Knoxville Live Music 5/12 - 5/18
Updated: May 14, 2025
Check it out, this week in Knoxville live music. Call it a calendar, call it an event planner, call it whatever you want. Let us know in the comments if we missed a show! Have a great week!
Monday 5/12
12PM - TBA
WDVX Blue Plate Special @ Visit Knox $FREE, All Ages
6PM - Tinca Tinca
Knox Brew Stories @ Suttree's $FREE, All Ages
6:30PM - Beartooth w/Gideon, Until I Wake, Dead Eyes
Metalcore & Stuff @ Mill & Mine $42 Advance, 18+
Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/beartooth-w-special-guests-the-mill-mine-tickets/13737134
7PM - Jesse Eads, Randy Brown, Ryan Dunaway, Dakota Smith
Out Series Improvisations @ Pilot Light $FREE, All Ages?
7PM - Noor Chang
Jazz @ Bistro at the Bijou $FREE, All Ages
7:30PM - Crystal Dougan, Shayla McDaniel, Matthew Steven Whitaker
Writers 'Round Series @ Barley's $FREE, All Ages
8PM - Old Time Music Mondays w/The Lincoln Park Stringband
Old Time Jam @ Marie's $FREE, 21+
9PM - Steve Michel's Blues Jam
The Blues @ Preservation Pub $3, 21+
Tuesday 5/13
12PM - Redd and the Paper Flowers
WDVX Blue Plate Special @ Visit Knox $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Greg Tardy Quartet
Jazz @ Market Square $FREE, All Ages
7PM - The Devil Wears Prada w/Erra, Kingdom of Giants, Acres
Metalcore & Stuff @ Mill & Mine $36 Advance, 18+
Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/the-devil-wears-prada-with-the-mill-mine-tickets/14046483
7:30PM - Crobot w/Chokesetter, Skyway 61
Hard Rock @ Open Chord $20 Advance, All Ages
Buy Tickets: https://www.seetickets.us/event/crobot/643894
8PM - Brook Pridemore w/Dana Skully, Molly Possum, Tough Luck Kid
Indie Rock & Stuff @ Pilot Light $10, 18+
9PM - Skyway 61
Hard Rock @ Preservation Pub $3, 21+
Wednesday 5/14
12PM - Erik Buell, Laura Jane Vincent
WDVX Blue Plate Special @ Visit Knox $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Wyatt Ellis
WDVX Summer Nights @ Yee-Haw Brewing $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Andrew Swafford
Synth + Guitar Ambience @ Fly By Night $FREE, All Ages?
7PM - Spring Vibes w/Knoxville Jazz Orchestra
Jazz @ Bistro at the Bijou $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Liliac w/Platinum Moon, Answers in Blood
Hard Rock @ Open Chord $22 Advance, All Ages
Buy Tickets: https://www.seetickets.us/event/liliac/619821
8PM - MSHR w/Earwig Deluxe, Calla/Siena, MS20/Duel
Synth & Stuff @ Pilot Light $10, 18+
9PM - Abbey Elmore Band
Indie Pop Rock @ Preservation Pub $5, 21+
Thursday 5/15
12PM - Gabe Lee
WDVX Blue Plate Special @ Visit Knox $FREE, All Ages
6PM - Renée Maggart
Singer-Songwriter @ Central Flats & Taps $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Russell Walker
Honky Tonk Thursday @ Suttree's $FREE, All Ages
7PM - WIMZ Garage Band
Classic Rock Covers @ Market Square $FREE, All Ages
7PM - TBA w/Chelsea Samples & More
Acoustic Soul @ Finn's Tavern $FREE, All Ages?
7:30PM - Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
New World Symphonies @ Tennessee Theatre $27+, All Ages
Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B006106E13147CA
7:30PM - Alyssa Edwards
Drag Show @ Bijou $37+, All Ages
8PM - Superblush
Folk-Rock @ Corner Lounge $FREE, 21+
8PM - Alien Ant Farm w/Kamenar, Serena's Fire, Ashes Fall
Alt/Hard Rock @ Open Chord $25 Advance, All Ages
Buy Tickets: https://www.seetickets.us/event/alien-ant-farm/635531
8PM - Flex, La Factoria, Makano
Reggaeton & Stuff @ Knoxville Coliseum $60, 18+
Buy Tickets: https://ticketon.com/en/events/flex-la-factoria-y-makano-en-knoxville-knoxville-tn-2025-05-15-odqng70zopgt
9PM - Abbey Elmore Band
Indie Pop Rock @ Preservation Pub $5, 21+
9PM - DJ D-Mart
DJ Night @ Fly By Night $5, 21+
9PM - Throwin' Stones
Blues Rock @ Scruffy City Hall $5, 21+
Friday 5/16
12PM - Abbey Elmore Band
WDVX Big Plate Special @ Barley's $FREE, All Ages
6PM - Jeff Cregger Band
Rock @ Back Door Tavern $FREE, 21+
7PM - Citizen Soldier w/10 Years, Thousand Below
Alt Rock & Stuff @ Mill & Mine $39, 18+
Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/citizen-soldier-the-semicolon-tour-the-mill-mine-tickets/13945603
7PM - James Leigh & The Rest
Rock @ Suttree's $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Jack Endelouz Band
Rock @ Ale' Rae's $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Steph Cabell
Singer-Songwriter @ Last Days of Autumn $FREE, All Ages?
7PM - Corey James Clifton
Soulful Rock @ Kern's Food Hall $FREE, All Ages
Soul Rock @ Trailhead Beer Market $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Hayden Bright
Live @ Side Hustle At Lonesome Dove $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Rocky Top Scandal
Rock @ East by Orange Hat $FREE, All Ages
7:30PM - Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
New World Symphonies @ Tennessee Theatre $27+, All Ages
Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B006106E13647EF
8PM - Sturgill Simpson
Alt Country & Stuff @ Knoxville Civic Coliseum $59+, All Ages
Buy Tickets: https://www.axs.com/events/841029/sturgill-simpson-presents-tickets
8PM - Nolan Taylor w/The Hill Country Devil
Americana @ Open Chord $22 Advance, All Ages
Buy Tickets: https://www.seetickets.us/event/nolan-taylor/633059
8PM - The Matt Nelson Sound
Jazz @ Bistro at the Bijou $FREE, All Ages
8PM-Late - Jared Petteys & The Headliners, Rossdafareye
Rock then Appalachian Space Funk @ Preservation Pub $10, 21+
8PM-Late - Love Drunk & The Hangovers, Sterl the Pearl
Emo Tribute then DJs & Dancing & Stuff @ Lunaverse $10, 21+
8PM - Mikki Norwood Band
Covers & Stuff @ Schulz Bräu $FREE, All Ages
8PM - 110 in the Shade
Funk & Soul Covers @ Union Place $FREE 21+?
8:30PM - Time Machine
Classic Rock & Stuff @ Finn's Tavern $FREE, 21+
9PM - Mike Jones
Singer-Songwriter @ Pour Taproom $FREE, 21+
9PM - Big Creek Bluegrass
Bluegrass @ Jig & Reel $FREE, 21+
9PM - La Pocima Norteña, Conjunto Rienda Real
Norteña & Stuff @ Knoxville Coliseum $60, 18+
Buy Tickets: https://ticketon.com/en/events/la-pocima-nortea-conjunto-rienda-real-y-mas-knoxville-tn-2025-05-16-7ilrlmxq2o2k
9:30PM - Dead Ringers
Classic Rock Tribute @ Scruffy City Hall $10, 21+
Saturday 5/17
12PM - D. Boone Pitman
WDVX Blue Plate Special @ Visit Knox $FREE, All Ages
11AM-10PM - Holleroo: The Weeks, King Super & The Excellents, Kevin Abernathy, New Market Trainwrecks
Music at 4PM @ Happy Holler $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Meadowtone (Willow Osborne, Jesse Blue Eads, Cody Bauer)
Folk @ Birdhouse $15, All Ages
Buy Tickets: https://www.simpletix.com/e/meadowtone-tickets-217096
7PM - Regal Beagle
Classic Covers & Stuff @ Ale' Rae's $FREE, All Ages
7PM - The Pirkles
Bluegrass & Stuff @ Trailhead Beer Market $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Donnie & The Dry Heavers
Indie Rock Jams @ Kern's Food Hall $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Carteret Bank's Mojo Band
Roots & Reggae @ Side Hustle At Lonesome Dove $FREE, All Ages
7:30PM - Kelsi Walker w/Madeline Finn
Album Release Show @ Ironwood Studios/Spacecraft Knox $15, All Ages
Buy Tickets: https://www.simpletix.com/e/here-and-here-before-release-show-tickets-213023
8PM - 2Close4Comfort 2: DPM Skitty, Young Freeman, Heaven2madness, Big Fuzz, Raysean, N.A.R.R., Jaymo, Loudpack, & more
Hip Hop & Stuff @ Pilot Light $10, 18+
8PM - Melton, Day, and Ilagan
Jazz @ Bistro at the Bijou $FREE, All Ages
8PM - Allison Eide
Singer-Songwriter @ Open Chord $15 Advance, $20 Day of Show, All Ages
Buy Tickets: https://www.prekindle.com/promo/id/-2853111880381895117
8PM-Late - Brothers Revolt, Abbey Elmore Band
Rock & Stuff @ Preservation Pub $10, 21+
8PM-Late - Ms. Nikki & The Uptown Players, The Analog Kids
Soul then 00s Tribute @ Scruffy City Hall $10, 21+
8PM-Late - DJ Loor w/DJ Space Cowboy
DJs & Dancing & Stuff @ Lunaverse $10, 21+
8PM - Natti Love Joys
Reggae @ Union Place $FREE, 21+
9PM - Melissa Carper
Swing Americana @ Jig & Reel $FREE, 21+
9PM - Gray J, FREQ-K, Rutam, Tiny, Dialectic Sines
EDM @ Sassy Ann's $20 BYOB, 21+
9PM - Temple (Sci-Fi Theme) w/karlaB00, Cemetery Sex, Darkness, M3RK
Goth/Industrial/Alternative dance night @ CORE $10, 21+
10PM - VKTM w/Chango, Inzayne, Emoney, Yakota
Dubstep & Stuff @ Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus $30+, 18+
Buy Tickets: https://theticketing.co/e/vktmknox
10PM - Corey James Clifton
Soulful Rock @ Barley's $5, 21+
Sunday 5/18
2PM - Cattywampus Puppet Council Parade & Block Party
Parade & Block Party & More @ Suttree Landing Park $FREE, All Ages
2PM Parade Line Up
3PM Parade Kick Off
2-6PM Block Party
3PM - Cookie Hopper
Wagon Wheel Live @ Wagon Wheel $FREE, All Ages?
7PM - Owen Tharp & Hunter Deacon
Crafty Jazz Night @ Crafty Bastard (Downtown/Emory Place)
8PM - Haywire w/Die Laughing, Shogun, Two Choices
Hardcore & Stuff @ Pilot Light $25, 18+
8PM - Tennessee Stifflegs
Old Time & Swing @ Barley's $20, 21+
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