Entertainment
October Events T H I N G S TO D O • PL AC E S TO G O • PE O PL E TO S E E
October 1: The Illusionists: Live from Broadway at the Tennessee Theatre at 7:30 pm.
October 10: Fire and Fright at Historic Ramsey House from 7:30 to 9:30 pm.
October 24: Komen Knoxville Race for the Cure at World’s Fair Park at 8:30 am.
October 2: Black Lillies on Market Square at 5 pm. Free!
October 12: Mighty Musical Monday with Cedar Bluff Middle School Chorus at the Tennessee Theatre at noon. Free!
October 24: CureSearch Walk for Children’s Cancer at Volunteer Landing at 10 am.
October 13: The Knoxville Jazz Orchestra with Delfeayo Marsalis & Herlin Riley at the Bijou Theatre at 8 pm.
October 24: Costumes and Classic Cartoons Open House at the Tennessee Theatre at 11 am.
October 14: Merle Haggard at the Tennessee Theatre at 8 pm.
October 24: Trick or Trees at UT Gardens from 1 to 3 pm.
October 15: Grace Potter at the Tennessee Theatre at 8 pm.
October 24: ARToberfest 2015 at 4th and Gill from 2 to 9 pm.
October 16: Left Foot Down Reunion Show at the Bijou Theatre at 8 pm.
October 24: The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Tennessee Theatre at 11 pm.
October 17: Fare Walk for Food Allergy benefitting Food Allergy Research & Education at World’s Fair Park from 8:30 am to 1 pm.
October 25: Open Streets Knoxville on Central Street in downtown Knoxville from 1 to 4 pm.
October 2: First Friday on Market Square, Gay Street, The Old City, and Downtown North beginning at 5 pm. October 2: Wine on the Water benefitting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation at Volunteer Landing at 5:30 pm. October 2: KSO Pops: Classical Night Fever – A Disco Inferno! at the Tennessee Theatre at 8 pm. October 2: The Mountain Goats at the Bijou Theatre at 8 pm. October 3: Market Square Farmers’ Market featuring products made or grown in East Tennessee. Saturdays, October 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 from 9 am to 2 pm and Wednesdays, October 7, 14, 21 & 28 from 11 am to 2 pm. October 3: UT Football vs. Arkansas at Neyland Stadium. October 4: Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk befitting the American Cancer Society at World’s Fair Park at 1 pm. October 8: Kathleen Madigan at the Bijou Theatre at 8 pm. October 8-11 & 22-25: BOO! at the Zoo at the Knoxville Zoo from 5:30 to 8 pm. October 9: The Black Jacket Symphony performs AC/DC’s Back in Black at the Bijou Theatre at 8 pm. October 9 & 11: Knoxville Opera presents Mefistofele at the Tennessee Theatre. October 9 at 8 pm and October 11 at 2:30 pm. October 10: UT Football vs. Georgia at Neyland Stadium.
October 17: 8th Annual Knox County Fall Fire Prevention Festival at Tennova Turkey Creek Medical Center from 10 am to 4 pm. October 17: Knox Asian Festival 2015 on Market Square from 10 am to 5 pm. October 17: 19th Annual Knoxville Brewers’ Jam at World’s Fair Park from 1 to 7 pm. October 17: Mandolin Orange at the Bijou Theatre at 8 pm. October 21: Ralphie May at the Bijou Theatre at 8 pm. October 22: Knoxville Symphony Orchestra presents Pines of Rome at the Tennessee Theatre at 7:30 pm.
October 25: Special Spaces 2nd Annual Bed Races at World’s Fair Park Festival Lawn from 1 to 6 pm. October 27: The Oh Hellos at the Bijou Theatre at 8 pm. October 28: Ben Rector at the Tennessee Theatre at 8 pm. October 28-November 1: Disney On Ice presents Let’s Celebrate! at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum. October 28 & 29 at 7 pm, October 30 at 10:40 am & 7 pm, October 31 at 11 am & 3 pm, and November 1 at 1 & 5 pm. October 29: Third Eye Blind at the Tennessee Theatre at 8 pm. October 30: Freaky Friday Fright Nite at Mayor Bob Leonard Park from 5 to 7 pm.
October 22: Dave Barnes at the Bijou Theatre at 8 pm.
October 30: 5th Annual Hearthscares Ball at James White’s Fort from 7 to 10 pm.
October 23-25: Kerbela Shrine Circus at Thompson-Boling Arena at 7 pm. Matinees on October 24 & 25 at 1 pm.
October 30: UT School of Music and the Department of Theatre present Knoxville: Summers of 1915 and 2015 at the Tennessee Theatre at 8 pm.