Vol. 1 — No. 4Weekend Episode · Thu–Sun, Jul 9–12, 2026 · South Knoxville, TN★ soknoear.com
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What’s Happening ThursdayWhat’s Happening FridayWhat’s Happening SaturdayWhat’s Happening Sunday
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Thursday · JUL 9
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
Friday · JUL 10
JUL
10
Terror in the Woods
Doors 7 PM · Ijams Park
Saturday · JUL 11
JUL
11
Sunrise Paddle
6:30 AM · Ijams River Landing
JUL
11
WC QF: Argentina–Switzerland
9:00 PM · Kern's
Sunday · JUL 12
JUL
12
Bird Banding
7:30 AM · Ijams Park
JUL
12
Sunday Funday
Noon–9 PM · Hi-Wire
Thursday · JUL 16
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.

Original Dirty South Map Found

Click to see the original map of Knoxville’s Dirty South that was recently unearthed for the public to see.

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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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