56th Jubilee Festival

Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee

Lineup (subject to change): Friday (6-10) Epworth Old Harp Singers (shape note singing, local) Lincoln Park String Band (old time, local) Gladson Family Band (old time and bluegrass, East Tennessee) Kindred Valley (folk, West Virginia) Newfound Gap (bluegrass, North Carolina) UT Appalachian Strings (bluegrass, Local) Count This Penny (folk, Local) Saturday (6-10) Tennessee Stifflegs (honky […]

Allumé

Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee

Allumé is a collaborative project between Nashville’s Miss Tess, Thomas Bryan Eaton (Miss Tess, Bertha), and Lafayette, Louisiana-based K.C. Jones (Feufollet, The Daiquiri Queens), and Trey Broudreaux (The Revelers). All four are accomplished multi-instrumentalists, accompanying each other on guitars, pedal steel, fiddle, harmony vocals, bass, and stripped down drums, to make one big cajun-country-cozy supergroup. […]

Daniel Kimbro

Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee

Grammy nominated fly fisher (and bass and guitar player) Daniel Kimbro has worked as a recording and touring musician with artists across the industry, and is particularly noted for his collaborations with Jerry Douglass, Sam Lewis, and Martin Harley. This is part of his release tour for his new solo album Carpet in the Kitchen. […]

Four Leaf Peat

Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee

Four Leaf Peat is Tennessee’s premier Traditional Irish Band and has been performing locally and regionally since 2004. Traditional Irish music ranges from vibrant dance tunes to soulful songs, and Four Leaf Peat’s performances are always marked by a keen sense of the tradition, mixed with just the right amount of influence from the rich […]

Chatham Rabbits

Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee

This North Carolina based duo is touring to support the release of their fourth full length album Be Real With Me and enjoying the afterglow of the successful nationwide syndication of their PBS series, “On the Road with Chatham Rabbits.” Austin and Sarah McCombie quit their day jobs in 2018 to devote their full focus […]

March Square Dance

Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee

Fourth Thursdays of every month. Traditional Southern square dance with calling and instruction from Stan Sharp and live music. This is a welcoming social dance open to people of all experience levels. No partner required and instruction provided as we go. $10 general admission at the door, $5 for JCA members, seniors, and students.

Junior Appalachian Musicians Fundraiser – Note Changed Time

Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee

The Gladson Family Band and Sarah Pirkle & Jeff Barbra will play a fundraiser for Junior Appalachian Muscians programs with proceeds to go to Smoky Mountain JAM and Hancock County JAM. Bring cash for silent auction and purchasing items for sale. jubilee-community-arts.ticketleap.com/junior-appalachian-musicians-fundraiser/

Mike Bryant & Marcia Bryant w/ Joseph Decosimo & Reed Stutz

Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee

Mike and Marcia of Roane County, Tennessee are regular performers at the Laurel and have played old-time music since the late 1970s. In 2018 they release an album with Paul Brown and Terry McMurry through Old Time Tiki Parlor that generated "a roar of excitement (and disbelief) from legions of Bryant devotees in the greater […]

Mama Said String Band

Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee

Based out of Louisville Kentucky, Mama Said String Band is a four-piece collection of songwriters & players, David O’Neal, Katie “Didit” Caudill, Kaitlen Farmer, and Kris Potts. Each member brings a unique perspective with backgrounds spanning multiple cultures, genres, and styles. Together they draw influences from Bluegrass, Folk and Americana while focusing on vocal harmonies […]

Blue Ridge Gathering

Laurel Theater 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee

Knoxville based Blue Ridge Gathering are Cody Bauer on fiddle, Jessica Watson on banjo and guitar and Duck Ryan on banjo and guitar. Their music is based on regional old-time traditions along with some more modern arraignments and original compositions. Formed in 2022, the band took first place in the neo-traditional band category at the […]