Knoxville Live Music 5/12 - 5/18

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

Tuesday 5/13

Wednesday 5/14

Thursday 5/15

Friday 5/16

Saturday 5/17

Sunday 5/18

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

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/alyssa-edwards-crowned-north-american-tour-knoxville-tennessee-05-15-2025/event/1B006186CDB96601

• 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

• 7PM - The Vertical Birds

  • 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 - DJ Tapi, Sterl the Pearl

  • 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+