SPECIAL EVENT: Jazz at Ijams on Mother's Day 2026
Sun, May 10
|Ijams Nature Center
Join in the fun on May 10 for some hot jazz, dancing, artists and more with Jazz at Ijams!
Time & Location
May 10, 2026, 4:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA
About the Event
It's Mother's Day…bring Mom! Pack a picnic blanket (or lawn chair) and enjoy an afternoon of live hot jazz, dancing, flow arts, maker market, live art, and international cuisine. Spinners, jugglers, and dancers welcome. Bring a picnic if you like (coolers and outside alcohol not allowed; beer available on site). Jesse Eads Quartet will play at 5:00 PM. SWINGBOOTY hits the stage at 6:30 PM.
Tickets are $10 online or at door; kids 12 and under free.
Doors open at 4:30pm. The Ijams beer garden and concession area will be open for the event.
5 PM
Jesse Eads Quartet
This unique quartet features jazz banjo player Jesse Eads and vocalist Willow Eads. It's high energy, bluesy mix that occasionally collides with bluegrass. Keys and guitars round out the sound. You have probably never heard anything quite like this before!