Knoxville 2022

Pittsburgh’s Merce Lemon has announced a run of 2025 tour dates with Jessica Pratt, with stops in Birmingham, New Orleans, Houston, Austin, Dallas, Tulsa, Bentonville, and her own performance at Big Ears Festival in Knoxville.

Nashville-based songwriter Brennan Wedl has shared her new single “Heartland.” Listen to it now!

Iconic Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli has announced new 2025 North American tour dates for February and June. The new tour includes ten show dates in major cities across the US, including Omaha, Tampa, Savannah, New Orleans, Houston, Austin, and Denver.

Berkeley Symphony, led by Music Director Joseph Young, will open the 2024–25 Symphonic Series with Stories From Home on Sunday, November 10 at 4 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall.

Knoxville Opera will present 'Opera's Greatest Hits: A Tribute to Robert Lyall,' a captivating concert featuring beloved operatic classics. Join us at the Clayton Center for the Arts on Sunday, September 22nd at 2:30 PM for an unforgettable afternoon of music.

Nail has announced that he will embark on his first-ever 12-city Christmas tour, creating a festive and intimate setting designed to transport audiences around a campfire as he performs holiday hits and reimagined Christmas classics.

Ahrens and Flaherty's Knoxville will receive a new production at the Clarence Brown Theatre at the University of Tennessee. Learn more about the show here!

Choreographer Dominic Moore-Dunson will present a national tour for The Remember Balloons, a family-friendly dance-theater production that addresses Alzheimer's disease through contemporary dance, music, and storytelling.

The Barn at Lee, an artist development space and residency program nestled in the Berkshires town of Lee, Massachusetts, will unveil its newly renovated theater with a lineup of performances set to debut on consecutive weekends, from Friday, September 13th through Saturday, September 28th.

OPERA America welcomes Knoxville Opera General Director & CEO Jason Hardy into its new class of board members, which includes distinguished leaders throughout the opera industry.

Big Loud's ERNEST has revealed support for his upcoming Legalize Country Music Road Show Tour, adding up-and-coming breakout artist Graham Barham to select dates. The previously announced headlining tour will kick off in Vancouver, Canada on Sept. 4 and continue throughout several markets, including Los Angeles, Calif., Anaheim, Calif., Fort Worth, Texas, and more.

Knoxville Opera has revealed its 2024-2025 season. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Netflix has dropped the first trailer for Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie, a new movie based on the popular animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. The film will hit the streamer on August 2, 2024. Watch the trailer now!

On August 2, Netflix will release Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie, a new movie based on the popular animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. Take a look at the new teaser posters here!

Knoxville Opera and NATS willpresent renowned tenor Lawrence Brownlee at the Tennessee Theatre this month. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Discover the new music video 'Somaw' by Grammy-nominated singer Fatoumata Diawara, featuring the talented Angie Stone. Experience a unique blend of African rhythms and soulful melodies. Fatoumata is embarking on a tour of the U.S. this spring, beginning March 24 at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN.

Breakout Nashville star Maggie Antone debuts a new song “I Don't Wanna Hear About It” with fellow rising artist Brendan Walter, written and produced by Antone and Carrie K (Noah Kahan, Jessie Murph, Suki Waterhouse). Antone's first new music of 2024, “I Don't Wanna Hear About It” follows a big year for the vocalist, songwriter and producer.

Over the weekend, country singer Niko Moon topped the country iTunes album charts at #1 with his new album entitled, Better Days. The album, with the leading single also named Better Days, is the first for Moon since announcing he was leaving Sony Nashville to be an independent artist.

Freak-folk artist Cereus Bright releases new single 'Pink Sky' - a slice of mellow gold. Out now via Nettwerk. “Pink Sky” wraps the listener up in breezy acoustics and subtle psychedelic orchestrations. There's a sigh of relief that melts through the track as Bright's earthy vocal whispers, “you are done.

Sunn O))) core members Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson have embarked on their Shoshin (初心) Duo tour— a live experience of physical sound and glacial maximalism like no other. The duo have also announced an exclusive split release from Southern Lord and Ideologic Organ, the 25th Anniversary Rehearsal Demo LP, available along the tour routing.

Comedian John Crist will bring his 'Emotional Support Tour' to the North Charleston Performing Arts Center. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Fifteen-time GRAMMY winner and Country Music Hall of Fame member Ricky Skaggs is getting in the holiday spirit with the announcement of his 2023 holiday tour, titled Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Christmas with Special Guests. Skaggs and his band, Kentucky Thunder, hit the road this December.

In this new live show, pieces from his upcoming sophomore album, the skies, they shift like chords (out on Friday), will be showcased for the first time, as well as highlights from his repertoire. These performances will feature both Roger playing solo piano, and also accompanied by his daughter, Cecily Eno on vocals, a string quintet and guitar.

Leanne Morgan has announced the extension of her national headlining tour, “Just Getting Started,” with a newly added stop at Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas. Learn more about the upcoming performance here!

Comedian Leanne Morgan extends her 'Just Getting Started' tour into 2024 with 27 shows across the country, including a stop at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center on April 6. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 6, 2023, at 10 AM.

Chelcie Lynn's 'Trailer Trash Tammy' is coming to The Kentucky Center on Oct. 4. Get tickets now and don't miss this hilarious show!

Having most recently released Metta, Benevolence BBC 6 Music :  Live on the Invitation of Mary Anne Hobbes (2021), Pyroclasts (2019) and Life Metal  (2019), and performances last winter of this special duo performance, Sunn O))) continue their monumental momentum of the Shoshin (初心) Duo tour.

Country music singer-songwriter Tayler Holder has fans clamoring in anticipation for his next single release “Someone You Knew” set for release on September 29th. With this release Tayler continues to carve his own lane in the country music world as he releases more classic singles further cementing himself in the Country landscape.