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Upcoming/Ongoing Events

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IJAMS TAKE ACTION!: BIG AND SMALL WAYS TO SAVE THE PLANET 2024
Throughout 2024

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Join Ijams for a YEARLONG series of programs, workshops, and special events that will help you make your life a little more sustainable and make a big impact in the world around you!

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PICKIN' ON NATURE
April-December 2024

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Join Ijams and East Tennessee Bluegrass Association for another year of Pickin' on Nature! Great concerts featuring well-known local and regional artists, and FREE Bluegrass Jams on the third Sunday of each month!

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BIG FUN TUESDAYS
May-October 2024

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Big Fun Tuesdays are back! Join Ijams and Appalachian Mountain Bike Club for a ride, live music, food trucks and more at Mead's Quarry on the first Tuesday of each month!

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KNOXVILLE SHAKESPEARE
July 18 - Aug. 11, 2024

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Join Tennessee Stage Company and Ijams Nature Center for the time-honored tradition of outdoor Shakespeare with Knoxville Shakespeare on the lawn at Ijams.

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IJAMS HUMMINGBIRD FESTIVAL: A CELEBRATION OF WINGS
Aug. 17, 2024​
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Celebrate all things wings at the 2024 Ijams Hummingbird Festival! Back by popular demand an expanded marketplace, bird banding sessions, live animal shows, educational activities, guided nature walks, speakers and hands-on sessions, arts and crafts, fun stuff for kids, community science and more! 

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TWILIGHT AT IJAMS
Sept. 8, 2024

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An exciting new take on Ijams Nature Center's largest annual fundraiser will have you sauntering along the trail for curated, interactive vignettes and art installations. You'll discover the pollinator garden' bodacious blooms, hear and track bats with a renowned bat biologist, explore aquatic worlds, and immerse yourself in the forest's festive lights!

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HALLO-WEEK AT IJAMS

Oct. 23-30, 2024

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Celebrate fall with family-friendly fun activities centered around the season, from owls prowls and pumpkin carving to storytelling and an enchanted forest!

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MOVIES UNDER THE STARS
May 24-Oct. 4, 2024​
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Ijams Nature Center and Central Cinema are bringing back Movies Under the Stars including Terror in the Woods and some of your favorite flicks!

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BIG EARS PRESENTS ELLEN REID SOUNDWALK: IJAMS NATURE CENTER

Sept. 8, 2021 - Extended!

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Big Ears presents Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK: Ijams Nature Center featuring the Kronos Quartet. Reid's free, GPS-enabled work is a new way to experience Ijams, and it will change every time you visit!

Past Events

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35TH ANNUAL IJAMS RIVER RESCUE

March 9, 2024

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Water is life! Help clean up this community's waterways at the 35th annual Ijams River Rescue!

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IJAMS NATURE CENTER'S MAYAPPLE MARKETPLACE
April 14, 2024

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Enjoy the sights and sounds of spring while you shop for plants, arts and crafts, garden decor, and more at the Ijams Mayapple Marketplace!

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FLEURISH: A SUSTAINABLE FASHION EVENT
April 21, 2024

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Join Ijams for Fleurish, a collaborative runway show (and Ijams fundraiser) focused on showcasing how sustainability, conservation, and beauty intertwine with our lives and our future.

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