Community Calendar

Consistently rated the best local scavenger hunt since 2016!

Puzzling Adventures are a cross between a scavenger hunt, an adventure race, and an informative self-guided walking tour. Each adventure consists of a series of locations that you are guided to where you are required to answer a question or solve a puzzle to receive your next instruction. Compete as a group, individually or create multiple teams and race each other. Almost all of our adventures are designed to be wheelchair and stroller friendly and all are carefully crafted to be entertaining and informative with something to appeal to all ages. Complete the adventure as quickly as possible to win first place or take your time and enjoy the journey. Price is per team, not per person. Groups can be any size, but small groups are recommended for the best experience.

Enter the code EVENTPASS on the payment page for a $10 discount!

Most locations are available daylight hours every day.

Nief-Norf presents Kevin Zetina, performing percussion works by Adams, BIG|BRAVE, Çudars, Meshuggah, Scott, Sevish, & Zetina!

Kevin Zetina is a dynamic percussionist, composer, and arranger devoted to contemporary music, from landmark 20th-century works to brand-new commissions and pop arrangements for classical ensembles. He is Lecturer of Percussion at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, directs the UT Chamber Percussion Ensemble, and performs with the Nief-Norf ensemble, where he also teaches each summer. His recent compositions include Coalescence (Yale Percussion Group), Fleeting Lines (Ensemble Knox), and Polyrhythms Through Pop Music (Liquidrum), and he is a Pearl/Adams Concert Artist with degrees from Eastman and Yale.

Bringing Washington Square of NY to Knoxville. An open gathering for sharing acoustic folk music. People are invited to bring their guitars, banjos, autoharps, fiddles, mandolins, harmonicas, voices, and good cheer.
Folk music in Washington Square Park in New York City was a major cultural phenomenon in the 1950s and early 1960s, often considered its heyday. During this period, the park was a gathering place for folk musicians, singers, and fans, becoming a symbol of the American folk revival. Every weekend, musicians and singers would converge in the park with guitars, banjos, fiddles, and more. These informal jam sessions drew large crowds and helped spread the music.
Open and Free Expression: The atmosphere was informal, communal, and politically charged. Many participants were singing traditional ballads, labor songs, and protest anthems.
Those were turbulent times with the growing Civil Rights movement and the Vietnam War. Now, our world is once again in the throes of sudden change, conflict, and division. Maybe, if we can come together like the people at Washington Square. We could find some common ground and have fun together playing our instruments and lifting our voices together. Hope to see you there.

Nief-Norf presents the Formalist Quartet, our 2025 faculty ensemble-in-residence! The Formalist Quartet is a Los Angeles-based string quartet dedicated to the performance of adventurous repertoire, focusing on contemporary pieces and world premieres as well as exploring a diverse spectrum of early music and the standard repertoire.

Nief-Norf presents Vicky Chow, performing Philip Glass’s Piano Etudes Book 1!

Hong Kong/Canadian pianist Vicky Chow, praised as “brilliant” by The New York Times and “one of our era’s most brilliant pianists” by Pitchfork, is a member of the Bang on a Can All-Stars and an acclaimed soloist and collaborator with artists including Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, and the Kronos Quartet. She has performed in over 40 countries at major venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Barbican Centre, and Teatro Colón, and has released more than 25 solo and chamber albums, including JUNO-nominated Super Villain Etudes and Tristan Perich: Surface Image, named a top 10 avant album by Rolling Stone. A graduate of Juilliard and Manhattan School of Music, she teaches at Bang on a Can Summer Institute and Nief-Norf Summer Festival and is a Yamaha Artist based in Brooklyn.

Nief-Norf presents a showcase concert of our 2025 International Call for Scores winners, featuring works by Mike Boyd, Ya-Lan Chan, Inga Chinilina, Peter Kramer, and June Young (Will) Kim!

Consistently rated the best local scavenger hunt since 2016!

Puzzling Adventures are a cross between a scavenger hunt, an adventure race, and an informative self-guided walking tour. Each adventure consists of a series of locations that you are guided to where you are required to answer a question or solve a puzzle to receive your next instruction. Compete as a group, individually or create multiple teams and race each other. Almost all of our adventures are designed to be wheelchair and stroller friendly and all are carefully crafted to be entertaining and informative with something to appeal to all ages. Complete the adventure as quickly as possible to win first place or take your time and enjoy the journey. Price is per team, not per person. Groups can be any size, but small groups are recommended for the best experience.

Enter the code EVENTPASS on the payment page for a $10 discount!

Most locations are available daylight hours every day.

Consistently rated the best local scavenger hunt since 2016!

Puzzling Adventures are a cross between a scavenger hunt, an adventure race, and an informative self-guided walking tour. Each adventure consists of a series of locations that you are guided to where you are required to answer a question or solve a puzzle to receive your next instruction. Compete as a group, individually or create multiple teams and race each other. Almost all of our adventures are designed to be wheelchair and stroller friendly and all are carefully crafted to be entertaining and informative with something to appeal to all ages. Complete the adventure as quickly as possible to win first place or take your time and enjoy the journey. Price is per team, not per person. Groups can be any size, but small groups are recommended for the best experience.

Enter the code EVENTPASS on the payment page for a $10 discount!

Most locations are available daylight hours every day.

Marble City Opera will present a Pint Sized Opera performance on Monday, June 16, 2025 at Boyd’s Jig & Reel in Knoxville’s Old City. Tickets are on sale at MarbleCityOpera.com/tickets

The $10 ticket price includes the performance and a buffet of heavy hors d'oeuvres. There will be a cash bar. This special Pint Sized Opera event serves as a celebration of the just-concluded 2024-2025 opera season as well as a look forward to next season.

Marble City Opera has a long-running tradition of bringing opera to the community via its Pint Sized Opera performances. Guests and artists mingle and enjoy a beverage together. About every 20 minutes, the singers perform a set of popular arias and showtunes.

Boyd’s Jig & Reel is located at 101 S. Central Street, at the corner of W. Jackson Avenue. They are typically closed Mondays but will be open for this special ticketed event from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Consistently rated the best local scavenger hunt since 2016!

Puzzling Adventures are a cross between a scavenger hunt, an adventure race, and an informative self-guided walking tour. Each adventure consists of a series of locations that you are guided to where you are required to answer a question or solve a puzzle to receive your next instruction. Compete as a group, individually or create multiple teams and race each other. Almost all of our adventures are designed to be wheelchair and stroller friendly and all are carefully crafted to be entertaining and informative with something to appeal to all ages. Complete the adventure as quickly as possible to win first place or take your time and enjoy the journey. Price is per team, not per person. Groups can be any size, but small groups are recommended for the best experience.

Enter the code EVENTPASS on the payment page for a $10 discount!

Most locations are available daylight hours every day.