Vol. 1 — No. 16Weekend Episode · Thu–Sun, Oct 1–4, 2026 · South Knoxville, TN★ soknoear.com
Vol. 1 — No. 16 · Oct 1–4★ soknoear.com
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What’s Happening ThursdayWhat’s Happening FridayWhat’s Happening SaturdayWhat’s Happening Sunday
See
Thursday · OCT 1
OCT
1
"Shiny Objects" mural on the Kern's tower
On view any day · free · 2201 Kern's Rising Way
OCT
1
Patrón mango ritas at Earl's
$10 · 11 AM – 10 PM · 610 Waterfront Dr
OCT
1
Circles with Dizzy hooping class
6–7 PM · $25 · adults · Miller Building, Ijams Park
Friday · OCT 2
OCT
2
FIRST FRIDAY IN OLD SEVIER
6 PM until late · mostly free · art openings, live printing, music, dancing
OCT
2
MOVIES UNDER THE STARS: "CARRIE" — last of the season
Doors 6 PM · movie at dark · $12 · Visitor Center lawn, Ijams Park
OCT
2
STARLIGHT PADDLE FROM IJAMS PARK
7–9 PM · $45 · boat and headlamp included · 3507 Island Home Pike
OCT
2
THE 808 OPENS: HIGH STEP SOCIETY
Doors 7 PM, show 8 · all ages · 808 Sevier Ave
OCT
2
"Hedda Gabler" at the Borderland Playhouse
7 PM · choose your price, $5 to $35 · 802 Sevier Ave
Saturday · OCT 3
OCT
3
TRAIL WORK PARTY AT BAKER CREEK
9 AM – noon · free · lunch after · 1516 Taylor Rd
OCT
3
Brunch and every screen at Puckers
9 AM – 2 PM · Auburn at Tennessee, 3:30 PM · 115 Mimosa Ave
OCT
3
The Wonder of Wildflowers, for ages 6–12
9:30–11 AM · $10 a child, adults free · Ijams Park
OCT
3
Storytime at the Nature Playscape: Frogs and Toads!
10 AM – noon · free · Grayson Subaru Preserve
OCT
3
Moss Meander — last date listed
1–3 PM · $15 · ages 16+ · Mead's Quarry
OCT
3
Game-day board at Earl's
Vols kick off at 3:30 · $2 off drafts and pizza · 610 Waterfront Dr
OCT
3
"Hedda Gabler" closes at the Borderland Playhouse
7 PM · choose your price, $5 to $35 · 802 Sevier Ave
OCT
3
Marcy Playground at The 808
Doors 7 PM, show 8 · all ages · 808 Sevier Ave
OCT
3
Knoxferno: fire spinners and DJs
7 PM – midnight · free · all ages · The Pink Cactus, 1147 Sevier Ave
Sunday · OCT 4
OCT
4
BIRD BANDING AT MEAD'S QUARRY — last date listed
8–9:30 AM · $5, parking included · Ijams Park
OCT
4
Sound bath with KB Sound Healing
10–11 AM · $25 · indoors · Ijams Park Visitor Center
OCT
4
Self Care Sunday yoga with Hope Irwin
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM · $10, kids $5 · Ijams Park Visitor Center
Old SevierFriSat

"Hedda Gabler" plays its last two nights at the Borderland Playhouse on Sevier Avenue

Knoxville Theatre Club has been staging Ibsen inside the yellow T-shirt shop with the possum on it. The run ends Saturday, and you pick your own ticket price, from five dollars to thirty-five.

When
Fri Oct 2 and Sat Oct 3 · 7 PM · no matinee this weekend
Where
Borderland Playhouse, at Borderland Tees · 802 Sevier Ave
Tickets
Choose your price: $35, $20, $15 or $5
Seating
First come, first served · reserving online is recommended
Who
Knoxville Theatre Club
Parking
Free at Borderland Tees for the play
Closes
Saturday, Oct 3
Two nights left

There is a theater inside the yellow building with the possum on it. Borderland Tees, the screen-printing shop at 802 Sevier Avenue, has a playhouse, and since September 17 Knoxville Theatre Club has been using it for Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler": a Victorian parlor, a general's daughter with very little patience for the life she has been handed, and one of the great bad decisions in drama. This is the last weekend. The final two performances are Friday and Saturday at seven, with no Sunday matinee.

How the tickets work

The club lets you choose what you pay: $35, $20, $15 or $5 a ticket, and you can pick a different price for each seat you buy. Its reasoning is that the show should be open to everyone and that those who can pay the top price cover the real cost of paying the actors and crew. Seating is first come, first served, so reserve online and arrive early. Borderland Tees says there is plenty of free parking at the shop for the play.

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More From This Weekend

Ijams ParkFri

"Carrie" closes the outdoor movie season on the Ijams Park lawn

The last Movies Under the Stars of the year is the original prom-night horror, fifty years old this fall, shown outdoors on the first Friday of October with the woods right behind the screen.

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Old SevierFriSat

The 808, a new music venue, opens on Sevier Avenue this weekend

A 420-capacity room built by two longtime Knoxville music people opens in the former Drunk Church space with High Step Society on Friday and Marcy Playground on Saturday. Both shows are all ages.

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Old SevierFri

First Friday turns Old Sevier into an art crawl, with live printing, two openings and a late dance floor

The district's monthly night out starts with art openings at six and ends with a free Latin dance party after ten. Most of it costs nothing, and all of it is in Old Sevier.

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Old SevierSat

Knoxferno brings fire spinners and DJs to the Pink Cactus front yard on Saturday

Fire artists work the front yard of the pink house on Sevier Avenue for five hours Saturday night while DJs play. All ages, no cover, and the troupe's second visit.

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Ijams ParkFri

A starlight paddle goes out on a moonless river Friday night

The moon doesn't rise until 11:41 Friday night, so the two hours Ijams Park naturalists spend on the Tennessee River after sunset belong to the stars, clouds permitting.

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Kern'sThuFriSatSun

Giant fishing lures hang down the Kern's tower, painted for the SoKno Art Walk

A muralist has turned the old bakery's tower into a tackle box several stories tall. It is one of the first pieces of a rail trail that will run from Chapman Highway to Ijams Park.

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Old SevierSatSun

Brunch at Puckers wraps ninety minutes before Auburn kicks off

The sports grill on Mimosa Avenue serves brunch nine to two both weekend days with every screen on. Saturday's 3:30 kickoff means there is time to eat first and settle in.

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Urban WildernessSat

Volunteers dig in at Baker Creek on Saturday to get the trails ready for Fall Fest

The mountain bike club's monthly work party is open to anyone with gloves and sturdy shoes. Three hours of trail repair and pulling invasive plants, and then the sponsors buy lunch.

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Ijams ParkSat

The moss walk at Mead's Quarry goes out Saturday, the last one on the calendar

Most people stopped looking closely at moss around age seven. An Ijams Park naturalist spends two hours at the quarry on how to tell the species apart and what they do for the woods.

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Ijams ParkSun

Songbirds get their leg bands at Mead's Quarry on Sunday, the last banding morning listed

The Ijams Park community science team catches, measures, bands and releases songbirds in front of whoever shows up. Five dollars puts you at the table, and the ticket covers parking.

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Ijams ParkSat

Frogs and toads take over Saturday storytime at the Nature Playscape

The free Saturday storytime in the woods by Mead's Quarry is about amphibians this week. Two hours of picture books read aloud and the run of the Playscape, and it costs nothing.

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Ijams ParkSat

Kids study fall wildflowers and make flower art at Ijams Park on Saturday morning

The Wonder of Wildflowers is built for ages six to twelve: how a flower is put together, how pollination works, what people once used each plant for, and an art piece to carry home.

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Ijams ParkSun

A sound bath with gongs and singing bowls fills the Visitor Center on Sunday morning

KB Sound Healing plays Tibetan and crystal singing bowls and a gong for an hour while you lie still. It is indoors, which on a Sunday with rain likely makes it the sure thing.

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Ijams ParkSun

Self Care Sunday yoga meets on the Visitor Center patio, and moves inside if it rains

Hope Irwin's weekly hour at Ijams Park works flexibility, strength and balance for every level, kids included. With showers likely this Sunday, the class has a roof to go to.

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Ijams ParkThu

Circles with Dizzy spins hoops in the Miller Building on Thursday evening

The weekly adult hooping class at Ijams Park breaks each trick into its parts and rebuilds it at the room's pace. Hoops to borrow, no experience needed, and it is indoors on an 89-degree day.

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Suttree LandingThuFriSatSun

The specials board: Earl's game-day column runs all Saturday for a 3:30 kickoff

Down on Waterfront Drive, Earl's runs a different deal every day from open to close. Saturday adds the Vols board for the Auburn game, with pizza and drafts two dollars off.

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