Featured
Bijou Theatre
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $$$
Intimate 1909 Gay Street theater attached to the 1817 Lamar House, saved from demolition in 1974.
Arts & Entertainment
Museums, galleries, venues, theaters and things to do.
Featured
Tennessee Theatre
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $$$
The Official State Theatre of Tennessee, a restored 1928 movie palace on Gay Street.
Live Radio Performance
WDVX Blue Plate Special
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $
Free live music broadcast at lunchtime from the WDVX studio inside the Visitors Center on Gay Street.
Live Music Venue & Music Shop
Open Chord Stage
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $$
Kingston Pike venue combining a listening room, guitar shop, bar and cafe.
Live Music Pub
Boyd's Jig & Reel
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $$
Old City Scotch pub with 1,000-plus whiskies and live Celtic and old-time music six nights a week.
Independent Movie Theater
Central Cinema
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $$
Homegrown single-screen theater in Happy Holler showing new indies, cult classics and repertory.
Historic House Museum
Historic Ramsey House
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $
1797 stone house of pink marble and blue limestone on 100 acres east of the city.
Historic Site
James White's Fort
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $
Reconstructed 1786 frontier fort of Knoxville's founder, downtown near the river.
Historic House Museum
Blount Mansion
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $
National Historic Landmark home of territorial governor and Constitution signer William Blount.
Hall of Fame & Museum
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $
The only museum devoted to women's basketball at every level, marked by a giant orange basketball.
Children's Museum
Muse Knoxville
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $$
Hands-on STEAM children's museum with a planetarium, near Chilhowee Park.
Nature Center
Ijams Nature Center
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $
Nonprofit nature center and 300-acre park on the South Knoxville riverfront.
Zoo
Zoo Knoxville
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $$
East Knoxville zoo with more than 1,500 animals and a global reputation for red pandas.
Community Theater
Theatre Knoxville Downtown
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $$
All-volunteer community theater on South Central Street, running since 1976.
Children's Theater
Knoxville Children's Theatre
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $$
Nonprofit theater at World's Fair Park producing plays performed by and for young people.
Professional Theater
Clarence Brown Theatre
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $$$
Knoxville's professional theater on the University of Tennessee campus, drawing 35,000 patrons a year.
Arts Center & Gallery
The Emporium Center
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $
Knoxville's first arts center, a 28,000-square-foot 1898 building with rotating galleries and studios.
Art Gallery
Art Market Gallery
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $$
Gay Street cooperative gallery representing more than 60 juried East Tennessee artists.
Cultural Center & Museum
Beck Cultural Exchange Center
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $
Dandridge Avenue center preserving African American history and culture in East Tennessee.
History Museum
Museum of East Tennessee History
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $
Regional history museum on Gay Street holding more than 13,000 artifacts.
Museum
McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $
Free University of Tennessee museum on Circle Park covering archaeology, natural history and culture.
Art Museum
Knoxville Museum of Art
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $
Free art museum at World's Fair Park focused on East Tennessee's visual culture.
Live Music Venue
The Mill & Mine
Knoxville, Knox Co. · $$$
Concert hall in a converted industrial building on West Depot Avenue near the Old City.