Calendar of Events

Our 2nd Annual FUNdraising Gala!

We're raising money & need your help! Enjoy food by Yassin's, Wild Love, + more, drinks, circus performances, live music from the Honkers & Bangers + a DJ, dancing, an auction, + more! Our theme is ALICE IN WONDERLAND, & costumes are strongly encouraged. https://app.betterunite.com/dragonflygala-2ndannualdragonflygala-rabbitrabbit

Dragonfly Aerial & Circus Arts Studio was founded by 6 local aerial performers in 2010. They sought to bring elements of the circus to Knoxville & have been performing & teaching in the community ever since. The mission of the organization is to promote aerial & circus arts through education & community involvement. We are committed to improving the lives of those in the Knoxville community, without regard to finances, age, fitness level, race, class, gender orientation, or physical ability. We value diversity & work to create it in our student population & performers. We believe the circus arts have room for everyone.

Studies have shown circus arts can improve mind, body, & spirit. We create spaces where each student is celebrated for their uniqueness & can express their creativity. We share these benefits with adults & youth – under-served youth in particular – through our community-outreach programs, tuition scholarships, children's circus camps / classes, & our annual Circus Extravaganza. Additionally, as part of our mission, we sponsor the creation of new multidisciplinary opportunities & shows in the Knoxville community & beyond. Dragonfly brings circus performance to new heights for the benefit of the entire community. https://www.dragonflyaerialartsstudio.com

The Natalie Haslam College of Music invites you to its annual Gala, themed Beyond the Boundaries. This elegant evening will showcase the transformative power of music through captivating performances, personal stories, and creative artistry.

Held at the Cherokee Country Club, the event includes a formal dinner, silent and live auctions, performances by UT Knoxville musicians, and opportunities to connect with fellow patrons and support the college's mission to innovate and inspire through music. All contributions from this black tie event will fund scholarships to attract the very best music students to the University of Tennessee.

Please register by February 21, 2025.

At Cherokee Country Club, 5138 Lyons View Pike
https://tiny.utk.edu/musicgala

Join us Saturday, March 1, at the Farragut Community Center for one of two sessions: 3-5 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., for the Farragut Shamrock Ball! This annual father/daughter dance is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Greater West Knox and benefits two local nonprofits. The evening includes dancing, snacks, crafts and family portraits. All family members are welcome to attend. Cost: $30 per couple; $5 per additional family member.

Register here: https://townoffarragut.recdesk.com/Community/Program

Join friends for the Birdhouse's Annual Mardi Gras Party and Fundraiser on Saturday, March 1, at the Birdhouse! Saturday, March 1, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM.

Tickets are $40/person.
We have limited capacity, so get your ticket early at: https://www.simpletix.com/e/birdhouse-mardi-gras-party-and-fundraiser-tickets-203669

Your ticket gets you:
Live music by Leftfoot Dave and the Magic Hats, 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm.
Your first drink, such as a hurricane, wine, or beer, Creole and cajun food, and
a queen and king costume contest.

Your ticket supports the Birdhouse Neighborhood Center and all its endeavors, such as holding events in the arts, music, and social justice, keeping rental prices affordable, and being a safe space for the Knoxville community to gather.

You must be 21+ to attend this event!

The Birdhouse Neighborhood Center, 800 N 4th Ave, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: https://www.fourthandgill.org/birdhouse-neighborhood-center

Jubilee Community Arts presents Ken Waldman at the Laurel Theater, March 1
at 8:00 PM.

Ken Waldman combines old-time string-band music, original poetry, and Alaska-set storytelling for a performance uniquely his. Twelve CDs have received wide radio airplay. Twenty books include sixteen full-length poetry collections. Since 1995 he has appeared from the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage to the Dodge Poetry Festival to the Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland, Australia. Reviewers have compared his stage show to John Hartford and Garrison Keillor. He'll be joined by The Wild Ones, featuring Adam Tanner, plus Mike Searcy.

Adam Tanner has lived in Western North Carolina for more than twenty years. A master mandolin player, fiddler, and guitarist, he has played in numerous old-time and country bands, and is an in-demand teacher at music camps and festivals. Mike Searcy is a long-time soil scientist and veteran clawhammer banjo player from Jefferson County.

Tickets available at TicketLeap (jubileearts.org), by mail or at the door 30 minutes prior to show.

Jubilee Community Arts at the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916. Tickets: https://jubilee-community-arts.ticketleap.com. Information: 865-522-5851, www.jubileearts.org

Knoxville artist Jean Hess offers a kaleidoscopic selection of work that ranges from celestial, to playful, to poignant. Starry skies and planetary motion. Plants, animals and gems. Appalachian coal miners, lost cultures and maps of lost lands. Hess works with socio-historical data, found artifacts and ephemera that enable her to invoke complex stories.

Westminster Presbyterian Church Schilling Gallery, 6500 S Northshore Dr, Knoxville, TN 37919. Hours: M-R 9-4, Fri 9-12. Information: (865) 584-3957 or www.wpcknox.org

Chamber Classics Series
Sunday, March 2, 2025, at 2:30 p.m.
Bijou Theatre

Guest conductor Noam Aviel makes her Knoxville debut with a delightful Mediterranean-centric programming, which includes Rossini’s “The Silken Ladder,” Toldra’s “Sea Views” and Respighi’s “The Birds.” Rodrigo’s “Concierto serenata” features Knoxville Symphony harpist Cindy Emory.

Noam Aviel, conductor
Cindy Emory, harp

GIOACHINO ROSSINI: La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)
JOAQUIN RODRIGO: Concierto serenata
EDUARD TOLDRA: Vistes al mar (Sea Views)
OTTORINO RESPIGHI: Gli ucceli (The Birds)

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com

Presented by The Standford Eisenberg Knoxville Jewish Day School

Violins of Hope is a collection of over 50 violins that survived the Holocaust, played by Jewish musicians in ghettos, concentration camps, and even as symbols of resistance. Each violin, lovingly restored by Israeli master violin maker Amnon Weinstein and his son Avshalom, carries a powerful story of resilience and survival. These instruments bear witness to the indomitable spirit of their owners, whose music defied the darkness of one of history’s most tragic periods. The Violins of Hope project will feature performances, exhibitions, and educational programs that celebrate the enduring power of music and the human spirit. Through these events, communities will come together to reflect on the past and inspire a future rooted in hope, acceptance, and unity. Join us as we honor these extraordinary instruments and the stories they tell.

*A Big Ears 2025 Exhibition (one of four very special exhibitions of visual art on display during the festival weekend (Mar 27-30) and during the month leading up to it. Extended hours TBA.

Digital Motif, 108 S Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. (865) 214-6367 or https://digitalmotif.com/

7:30 PM
1st place winner, National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance

The Episcopal Church of the Ascension
(865) 588-0589 or info@knoxvilleascension.org
800 S. Northshore Dr., Knoxville, TN 37919

Friends of Music and the Arts, a support society for music at Ascension, augments the calendar of liturgical feast-days with concerts and organ recitals throughout the year. https://www.knoxvilleascension.org/foma

The UT Creative Writing Program is thrilled to present a reading by award-winning novelist Adam Ross. The reading will take place Monday, March 3 at 7pm in the Lindsey Young Auditorium of John C. Hodges Library on the UT Campus. The event is free and open to the public.

“Starting off 2025 with a novel this terrific gives me hope for the whole year.” —Ron Charles, The Washington Post

“A gorgeous cat’s cradle of a book . . . The swirling vapors of Holden Caulfield are present in Playworld, for sure, but also Lolita, Willy Loman, Garp.” —Alexandra Jacobs, The New York Times Book Review

“Extraordinary . . . A beguiling ode to a lost era . . . Line for line the book is a revelation.” —Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times

Adam Ross's debut novel, Mr. Peanut, a 2010 New York Times Notable Book, was also named one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The New Republic, and The Economist. His story collection Ladies and Gentlemenincluded "In the Basement,'' a finalist for the BBC International Story Prize. His non¬fic¬tion has been pub¬lished in The New York Times Book Review, The Daily Beast, The Wall Street Jour¬nal, and the Washington Post. He was the Mary Ellen von der Heyden fellow in fiction at the American Academy in Berlin, as well as a Hodder Fellow at Princeton University. His widely praised current novel, Playworld, has been selected as a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice. He is the editor of the Sewanee Review.

https://english.utk.edu

Tuesday, March 4, 2025
8:00pm – 10:00pm
Bijou Theatre, 803 South Gay Street

Clarinetist, saxophonist & composer Anat Cohen is a native of Tel Aviv whose music effortlessly blends Jazz and Brazilian Choro with influences from Africa and the Middle East into an infectiously charismatic sound that blurs the lines between cultures and genres. A must-see event for any lover of great music.

https://www.knoxjazz.org/calendar/2025/3/4/an-evening-with-anat-cohen

Comedian Jim Gaffigan brings his Everything is Wonderful Tour to Knoxville Civic Auditorium on March 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM.

www.ticketmaster.com/jim-gaffigan-knoxville-tennessee-03-04-2025/event/1B00616F91773C0D