Chilhowee Park & Exposition Center

Chilhowee Park & Exposition Center Chilhowee Park & Exposition Center is an 81-acre, multi-use venue owned by the City of Knoxville. ft. exhibition hall, barns, arenas, and picnic shelters.
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It is located blocks away from interstate access and minutes from downtown Knoxville. The facility includes a 3-acre lake, bandstand, 4500-seat amphitheater, 57,100 sq. We have facilities for rent for trade shows, vendor fairs, car shows, banquets, sporting events, tractor pulls, and corporate events. We also host the Tennessee Valley Fair, which kicks off every year on the Friday after Labor Day.

City of Knoxville Parks and Recreation
05/06/2026

City of Knoxville Parks and Recreation

Celebrating Earth Day at Chilhowee Park ๐ŸŒŽA day to connect with nature, community, and sustainability in Knoxville.
04/22/2026

Celebrating Earth Day at Chilhowee Park ๐ŸŒŽ
A day to connect with nature, community, and sustainability in Knoxville.

Soft sunshine & fresh blooms!๐ŸŒท
04/02/2026

Soft sunshine & fresh blooms!๐ŸŒท

๐Ÿพ Purr-fect weekend plans! The Tennessee Valley Cat Fanciers, Inc. Cat Show is open March 28โ€“29, 9 AMโ€“4 PM. Fun for the ...
03/28/2026

๐Ÿพ Purr-fect weekend plans! The Tennessee Valley Cat Fanciers, Inc. Cat Show is open March 28โ€“29, 9 AMโ€“4 PM. Fun for the whole family!

This weekend!!
03/26/2026

This weekend!!

๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€ ๐Ÿ˜ปโค๏ธ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฅ-๐—™๐—˜๐—–๐—ง ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜…๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ & ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด & ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต!
๐Ÿˆ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฑ ๐—•๐—˜๐—”๐—จ๐—ง๐—œ๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—”๐—ง ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜๐——๐—ฆ!

๏ฝž ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—ช ๐—”๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๏ฝž
๐Ÿ‘ช This is a ๐—™๐—”๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ-๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐——๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง that is fun for all ages!
๐Ÿ† ๐—ช๐—”๐—ง๐—–๐—› cats and kittens compete for Best in Show IN EACH of the 5 separate JUDGING RINGS, on Saturday and Sunday!
๐Ÿ˜ป ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ cat coloring books for the first 100 children, daily!
๐Ÿ‘— ๐—–๐—”๐—ง ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—จ๐— ๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง around lunchtime on Saturday and Sunday! See fancy cats dress up! The contest is for cats that are entered in the show.
โค๏ธ ๐—–๐—”๐—ง ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—–๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ: Two wonderful cat rescues will be on-site with adoptable kitties.
๐Ÿˆ ๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—”๐—š๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ง๐—ฌ: See fast cats run really fast in hourly agility contests!
๐Ÿ›’ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š Our Meow Mall for cats and people with vendors selling cat-related items cat beds, cat art, cat trees, cat grooming products, and much more.

๏ฝž ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—ช ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๏ฝž
Saturday, March 28th โ€ข 9 AM to 4 PM
Sunday, March 29th โ€ข 9 AM to 4 PM

๏ฝž ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๏ฝž
Jacob Building, Chilhowee Park, 339 Lakeside Street, Knoxville, TN 37914
Google map link:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/s1M2nza1899j3DVh9
Free Parking

~ ๐—”๐——๐— ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๏ฝž
โœ… Tickets at the door Credit/Debit/Cash
Adult Admission is $12 โ€ข Seniors $8 โ€ข Children 5-12 $8
Family of 4 with 2 or 3 kids $30 โ€ข Children 4 and under free

Come see 160 purebred and household pet cats compete for top cat in several different judging rings throughout each day. Meet Maine C**n Cats, Devon Rex, Norwegian Forest Cats, Persians, Siamese, Ragdolls, Bengals, and up to 30 other breeds!

Unlike dog shows, each breed is shown in 3 classes, kittens, championship, and premiership at different times. All the cats and kittens are required to be there all day, each day.
Judging is a continuous format all day. All judges see all of the cats entered. Each judge hosts its own mini-show, so it is like 10 separate shows each day at once. There is no overall best of the best.

You can sit and watch cats on the judging table, or walk around and visit with the cats between judging. No matter what time you arrive youโ€™re bound to see your favorite breed being judged!

MESSAGE with any questions!

๐Ÿ™‹ ๐—™๐—”๐—ค ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„โ“
๐Ÿ’ต ๐˜ฟ๐™ค ๐™„ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™–๐™จ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? Please bring cash, credit card or debit card for admission and be aware that some vendors do not accept credit cards.
๐ŸŽซ ๐™’๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™„ ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? Tickets can be purchased at the door by cash or credit!
๐Ÿ’ธ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ข๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™™๐™ค๐™š๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ?
โœ… Tickets at the door Credit/Debit/Cash
Adult Admission is $12 โ€ข Seniors $8 โ€ข Children 5-12 $8
Family of 4 with 2 or 3 kids $30 โ€ข Children 4 and under free
๐Ÿพ ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™™๐™ค๐™œ (๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™, ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ง)? No, only cats pre-registered may enter the show. There are rules our association has requiring specific vaccinations, health checks, etc. that cannot be investigated or enforced onto spectatorsโ€™ cats. It is as much for the safety of your cat as well as those cats competing.
โค๏ธ ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™—๐™š ๐™– ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™˜๐™ช๐™š ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? Two wonderful cat rescues will be on-site with adoptable kitties.
โŒš ๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? Judging is a continuous format all day. All judges see all of the cats entered. Each judge hosts their own mini-show. There is no overall best of the best.
๐Ÿ“— ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? Here's the spectator guide to download and read about before you get to the show!https://cfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CFA-Spectator-Guide.pdf
๐Ÿ“ท ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™„ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™จ?Photography is permitted but please ask permission first if using a flash or if your camera makes noise when taking a picture. It may scare some cats.
๐Ÿฑโ€๐Ÿ‘ค ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™—๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ฎ items at ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? Our Meow Mall for cats and people with vendors selling cat-related items cat teasers/toys/beds, cat trees, cat grooming products, and much more.
๐Ÿ˜ฝ ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™—๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™จ๐™–๐™ก๐™š? Some exhibitors will have kittens or adults for sale. Sometimes these cats will have come to the show, but others may be waiting at home to find their perfect home. Look for signs that read Cats or Kittens for sale. Please note that all kittens must be 4 months old to be in the show hall.
๐Ÿด ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™–๐™ซ๐™–๐™ž๐™ก๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š? Good people food will be available on location for breakfast or lunch. ๐Ÿด
๐Ÿˆ ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™—๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฉ? Some of the cats in the show may be petted. Always ask permission first, and always sanitize between cats.
โŒ› ๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ? We recommend planning to arrive at least two hours prior to the end of the show so you can have time to see everything.
๐Ÿ˜ธ ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™š๐™ก๐™จ๐™š? Have fun! If you have questions, please ask the exhibitors. Some judges will explain what they're looking for throughout their process. There are several of them all judging at once, so find one that you enjoy best from a handling or speaking perspective and have a seat.

๏ฝž ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—ช ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๏ฝž
Saturday, March 28th โ€ข 9 AM to 4 PM
Sunday, March 29th โ€ข 9 AM to 4 PM

๏ฝž ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๏ฝž
Jacob Building, Chilhowee Park, 339 Lakeside Street, Knoxville, TN 37914
Google map link:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/s1M2nza1899j3DVh9
Free Parking

โœ… Tickets at the door Credit/Debit/Cash
Adult Admission is $12 โ€ข Seniors $8 โ€ข Children 5-12 $8
Family of 4 with 2 or 3 kids $30 โ€ข Children 4 and under free

03/23/2026

The cutest curliest cat made an appearance on the noon show today! ๐Ÿ˜ป Caviar was precious!

The Cat Fanciers Association 48th annual cat show is this weekend at the Jacob Building in East Knoxville!

Itโ€™s here! The Knoxville Home & Remodeling Show ๐ŸกJoin us today until 5 PM and tomorrow, Sunday, March 22, from 11 AMโ€“4 P...
03/21/2026

Itโ€™s here! The Knoxville Home & Remodeling Show ๐Ÿก
Join us today until 5 PM and tomorrow, Sunday, March 22, from 11 AMโ€“4 PM.

03/20/2026
Happy first day of spring ๐ŸŒทโ˜€๏ธ The perfect day for a stroll in the park.
03/20/2026

Happy first day of spring ๐ŸŒทโ˜€๏ธ The perfect day for a stroll in the park.

Address

3301 E Magnolia Avenue
Knoxville, TN
37914

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 8pm
Tuesday 8am - 8pm
Wednesday 8am - 8pm
Thursday 8am - 8pm
Friday 8am - 8pm
Saturday 8am - 8pm
Sunday 8am - 8pm

Telephone

+18652151450

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