Vol. 1 — No. 11Weekend Episode · Thu–Sun, Aug 27–30, 2026 · South Knoxville, TN★ soknoear.com
Vol. 1 — No. 11 · Aug 27–30★ soknoear.com
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Suttree LandingThuFriSatSun

The specials board: a different deal every day at Earl's

Down where Suttree Landing meets the river, Earl's runs its own weekly ladder — a new special each afternoon, then two all-day ones once the weekend lands.

The week, in chalk

Earl's sits at 610 Waterfront Drive, down where Suttree Landing meets the water, and it runs a different special every single day. Thursday it's ten-dollar Patrón mango margaritas from four to six; Friday the same window gets nine-dollar spicy pineapple ones. Both days carry a dollar off liquor, beer, and wine.

Thu
$10 Patrón mango ritas · 4–6 PM · $1 off liquor, beer & wine
Fri
$9 spicy pineapple ritas · 4–6 PM · $1 off liquor, beer & wine
Sat
$8 house margaritas · all day · 10:30 AM – 11 PM
Sun
$7 mimosas & Bloody Marys · all day · 10:30 AM – 10 PM
Where
Earl's, 610 Waterfront Dr

Then the all-day rungs

Saturday the clock goes away: eight-dollar house margaritas all day, doors 10:30 to 11. Sunday is seven-dollar mimosas and Bloody Marys, also all day, until ten. It's a straight walk down from Sevier Avenue, the tables face open water, and the river handles the entertainment.

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SoKnoThu

Thursday night the Earth's shadow swallows 93 percent of the moon over South Knoxville

It starts at 9:23 and peaks at 12:12 Friday morning, with the moon high in the south-southeast and the covered part gone the color of an old penny. No ticket, no drive, no equipment — a driveway will do it.

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Urban WildernessThu

Knoxville Opera sings at the bottom of Augusta Quarry on Thursday, and it's the last night of the series

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SoKnoThuFriSatSun

Puckers Sports Grill opened on Blount Avenue Wednesday, and this is its first weekend

The Gatlinburg sports bar came over the mountain and took the room that was Mimosas until Tuesday night. Same owners, same brunch dishes, a wall of televisions — and nine days to get ready for football.

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Kern'sThu

Bourbon, cigars and a seersucker dress code on the Kern's rooftop Thursday night

Alchemy Cigar Lounge takes the roof of the old bakery for two hours: an Angel's Envy tasting, a welcome cocktail, a cigar paired to it, and a theme you're expected to dress for.

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Old SevierThu

Hi-Wire stacks pint night on top of an all-day happy hour every Thursday

Two standing deals on the same day at 2020 Barber Street, in a taproom that takes up an entire second floor and has a roof deck attached.

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Ijams ParkFri

"Napoleon Dynamite" plays on the Visitor Center lawn at Ijams Park on Friday night

Movies Under the Stars is in its fourteenth year. Bring a blanket, a lawn chair and a dog on a leash; the food trucks and the beer garden handle the rest.

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Kern'sSat

Goat yoga comes to Kern's on Saturday morning

Two hours, an all-levels class, and a small herd of goats with no respect for anybody's downward dog. Thirty-five dollars for adults, twenty-five for kids.

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Ijams ParkSat

Somebody reads out loud under the trees at the Ijams Nature Playscape on Saturday morning, and it's free

Two hours at the Playscape out by Mead's Quarry: a story in a shady spot, sometimes a hands-on nature project, and otherwise small kids left to roam.

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Ijams ParkSat

Tiny Stage Comedy brings stand-up and poetry to the Ijams Park patio on Saturday night

The Sunflower Comedy Show closes out the summer run of the Ijams Sunset Series — an hour of local comics and poets on the Visitor Center's back patio, with the beer garden open.

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Ijams ParkSat

Naturalists take a group out on the trails under the full moon on Saturday night

Ninety minutes of walking in the dark at Ijams Park, with blacklights and headlamps handed out at the start. Registration was still open Tuesday — which is more than the paddles can say.

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Ijams ParkSun

Set dried flowers in resin and go home with jewelry: a Sunday workshop at Ijams Park

Three hours on Sunday afternoon in the park's Creative Series — pressed wildflowers, clear resin, a mold, and something on a chain by five o'clock.

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