Knoxville Live Music 5/19 - 5/25

Yes, you've come to the right place! 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 5/19

Tuesday 5/20

Wednesday 5/21

Thursday 5/22

Friday 5/23

Saturday 5/24

Sunday 5/25

Monday 5/19

• 12PM - Soul-R-Fusion

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special @ Visit Knox $FREE, All Ages

• 6PM - Noah Gray

  • Knox Brew Stories @ Suttree's $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - UTK Jazz Jam w/Jase Conley

  • Jazz @ Bistro at the Bijou $FREE, All Ages

• 7:30PM - Tennessee Wind Symphony

  • Wind Ensemble Symphony @ Tennessee Theatre $14+, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/tennessee-wind-symphony-knoxville-tennessee-05-19-2025/event/1B00626CA2148B6A

• 8PM - Sandy Ewen w/Matt Nelson

  • Experimental & Stuff @ Pilot Light $FREE, 18+

• 9PM - Danimal Pinson

  • Psych Rock @ Preservation Pub $3, 21+

Tuesday 5/20

• 12PM - Rees Shad

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special @ Visit Knox $FREE, All Ages

• 6PM - You Gotta Find Your People w/Kelsi Walker

  • Music Business & Culture Panel @ Visit Knox $FREE, All Ages

  • Reserve Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/themakercity/1667927

• 7PM - Denin Slage-Koch

  • Jazz @ Market Square $FREE, All Ages

• 8PM - Tellios w/Jorden Albright, Brent Hyder

  • Americana & Stuff @ Pilot Light $10, 18+

• 9PM - Danimal Pinson

  • Psych Rock @ Preservation Pub $3, 21+

Wednesday 5/21

• 12PM - Ash Taylor, Frank Viele

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special @ Visit Knox $FREE, All Ages

• 6PM - Live Band Karaoke w/Tinca Tinca & Friends

  • Signups @ 6PM, Show 7PM @ Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus $7, All Ages

  • Music List: https://www.tincatincamusic.com/lbk

• 7PM - New Market Trainwrecks

  • Old Time/Bluegrass @ Fly By Night $10, All Ages?

• 7PM - Spring Vibes w/Knoxville Jazz Orchestra

  • Jazz @ Bistro at the Bijou $FREE, All Ages

• 8PM - MORTARS w/NAW, Vincas

  • Punk & Stuff @ Pilot Light $10, 18+

• 9PM - Year of October

  • Fuzz Rock Soul @ Preservation Pub $5, 21+

Thursday 5/22

• 12PM - TBA

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special @ Visit Knox $FREE, All Ages

• 6PM - Josh Bruce

  • Singer-Songwriter @ Central Flats & Taps $FREE, All Ages

• 6:30PM - Double Helix: Jason & Braden Williams

  • Duo @ Ale' Rae's $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - Elijah Wyatt Band

  • Honky Tonk Thursday @ Suttree's $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - Joe Jordan w/Chelsea Samples & More

  • Acoustic Soul @ Finn's Tavern $FREE, All Ages?

• 7PM - Laurel Square Dance

  • Square Dancin' @ Laurel Theater $10, All Ages

• 8PM - Sam Quinn & Cartwright Brothers w/Joseph Allred, Miles Hewitt

  • Americana & Stuff @ Pilot Light $10, 18+

• 8PM - Kyran Daniel & Christie Lenée

  • Acoustic Guitarists @ Open Chord $22.50 Advance $25 Day of Show, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.prekindle.com/promo/id/-2853111880420624156

• 9PM - Year of October

  • Fuzz Rock Soul @ Preservation Pub $5, 21+

• 9PM - DJ Christian Ferrer

  • DJ Night @ Fly By Night $5, 21+

• 9PM - Admiral

  • Rock @ Scruffy City Hall $5, 21+

Friday 5/23

• 12PM - Bristol Lightning

  • WDVX Big Plate Special @ Barley's $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - Collection Action w/Banquet, Dozibrion, Man I Love Frogs

  • Hardcore, Rock & Stuff @ Remedy Coffee $10, $5 Kids All Ages

• 7PM - An Evening with the Beatles w/Travis Bigwood & Friends

  • Beatles Tribute @ Crafty Bastard (West) $17.85, All Ages?

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-the-beatles-travis-bigwood-tickets-1234927163389

• 7PM - Jake Broughton Band

  • Music @ Ale' Rae's $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - The Coffey Brothers

  • Folk @ Last Days of Autumn $FREE, All Ages?

• 7PM - Shifflet, Mullican, & Hannah

  • Music @ Trailhead Beer Market $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - Marcus Bunch

  • Live @ Side Hustle At Lonesome Dove $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - Noah Naugle

  • Music @ East by Orange Hat $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - Thor & The Reigns

  • Rock @ Creekside $FREE, All Ages

• 7:30PM Motown vs Stax

  • Soundscapes at the KMA @ Knoxville Museum of Art $20 Members, $25 Non, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets & Learn More: https://knoxart.org/event/soundscapes-5-2025/

• 8PM - Lakehaven w/Failure 2 Conform, Blitzkrieg Cop

  • Punk @ Pilot Light $10, 18+

• 8PM - Ashlee Watkins & Andrew Small (Watkins & Small)

  • Americana @ Laurel Theater $15ADV, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://jubilee-community-arts.ticketleap.com/ashlee-watkins--andrew-smalls/dates/May-23-2025_at_0800PM

• 8PM - Spectrum

  • Jazz @ Bistro at the Bijou $FREE, All Ages

• 8PM-Late - Drunk Uncle, Big Dog

  • Rock then Jams @ Preservation Pub $10, 21+

• 8PM-Late - The Coveralls, DJ Loor

  • Covers of All then DJs & Dancing & Stuff @ Lunaverse $10, 21+

• 8PM - AYÇA

  • Diva Rock @ Union Place $FREE 21+

• 8:30PM - Scruffy City Soul Machine

  • Soul & Funk @ Finn's Tavern $FREE, 21+

• 9PM - Mal Nombre

  • Groovy Instrumentals @ Jig & Reel $FREE, 21+

• 9:30PM - Vivid Display

  • Indie Rock @ Scruffy City Hall $10, 21+

• 10PM - Smells Like Nirvana: MTV Unplugged Set

  • Nirvana Tribute @ Barley's $20 Advance, $25 Day of Show, 21+

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/smells-like-nirvana-mtv-unplugged-set-tickets-1256905701789

Saturday 5/24

• 12PM - John M., Rino Calandra

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special @ Visit Knox $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - Tinca Tinca, Banquet

  • Indie Rock & Stuff @ Old City Performing Arts Center $10 ADV, $15 Day of Show, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.simpletix.com/e/old-city-performing-arts-center-presents-t-tickets-212422

• 7PM - Roman Reese & Michael Davis

  • Singer-Songwriter @ Trailhead Beer Market $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - Scruffy City Soul Machine

  • Soul & Funk @ Ale' Rae's $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - Kirk Fleta

  • Singer-Songwriter @ Side Hustle At Lonesome Dove $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - The Deep Fakes

  • Covers & Stuff @ Back Door Tavern $FREE, 21+

• 8PM - Chunx w/Tweejy, Suburban Detour

  • Punk & Stuff @ Pilot Light $10, 18+

• 8PM - Jeanine Fuller

  • Jazz @ Bistro at the Bijou $FREE, All Ages

• 8PM - Purple Evolution

  • Prince Tribute @ Open Chord $20 Advance, $25 Day of Show, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.prekindle.com/promo/id/-2853111880394531750

• 8PM-Late - Martha Spencer & Wonderland, Richard & The Twins

  • Country/Roots Then Rock @ Preservation Pub $10, 21+

• 8PM-Late - ???, Pretty Tied Up

  • ??? then 80s Rock Tribute @ Scruffy City Hall $10, 21+

• 8PM-Late - Doomsayer, SPNCE, Shosstav

  • EDM @ Lunaverse $10, 21+

• 8:30PM - AYÇA

  • Diva Rock @ Finn's Tavern $FREE, 21+

• 9PM - Mudbug Stompers

  • Old Time @ Jig & Reel $FREE, 21+

• 9PM - Civil Strife, Peace Pursuers

  • Rock @ Corner Lounge $FREE, 21+

• 9PM - Science & Reason, ColliderScope

  • Science & Physics Based Music @ Fly By Night $5, 21+

• 10PM - Los Elegantes de Jerez

  • Huapanga Night @ Knoxville Coliseum $30 Before 10PM, 18+

• 10PM - Return of the FSB's!

  • Rock & Jazz Improvisations @ Barley's $5, 21+

Sunday 5/25

• 7PM - Scythian w/Four Leaf Peat

  • Celtic Folk & Stuff @ Bijou $42+, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B00623CBACE614C

• 7PM - Frog & Toad

  • Crafty Jazz Night @ Crafty Bastard (Downtown/Emory Place)

• 8PM - A Place to Bury Strangers w/The Serfs

  • Noise Rock & Stuff @ Pilot Light $20, 18+

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.freshtix.com/events/a-place-to-bury-strangers--the-serfs