Dogwood Arts Festival 2024
The three-day Dogwood Arts Festival held court in downtown Knoxville this past weekend on the World’s Fair Performance Lawn. Just the walk from the center of downtown to and from the festival revealed a Knoxville so...
Festivals
2024 Festival (And Other Big Events!) Planner
With the Mardi Growl Parade and Festival this coming Saturday, Festival Season officially begins in Knoxville. There may be a city that hosts more and larger festivals, but for its size, Knoxville has to be competitive....
Irish Festival Storms Into Downtown, Then Chills
The 2023 Irish Fest started with a bang or stormed into town — either of which may sound like a good thing, but the bang was thunder and the storm a literal one. Scheduled to begin...
Asian Festival Returns for Tenth Anniversary
From humble beginnings in Krutch Park Extension ten years ago, the Knoxville Asian Festival has emerged as one of the largest Asian Festivals in the country. The festival will be held this year on August 26...
2022 Festivals and Parades (Plus a few other major events)
With the Mardi Growl Parade and Festival Saturday, Festival Season has officially begun in Knoxville. I haven’t published a festival guide in two years. The 2020 list end up being almost universally canceled due the the...
Mardi Growl Provides a Day of Carnival Canine Celebration
The 15th annual Mardi Growl Pet Parade and Festival were held on Saturday. In keeping with a trend that started during the pandemic and has gained momentum at the urging of the city, the festival was...
2020 Festival Guide
It’s that time of year again, and, as usual, definitions of when Festival Season starts and what constitutes a festival will continue to bedevil the effort to make any kind of coherent list. I also tend...
IndiaFest 2019 Hits the World’s Fair
(Article and Photos by Caitlin McLawhorn) When asked to cover the IndiaFest this year, I didn’t quite know what to expect. I was told there would be plenty of delicious food, so of course I...
IndiaFest Comes to the World’s Fair Park This Weekend
It might be a surprise to some (it was to me), that the latest festival to hit downtown has been going strong since 2005. Traditionally held at the Hindu Community Center and Temple, its growth has...
Hola Festival 2018
I’m pretty sure I’ve never reported on an Hola Festival this far after the event itself. Modern attention spans being what they are, people have moved on. Still, I think the event is worth documenting each...