Admiral Radio

Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee

Inspired by their 1941 wooden Admiral radio, this South Carolina-based husband and wife duo creates an Americana sound with tight vocal harmonies, endearing storytelling and authentic energy. Admiral Radio has shared stages with critically-acclaimed acts like Del McCoury, Chatham County Line, Judah & the Lion, and more. The duo has produced two albums ('Sounds Like […]

Nora Brown

Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee

Nora Brown started learning music at the age of 6 from the late Shlomo Pestcoe. From his tiny studio apartment in Brooklyn, Pestcoe instilled in her the belief that music is meant to be shared. Nora plays traditional music with a focus on southern Appalachian banjo and guitar playing. Along with mentors in the noratheast […]

Ed Snodderly

Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee

Eddie Lynn Snodderly was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, to a father who was a Fuller Brush salesman and a mother who was, in his words, a “housewife extraordinaire.” Snodderly’s grandfather was a farmer and old-time fiddler, who, along with his brother, won several ribbons at Knoxville-area fiddlers’ conventions in the 1920s and ’30s. […]

RB Morris

Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee

Knoxville’s first Poet Laureate, singer and songwriter, playwright and band leader RB Morris returns to his “pulpit” at the Laurel Theater. RB Morris is a poet who writes emotionally intense songs full of ideas and unexpected word-play and sings them in arrangements that emphasize the rhythmic interchange between words and music. His most recent album […]

Stillhouse Junkies

Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee

Stillhouse Junkies are on the forefront of breaking through the genre with their free-flowing musical interplay that weaves roots, classical, texas-swing and blues into a high-energy, intricately composed yet expansively improvised tapestry of sound. The quartet of close friends Fred Kosak (guitar, mandolin), Alissa Wolf (fiddle), Eric Lee (mandolin, fiddle, guitar), and Matt Thomas (bass) […]

Roux du Bayou

Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee

Roux du Bayou Cajun Band plays authentic cajun, zydeco, swamp pop, mardi gras music. The band can also incorporate some select style music from Oldies, Rock n Roll, R&B and vintage country. https://www.rouxdubayou.com/ jubilee-community-arts.ticketleap.com/roux-du-bayou/

The Local Honeys

Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee

Eastern Kentucky duo The Local Honeys, Montana Hobbs and Linda Jean Stokley, build on a strong foundation in traditional and old time music to create a repertoire of songs capturing the many shades of life in Central Appalachia. The pair are noted for their rich harmonies and strong instrumentation and are backed on this tour […]

Fiddles and Flatpicks

Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee

Fiddles & Flatpicks is an acoustic folk trio composed of Cody Bauer, Jonathan Maness & Gavin Gregg. The trio features an eclectic mix of instrumental tunes – Irish & Scottish, old-time, bluegrass and swing/jazz variety. They also expand the palate of musical flavors with songs from the country and Americana repertoire. jubilee-community-arts.ticketleap.com/fiddles-and-flatpicks/  

Dori Freeman

Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee

Dori Freeman has sharpened her vision of Appalachian Americana over five studio albums. From the country traditionalism of her self-titled debut to the amplified folk of Ten Thousand Roses, it's a sound that nods to her mountain-town roots even as it reaches beyond them. "I grew up in a family that played a lot of […]

The New Dismembered Tennesseans

Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee

Building on a 70-year history as one of the most influential bluegrass bands in the region, the New Dismembered Tennesseans today bring a new lineup, new repertoire, and new energy to the band founded by Tennessee master fiddler and philanthropist Fletcher Bright and his high school friends back in 1945. Make that “mostly” new lineup, […]