Ngakhale kuti ndi yaying'ono kwambiri kuposa Nashville ndi Memphis , mzinda wa Knoxville ndilo mzinda wachitatu kukulu kwambiri ku Tennessee, womwe uli ndi anthu pafupifupi 180,000, ndipo umakhalanso kunyumba ya yunivesite ya Tennessee, ndipo ndi umodzi mwa mizinda yapafupi kwambiri (pamodzi ndi Asheville, NC kukhala imodzi) ku malo omwe amayendera kwambiri pakati pa mapiri a dziko la US, Great Smoky Mountains National Park . Ali ndi chiwerengero chachikulu cha chiwerewere chomwe chikuwonekera kwambiri m'zaka zaposachedwapa, ndipo mzindawo umakondwerera chikondwerero chachikulu cha Gay Pridefest, Knoxville Pridefest, June aliyense mu Fair Park ya Padziko lonse lapansi - yomwe ili chaka chino ndi June 18, 2016.
Zochitika zomwe zimapanga Knoxville Kunyada zimaphatikizapo maphwando angapo, osamalipira ndalama, ndi zochitika zina zomwe zikuchitika masabata masadakhale - pano ndi kalendala yonse ya maphwando ndi misonkhano, zomwe zikuphatikizapo "Kudya kunja ndi Kunyada -kudyera zothandizira kuzungulira tawuni, kuphatikizapo Cocoa Moon, Big Fatty's, Abuelo's, Boyd's Jig & Reel, Oodles, ndi Melting Pot. Zochitika zimaphatikizansopo Art Out mu Mzindawu pa Lachinayi, June 2; ntchito pa Loweruka, June 4, ku Bijou ndi Knoxville Gay Men's Chorus ; ndi Knoxville PrideFest Picnic yomwe idachitika Lamlungu, pa 5 Juni, kuyambira 1:00 mpaka 5 koloko masana, ku Tyson Park. Ndiye pamapeto a sabata lisanafike, pali Chaka Chotsatira 2 Palibe Chiwombankhanga ndi Zovala Zovala pa Lachisanu ndi Loweruka, June 10 ndi 11.
Kuwonjezera pa zikondwerero za chaka chino ndi wotchuka kwambiri komanso wapatsidwa mwayi woimba nyimbo, Wolemba Chely Wright , yemwe akukonzekera kuti atulutse Album yake yatsopano, Lifted Off the Ground .
Tsiku lalikulu la Knoxville Pride ndi Loweruka, June 18. Pali Knoxville Pridefest Parade, yomwe inachitikira 11 koloko mumzinda wa Gay Street (inde, ndilo dzina lenileni la msewu, ndipo ndilo msewu waukulu ku Knoxville) ndikupitilira ku Worlds Fair Park, yomwe ndi malo a Phwando la Knoxville Pridefest, lomwe linagwiritsidwa ntchito kuyambira masana mpaka 8 koloko ndipo likukhala ndi ogulitsa oposa 100, zakudya zamtundu uliwonse, ndi slate of entertainment.
Anthu oposa 20,000 akuyembekezeka chaka chino.
Zosowa za Gay Gville
Kuti mudziwe kumene mungadye ndi kumwa kumadzulo kwa Knoxville mukakhala tawuni, onani Knoxville Gay Nightlife ndi Guide Kudya , zomwe ziri ndi zosautsa za malingaliro onse pa chakudya chabwino ndi kusonkhana. Chinthu chabwino kwambiri cha LGBT pa chikhalidwe cha chiwerewere m'dziko lonse lapansi ndi Out & About, chomwe ngakhale makamaka pa Nashville chili ndi zinthu zina ndi zina zokhudza Knoxville. Knoxville alibe malo a midzi ya LGBT, koma ku yunivesite ya Tennessee, OUTReach: LGBT & Ally Resource Center ili ndi webusaiti yothandiza yomwe ili ndi zida zina zothandiza. Malangizo othandiza kukonzekera maulendo ndi maganizo ena pa zomwe mungawone ndikuchita m'tawuni, ndi malo okhala, yang'anani pa webusaiti yabwino kwambiri yomwe ikupangidwa ndi bungwe lovomerezeka la zokopa alendo, Pitani ku Knoxville.
Ngati mukuyendera malowa nthawi yoyamba, kapena mutachoka patali, kumbukirani kuti imodzi mwa malo odyetserako kitschy ndi osangalatsa m'dzikoli ali pafupi, Dollywood - amayendetsedwa ndi nthano komanso mnzanga wa gulu la LGBT Dolly Parton . Pakiyi ili ku Pigeon Forge, yomwe ili pamtunda wa makilomita 35 kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Knoxville, popita ku Great Smoky Mountains National Park.