Celebrate Halloween Night in Knoxville with These Spooky Day Events, Things to Do, & Live Music Shows

Halloween in Knoxville is upon us! This year Halloween is on a Friday... Friday before a home football game against Oklahama too.

There's a lot going on that weekend, so here's just a list of events on Halloween Night (and some select Saturday events) to help you make plans!

We'll keep updating the list with new information, so comment below on what we missed.

Friday October 31

Downtown-ish

• 6PM - Calhouns on the River

  • Fountain City Ramblers

• 7PM - Mill & Mine - Pilot Light Halloween Show

  • Yearly celebration and fundraiser for the Pilot Light featuring local artists portraying major artists with intense attention to detail

  • $25, Tickets Here: https://www.freshtix.com/events/the-pilot-light-halloween-show

  • TTOOMM PPETTTYY & THHE HEAARTTBREAAKKERSS

  • NIINNE INNCHH NAAILLS

  • THHE SSTRROKKESS

  • MMAZZZYY SSTAARR

  • HHEAAARTT

  • NNNO DDOUUBTT

  • NNEUUTRAALL MIIILK HHOTTELL

• 7PM-Late - Old City - Freaker's Ball Pub Crawl

  • Annual Old City crawl with DJ, Silent Discos, and costume contests with $1500 in prizes

  • $25 wristbands available at the door of the bars including Southbound, Hanna’s Old City, Old City Sports Bar,Wagon Wheel, and Cowboy Cantina

  • 7PM-10PM - Cowboy Cantina - Silent Disco

  • 10PM-1AM - Old City Sports Bar - Silent Disco

  • 9PM-2:30AM - Hanna's - DJ Ray 1st Floor, DJ iRelll 2nd Floor

  • 9PM-2:30AM - Southbound - DJ Eric B

  • 9:30PM-2:30AM - Wagon Wheel - Jordan Foster Band

• 7:30PM - Hi-Wire Brewing - Beetlejuice's Halloween Silent Disco

  • Hi-Wire Brewing is hosting this spooky silent disco

  • $10 Advance, $15 Day of Show, Group discounts available

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.silentdiscoknox.com/events/beetlejuices-halloween-silent-disco-at-hi-wire-brewing-co-knoxville

• 7:30PM - Yee-Haw Brewing - Big Orange Friday

  • Celebration of UT Football with Three Star Revival performing

• 8PM-Late - Sassy Ann's - Publicly Private Paranormal Pride

  • Sassy Ann's Dance Party with DJ FLOX

  • 8PM-2AM, $15 Advance, 21+

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.publiclyprivate.org/product/%20paranormal-pride-ticket-25

• 8PM - Bijou - Halloween with Big Something w/Jacoozy, Frute

  • Bijou Theatre hosts Big Something along with Jacoozy and Frute

  • $25, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B0062F6D32A4BDA

• 8PM-Late - Preservation Pub, Scruffy City Hall, Bernadette's

  • $10, 21+, Door includes all three bars

  • Preservation Pub: 8PM - High Heat, 11:30PM - Rossdafareye

  • Scruffy City Hall: 9:30PM - Coveralls

  • Bernadette's: DJ Andres Tapia

• 8PM - Bistro at the Bijou

  • Mannella and Slack jazz

• 8PM-Late - Monkey's Bar

  • Slasher themed event with a costume costume, drink specials, and slasher films playing all night

• 8PM-Late - The Pink Cactus - Halloween House Party

  • It's a Halloween House Party, more info TBA

• 8:30PM - Clancy's

  • Way Sneaky Eddie performing

• 9PM-Late - Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus - Halloween @ Barrelhouse

  • Channel865 brings a night of EDM/DJs to the Gypsy Circus Barrelhouse along with a costume contest

  • $15 18+

  • Luvv b2b GrayJ

  • Spectruum b2b Ortep b2b Sound Party (Half of Dark Matter)

  • Cheers b2b Inside Voice b2b Skeyeview

• 9PM - Jig & Reel

  • $FREE, 21+

  • The Bearded

• 9PM-Late - Pour Taproom - Monster Ball Halloween Party

  • Pour Taproom hosts this free event featuring DJs from Art of House, a costume contest, and more

• 9PM-Late - Fort Sanders Yacht Club - Yachtoberfest

  • DJ Azcend is performing, and there'll be other stuff too

• 9PM-Late - Undeclared Halloween

  • Info TBA but expect a costume contest with cash prizes and more

• 10PM-Late - Lunaverse

  • Planet Doom Extraterrestrial Rave with Costume Contest

  • $10, 21+

  • Doomsayer

  • Shosstah

  • Nick Rhodes

• 10PM - Barleys

  • $5, 21+

  • Corey James Clifton

• 11PM - Tennessee Theatre - The Rocky Horror Picture Show

  • The Tennessee Theatre hosts this cult classic film along with the Mighty Wurlitzer organ

  • $37+, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-knoxville-tennessee-10-31-2025/event/1B00632AC89D4029'

• 11:30PM-Late - Club XYZ - The Queenz Spooktacular

  • Shows at 11:30PM & 1AM with a costume contest in between with cash prizes

  • $10, 21+

  • The Queenz: Anna Tomical, Ondreah Montrose, Vandeja Voo, Anastasia Alexander, Lotza Minnailmi, Lana Mars

West Knoxville & Elsewhere

• 12PM-10PM - Crafty Bastard West - Crafty Bastard West Trick or Treat

  • Halloween Party offering "sweet Halloween treats" for those in costume

  • Live Music from Dark Waters Project

• 8PM - Toddy's Back Door Tavern

  • The Hodags will be performing and there willl be a "Hodags staple-Watusi Rodeo"

• 9PM-Late - Finn's Tavern - Halloween Costume Party

  • Finn's Tavern hosts this free Halloween event with live music and more, including prizes for the contest winners

  • Live music from Jaystorm Project

• 9PM?-Late - CORE - CORE Halloween Show

  • Info TBA but drag shows and a costume contest are for sure

• 9PM-Late - The Knox Coliseo - Fiesta De Halloween

  • The Knox Coliseo is hosting a Halloween party with DJ Fadet and DJ Martin performing and $1000 prize for the Halloween contest winner

  • $10 before 10PM, $20 after 10PM

• 9PM-Late - Sonny's Original Southern Pub

  • Vinyl Countdown will perform and there will also be a costume party & stuff with prizes

• 9PM-Late - Union Jacks Halloween Party

  • Union Jacks hosts this free Halloween costume contest party with live music from The Merlin's Nest

Saturday November 1

Here are some selections of Halloween events on that Saturday, there's a lot more going on that day but here are the special spooky ones we like

• 8PM - Pilot Light - Near Dark Halloween

  • Brood Faye

  • Healng

  • The Treasury

  • New Romantics

• 8PM - Fly By Night - Halloween Party

  • Info TBA

• 9PM-Late - Warehouse (Behind Printshop Beer) - Outworld Space Themed Warehouse Party

  • $20?, 21+

  • Abrakapokus b2b JMO

  • Fiction

  • Gray J

• 9PM-Late - CORE - Temple: Halloween/Day of the Dead

  • Alt/Industrial dance night with the spooky season

  • $10, 21+

  • DJs TBA