Knoxville is home to a rich arts community and has many festivals throughout
the year. Its contributions to old-time, bluegrass and country music are
numerous, from Flatt & Scruggs and Homer & Jethro to the Everly
Brothers. For the past several years an award-winning listener-funded radio
station, WDVX, has broadcast weekday lunchtime concerts of bluegrass music,
old-time music and more from the Knoxville Visitor's Center on Gay Street, as
well as streaming its music programming to the world over the Internet.
The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra (KSO), established in 1935, is the oldest
continuing
