saturday, April 12th from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the UT Arboretum at 901 S. Illinois Ave. (Hwy. 62) in Oak Ridge. The Society’s “Members Only” sale will be on Friday evening, April 11th from 4-7 p.m.
Society memberships or membership renewals may be purchased on Friday evening for this “early bird” shopping opportunity. By joining UTAS on Friday night, people can enjoy the membership benefit of having the first pick of our beautiful selection of plants, some of which sell out that evening. Checks, cash and credit cards will be accepted. You may also join UTAS online before the sale.

The three vendors for the sale are Tennessee Naturescapes from Clinton, Riverdale Nursery from Knoxville, and East Fork Nursery from Sevierville. Tennessee Naturescapes is an all-native plant nursery and will be offering a varied selection of all native shrubs, small trees, grasses, and perennials. Riverdale Nursery will feature a variety of harder to find shrubs and small trees for landscaping, perennials, annuals, and vines as well as culinary herbs, vegetable starts, berries and brambles. East Fork Nursery of Sevierville, one of the premier native azalea growers in the country, will be bringing a wide selection of those azaleas and also offers an array of unusual conifers. These three vendors offer something for everyone!
UT Arboretum Society members will be on hand to help answer questions. Red wagons will be available to help load plants.
The UT Arboretum Society celebrates its 60 anniversary in 2025. To learn more about the UT Arboretum Society, go to www.utarboretumsociety.org.

The Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2024. It is one of the ten University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture AgResearch and Education Centers located throughout Tennessee. The Institute of Agriculture also provides instruction, research and public service through the UT Herbert College of Agriculture, the UT College of Veterinary Medicine, UT AgResearch and UT Extension offices, with locations in every county in the state.

Gallery 1010, 100 S. Gay Street, Suite 114, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Reception Thu 5-7 PM, Sat 10 AM – 1 PM, or by appointment. Information: https://gallery1010.utk.edu/

The showing is a painting installation by Maxwell Edmonds.

He built many shaped canvases which will suspend from the ceiling for the audience to take in the double sided oil paintings.

This show centers fictional subjects based in the unsettling nature of America’s highways and the feelings the artist has experienced as a driver and passenger. Maxwell Edmonds is pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Two Dimensional Arts with a Painting and Drawing concentration. He aims to unsettle and delight with all of his work.

Gallery 1010 is a contemporary art exhibition space located at 100 S. Gay Street in Suite 114 of the Emporium Center of downtown Knoxville, Tennessee. As one of three University of Tennessee School of Art galleries, Gallery 1010 is the only fully student-run, non-profit, off-campus exhibition space in the state of Tennessee. The mission of Gallery 1010 is to provide space for the School of Art students of the University of Tennessee to experiment and develop new ideas while gaining educational gallery experience in professional standards and practices.

In partial fulfillment of their graduation requirements, students pursuing the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree are required to mount a solo exhibition of work. Due to the number of graduate students enrolled in the UT School of Art, these exhibitions generally take the form of small groups of students presenting concurrent solo exhibitions in the gallery space.

Reception: April 11, 5-7pm

Kaitlyn Anderson - Tethered
In Tethered, Kaitlyn Anderson considers the inherent tension of gendered issues within the religious spaces of southern Appalachia. Through animal forms, the installation draws attention to the duality of resilience and shame; highlighting how this disproportionately impacts marginalized groups.

Kyle Cottier - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost
In Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Kyle Cottier’s sculptures form an intricate lattice of interwoven wood and collaged photographs, exploring systems of mending, containment, and loss. Their fluid, permeable structures dwell in the tension between ruin and repair, where repetitive gestures oscillate between care and control, shaping both material and environment.

Hannah Langer - Dispersal: The Choice of Rediscovery
On December 8th, 1998, I was abandoned in front of the Civil Affairs Bureau of Changfeng County, Anhui Province, China; eleven months later, I was adopted by a Caucasian couple from Beverly, Massachusetts. As a transracial adoptee, I have felt that a portion of myself was left in China, resulting in a lifelong struggle to understand a sense of home, culture, and race. Through the exhibition Dispersal: The Choice of Rediscovery, I explore the loss of relating to my own origin.

Ruchi Singh - Multiplied by Infinity
A space transforming the ordinary into extraordinary - Ruchi Singh's time-based installations are inspired by everyday life, childlike wonder, Indian philosophy and its relation to science. These artworks represent the story of discovering the bigger truths of life, while making the intangible tangible.

https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/upcoming-exhibitions/

MAIN GALLERY
A solo show, Injury: Thirteen Studies, featuring recent work by artist Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi (Johannesburg, South Africa)

PROJECT SPACE
From Dark To Blue by Meg White (Milwaukee, WI)

Tri-Star Arts at Candoro Marble Building, 4450 Candora Drive, Knoxville, TN 37920. Hours: Tu-Sa 11-5. Information: https://tristararts.org/visit