Bijou Theatre

The Bijou Theatre on Gay Street in downtown Knoxville is one of the city's oldest buildings, with roots in an early hotel that became a hospital for Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. Staff and patrons describe spirits that tug at the shirts of passing workers and theatergoers, footsteps echoing in the auditorium and the sense of former residents in the walls. Local news and ghost tours regularly feature the Bijou among Knoxville's most haunted places. The theatre is a working venue that hosts concerts and events.