Knoxville Live Music Calendar 9/15 - 9/21
- Jared Hagemann
- Sep 15
- 6 min read
Updated: Sep 17
Another exciting week of live music in Knoxville, and you should go see it all.
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 9/15
12PM - Matt Axton, Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes
WDVX Blue Plate Special @ Visit Knox $FREE, All Ages
6PM - Tattle Tail
Knox Brew Stories @ Suttree's $FREE, All Ages
7PM - David Kline, Brandon Beavers, Matt Nelson
Out Series Improvisations @ Pilot Light $FREE, 18+ (All Ages with Adult)
7PM - UTK Jam w/Margherita Fava
Jazz @ Bistro at the Bijou $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Frog & Toad
Jazz @ Harvest $FREE, All Ages
9PM-Late - Tori Allen, Sean Tobin & The Boardwalk Fire
Americana & Stuff @ Preservation Pub $3, 21+
Tuesday 9/16
12PM - Craig Marshall
WDVX Blue Plate Special @ Visit Knox $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Larry Vincent Quartet
Jazz @ Market Square $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Sam Adams Trio
Jazz @ Harvest $FREE, All Ages
8PM - Hide w/Dagger Wound, FKA Ice
Electronic/Industrial @ Pilot Light $10, 18+ (All Ages with Adult)
8PM - hey thanks. w/Antadie, Vin Honey
Indie Rock & Stuff @ Fly By Night $5, 21+
9PM-Late - Prince of the Burning Sands
Rock @ Preservation Pub $3, 21+
Wednesday 9/17
12PM - Chris Wilhelm
WDVX Blue Plate Special @ Visit Knox $FREE, All Ages
6PM - Live Band Karaoke w/Tinca Tinca & Friends
Signups 6PM, Music 7PM @ Pretentious Beer $FREE, All Ages
Music List: https://www.tincatincamusic.com/lbk
6PM - Hootenanny Singer-Songwriter Night
Signups 6PM, Music 7PM @ Jig & Reel $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Summer Vibes w/Knoxville Jazz Orchestra
Jazz @ Bistro at the Bijou $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Andrew Swafford
Synth + Guitar Ambience @ Fly By Night $FREE, 21+
8PM - Cooper w/Peace Pursuers, Vin Honey
Yeehaw Punk & Stuff @ Pilot Light $10, 18+ (All Ages with Adult)
8PM - Cannibal Corpse
Death Metal @ Mill & Mine $35 Advance, $45 Day of Show 18+
Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/cannibal-corpse-north-america-2025-the-mill-mine-tickets/14431123
8PM - Leo Kottke
Folk @ Bijou $52+, All Ages
Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B0062CB95D11BF5
8PM - Jennifer Knapp
Singer-Songwriter @ Open Chord $25, All Ages
Buy Tickets: https://www.prekindle.com/promo/id/-2853111880157887957
9PM-Late - Prince of the Burning Sands
Rock @ Preservation Pub $3, 21+
9:30PM - Brandon Krul
Country @ Wagon Wheel $FREE, 21+
Thursday 9/18
12PM - Roger Street Friedman
WDVX Blue Plate Special @ Visit Knox $FREE, All Ages
6PM - The Coffey Brothers
Folk @ Central Flats & Taps $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Adrian Bundy
Honky Tonk Thursday @ Ciderville Music Barn $10, All Ages
7PM - Square on the Square
Square Dancin' @ Market Square $FREE, All Ages
7PM - The Filthy Ferraris
Honky Tonk @ Suttree's $FREE, All Ages
7:30PM - Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven's 9th & More @ Tennessee Theatre $41+, All Ages
Buy Tickets 9/18: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B006307B9A280B4
8PM - Spookstina w/Lebentropic, Thrush
Drone & Stuff @ Pilot Light $10, 18+ (All Ages with Adult)
8PM - The Brook & The Bluff
Indie Rock & Stuff @ Mill & Mine $25 Advance, $28 Day of Show, 18+
Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/the-brook-the-bluff-the-mill-mine-tickets/13764054
8:30PM - RAWK-aake Live Band Karaoke
Live Band Karaoke @ Scruffy City Hall $5, 21+
9PM - Sam Quinn & Cartwright Brothers w/Ben McLaughlin
Americana & Stuff @ Barley's $5, 21+
9PM-Late - Skyway 61
Rock @ Preservation Pub $5, 21+
9PM - DJ Drewksii
DJ Night @ Fly By Night $5, 21+
9:30PM - Brandon Krul
Country @ Wagon Wheel $FREE, 21+
Friday 9/19
12PM - Mal Nombre
WDVX Big Plate @ Barley's $FREE, All Ages
7PM - The Vertical Birds
Soul Rock @ Trailhead Beer Market $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Bootleg Radio
Country @ Side Hustle at Lonesome Dove $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Alicia Harvey
Country @ Suttree's $FREE, All Ages
'7PM - Mic Harrison & The High Score
New Album Listening Party @ Corner Lounge $FREE, 21+
7PM - Whiskey Compass
Rock Covers @ Ale' Rae's $FREE, All Ages
7:30PM - Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven's 9th & More @ Tennessee Theatre $41+, All Ages
Buy Tickets 9/19: https://www.ticketmaster.com/beethovens-9th-knoxville-tennessee-09-19-2025/event/1B006307B9A580BB
7:30PM - Mary Moz
El Salvadoran @ Mariscos Pacifico Nayarit $FREE, All Ages
8PM - Analog Kid w/Sunfold, Admiral
Psych Rock & Stuff @ Pilot Light $10, 18+ (All Ages with Adult)
8PM - Danny Schmidt
Singer-Songwriter @ Laurel Theater $15 Advance, All Ages
Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/jubilee-community-arts/danny-schmidt
8PM - Absinthe All-Stars
Jazz @ Bistro at the Bijou $5, All Ages
8PM-Late - (8PM) Moody Bridge, (11:30PM) Edgewood Heavy
Rock & Stuff @ Preservation Pub $10, 21+
8PM - Daft Disko: A French House & Disco Party
French House & Disco @ Open Chord $20, 18+
Buy Tickets: https://www.prekindle.com/promo/id/-2853111880092733266
8PM - Kings Reign
Rock @ Sonny's Original Southern Pub $FREE, 21+
8PM - Candela
Salsa, Cumbia, Baccahata @ Union Place $FREE, 21+
9PM - Sean "Mack" McDonald
Blues & Stuff @ Jig & Reel $FREE, 21+
9PM-Late - FSB's
Rock & Jazz improvisations @ Scruffy City Hall $10, 21+
9PM - Skyway 61
Rock @ Finn's Tavern $FREE, 21+
9PM - Cherub w/Sessy, Fiction, Colin O'Neal
Jams & EDM @ The Standard $29, 18+
Buy Tickets:https://www.ticketweb.com/event/cherub-the-standard-tickets/14488433
10PM-Late - TBA
Extraterrestrial Rave @ Lunaverse $10, 21+
Saturday 9/20
5AM-11PM - Knoxville Oktoberfest
Annual Multi-Week Oktoberfest @ Schulz Bräu $FREE, All Ages
Learn More: https://knoxvilleoktoberfest.com/
5AM: Doors Open to Ticket Holders
5AM – 8AM: Live Music: Mike & Sande of the Knoxville Polka Kings
6AM: 10th Annual Barrel Tapping
8:30AM: Fun-Hoisting (Masskrugstemmen)
9AM: Doors Open to Public
9:30AM: Dirndl-Lederhosen Contest
10:30AM-12:30AM: Live Music: DeLeon Oktoberfest Band
12:45PM: Football Watch Party: UT vs UAB
3:30PM-6:30PM: Live Music: Knoxville Polka Kings
6:30PM: Dirndl-Lederhosen Contest
7PM: Fun-Hoisting (Masskrugstemmen)
7:00PM-11:00PM: Live Music: DeLeon Oktoberfest Band
12PM - Eric Sommer, Forrest Day
WDVX Blue Plate Special @ Visit Knox $FREE, All Ages
12:45PM - Tennessee Volunteers Football: Volunteers vs UAB Blazers
Football @ Neyland Stadium $69+, All Ages
6PM - Wishful Speaking w/Telefronetic
Open Poetry & Music @ Spacecraft $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Rodney Lee, Cory Kimbro
Singer-Songwriters @ Trailhead Beer Market $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Voodoo Cadillac
Covers & Stuff @ Ale' Rae's $FREE, All Ages
7PM - Arcelia Cisneros
Latin Pop @ Mariscos Pacifico Nayarit $FREE, All Ages
8PM - Shared Walls w/Tinca Tinca, Gavin Kattesh
Indie Rock & Stuff @ Pilot Light $10, 18+ (All Ages with Adult)
8PM - Jeanine Fuller
Jazz @ Bistro at the Bijou $5, All Ages
8PM - Analog Kid w/Tungsten Husken
Psych Rock & Stuff @ Fly By Night $5, 21+
8PM-Late - (8PM) Podunk Ramblers (11:30PM) Knockdown Dragouts
Bluegrass then Rock @ Preservation Pub $10, 21+
Indie Rock & Stuff @ Open Chord $24 Advance, All Ages
Buy Tickets: https://www.prekindle.com/promo/id/-2853111880158199549
8PM - AYÇA
Rock @ Sonny's Original Southern Pub $FREE, 21+
9PM - Fisher & Friends
Folk & Blues & Jams @ Jig & Reel $FREE, 21+
9PM-Late - Scruffy City Soul Machine
Soul & Funk @ Scruffy City Hall $10, 21+
9PM-Late - J Mo, Andrew Fetch, Blaine Mason, Nark Angel, Tiny Shaver
EDM & Stuff @ Sassy Ann's $20?, 21+
9PM - Temple: Comic Book
Goth/Industrial/Alternative dance night @ CORE $10, 21+
9PM - Will Shepard
Country @ Wagon Wheel $FREE, 21+
9PM - Thor & The Reigns
Rock @ Finn's Tavern $FREE, 21+
10PM - Wreckless Strangers
Blues & Funk @ Barley's $5, 21+
10PM-Late - QØRUS, Andres Tapia
DJs @ Lunaverse $10, 21+
Sunday 9/21
10AM-9PM - Knoxville Oktoberfest
Annual Multi-Week Oktoberfest @ Schulz Bräu $FREE, All Ages
Learn More: https://knoxvilleoktoberfest.com/
10AM: Doors Open
11AM: Showing of Der Trachten-und Schützenzug (Munich’s Traditional Costume & Rifle Parade)
1PM – 4PM: Live Music: Concord Brass
4:15PM: Official Masskrugstemmen 1/12
5PM – 9PM: Live Music: DeLeon Oktoberfest Band
6PM: Dirndl-Lederhosen Contest
2PM - Mariachi Guadalupano
Mariachi @ Mariscos Pacifico Nayarit $FREE, All Ages
3PM - Luke Purcell
Wagon Wheel Live @ Wagon Wheel $FREE, 21+
7PM - Chris Canada
Crafty Jazz Night @ Crafty Bastard (Downtown/Emory Place) $FREE, All Ages
7:30PM - Motown Magic Feat. The Motowners
Motown Tribute @ Bijou $46+, All Ages
Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B006306E5CA538B
8PM - Nightjar w/Run 40, You Just Don't
Alt/Indie Folk & Stuff @ Pilot Light $10, 18+ (All Ages with Adult)
8PM - Allen Stone
Soul/R&B @ Mill & Mine $30 Advance, $35 Day of Show 18+
Buy Tickets: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/allen-stone-2025-tour-the-mill-mine-tickets/13791534
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