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Walk, run, or sprint one mile through the streets of Downtown Knoxville while enjoying Gay Street’s springtime beauty with your friends, family, organization, or your co-workers on Friday, April 27 in one of the few night races in Knoxville.
There will be a plethora of activities before and after The Dogwood Arts Parade happening on and around Market Square including a kid’s fun run, 1 mile run, live music, and a single bracket elimination Dogwood Art’s Corn Hole Tournament. Come make the most of your time together downtown by entering your children in The Kid’s Fun Run beginning at 6 pm on Wall Street before heading off to see the Dogwood Arts Parade move down Gay Street. People of all ages are invited to come participate in the Dogwood Mile beginning at 8:30 pm on Wall Street with a Party on Market Square following after the race which will include live music, entertainment, and the 2nd Annual Dogwood Arts Corn Hole Tournament.
What: Dogwood Mile and Party on the Square and the 2nd Annual Corn Hole Tournament
Where: Market Square in Downtown Knoxville (starting line is on Wall Avenue)
When: Friday, April 27
Kids Fun Run will start at 6:00 pm
1 Mile Race will begin at 8:30 pm [registration will be open from 5:30-8:00pm day-of]
Corn Hole Tournament will be at 8:00 pm in Market Square
Cost:
Race Individual (Must be 12+): $20.00 Day of Race/$15.00 Pre-Registration
Race Team (minimum of 4 members): $10.00/person
Kid’s Fun Run Individual (Ages 7-12): FREE, thanks to Subway!
Corn Hole Tournament: $20 per two-member team—Single Elimination Bracket
Entry Forms!
Pre-registration for runners will available online at www.ktc.org or by filling out this 2012 Dogwood Mile Runner Entry Form.
Corn Hole team registration form can be found here: 2012 Corn Hole Tournament Registration Form
Wondering where to park for the Dogwood Mile and the Party on the Square? Check out this map!
The annual WIVK / Fowler's Christmas Parade will be on Friday, Dec. 2, starting at 7:00 p.m. on Gay Street in Downtown Knoxville. Enjoy Floats, decorated vehicles, marching bands, dancers, special appearance by Santa Claus and more! Parade will be live on Volunteer TV 8.
Friday, Dec. 2, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
| Gay Street in Downtown Knoxvill One of Knoxville's Christmas favorites Floats & decorated vehicles Marching bands & dancers Special appearance by Santa Claus! Live on VOLUNTEER TV The parade route: start at the Knoxville Coliseum, run along Historic Preservation then left on Hall of Fame, right on Hill Ave., right on Gay St. |
| Mayor Brown helped open The Market at 504 S. Gay Street Wednesday with an official ribbon cutting ceremony. |
 The Market is a small, but well-stocked, grocery store that opened to serve downtown residents. It is the result of collaboration between the H.T. Hackney Company, which owns the building and The Market in Maryville - which is something of an upscale grocery featuring specialty goods, locally-made baked goods, local produce and meat. The Market at Union and Gay will mirror the Maryville site. "It will be similar but not exactly the same. We'll have more convenience items, all the things that downtown residents need," said Mike Adams, General Manager of The Market. Speakers at the event included Mayor Daniel Brown, Mike Edwards - Knoxville Chamber, Rebecca Ramsey - Ramsey Marketing, and Mike Adams - The Market. Store hours for The Market at Union & Gay are as follows: Monday-Thursday 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
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The Dogwood Arts Festival brings the “Music, Music, Music” to Gay Street. On April 29, the Dogwood Parade will be the heartbeat of downtown Knoxville when East Tennessee celebrates and pays tribute to our region’s artistic talent and natural beauty. In true parade fashion, decorated floats, helium balloons, clowns, street performers, and marching bands will be a spectacle for visitors to see. It will be an exciting celebration that you won’t want to miss!
Grand Marshal of the Dogwood Parade will be actor, Cylk Cozart.
The Parade will be televised by CBS’s WVLT-TV and will be immediately followed by Covenant Health’s Dogwood Mile, one of the Official Health and Fitness events of the Festival.
Corporate sponsors include Food City, AT&T, Dixie Homecrafters, Prestige Cleaners, the City of Knoxville, and Clayton Bank & Trust.
WHAT: Dogwood Arts Parade
WHERE: Gay Street
WHEN: April 29, 7 pm – lasting approximately one hour.
HOW MUCH: Free admission
Most of the Festival’s wide range of arts events, performances, and exhibitions are offered to the public free of charge. Without the support of community volunteers, patrons, corporate, and media partners, a festival of this magnitude would not be possible!
Dogwood Arts Festival is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to help support arts education in our schools, promote the visual and performing arts, and to preserve and enhance the natural beauty of our region.
One of the Southeast's most alluring cultural attractions, Knoxville Opera's Rossini Festival Italian Street Fair brings a taste of Europe to East Tennessee and celebrates the color, fun and excitement of opera and Italian culture.
The festival combines world class opera performances, art and craft exhibitions, wine tasting,and a wide variety of other events with a vibrant Italian Street Fair.
2011 Rossini Festival attractions include:
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FRI., APRIL 8 - Knoxville Opera's presentation of Bellini's I Puritani Friday, April 8, 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 10, 2:30 p.m. at the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902 SAT., APRIL 9 - Italian Street Fair Saturday, April 9, 2011 11:00am - 9:00pm Gay Street and Market Square, Downtown Knoxville  Tickets available at Knoxville Opera, 865-524-0795, ext. 1. A fully-staged, costumed UT Opera Theatre production of Britten's Albert Herring at the Bijou Theatre Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 2:30pm, Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 8:00pm, Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 7:30pm, Monday, April 11, 2011 at 7:30pm Tickets available from the UT School of Music or at Tickets Unlimited. |
