The East Tennessee History Center to Celebrate “Music in East Tennessee” During History Hootenanny
WHAT: History Hootenanny
WHEN: Saturday, August 17 2024 @ 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. with a special performance from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902 and the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902
(Knoxville, TN) The East Tennessee Historical Society announces the 3rd annual History Hootenanny, a celebration of East Tennessee history. History Hootenanny showcases the best of the East Tennessee History Center and its partners at this open house. This year’s theme is “Music in East Tennessee” as we celebrate the closing of the feature exhibition, They Sang What They Lived: The Story of Carl and Pearl Butler. Guests can enjoy live music, music-themed children’s activities, a used local history book sale, Knoxville walking tours, shuttles to the Historic House Museums of Knoxville, and more! History Hootenanny is a free public history event organized in partnership by the East Tennessee Historical Society, McClung Historical Collection, and Tennessee Archives for Moving Image and Sound (TAMIS).
Featuring
- Music by Jarrett Wildcatt, Kelle Jolly, Wild Blue Yonder, Old City Buskers, and New Market Train Wrecks
- Children’s activities
- Walking tours
- Screenings from Tennessee Archives of Moving Image and Sound at the Tennessee Theatre
- Self-guided tours of the Tennessee Theatre
- Shuttles to the Historic House Museums of Knoxville
- Friends of the Library Used Book Sale
For more information and a full schedule of events, call 865-215-8824 or visit https://www.easttnhistory.org/event/history-hootenanny-2/.
