A1LabArts is a Knoxville-based artists’ membership organization with a long tradition of encouraging creativity, collaboration, and community. Throughout A1's existence, their members have organized and supported a wide range of exhibits, performacnes, workshops, classes, discussion groups, collaborations with other organization, participation in communinty events, ad other activities -- some of which are difficult to categorize […]
Join us for the Screening & Awards Ceremony for the 7-Day Shootout Filmmaking Competition! ABOUT THE 7-DAY SHOOTOUT For 15 years, the 7-Day Shootout was part of the Knoxville Film Festival. It was a filmmaking competition where teams of filmmakers had 7 days to make a 4-7 minute short film. It was, by far, […]
Thanks to East Tennessee Foundation's “Share Our Stages” initiative, Next Rung Productions, a year-long mentorship program where local playwrights develop their ideas into full-length plays, presents two FREE events at CCA in their first ever double-feature! 2pm | FOUR STEPS FORWARD: Three new works by local playwrights 5pm | A table reading of Harrison […]
Award-winning children's theater company Broadway Center for the Arts is bringing an artic blast to the Clayton Center this July with Disney’s Frozen JR. Do you want to build a snowman? You’ll love this fanciful and heartwarming Disney musical of the top-grossing animated film of all time! Join Anna, Elsa, and all your favorite […]
Preacher Lawson was born in Portland, OR, but spent most of his adolescence in Memphis, TN. He moved 20 times before the age of 10, but if you asked him what city he’s from he’d say Orlando, FL, because that’s where he grew as a comedian. Lawson is best known for his appearance on season […]
“One Night in Memphis” honors a night in rock and roll history that still lives on today. On December 4th, 1956, Carl Perkins, along with his brothers Clayton and Jay booked a recording session at Sam Phillips Sun Records studio in Memphis, TN. Carl was to record an old blues song called, “Matchbox” that the […]
Established by an Act of Congress in 1798, the United States Marine Band is America’s oldest continuously active professional musical organization. Its mission is unique—to provide music for the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. President John Adams invited the Marine Band to make its White House debut on […]
Based on one audience suggestion (a title of a show that has never been written), The Improvised Shakespeare Company® creates a brand new, fully improvised Shakespearean masterpiece right before your eyes. Nothing has been planned out, rehearsed, or written. All of the dialogue is said for the first time, the characters are created as you watch, […]
Certain experiences burn themselves in your memory from the very first encounter. The jaw-dropping audio pyrotechnics that Naturally 7 put on display every night absolutely belong in that category. “A capella group” so vastly underplays what they create onstage that they had to coin a phrase - “Vocal Play” - to more accurately depict what […]
Long before Bridgerton broke the Netflix algorithm, Vitamin String Quartet (VSQ) had helped establish classical crossover as a genuine force in contemporary music. Fresh off high-profile placements in Seasons 1 and 2 of the aforementioned streaming smash, VSQ has “reached a mainstream, global audience” (Variety) and “charmed the world with their classical covers” (Nylon). New […]
The Randy Travis: More Life Tour features the legendary country singer and his co-star in The Price, James Dupré. The Country Music Hall of Fame member’s long-time touring band, consisting of Steve Hinson, David Johnson, Lance Dary, Bill Cook, Joe Van Dyke and Herb Shucher along with longtime tour manager Jeff Davis will rejoin “Hoss,” […]
As childhood friends growing up in Denver, Colorado, Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing were always exploring the outdoors. Whether it was rafting down their neighborhood creek or discovering hiking trails through the Rocky Mountains, Joe and Justin were born adventurers. Now, as the GRAMMY® Award-winning Okee Dokee Brothers, they have put this passion for the […]
A heartwarming musical, Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol features songs by eleven-time GRAMMY winner Dolly Parton and book by David H. Bell, adapted by Bell, Curt Wollan and Couch. Set in the 1930s in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, this unforgettable production and amazing cast imagines Ebenezer Scrooge as the owner of a […]
Wheel of Fortune LIVE! brings America’s Game® to your hometown! The all-new live stage show with a well-known host is the one-and-only way you can have the chance to spin a replica of the wheel and win prizes outside of Sony Pictures Studios. At Wheel of Fortune LIVE!, contestants are selected from the audience to […]
The Coalminers -- the band who toured with Loretta Lynn for over 40 years in front of more than 25 million fans at 5000+ shows worldwide -- continues to celebrate the Queen of Country with their amazing presentation of ALWAYS LORETTA featuring Emily Portman as Loretta. Emily portrayed Loretta in the Conway Twitty musical “It’s […]
The Vienna Boys Choir is one of the most famous choirs in the world, and one of the oldest. Boys have been singing at Vienna's Imperial Chapel since at least 1296. In 1498 Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. established a Court Chapel in Vienna where he declared that there were to be boys among the singers, […]
It’s Bagpipes. It’s Rock. It’s Bagrock. AC/DC meets the poet Robert Burns. Where rock anthems sit comfortably alongside the great tunes from the glens and the mountains of Scotland. It’s The Red Hot Chilli PIPERS – (NOT the Peppers!) -- a 9-piece ensemble consisting of pipers, guitarists, keyboards, and drummers -- who have been rocking […]
BODYTRAFFIC, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is an internationally-renowned dance company proudly hailing from Los Angeles. Since its founding in 2007 by Artistic Director Tina Finkelman Berkett, the company has held fast to its mission of championing contemporary dance, educating audiences, and inciting positive change. Its goal is simple: get the world moving. A forward-thinking company, […]
Don McMillan was most recently featured on America’s Got Talent where he came in the TOP 12 and performed in the Finals! The Comedian/Engineer’s show features lots of graphs and charts earning rave reviews from America and ALL the judges – even Simon Cowell! A former engineer, Don combined his comedy and technical skills to […]
Rob Lake has dazzled millions on prime time network TV and streaming services worldwide. His appearances on NBC's America's Got Talent (2018) reached over 80-million YouTube and Facebook video views. His astonishing original illusions are uniquely presented as awe-inspiring storytelling on the grandest scale. Named “The World’s Greatest Illusionist” by NBC and “One of the […]
As a gathering place for the community and its visitors and as the home of the Maryville College fine and performing arts program, the Clayton Center for the Arts provides opportunities for the lifelong expression and appreciation of the arts.
The Center plays a vital role in enhancing the quality of life, bolstering cultural and economic vitality, strengthening tourism, and expanding the educational offerings for our community and region. The diversity of our community is to be reflected on our stages, in our galleries and in our audiences. Through its relationship to Maryville College, the Center will provide educational opportunities designed to attract and nurture artists of all ages. The programming is of the highest caliber and features the arts from around the world.
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