Keven Reed

There will be more than 40 exhibits open to the public Friday, Dec. 3, in downtown Knoxville during the next First Friday, which has become a cultural tradition in the city.

The last few years have seen a type of musical resurgence in Knoxville in the form of electronic dance music that has spawned a number of different weekly events for those who want to come out and get down. What ...

While the last couple of weekends have been filled with brew-fests and Greek and Spanish cuisine, Disney on Ice is bringing something for children to enjoy with its latest show, "Princess Wishes."

It's mid-October and to many that means Halloween, candy corn and costume parties, but to the 4,000 attendees at this year's edition of the Brewers Jam, it is more like Christmas.

It’s that time of year again: the 31st annual Greekfest is here. This year’s festival begins today and goes through Sunday at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 4070 Kingston Pike.

With fall’s cool days and crisp nights upon us, it’s time to start enjoying the outdoors again. The Museum of Appalachia’s “Tennessee Fall Homecoming” is the perfect excuse to do just that.

Knoxville is a city rich in history, arts and culture, but sometimes it isn't so plain to find what you're looking for.

With the Vols' season already deflating and a plethora of comfortable fall weekends to look forward to, it may be time to shut off the TV and get outside for the Pellissippi State Hot Air Balloon Festival.

The summer nights are getting shorter and the swampy heat is beginning to fade away as we begin the transition to fall. However, this change isn’t just about pumpkins, Oktoberfest and more comfortable weather, but a brand new lineup of ...

Last week I took a trip down to Bailey's Sports Grill for an evening of Monday night football and to confirm it as my favorite spot to catch the game and grab a drink in Knoxville. After that article came ...

Anyone who made it out-and-about in Knoxville this past weekend might have noticed a significant change in the city. The wonderful fall weather has finally graced our presence. Everyone is retiring their shorts for jeans and donning their favorite hoodie ...

The last couple of weeks I've taken the opportunity to visit a couple of Knoxville's newest nightlife hotspots. While both were excellent fun and provided an interesting twist on the Knoxville sports-bar scene, they were, after all, still sports bars. ...

It seems that everywhere I go and everyone I talk to lately is spreading the good word about Tin Roof, the latest bar to open its doors in Knoxville.

This past weekend I decided to head down to Western Plaza to check out the newly opened Level 10. I gathered the troops for an adventure into the unknown just a little past 10 on Saturday night.

With summer drawing to a close and the massive UT student body returning for the fall semester, I decided to take a visit to one of my favorite campus nightlife hangouts, the Mellow Mushroom.

I've noticed somewhat of a change in my nightlife habits throughout the summer. Rather than spend late nights out drinking with friends and perusing the Knoxville bar scene, I've been making a more conscious effort to get out and enjoy ...

In my nightlife travels, as with most aspects of my life, I tend to overlook things and places until they jump out and bite me, figuratively speaking. In this particular case, I spent the last year or so living right ...

The Old City has been home to a number of bars and clubs over the years. A prime example of this was seen at 106 S. Central St. After watching two separate hip-hop clubs come and go in the spot ...

I don't get a tremendous amount of e-mail from readers, but one out of every three is an out-of-towner curious as to whether or not Michael's is still in business and if its replacement is worth visiting. On my first ...

Most people are trying to find ways to stay cool now that the summer heat is out in full force. Some might propose taking a quick dip in the pool. Others might prefer to stay locked up in their air-conditioned ...

As a non-native to Knoxville, I often find myself completely unfamiliar with many of the most cherished restaurants and bars throughout the city. I am still surprised at how many places I have not heard of - and get ridiculed ...

I heard of a new pizzeria and bar opening somewhere within the confines of the ever-growing shopping mecca and decided to check it out. After driving back and forth through Turkey Creek, I finally noticed that a place called Brixx ...

As I've said before, the West Knoxville bar scene has become unfamiliar to me. I often find myself struggling to find a new bar I have yet to visit in the area. So I decided to revisit a place I ...

The Old City is home to more bars than I can ever keep up with. In truth, it doesn’t surprise me anymore when someone brings up a bar I haven’t managed to visit, often due to my complete oversight. This ...

New bars are exciting to me. It isn’t so much that I’m excited to find out what specials they have or what beer they might have on tap, but how well the bar attempts to stand out above multitudes of ...

Monday nights are usually pretty boring by nightlife standards, especially during the summer. Thankfully, The Square Room has started the Monday Mustache Mash-up, a brave, new kind of happy hour to lure the crowds out for a cheap, fun Monday ...

Mobilizing a group of people for a night of revelry and mayhem can sometimes be more difficult than you would think. This week we got together with one plan in mind, but found ourselves quickly changing over to plan B ...

The Cumberland Avenue Charlie Pepper's was probably my biggest guilty pleasure of any bar in Knoxville when it was open. Seeing it close over a year ago ended a love affair that had gone on long enough. Then the Roaming ...

In an attempt to unwind after finishing up one of the busiest weeks I've had in quite some time, fellow nightlifer Greg Wood and I decided to double-team the Knoxville scene for a Saturday night at 4620 Reinvented before heading ...

The past several weeks I have had some rough luck showing up to the right bar at the right time. Luckily, I finally got it right this past Monday. I decided to stop in at Oodles Uncorked on Market Square ...

After spending the entire day in the Smokies, I didn't manage to get out until nearly midnight. Of course this isn't late for the Strip crowd. By the time we actually arrived at New Amsterdam, the party was in full ...

Whenever I ask someone visiting from out of town what their favorite bars in Knoxville are, I usually get a jumble of exclamations describing this crazy underground place that looks like a cave. The World Grotto is consistently one of ...

With Spring Break in full swing for UT students this past week, downtown Knoxville and the surrounding area was all but dead on the bar scene. It dawned on me that I hadn't made much of an effort to get ...

There aren't many bars in Knoxville that instill a sense of nostalgia in me. Patrick Sullivan's was actually one of the very first bars I stepped foot in when I turned 21, setting the bar fairly high for the rest ...

It isn't often that I have time to get out to the bars during the week anymore, but last week I decided to have a little Thursday debauchery with some friends. After a little debate, we ended up deciding on ...

Truthfully, it isn't very often that I visit a bar that really surprises me. About a year ago, I visited the newly opened Fort Sanders Yacht Club. While it was obvious the place needed some work, each time I went ...

Before living in Knoxville, when I was but a Chattanooga high-school hooligan, there were three places I really knew about in Knoxville: Neyland Stadium, Thompson Boling Arena and Blue Cats. Thankfully, the powers-that-be are now reopening the former Blue Cats ...

Knoxville obviously has no shortage of venues to check out the latest and greatest musical acts tearing across the country or making it on their own here in the city. Lucky for us Knoxvillians, all of these venues offer us ...

This week I found myself going out with a purpose for once, not just wandering into a random bar to pass judgment. That purpose was to celebrate my friend Kat's 21st birthday with a little bit of class that only ...

Sometimes simply going to a bar just isn’t what I feel like doing when going out on the weekend. Thankfully Knoxville has a brand-new comedy venue that just opened in Cedar Bluff to replace the defunct Comedy Zone. Side Splitters ...

After visiting as many bars as I have in Knoxville, my friend Greg finally brought it to my attention that there was one fairly mainstream bar I had managed to leave out. Thus, we came to visit Hooters for the ...

With the New Year finally in full swing, a few of us decided to get out and spend an evening somewhere downtown. After running through the short list of options I hadn’t visited in the downtown and Old City area ...

With the year 2008 finally behind me and a new year full of surprises ahead for the nightlife scene, I thought it would be a good time to look back at some of the best places I visited throughout the ...

This week in the world of nightlife I decided to try something a little different. With a desire to drink some post-Christmas brews and get in a few games of bowling, we set out to the West Knoxville Family Bowl.

With the holidays quickly approaching and the desire to do something in the spirit of the season, we decided to head Gatlinburg and visit the lively Puckers Sports Bar and Grill.

Not all Mexican restaurants are created equal in their desire to provide quality nightlife, and are mostly content filling you with beans and cheese until you can simply take no more. The wonderfully named Soccer Taco, however, not only provides ...

I was skeptical when I first heard about The Square Room, a new venue that opened this past weekend on Market Square. As it turns out, it has quite a bit to offer. The Square Room and its restaurant counterpart, ...

After the busy Thanksgiving holiday and a long Monday back in the grind, a few of us decided to venture over to Bull Feathers in West Knoxville to watch a little karaoke and catch up on the long weekend.

A couple of weeks ago I ventured out to Cotton Eye Joe in an attempt to prove everything I expected from it to be wrong. That worked out well, so this week I thought I might be able to have ...

We were looking for somewhere to share a few pitchers and grab a bite to eat when Rookies came up. Deciding to check out Rookies on a Monday night turned out to be a good idea.