Vol. 1 — No. 7Weekend Episode · Thu–Sun, Jul 30–Aug 2, 2026 · South Knoxville, TN★ soknoear.com
Vol. 1 — No. 7 · Jul 30–Aug 2★ soknoear.com
The South Knoxville Ear — We Hear Things.
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★ Tonight's plan: happy hours → music → karaoke →
Suttree LandingThuFriSatSun

The specials board: ritas, $4 pints, Singo, and bottomless brunch

The standing orders across the neighborhood, all four days, so you can plan the weekend by wallet.

The week, in chalk

Thursday is the cheap-drink capital of the week: ten-dollar Patrón mango margaritas at Earl's from four to six, four-dollar drafts at Hi-Wire from open to close, and Singo — bingo, but the numbers are songs — at SoKno Taco Cantina at seven. Friday brings Earl's nine-dollar spicy pineapple ritas back to the waterfront, plus SoKno Taco's Frozen Fridays for the after-trail crowd.

Thu
Earl's $10 Patrón ritas 4–6 · Hi-Wire $4 drafts all day · Singo at SoKno Taco 7 PM
Fri
Earl's $9 spicy ritas 4–6 · Frozen Fridays at SoKno Taco
Sat
Earl's $8 house margs all day · Mimosas bottomless brunch 9–3
Sun
Earl's $7 mimosas & bloodys · SoKno Taco all-day happy hour · Mimosas brunch 9–3

The weekend proper

The weekend proper: Earl's pours eight-dollar house margaritas all day Saturday and seven-dollar mimosas and Bloody Marys all day Sunday, Mimosas runs its bottomless brunch both mornings from nine to three, and SoKno Taco's Sunday happy hour lasts all day. Nobody in this neighborhood should ever pay full price for a drink on a weekend. Consider this your clip-and-save.

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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Urban WildernessThuFriSatSun

Your Urban Wilderness weekend — trail report checked this morning

Baker Creek Bike Park is riding well, the Preserve needs a day to dry, and the club that builds it all just hired its first full-time trail crew. Plus: where the beer is when you roll out of the woods.

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Ijams ParkThuFriSatSun

A correction, and a gift: Shakespeare is still on at Ijams Park

Last week we called it the closing weekend. The calendar disagrees — performances run through August 9, including all four nights this weekend and a Sunday matinee.

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Old Sevier

That variance sign on Jonathan Avenue? Approved, 4–0.

The corner-setback request we decoded two weeks ago sailed through the Board of Zoning Appeals with no opposition. And the Kerbela apartments finally have their committee date: August 13.

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Kern'sFriSatSun

Back to school at Kern's — a bash, a supply drive, and jazz all weekend

Friday the food hall throws summer a send-off with inflatables and a school-supply drive, then hands the weekend to the jazz players.

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Ijams ParkFriSatSun

Beyond the stage at Ijams Park: tree school, EcoArt, and the banders

Saturday stacks up for families — learn your oaks from your hickories at 9:30, stories at 10, EcoArt for the 6-to-12 crowd at 3 — and Sunday morning the banding table returns.

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