Knoxville Live Music Calendar 4/27-05/03

April comes to an end! Will those April showers lead to May flowers? Either way, check out our list and enjoy some 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!!

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Monday 04/27

Tuesday 04/28

Wednesday 04/29

Thursday 04/30

Friday 05/01

Saturday 05/02

Sunday 05/03

Monday 04/27

• 6PM - Marcus Bunch

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

• 6:30PM - The S.E.T. w/Retribution, Lethal Method, Voice of Ambition, World of Ruin

  • Hardcore @ Karns Community Center (6616 Beaver Ridge) $15, All Ages

• 7PM - Matt Nelson, Kyle Brooks, Ethan Pappas, Will Johnson, Ryan Dunaway, Jack Bird

  • Out Series Improvisations @ Pilot Light $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - Sky Hatcher Trio

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

• 7PM - Frog & Toad

  • Jazz @ Harvest $FREE, All Ages

• 9PM-Late - Prince of the Burning Sands

  • Rock @ Preservation Pub $3, 21+

Tuesday 04/28

• 7PM - Laurel Square Dance w/Lincoln Park String Band

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

• 7:30PM - Lake Street Dive w/Jackie Evans

  • Pop-Soul @ Tennessee Theatre $47+, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/lake-street-dive-knoxville-tennessee-04-28-2026/event/1B006379EBA6D5B7

• 8PM - Gr3y Boy, Sweepers w/Wage Worker, Glad I Didn’t Get My Stupid Wish

  • Punk & Stuff @ Pilot Light $10, All Ages

• 8PM - The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight

  • Classic Musicians Doing Rock & Metal @ Knoxville Civic Auditorium $75+, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B00634CB63B5D4A

• 9PM-Late - Prince of the Burning Sands

  • Rock @ Preservation Pub $3, 21+

Wednesday 04/29

• 7PM - Spring Vibes w/Knoxville Jazz Orchestra

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

• 7PM - J. Luke Cochran

  • Knox Whiskey Wednesdays @ Suttree's $FREE, All Ages

• 7:30PM - Marc Broussard w/Sway Wild

  • Bayou Soul @ Bijou Theatre $52+, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B006426C61EAA8E

• 7:30PM - Strings & Heart

  • Indie Rock @ Open Chord $20, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/strings-heart-open-chord-stage-tickets/14162624

• 8PM - Chameleous w/King Pall

  • Grunge/Psych Swing & Stuff @ Pilot Light $10, All Ages

• 9PM - Rossdafareye

  • Appalachian Space Funk @ Preservation Pub $5, 21+

  
  

Thursday 04/30

• 12PM - Justin Kaleb

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

• 6PM - TBA

  • TBA @ Central Flats & Taps $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - TBA

  • Honky Tonk Thursday @ Barley's $5, All Ages

• 7PM - Filthy Ferraris

  • Two Step Thursday @ Suttree's $FREE, All Ages

• 7:30PM - Fort Knox, Nova Inc., Ella Pinchok

  • Emerging Music Makers @ Laurel Theater $15 Advance, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/jubilee-community-arts/carrying-the-torch

• 7:30PM - Brandy Clark

  • Country @ Bijou Theatre $62+, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/an-evening-with-brandy-clark-knoxville-tennessee-04-30-2026/event/1B006459C7CB12BB

• 8PM - The Part Timers w/20cats, Vin Honey

  • Indie rock & stuff @ Pilot Light $10, All Ages

• 8:30PM - RAWK-aoke Live Band Karaoke

  • Live Band Karaoke @ Scruffy City Hall $5, 21+

  • Song List: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMzEtlx0Kal3RjOtZqEDZDkRM8UH3-r1jZnByrSKZme3qtaA/viewform

• 9PM - Grits and Greens

  • Jams @ Preservation Pub $5, 21+

• 9PM - Jmo, Babychef, Grayj

  • DJ Night @ Fly By Night $5, 21+

• 9PM - Sinkane W/Dj Soularia, Legend C. Hodge

  • Genre bending funky band @ Barley's $$10 Advance, $15 Day of Show, 21+

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sinkane-tickets-1982628620575

• 9:30PM - Shaun Abbott

  • Country @ Wagon Wheel $FREE, 21+

  
  

Friday 05/01

• 12PM - Grits and Greens

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

• 2PM-10PM - Thaw Out Festival w/DABABY, Acraze, Ian Asher, The Gringos, Miami Xo

  • One Day Music Fest @ World's Fair Park $50, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://tickets.lineleap.com/e/tDbO89619sakPUv0WqSs

• 5PM - Adam Miller

  • Singer-Songwriter @ Barrelhouse By Gypsy Circus $FREE, All Ages

• 6PM-9PM - Outlandish Adventure Festival

  • Music & The Great Outdoors @ Ijams Nature Center $FREE, All Ages

  • Learn More: https://www.outlandishaf.org/

• 6PM - River Company Band

  • Rock @ Kern's Bakery $FREE, All Ages

• 6:30PM - Disarmer w/Do Yourself In, Belljar, World of Ruin

  • Hardcore & Stuff @ Karns Community Center 7708 Oak Ridge Hwy $10, All Ages

• 6:30PM - Steph Cabell

  • Singer-songwriter @ Nauti K's $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - Caleb Wheels w/Big Kev, Kevin Nowell, Corey Legend Hodge

  • House @ Mirage $FREE, 21+

• 7PM - TBA

  • TBA @ Flock Beer & Wine $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - Of A Feather: Kelly Hunt & Sara Morgan

  • Americana/Country @ Back Door Tavern $FREE, 21+

• 7PM - Lydia Hamby & Co

  • Americana @ Side Hustle at Lonesome Dove $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - Hunter Deacon Trio

  • Tavern Notes @ Maker Exchange $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - Von Sutherland

  • Acoustic @ Crafty Bastard West $FREE, 21+?

• 7:30PM - Black Jacket Symphony: Bon Jovi "Slippery When Wet"

  • Bon Jovi Tribute @ Knoxville Civic Auditorium $46+, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B00642CC57CB993

• 8PM - Suits Are For Sinners w/Oceans Until, King Ghoul

  • Metal & Stuff @ Pilot Light $10, All Ages

• 8PM - Absinthe All-Stars

  • Jazz @ Bistro at the Bijou $5, All Ages

• 8PM - Paper Wings w/Count This Penny

  • Folk & Stuff @ Laurel Theater $15 Advance, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/jubilee-community-arts/paper-wings-w-count-this-penny

• 8PM - Mal Nombre w/Sola Tomple

  • Groovy instrumentals @ Fly By Night $5, 21+

• 8PM-Late - (8PM) The FSBs (11:30PM) Stacked Actors

  • Jams Then Foo Fighters Tribute @ Preservation Pub $10, 21+

• 8PM - Tyler Booth w/Matt Allum, Johnny Shelton

  • Country @ Open Chord $20 Advance, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.eventim.us/wafform.aspx?_act=eventtickets&_pky=683830

• 8PM - Shelby Cline

  • Acoustic @ Sonny's Original Southern Pub $FREE, 21+

• 8PM - Olive Street Band

  • Rock @ Schulz Bräu $FREE, All Ages

• 8PM - Wild Cards

  • Country @ Cotton Eyed Joe $20, 18+

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B00646AB4B1F73A

• 9PM - The Keesters

  • Bluegrass @ Jig & Reel $FREE, 21+

• 9PM-Late - Doomsayer, SHMBLS

  • Planet Doom Emo Night @ Scruffy City Hall $10, 21+

• 9PM - Vinyl Countdown

  • Classic rock & stuff @ Finn's Tavern $FREE, 21+

• 9PM - Dynamic Panic

  • Rock & Stuff @ Pirate Tavern $FREE, 21+

• 10PM - Big Dog

  • Jazzy jams @ Barley's $5, 21+

• 10:30PM - Will Shepard Band

  • Country @ Wagon Wheel $FREE, 21+

Saturday 05/02

• 11AM-10PM - Outlandish Adventure Festival

  • Music & The Great Outdoors @ Ijams Nature Center $FREE, All Ages

  • Learn More: https://www.outlandishaf.org/

• 3PM-9PM - Knox Pop Con w/Shihori & more

  • Asian Pop Music Festival @ Bridgewater Place $30, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets & Learn More: https://knoxpopcon.love/events/kpc-2026

• 5PM - Luke Combs w/Dierks Bentley, Ty Myers, Jake Worthington, Thelma & James

  • Country @ Neyland Stadium $57+, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B00633ED8CD7A6F

• 5PM - UT Appalachian Strings

  • Bluegrass & Stuff @ Schulz Bräu $FREE, All Ages

• 6PM - Corey James Clifton

  • Soulful Rock @ Kern's Bakery $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - The Naughty Knots

  • Bluegrass & Stuff @ Trailhead Beer Market $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - Chico's Lot

  • Rock & Stuff @ Ale' Rae's $FREE, All Ages

• 7PM - TBA

  • TBA @ Side Hustle at Lonesome Dove $FREE, All Ages

• 8PM - Wolf Eyes, Breakup Princess

  • Experimental & Stuff @ Pilot Light $15 Advance, $20 Day of Show, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.freshtix.com/events/wolf-eyes

• 8PM - Philip Troutman

  • Jazz @ Bistro at the Bijou $5, All Ages

• 8PM-Late - (8PM) The Lucky Losers (11:30PM) Ms Nikki And The Uptown Players

  • Soul, Funk, & Pop @ Preservation Pub $10, 21+

• 8PM-Late - (8PM) Milkshake Fatty (11PM) Jadas Priest

  • Judas Priest Tribute & Jams @ Scruffy City Hall $10, 21+

• 8PM - Giovannie & The Hired Guns

  • Country Rock @ Cotton Eyed Joe $25, 18+

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B00645384D5AD88?

• 8PM - Saints and Sinners

  • Rock @ Sonny's Original Southern Pub $FREE, 21+

• 8PM - The Deep Fakes

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

• 8PM - AYÇA

  • Diva Rock @ Fountain City Social $FREE, 21+

• 9PM - Jazzica

  • Jazz @ Jig & Reel $FREE, 21+

• 9PM - ADHD Playlist Band

  • Covers & Stuff @ Finn's Tavern $FREE, 21+

• 10:30PM - Will Shepard Band

  • Country @ Wagon Wheel $FREE, 21+

  
  

Sunday 05/03

• 11AM-2PM - Knoshville Jewish Food Festival

  • Food, Music & More @ Knoxville Jewish Alliance $FREE, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets & Learn More: https://www.facebook.com/events/1254165613528861/

• 12PM-8PM - ArabFest

  • Food, Music & More @ Market Square $FREE, All Ages

  • Learn More: https://www.facebook.com/events/2027291321185956

• 1PM - Maddie Dishner

  • Singer-Songwriter @ Kern's Bakery $FREE, All Ages

• 2PM - TBA

  • Jazz @ Trailhead Beer Market $FREE, All Ages

• 2:30PM - Knoxville Symphony Chamber Classics Series: Applachian Spring

  • Spring Music & Stuff @ Bijou Theatre $27+, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/appalachian-spring-knoxville-tennessee-05-03-2026/event/1B006307BA7081AE

  • Learn More: https://knoxbijou.org/bijou-events/knoxville-symphony-chamber-classics-series-appalachian-spring/

• 3PM - Will Shepard Band

  • Country @ Wagon Wheel $FREE, 21+

• 3PM - Blues Cruise w/The Joe Moss Band

  • Blues on a boat @ Tennessee Riverboat $35, All Ages

  • Buy Tickets: https://www.tnriverboat.com/

• 4PM - Kukuly & the Fuego w/Mudbug Stompers

  • WOZO May Day @ Birdhouse $FREE?, All Ages

• 6PM - Buried Truth w/Strafe, Bare Your Teeth, Shattered Self, Intent to Bleed

  • Hardcore & Stuff @ Karns Community Center 7708 Oak Ridge Hwy $15, All Ages

• 7PM - TBA

  • Crafty Jazz Night @ Crafty Bastard (Downtown/Emory Place) $FREE, All Ages

• 8PM - B|_ank w/Jason Calhoun, Lam.Ent, Vibrator

  • Electronic Stuff @ Pilot Light $10, All Ages