Vol. 1 — No. 6Weekend Episode · Thu–Sun, Jul 23–26, 2026 · South Knoxville, TN★ soknoear.com
Vol. 1 — No. 6 · Jul 23–26★ soknoear.com
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See
JUL
23
Henry V — pay-what-you-can
7:30 PM · Ijams Park
JUL
24
Kern's Ho'Down Social
8 PM · Kern's
JUL
24
Merry Wives of Windsor
7:30 PM · Ijams Park
JUL
25
Panic! At the Drag Show
9 PM · Hi-Wire
JUL
25
Henry V
7:30 PM · Ijams Park
JUL
26
Bird Banding returns
7:30 AM · Ijams Park
JUL
26
Merry Wives — matinee & evening
2 PM & 7:30 PM · indoors
JUL
26
The Breadlosers (bluegrass)
4 PM · Alliance
Old SevierSatSun

Emo drag, Sunday bluegrass, and a stained-glass class

The Sevier Avenue breweries carry the weekend's nightlife: Hi-Wire goes emo on Saturday, Alliance goes bluegrass on Sunday, and there's a suncatcher to make in between.

Sat Jul 25
Hi-Wire — Panic! At the Drag Show (emo drag night) · 9 PM · 18+
Sun Jul 26
Hi-Wire — Intro to Stained Glass · 2–4 PM · $80
Sun Jul 26
Alliance — The Breadlosers (bluegrass) · 4 PM · free
Where
Hi-Wire 2020 Barber St · Alliance 1130 Sevier Ave
Sevier Avenue after dark

Saturday night, Hi-Wire on Barber Street throws "Panic! At the Drag Show" — an emo-themed drag night, nine to close, eighteen and up, eight bucks in advance. It is exactly as much fun as it sounds, and precisely the kind of thing that makes a brewery district a neighborhood.

Sunday slows the tempo way down. Hi-Wire hosts an Intro to Stained Glass workshop from two to four — eighty dollars for the class, materials included, and you leave with a copper-foil suncatcher of your own; ages fourteen and up. And around the corner, Alliance Brewing on Sevier Avenue has the Breadlosers playing free bluegrass at four, all ages, the kind of easy Sunday-afternoon set you can bring the porch energy to.

Between the two rooms that's a full weekend of Old Sevier nightlife without repeating yourself once.

Top Stories & Events

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Ijams ParkThuFriSatSun

Shakespeare's closing weekend at Ijams Park — last chances, and a free Thursday

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Old Sevier

Sevier Avenue's roadway was due this week. It didn't make it.

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Suttree LandingSatSun

There's a new brunch room on the river: Mimosas

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Kern'sFriSatSun

Kern's trades the World Cup big screen for a hoedown

With the tournament over, the food hall fills the weekend the old-fashioned way: a Friday-night Ho'Down Social and live music straight through Sunday.

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Suttree LandingThuFri

Earl's runs the margarita clock again

The waterfront happy hour holds: Patrón mango margaritas Thursday, the spicy pineapple ritas back Friday, both 4 to 6.

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Ijams ParkFriSatSun

Beyond the stage: paddles, storytelling, and the banders are back

The rest of Ijams Park keeps its own weekend — two evening paddles, a Saturday of stories and skills, and Sunday's bird-banding table returning at dawn.

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