Calendar of Events
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Marble City Opera: Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Category: Music and Science, nature
Marble City Opera’s 2024-25 mainstage season closes with three performances of Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo in three different locations. The classic opera will be presented on June 5, 2025 at the Tennessee Amphitheater in Knoxville; on June 6, 2025 at the Sequoyah Birthplace Museum in Vonore; and on June 7, 2025 at A.K. Bissell Park in Oak Ridge.
Marble City Opera: 865-226-9756, www.marblecityopera.com
Nief-Norf Summer Festival
Category: Classes, workshops, Festivals, special events, Meetup and Music
The Nief-Norf Summer Festival is a multidisciplinary new music festival that brings together performers, composers, improvisers, scholars, and music technologists for collaboration and exploration of contemporary music within an immersive environment. Hosted in Knoxville, Tennessee, the festival provides opportunities for masterclasses, workshops, and performances with world-renowned faculty at the state-of-the-art Natalie L. Haslam Music Center. Nief-Norf fosters an incredible community of contemporary musicians who create, collaborate, experiment, and problem solve in exploration of what it means to be contemporary musicians and perform for a modern audience.
Knoxville Museum of Art: Electricity for All
Category: Exhibitions, visual art, Free event and Kids, family
Electricity for All examines the complex relationship between technology, information, and power through the historical framework of the Tennessee Valley Authority, a key New Deal initiative from the 1930s that introduced electricity to the Tennessee River Valley. The featured artists provide diverse perspectives on the social implications of technological advances, questioning the histories that were lost and the new narratives that emerged. Organized by the KMA.
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Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tu-Sa 10-5, Su 1-5. Information: 865-525-6101, www.knoxart.org. Admission and parking are free.
