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Clayton Center for the Arts: The Okee Dokee Brothers Sat Nov 15, 11 AM 502 E. Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Maryville College campus Ages Eligible: 5-15. As childhood friends growing up in Denver, Colorado, Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing were always exploring the outdoors. Whether it was rafting down their neighborhood creek or discovering hiking trails […]

Clayton Center for the Arts: Improvised Shakespeare Company Thu Oct 16, 7:30 PM 502 E. Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Maryville College campus Ages Eligible: 12-15. The Improvised Shakespeare Company® creates a brand new, fully improvised Shakespearean masterpiece right before your eyes. Nothing has been planned out, rehearsed, or written. All of the dialogue is said for the […]

Tennessee Stage Company and Ijams Nature Center: Knoxville Shakespeare Jul 17 - Aug 10 (Thu-Sun at 7:30 PM with 2 PM matinees on July 27 and Aug 3) Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave., Knoxville, TN 37920 The Tennessee Stage Company presents its 35th Shakespeare Festival, Knoxville Shakespeare, this year, featuring Love's Labour's Lost and Hamlet, […]

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Marsalis Swing Symphony Thu-Fri May 14-15, 7:30 PM Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902 The Knoxville Symphony celebrates the close of its 90th anniversary season, Aram’s 10th season, and the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States with a program celebrating musical and geographic American landscapes. Aram […]

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: West Side Story Thu-Fri Mar 12-13, 7:30 PM Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902 The Knoxville Symphony presents Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story” alongside the world premiere of American composer Robert Paterson’s “Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra: Cocktail Concerto,” a spirited saxophone concerto inspired by […]

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Valentine’s Romance: Star-Crossed Lovers Thu-Fri Feb 12-13, 7:30 PM Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902 Celebrate the season of love with three deeply romantic masterpieces by Russia’s most quintessential composers. Shakespeare’s timeless romantic tragedy “Romeo and Juliet” is explored through the lenses of Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev, with Rachmaninoff’s ravishing […]

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Gluzman Plays Brahms Thu-Fri Jan 15-16, 7:30 PM Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902 The Knoxville Symphony welcomes in the new year with rising young American composer Gala Flagello’s brilliant and brief “Bravado.” Virtuoso violinist Vadim Gluzman makes his KSO debut with Brahms’ radiant Violin Concerto. Aram Demirjian, conductor […]

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Rhapsody in Blue Thu-Fri Nov 20-21, 7:30 PM Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902 The Knoxville Symphony brings together the spirit of America and the rhythms of Spain in this transatlantic, dance-infused program, featuring two show-stopping staples of the symphonic repertoire – Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Capriccio […]

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Elgar Cello Concerto Thu-Fri Oct 16-17, 7:30 PM Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902 Stravinsky’s evocative and coloristic ballet score “Petrushka” is brought to life on the KSO’s October MoxCar Marketing + Communications Masterworks Series. Internationally-renowned cellist Zlatomir Fung makes his KSO debut with Elgar’s poignant and autumnal Cello […]

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven's 9th Thu-Fri Sep 18-19, 7:30 PM Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902 The Knoxville Symphony’s MoxCar Marketing + Communications Masterworks Series rings in a season of celebration with Beethoven’s immortal Ninth Symphony, featuring the iconic “Ode to Joy” in its powerful fourth movement. The program opens with the […]