Festivals
Knoxville has an array of fun, educational, cultural and musical festivals throughout the year from Italian Street Fairs to Civil War reenactments.
Enjoy the spring's Dogwood Arts Festival, the Knoxville's Opera's Rossini Festival and the Sundown in the City concert series. Experience African-American heritage with the summer's Kuumba Festival or relive a day in the life of the Cherokee Indians at James White's Fort's Cherokee Heritage Days. Find something for every member of the family to enjoy at the fall's Tennessee Valley Fair or watch the nation's largest Labor Day weekend fireworks display at Boomsday. Don't forget about the month long Christmas in the City festival which celebrates the holidays in grand fashion.
Christmas in the City
Read Full StoryChristmas in the City is Knoxville's most anticpated winter festival. With special events occurring almost daily there is something for everyone who wishes to join in the community spirit of…
Chrysler Jeep Boomsday Festival (Aug. 31, 2008)
Read Full StoryThe nation's largest Labor Day weekend fireworks show is staged on Knoxville's downtown river front at Volunteer Landing and Neyland Drive.
Dogwood Arts Festival (April)
Read Full StoryThe best 17 days in April! Celebrate spring with special events throughout Knox County including art shows, crafts fairs, delicious food and live music plus more than 60 miles of landscaping and…
Kuumba Festival (June 28 - 29)
Read Full StoryDemonstrating the shared heritaged of the African, African American and African Appalachian communities in disapora and showing how this heritage is an integral part of the culture of East Tennessee.…
Rossini Festival (May 4-6)
Read Full StoryOne of the Southeast's most alluring cultural attractions, Knoxville Opera's Rossini Festival brings a taste of Europe to East Tennessee and celebrates the color, fun and excitement of opera and…
Sundown in the City (Thursday nights in Spring/Summer)
Read Full StoryKnoxville's celebrated free outdoor concert series, Sundown in the City, will return to Market Square in downtown Knoxville in the spring and summer months with concerts every Thursday night.
