Inside of Knoxville

Big Ears Festival Returns in 2022; Big Ears Music Returns in April

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 25, 2021

For many downtown restaurants, hotels and other businesses, the weekend the Big Ears Festival comes to town is their biggest of the year. 20,000 tickets were sold to the festival in in 2019, with fans and...

Those Special Moments

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 24, 2018

The time has finally arrived. If you haven’t finished the details and tasks demanded for that perfect celebration, you are up against a wall. Hopefully, the demands are met, presents wrapped and plans are underway to...

Nief-Norf Brings an Unsilent Night to the City

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 5, 2018

Something very different from your routine Christmas program happens each year in Knoxville. A similar performance happens in cities around the world. It started in the winter of 1992 when Phil Kline, “had an idea for...

Big Ears 2017, Part One

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 27, 2017

I spoke to someone who didn’t attend Big Ears and felt it was simply too much to imagine and to which she might see an entry point. While I made some suggestions for next year, I...

Nief-Norf

Big Ears Festival Returns in 2022; Big Ears Music Returns in April

Those Special Moments

Nief-Norf Brings an Unsilent Night to the City

Big Ears 2017, Part One

COVID-19: 9/21/2021 Update

Rocket Fizz is Open at 7 Market Square

All-Electric Buses Added to City Fleet

COVID-19: 9/17/2021 Update

New Hotel Possible for the Old City