Schedule of Decorative Lights

 
JANUARY 2026
 
1 - Orange, white and light blue (Go, Lady Vols! Chomp the Gators)
2 - Gold (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration - Gallery of Arts Tribute)
3 - White (default)
4 - White (default)
5 - White (default)
6 - Orange and white (Go Vols - take down Texas!)
7 - White (default)
8 - White (default)
9 - White (default)
10 - White (default)
11 - Orange, white and light blue (Go, Lady Vols! Beat Arkansas)
12 - White (default)
13 - Orange and white (Go Vols! Beat A&M)
14 - Gold (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration - Interfaith Prayer Service)
15 - Gold (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration - Thomas "Tank" Strickland Leadership Awards)
16 - Orange and white (Go Vols - tame the Wildcats!)
17 - Orange and white (Go Vols - tame the Wildcats!)
18 - Gold (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration - Night with the Arts Tribute)
19 - Gold (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Memorial Service)
20 - White (default)
21 - White (default)
22 - Orange, white and light blue (Go, Lady Vols! Beat Kentucky)
23 - White (default)
24 - White (default)
25 - White (default)
26 - White (default)
27 - White (default)
28 - White (default)
29 - Orange, white and light blue (Go, Lady Vols - beat State)
30 - White (default)
31 - Orange and white (Go Vols - beat Auburn)


FEBRUARY 2026


1 - Red (American Heart Month, promoting heart health)
2 - Red (American Heart Month, promoting heart health)
3 - Orange and white (Go Vols - beat Ole Miss)
4 - Red (American Heart Month, promoting heart health)
5 - Red (American Heart Month, promoting heart health)
6 - Red (National Wear Red Day, promoting heart health)
7 - Pink and spring green (Dogwood Arts' House & Garden Show)
8 - Pink and spring green (Dogwood Arts' House & Garden Show)
9 - Blue (Law Enforcement Appreciation Day)
10 - White (default)
11 - Blue, gold and red (National 211 Day)
12 - Orange, white and light blue (Go, Lady Vols! Beat Mizzou)
13 - Orange and white (UT Vols baseball home opener) 
14 - Red and white (Happy Valentine's Day)
15 - Orange, white and light blue (Go, Lady Vols! Take down Texas)
16 - White (default)
17 - White (default)
18 - Orange and white (Go Vols - beat the Sooners!)
19 - Orange, white and light blue (Lady Vols, beat Texas A&M!)
20 - White (default)
21 - White (default)
22 - White (default)
23 - White (default)
24 - White (default)
25 - Red (American Heart Month, promoting heart health)
26 - Red (American Heart Month, promoting heart health)
27 - Red (American Heart Month, promoting heart health)
28 - Orange and white (Go Vols - beat Bama!)


MARCH 2026


1 - Orange, white and light blue (Go, Lady Vols! Vanquish Vandy)
2 - Red (Red Cross Month) 
3 - Red (Red Cross Month)
4 - Red (Red Cross Month)
5 - Teal and gold (Neighborhood Awards, coordinated by the Office of Neighborhood Empowerment)
6 - Teal (World Lymphedema Day)
7 - Orange and white (Go Vols - beat Vandy)
8 - White (default)
9 - Yellow (Endometriosis Awareness Month)
10 - Pink
11 - Blue (Disability Advocacy Day)
12 - White (default)
13 - Orange and blue (One Knox SC home opener at Covenant Health Park)
14 - Orange and blue (One Knox SC home opener at Covenant Health Park)
15 - Teal and gray (International Long COVID Awareness Day)
16 - Green and white (St. Patrick's Day)
17 - Green and white (St. Patrick's Day)
18 - Blue (Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month)
19 - White (default)
20 - Orange and white (UT Vols baseball home SEC opener)
21 - Yellow and blue (World Down Syndrome Day)
22 - Red, yellow and green (Newroz, Kurdish New Year)
23 - Blue (Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month)
24 - Orange and blue (One Knox SC vs. Corpus Christi at Covenant Health Park)
25 - White (default)
26 - Blue (Big Ears kicks off!)
27 - Blue (Big Ears)
28 - Blue (Big Ears)
29 - Blue (Big Ears)
30 - White (default)
31 - White (default)


APRIL 2026


1 - Teal (Sexual Assault Awareness Month)
2 - Blue (World Autism Awareness Day)
3 - Red and blue (Knoxville Smokies' home opener at Covenant Health Park)
4 - Orange and white (UT Vols baseball - weekend series vs. LSU)
5 - Teal (Sexual Assault Awareness Month)
6 - Teal (Sexual Assault Awareness Month)
7 - Teal (Sexual Assault Awareness Month)
8 - Pink and spring green (Dogwood Arts)
9 - Pink and spring green (Dogwood Arts)
10 - Pink and spring green (Dogwood Arts)
11 - Blue and red (Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon)
12 - Blue and red (Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon)
13 - Pink and spring green (Dogwood Arts)
14 - Pink and spring green (Dogwood Arts)
15 - Royal blue (Child Abuse Prevention Month)
16 - Royal blue (Child Abuse Prevention Month)
17 - Orange and white (UT Vols baseball - weekend series vs. Ole Miss)
18 - Red, white and green (Knoxville Opera's Rossini Festival)
19 - Red, white and green (Knoxville Opera's Rossini Festival)
20 - Orange (start of National Work Zone Awareness Week)
21 - Teal and orange (UT Vol Walk for Sexual Assault Awareness Month)
22 - Purple (National Crime Victims' Rights Week)
23 - Orange and white (UT Vols baseball - beat Bama!)
24 - Orange and purple (Go, Knoxville Ice Bears - playoffs, Round 2!)
25 - Pink and spring green (Dogwood Arts Festival)
26 - Pink and spring green (Dogwood Arts Festival)
27 - Orange (National Limb Loss Awareness Month)
28 - Blue and orange (Functional Neurological Disorder Awareness Month)
29 - Blue and green (Donate Life Month, promoting organ donor registration)
30 - Blue and green (Donate Life Month, promoting organ donor registration)


MAY 2026


1 - Red (National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend)
2 - Red (National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend)
3 - Red (National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend)
4 - White (default)
5 - Blue (National Foster Care Day)
6 - Orange, white and teal (National Nurses Week)
7 - Orange, white and teal (National Nurses Week)
8 - Red (ANA's "Light Up the Sky for Nurses" and National Nurses Week)
9 - White (default)
10 - Purple (World Lupus Day)
11 - Blue (National Police Week)
12 - Blue (National Police Week)
13 - Blue (National Police Week)
14 - Blue (MEF2C Awareness Day)
15 - Blue (Peace Officers Memorial Day)
16 - Red, white and blue (Armed Forces Day)
17 - White (default)
18 - Green (Mental Health Awareness Month)
19 - Blue and red (Fibromuscular Dysplasia or FMD Awareness Month) 
20 - White (default)
21 - White (default)
22 - Red, white and blue (Memorial Day)
23 - Red, white and blue (Memorial Day)
24 - Red, white and blue (Memorial Day)
25 - Red, white and blue (Memorial Day)
26 - White (default)
27 - White (default)
28 - White (default)
29 - Orange and blue (One Knox SC vs. Greenville at Covenant Health Park)
30 - Pink and spring green (Dogwood Arts' KnoxWalls Murals & Music Festival)
31 - Red, white and blue (Tennessee Statehood Day)


JUNE 2026


1 - Red, white and blue (Tennessee Statehood Day)
2 - White (default)
3 - White (default)
4 - White (default)
5 - Purple (National Naloxone Awareness Day)
6 - Red, white and blue (Remembrance of D-Day - June 6, 1944)
7 - Orange (Wear Orange Weekend - an extension of National Gun Violence Awareness Day)
8 - White (default)
9 - White (default)
10 - Orange and blue (One Knox SC vs. Chattanooga at Covenant Health Park)
11 - Purple (Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month)
12 - Purple (Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month)
13 - Orange and blue (One Knox SC vs. New York at Covenant Health Park)
14 - Red, white and blue (Flag Day)
15 - White (default)
16 - Red and blue (Knoxville Smokies' home stand vs. Chattanooga)
17 - Red and blue (Knoxville Smokies' home stand vs. Chattanooga)
18 - White (default)
19 - Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet (6th annual SoKno Pride)
20 - Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet (6th annual SoKno Pride)
21 - White (default)
22 - White (default)
23 - White (default)
24 - White (default)
25 - White (default)
26 - Orange, white and gold (Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony)
27 - Orange, white and gold (Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony)
28 - White (default)
29 - White (default)
30 - White (default)


JULY 2026


1 - Red, white and blue (Fourth of July)
2 - Red, white and blue (Fourth of July)
3 - Red, white and blue (Fourth of July)
4 - Red, white and blue (Fourth of July)
5 - White (default)
6 - White (default)
7 - Red and blue (Knoxville Smokies' home stand vs. Biloxi)
8 - Red and blue (Knoxville Smokies' home stand vs. Biloxi)
9 - Red and blue (Knoxville Smokies' home stand vs. Biloxi)
10 - White (default)
11 - White (default)
12 - White (default)
13 - White (default)
14 - White (default)
15 - Orange and blue (One Knox SC vs. Fort Wayne at Covenant Health Park)
16 - White (default)
17 - White (default)
18 - Orange and blue (One Knox SC vs. AV Alta at Covenant Health Park)
19 - White (default)
20 - White (default)
21 - White (default)
22 - White (default)
23 - White (default)
24 - White (default)
25 - Blue (World Drowning Prevention Day)
26 - Red and Blue (36th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act)
27 - White (default)
28 - Red and blue (Knoxville Smokies' home stand vs. Pensacola)
29 - White (default)
30 - Red (World Day Against Trafficking)
31 - White (default)


AUGUST 2026


1 - White (default)
2 - White (default)
3 - Purple (Alzheimer's Association's Paint the Town Purple)
4 - Purple (Alzheimer's Association's Paint the Town Purple)
5 - Purple (Alzheimer's Association's Paint the Town Purple)
6 - Red, white and blue (Election Day - go vote!)
7 - Green (National Farmers Market Week)
8 - Orange and blue (One Knox SC vs. Sarasota at Covenant Health Park)
9 - Green (National Farmers Market Week)
10 - White (default)
11 - Red and blue (Knoxville Smokies' home stand vs. Trash Pandas)
12 - Red and blue (Knoxville Smokies' home stand vs. Trash Pandas)
13 - White (default)
14 - Red (AARP celebrates the 91st anniversary of Social Security)
15 - White (default)
16 - White (default)
17 - White (default)
18 - White (default)
19 - Orange and blue (One Knox SC vs. Portland at Covenant Health Park)
20 - White (default)
21 - White (default)
22 - Orange and blue (One Knox SC vs. Boise at Covenant Health Park)
23 - White (default)
24 - White (default)
25 - Green (National Child Support Awareness Month)
26 - Green (National Child Support Awareness Month)
27 - White (default)
28 - Red, gold, navy blue, light blue and white (13th annual Knoxville Asian Festival) 
29 - Red, gold, navy blue, light blue and white (13th annual Knoxville Asian Festival) 
30 - Red, gold, navy blue, light blue and white (13th annual Knoxville Asian Festival) 
31 - Purple (National Overdose Awareness Day)


SEPTEMBER 2026


1 - Purple (National Overdose Awareness Day)
2 - Teal (Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month)
3 - White (default)
4 - Orange and white (Go Vols!)
5 - Orange and white (Go Vols! Beat Furman)
6 - White (default)
7 - Green (Recovery Awareness Month)
8 - White (default)
9 - White (default)
10 - Teal and purple (World Suicide Prevention Day)
11 - Red, white and blue (9/11 remembrance)
12 - Orange (Hunger Action Month)
13 - Orange (Hunger Action Month)
14 - Gold (Childhood Cancer Awareness Month)
15 - Blue (Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation's #BlueUp4PF campaign)
16 - White (default)
17 - White (default)
18 - Orange and white (Go Vols!)
19 - Orange and white (Go Vols! Beat Kennesaw State)
20 - White (default)
21 - Teal (World Alzheimer's Day)
22 - White (default)
23 - Blue (International Day of Sign Languages)
24 - Red, blue and gold (United Way of Greater Knoxville's Week of Caring)
25 - Purple (Day of Remembrance for Victims of Violent Crime)
26 - Orange and white (Go Vols! Corral the Longhorns)
27 - White (default)
28 - White (default)
29 - White (default)
30 - White (default)


OCTOBER 2026


1 - Red, white and blue (235th anniversary of Knoxville's founding - Oct. 3, 1791)
2 - Orange and white (Go Vols!)
3 - Orange and white (Go Vols! Beat Auburn)
4 - Purple (Domestic Violence Awareness Month)
5 - Purple (Domestic Violence Awareness Month - Day of Unity)
6 - Pink (Breast Cancer Awareness Month)
7 - Pink (Breast Cancer Awareness Month)
8 - Pink (Breast Cancer Awareness Month)
9 - White (default)
10 - Red and yellow (26th annual HoLa Festival, celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month)
11 - Red and yellow (26th annual HoLa Festival, celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month)
12 - Teal (OCD Awareness Week)
13 - Green, teal and pink (Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day)
14 - White (default)
15 - Pink and blue (National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day)
16 - Orange and white (Go Vols! Beat Bama)
17 - Orange and white (Go Vols! Beat Bama)
18 - White (default)
19 - Red and white (Dyslexia Awareness Month)
20 - White (default)
21 - White (default)
22 - White (default)
23 - White (default)
24 - White (default)
25 - White (default)
26 - White (default)
27 - White (default)
28 - White (default)
29 - Orange and green (Halloween)
30 - Orange and green (Halloween)
31 - Orange and green (Halloween)


NOVEMBER 2026


1 - Teal (Light the World in Teal - Alzheimer's awareness)
2 - Teal (Light the World in Teal - Alzheimer's awareness)
3 - Red, white and blue (Election Day - go vote!)
4 - Pink and white (Tennessee Pink & Pearl Campaign to promote the importance of breast and lung cancer screenings)
5 - Pink and white (Tennessee Pink & Pearl Campaign to promote the importance of breast and lung cancer screenings)
6 - Orange and white (Go Vols! Beat Kentucky)
7 - Orange and white (Go Vols! Beat Kentucky)
8 - White (default)
9 - White (default)
10 - White (default)
11 - Red, white and blue (Veterans Day)
12 - White (default)
13 - Purple (Epilepsy Awareness Month)
14 - White (default)
15 - Yellow (World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims)
16 - White (default)
17 - White (default)
18 - White (default)
19 - White (default)
20 - Orange and white (Go Vols! Beat LSU)
21 - Orange and white (Go Vols! Tame the Tigers)
22 - White (default)
23 - White (default)
24 - White (default)
25 - Red and green (East Tennessee Children's Hospital's Fantasy of Trees)
26 - Orange, yellow and red (Thanksgiving)
27 - Red and white (Christmas in the City kicks off!)
28 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
29 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
30 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)


DECEMBER 2026


1 - Red (World AIDS Day)
2 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
3 - Purple (International Day of Persons with Disabilities)
4 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
5 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
6 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
7 - Red, white and blue (Pearl Harbor remembrance)
8 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
9 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
10 - Light blue and white (Human Rights Day)
11 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
12 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
13 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
14 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
15 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
16 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
17 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
18 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
19 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
20 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
21 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
22 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
23 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
24 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
25 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
26 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
27 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
28 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
29 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
30 - Red and white (Christmas in the City)
31 - Blue and white (Happy New Year!)