Knoxville · Tennessee
Find Musicians in Knoxville, TN
Knoxville has a deep, adventurous scene: the historic Tennessee Theatre, the boundary-pushing Big Ears Festival, and an Appalachian-roots tradition that runs through the hills around it. Bandry connects East Tennessee's players, local-first.
Why Bandry
Built for finding people locally.
Local, not regional
Radius-filtered means you see people who can actually make it to your rehearsal, not someone hours away.
The full music chain
Studios, mixing engineers, photographers, videographers, designers. Everything to take a project from rehearsal to release.
Direct contact, always
No in-app messaging to babysit. Link up, and they reach out to you directly. Off-platform, on your terms.
The scene
Knoxville has the depth.
From roots to avant-garde
Knoxville spans old-time Appalachian music and the experimental edge of Big Ears. Find collaborators by role and radius.
Historic rooms
The Tennessee Theatre and the Old City anchor a real live scene. The bulletin finds the people; the Resources tab maps the rooms.
The hub of East Tennessee
Knoxville pulls talent from across the region. Set your radius and the bulletin reaches it.
On the ground
Where Knoxville plays.
A quick map of the Knoxville scene: the indie-reachable rooms and the shops that keep it running. Bandry connects you to the players who fill them, and the Resources tab pins the rest near you.
Venues worth knowing
The Pilot Light
An Old City institution for experimental, indie and underground acts, a tiny black-box room, all-ages, 25-plus years booking.
Barley's Taproom & Pizzeria
An Old City taproom with live music nearly nightly, usually no cover, roots, jam, Americana and rock in a casual room.
The Mill & Mine
A warehouse-district room for bigger touring indie, soul and electronic acts, a renovated industrial space holding up to about 1,200.
Open Chord
West Knoxville on Kingston Pike, an all-ages stage plus bar, kitchen and guitar shop, touring and local bands, roughly 250 cap.
Preservation Pub
A Market Square mainstay with live original music nightly across two floors, small, rowdy, 21-plus, often free.
Scruffy City Hall
A Market Square room next to Preservation Pub, an intimate main hall and balcony bar hosting original music most nights.
Pretentious Beer Co.
An Old City brewery with a covered outdoor stage, regional and touring acts most Thursday through Saturday nights, a beer-garden vibe.
Record stores, studios and rehearsal
Lost & Found Records
Record store. North Knoxville's longtime independent since 1990, buys, sells and trades vinyl, 45s, cassettes and CDs, deep crates.
Wild Honey Records
Record store. A Bearden shop on Kingston Pike, curated new and high-quality vintage vinyl spanning jazz, soundtracks and exotica.
Auralation Studios
Recording studio. South Knoxville on Blount Avenue, full-service recording, mixing and mastering in a 1,000-square-foot room.
Pink Moon Sound
Recording studio. East Knoxville on Fifth Avenue, a purpose-built commercial studio with a live room, control room and B-room.
Tennessee Guitar & Sound Company
Gear shop. Bearden on Kingston Pike, new and used guitars to buy, sell or trade, plus repairs, setups and fretwork.
A starting map of the local scene, not a directory or an endorsement. Rooms and shops change, the people you meet on Bandry are how you stay current.
Who's on Bandry in Knoxville
Every role in one place.
Find your people
Looking for a specific role?
Resources tab
The places, not just the people.
Beyond the bulletin, Bandry's Resources tab pulls in nearby studios, rehearsal spaces, venues, repair shops, and music stores from Apple Maps. Everything you need to actually make the record, all in one app.
Looking for a specific place? Recording studios, rehearsal space, music stores, instrument repair, music venues, or vinyl pressing near you.
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Finding musicians in Knoxville
How do I find musicians in Knoxville?
Post what you're looking for on Bandry's Knoxville bulletin and set your reach to local. Musicians within your radius see it, and when someone's interested they link up, sharing their contact info so you can reach out directly and take it off-platform. No DMs and no inbox to manage.
Is Bandry free to use in Knoxville?
Reading the Knoxville bulletin and endorsing posts are free forever. Posting your own ad and linking up run on a subscription, $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year, after a 14-day free trial of everything. Bandry never takes a cut of any gig or arrangement you work out.
What kinds of musicians and pros are on Bandry in Knoxville?
All of them: drummers, guitarists, bassists, singers, and keyboard players, plus producers, mixing and mastering engineers, photographers, videographers, designers, and studios. Knoxville's scene runs deep, and role-based posts cover the whole chain from forming a band to finishing a record.
How close are the Knoxville musicians Bandry shows me?
As close as you set. Bandry's local posts are radius-gated on both sides, so you only see people who can realistically make it to a rehearsal or session, whether that's across Knoxville or out into the rest of Tennessee.