Join 400,000 friends on September 2, 2012, and experience the largest Labor Day fireworks show in the Nation. We've got great food, games and live entertainment. And it's all Free—as always! See you there.

Christmas in the City is Knoxville's most anticipated winter festival. Our city dresses for the holidays with lighted trees and decorations - including the popular and growing Up on the Rooftops displays - plus dozens of events guaranteed to bring holiday cheer!

Celebrate spring with special events throughout Knox County including art shows, crafts fairs, delicious food and live music plus more than 60 miles of landscaping and garden trails.

Earthfest is a free event with food, fun and entertainment for the whole family including the pets! Earthfest promotes environemtn awareness and provides opportunities for individuals to reduce their environmental footprint in East Tennessee. Earthfest features exhibits that attendees will enjoy!

The festival celebrates Irish culture and includes: traditional Irish music and dancing, pipe and drum band, traditional Irish and festival style food, beer tasting garden, "Wee Folk" area for kids, local entertainers, Irish cultural exhibits, fiddler competition, traditional and contemporary arts, information about local "green" industries, craft demonstrations, tug-of-war bracketed competition, corn-hole (bean bag toss) competition and much more.

The Farragut Fall Festival is a street fair celebration for the community and fund-raiser for Knoxville’s Second Harvest Food Bank. Located at the Renaissance Shopping Center in Farragut, this festival takes place in October of each year and includes music, activities, food and entertainment.

Celebrate the birth of our nation with vendors, food and music leading up to a fabulous fireworks display. The Festival on the Fourth promises once again to deliver a wide variety of family fun including entertainment, activities and treats at the City of Knoxville’s Fourth of July celebration.

Greekfest is hosted by St. George Greek Orthodox Church and is a 3 day event filled with authentic Greek food, delicious Greek pastries, live music, traditional Greek dancing and costumes.

The HoLa Festival is a day-long celebration of diversity and a cultural salute to our East Tennessee community. The festival is part of the local celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. It is an invitation to the general public to learn and enjoy the best of our music, food, arts, crafts and so much more! Hispanic Heritage Month has been celebrated since 1968 in the United States.

The International Biscuit Festival celebrates the heritage of home cooking through that most perfect of foods – the Biscuit. The festival will take place May 19, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Enjoy all the events the festival has to offer including the Biscuit Breakfast, Blackberry Farm Biscuit Brunch, Biscuit Bazaar, Biscuit Boulevard, Biscuit Bake Off and much more.

October 6, 2012 - The Knoxville Brewers Jam celebrates American craft beer, music and food at World's Fair Park in downtown Knoxville. The event is held dring the fall and includes unlimited samples from craft brewers of beer that comes in every taste, color, strength and style.

The most fun, unique cultural event featuring adrenaline-pumping action, dragon boat racing grows in world-wide popularity each year. Teams rave about the excitement, friendly competition and community spirit surrounding the sport.

Its mission is to foster an appreciation for two uniquely American contributions to the world: jazz and public libraries. To that end, the Knoxville Jazz Festival provides opportunities for students and professional musicians to work with jazz masters. It spotlights the many excellent jazz musicians in East Tennessee, and helps people to appreciate jazz and understand its importance to American culture.

The Kuumba Festival (KUUMBA) was started in 1989 by local Knoxville artists and community activists who were looking to showcase local African American art and artists therefore sharing, educating and exposing rich cultural art forms to the Knoxville community. This event gives African American Appalachian Arts Inc.(AAAA) an avenue to reach out and service the Greater Knoxville community through the offering of cultural arts activities.

The Red White and Blues Festival features live entertainment and other activities. The event is sponsored by the Farragut Business Alliance. More information available at www.farragutbusiness.com.

Embrace your inner Italian – Rossini Festival time is coming for the 11th Year! Events include the ever popular (and FREE!) Italian Street Fair!

The Tennessee Food and Wine Festival is a two-day event featuring educational sessions, gourmet food and a special Saturday expo at the convention center giving attendees the opportunity to sample and buy Tennessee food products and wine grown through the South.

More than 30,000 tulips of various shades of pink have been planted in the gardens at Crescent Bend and will be in bloom during this springtime event! Tour the home then make your way back to the gardens to see the wonderful views of the river along with the thousands of flowers surrounding you.