Vol. 1 — No. 4Weekend Episode · Thu–Sun, Jul 9–12, 2026 · South Knoxville, TN★ soknoear.com
Vol. 1 — No. 4 · Jul 9–12★ soknoear.com
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JUL
9
Planning Comm: Sevier Ave & Kerbela
1:30 PM · 400 Main St
JUL
9
World Cup QF: France–Morocco
4:00 PM · Kern's
JUL
10
Terror in the Woods
Doors 7 PM · Ijams Park
JUL
11
Sunrise Paddle
6:30 AM · Ijams River Landing
JUL
11
WC QF: Argentina–Switzerland
9:00 PM · Kern's
JUL
12
Bird Banding
7:30 AM · Ijams Park
JUL
12
Sunday Funday
Noon–9 PM · Hi-Wire
JUL
16
Shakespeare opens at Ijams Park
7:30 PM · next Thursday
Ijams Park

Heads up: Shakespeare takes the Ijams Park lawn next week

Not this weekend — but starting next Thursday, the Tennessee Stage Company brings a full summer of outdoor Shakespeare to Ijams Park.

Opens
Thu, Jul 16 · 7:30 PM
The plays
The Merry Wives of Windsor · King Henry V
Runs
Through early August
The lawn becomes a stage

Consider this your one-week warning: Knoxville Shakespeare opens on the Ijams Park lawn next Thursday, July 16, with The Merry Wives of Windsor, and King Henry V joins the rotation the night after. Evening shows run at 7:30 through early August.

We'll have the full rundown in next week's Ear — for now, just know your picnic blanket has plans.

Top Stories & Events

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Ijams ParkFri

Terror in the Woods

A horror double feature, haunted trail & beer garden. Fri at dark.

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Old SevierThu

Two land-use fights, one afternoon

The Sevier Ave rezoning and the Kerbela apartments both get heard Thursday.

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Kern'sThuFriSat

World Cup quarterfinals

The bracket tightens on the big screen, Thu–Sat.

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Ijams ParkSat

Sunrise Paddle

Two golden hours on the river, boats provided. Sat 6:30 AM.

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Ijams ParkSun

Bird banding, up close

Watch songbirds banded and released. Sun 7:30 AM.

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Old SevierSun

Sunday Funday at Hi-Wire

$6 Bloody Marys & $5 mimosas, noon to 9. Phoned in by a neighbor.

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Ijams Park

Shakespeare is coming

The Bard hits the Ijams lawn starting next Thursday.

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More From This Weekend

Ijams ParkFri

Terror in the Woods: scary movies under the Ijams Park stars

Friday night the Movies Under the Stars series goes horror — a Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Wrong Turn double feature on the lawn, with a haunted trail, food trucks, and a beer garden.

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Old SevierThu

The Sevier Ave rezoning gets its hearing — and staff says no

Thursday afternoon the Planning Commission takes up two South Knoxville land-use fights: the 2704 Sevier Ave rezoning we flagged in June, and the Kerbela-site apartments on the bluff.

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Kern'sThuFriSat

The World Cup hits the quarterfinals — Kern's keeps the screen warm

Eight teams left. The quarterfinals run Thursday through Saturday, and the neighborhood's World Cup headquarters has watch parties going all tournament.

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Ijams ParkSat

A sunrise paddle for the early risers

Saturday at 6:30 AM, Ijams Park puts you on the Tennessee River for two golden hours — kayaks, paddles, and life jackets provided.

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Ijams ParkSun

Sunday morning with the bird banders

The banding table is back Sunday at 7:30 AM — researchers netting, measuring, and releasing songbirds close enough to count the feathers.

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Old SevierSun

Sunday Funday at Hi-Wire: cheap mimosas, long afternoon

Hi-Wire's taproom runs its Sunday Funday special from noon to nine — $6 Bloody Marys and $5 mimosas, all day.

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