Knoxville Live Music Calendar 05/04-05/10

Jared Hagemann
3 hours ago
5 min read

May the fourth be with you! We're trucking along through this year. How are you? Hopefully everything is good 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 05/04

12PM - Mighty Musical Monday w/Brian Clay
- Mighty Musical Monday @ Tennessee Theatre $FREE, All Ages
6PM - Emisunshine
- Knox Brew Stories @ Suttree's $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Logan Davis, David Kline, Richard Davis, Randy Brow, David Kline, Paul Seguna, Margherita Fava, Hunter Deacon
- Out Series Improvisations @ Pilot Light $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Summit Hetman Trio
- Jazz @ Bistro at the Bijou $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Frog & Toad
- Jazz @ Harvest $FREE, All Ages
8PM-Late - TJO, Mockingbird, Goo$ie
- Knox Box Beats @ Knox Box Karaoke $5, 21+
9PM-Late - The Shaydes
- Rock @ Preservation Pub $3, 21+

Tuesday 05/05

7PM - Sam Adams
- Jazz on the Square @ Market Square $FREE, All Ages
9PM-Late - The Shaydes
- Rock @ Preservation Pub $3, 21+

Wednesday 05/06

6PM - Webb Wilder w/The New Market Trainwrecks
- WDVX Summer Nights @ Yee-Haw Brewing $FREE, All Ages
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
7PM - Psychostick w/Valkyrie's Fire, Answers in Blood
- Metal @ Open Chord $20 Advance, All Ages
- Buy Tickets: https://www.eventim.us/event/tickets/681720
7:30PM - Avatar w/Fleshbod Apocalypse, Frozen Soul
- Metal @ Mill & Mine $35 Advance, $40 Day of Show, 18+
8PM - Slow Slow Loris w/Chasm,Lebentropic
- Electronic Stuff @ Pilot Light $10, All Ages
9PM - Merlin's Nest
- Jazz Fusion & More @ Preservation Pub $5, 21+

Thursday 05/07

12PM - Kara Grainger, The Prickly Pair
- WDVX Blue Plate @ Barley's $FREE, All Ages
6PM - Josh Bruce
- Singer-Songwriter @ Central Flats & Taps $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Tanner Burch, Will Carter
- Honky Tonk Thursday @ Barley's $5, All Ages
7PM - Filthy Ferraris
- Two Step Thursday @ Suttree's $FREE, All Ages
8PM - Alex Mexiner
- Maifest @ Schulz Bräu $FREE, All Ages
8PM - moe.
- Jams & Stuff @ Mill & Mine $31 Advance, $36 Day of Show, 18+
8PM - Melissa Quinn Fox, Levi Foster
- Country @ Open Chord $10 Advance, $15 Day of Show, All Ages
- Buy Tickets: https://www.prekindle.com/promo/id/-2852852648512115876
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 - Merlin's Nest
- Jazz Fusion & More @ Preservation Pub $5, 21+
9PM - D-Mart, Cassanova
- Disco, Funk, Soul @ Fly By Night $5, 21+
9:30PM - Ethan Morgan
- Country @ Wagon Wheel $FREE, 21+

Friday 05/08

12PM - Blue Mother Tupelo
- WDVX Big Plate @ Barley's $FREE, All Ages
6PM - Scruffy City Soul Machine
- Soul & Funk Hits @ Kern's Bakery $FREE, All Ages
6:30PM - COOP1, JPAYNE, 20cats
- Lochhtoberfest @ The Birdhouse $5, All Ages
7PM - Paperwork, Yer Flowers, & More
- Knox SOCM Rent Party @ Fly By Night $15 Suggested, 21+
7PM - Peace Pursuer, Milk Man & The Small Band, Doug's Safari, Alla Prima, Richie
- Brainstorming 2026 @ The Commune $FREE, 18+
7PM - Crazy on Heart: A Tribute to the Music of Heart
- Heart Tribute @ Crafty Bastard West $15, 21+?
- Buy Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crazy-on-heart-a-tribute-to-heart-tickets-1979914279909
7PM - Travis Tench, Drew Jones
- Indie Rock & Stuff @ Flock Beer & Wine $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Jon Whitlock & Friends
- Singer-Songwriter @ Trailhead Beer Market $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Marcus Bunch
- Singer-Songwriter @ Side Hustle at Lonesome Dove $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Alicia Harvey
- Country @ Suttree's $FREE, All Ages
7PM - TBA
- Tavern Notes @ Maker Exchange $FREE, All Ages
7:30PM - A Tribute to the Minneapolis Sound
- Soundscapes at the KMA @ Knoxville Museum of Art $25, All Ages
- Buy Tickets & Learn More: https://knoxart.org/event/soundscapes-5-2026/
8PM - Cece Coakley w/Easy Does It
- Indie Stuff @ Pilot Light $12 Advance, $15 Day of Show, All Ages
- Buy Tickets: https://www.freshtix.com/events/cece-coakley-2026
8PM - Mark Boling Trio Life
- Jazz @ Bistro at the Bijou $5, All Ages
8PM-Late - (8PM) Villaphonic (11:30PM) Soulfinger
- Instrumentals then Soul @ Preservation Pub $10, 21+
8PM-Late - (8PM) Loveshyne (11PM) High Heat
- Rock @ Scruffy City Hall $10, 21+
8PM - Supernova: A Tribute to Oasis
- Oasis Tribute @ Open Chord $20 Advance, $25 Day of Show, All Ages
- Buy Tickets: https://www.prekindle.com/promo/id/-2852527949181229266
8PM - Vinyl Countdown
- Classic rock & stuff @ Sonny's Original Southern Pub $FREE, 21+
8PM - Alex Mexiner
- Maifest @ Schulz Bräu $FREE, All Ages
9PM - Mike McGill
- Honky Tonk @ Jig & Reel $FREE, 21+
9PM - The Kincaid Band
- 60s-90s covers @ Finn's Tavern $FREE, 21+
10PM - Paul McDonald & The Mourning Doves
- Indie Rock @ Barley's $5, 21+

Saturday 05/09

11AM-10PM - Holleroo: Connor Kelly & The Time Warp, Analog Kid, UaD5, Knox Honkers & Bangers
- Happy Holler Street Fair @ Happy Holler $FREE, All Ages
12PM-11PM - (12PM) Concord Brass, (4PM) Knoxville Polka Kings, (8PM) The Johnny Koeing Band
- Maifest @ Schulz Bräu $FREE, All Ages
3PM-9PM - C. Berry, Christian Porter, Drift Boat Cowboys
- Music for a Cure Benefit @ Cotton Eyed Joe $50, All Ages
- Buy Tickets: https://www.cottoneyedjoe.com/shows/music-for-a-cure-benefit-concert-saturday-may-9th/?
6PM - Cameron Moore Trio
- Improv & Stuff @ Kern's Bakery $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Mike Jones
- Singer-Songwriter @ Trailhead Beer Market $FREE, All Ages
7PM - TBA
- TBA @ Side Hustle at Lonesome Dove $FREE, All Ages
8PM - Cam Girl w/Psyclops, Gramphix, Rough Dreams
- Metal & Stuff @ Pilot Light $15, All Ages
8PM - Melton, Day, and Ilagan
- Jazz @ Bistro at the Bijou $5, All Ages
8PM-Late - (8PM) Crowd Control (11:30PM) King Ghoul
- Grunge & Rock @ Preservation Pub $10, 21+
8PM - JMO, Colin O'Neal
- Big Pink House Party @ The Pink Cactus $FREE, 21+
8PM - Michael Cavanaugh w/Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
- Music of Paul Simon, James Taylor, & Neil Diamond @ Knoxville Civic Auditorium $54+, All Ages
- Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/michael-cavanaugh-the-music-of-paul-knoxville-tennessee-05-09-2026/event/1B006307BC2E8280
8PM - Sterling Elza, Cole Barnhill
- Country @ Open Chord $20, All Ages
- Buy Tickets: https://www.prekindle.com/promo/id/-2852852648461199087
8PM - Blind Date
- Vocal & Guitar Duo @ Sonny's Original Southern Pub $FREE, 21+
9PM - Charles Crisp & Friends
- Groovy Rock & Soul @ Jig & Reel $FREE, 21+
9PM-Late - Art of House DJs
- Zodiac Party @ Pour Taproom $FREE, 21+
9PM - Southern Sunrise
- Blues & Country @ Finn's Tavern $FREE, 21+
10PM-Late - Skankbanger
- 80s Metal Tribute @ Scruffy City Hall $10, 21+

Sunday 05/10

1PM - Chase Countiss
- Country & Stuff @ Kern's Bakery $FREE, All Ages
3PM - Sam Adams Band
- Jazz Jam @ Flock Beer & Wine $FREE, All Ages
4PM - Kukuly & The Fuego
- Maifest @ Schulz Bräu $FREE, All Ages
4PM - Roger Wallace
- Country @ Corner Lounge $FREE, 21+
4:30PM - Swingbooty, Jesse Eads
- Jazz @ Ijams Nature Center $10, All Ages
- Buy Tickets: https://www.ijams.org/event-details/special-event-jazz-at-ijams-on-mothers-day-2026
6PM - Tanner Burch
- Honky Tonk Mother's Day @ VFW 4th & Gill $5, All Ages
7PM - Sam Adams
- Crafty Jazz Night @ Crafty Bastard (Downtown/Emory Place) $FREE, All Ages
8PM - Madeline Goldstein w/New Romantics, Normal Bias
- Synth Pop & Darkwave @ Pilot Light $15, All Ages