TobyMac is bringing his long-running Hits Deep Tour to Knoxville, with the Christian hip-hop and pop veteran set to headline Food City Center on Feb. 28, 2027. He'll share the arena stage with fellow chart-toppers Jeremy Camp, Katy Nichole and Seph Schlueter for a night organized around what a news release describes as bringing thousands of fans together to celebrate songs of faith and worship.
Food City Center announced the concert, and according to the Knoxville News Sentinel, presale tickets open at noon on Sept. 9, with general on-sale tickets following at noon on Sept. 10 through Ticketmaster. Hits Deep is an annual concert series headlined by TobyMac, and the Knoxville stop marks its 2027 arrival on the University of Tennessee campus, per the same report.
TobyMac plans to perform a set list spanning his catalog, including “Nothin' Sweeter,” “I Just Need U.” and “Help Is On the Way (Maybe Midnight),” according to the Sentinel's report. Jeremy Camp is expected to play “No Survivors,” “Dead Man Walking” and “I Still Believe,” the outlet notes, giving fans a mix of the two headliners' most recognizable songs.
A Decorated Lineup Headed to East Tennessee
TobyMac's résumé is one of the most decorated in contemporary Christian music: seven Grammy Awards, 24 GMA Dove Awards and more than 16 million career album sales, with RIAA Gold certification for every one of his solo studio albums, according to his official site. Before going solo in 2001, he was a founding member of DC Talk, the Christian rap-rock group that formed at Liberty University in 1987, won four Grammys and sold more than 8 million records before pausing active recording in 2000, per Wikipedia.
He's also touring behind fresh material. TobyMac's ninth studio album, “Heaven On My Mind,” released in 2025 and debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart, marking his eighth consecutive chart-topping single since 2022, according to his official site.
Co-headliner Jeremy Camp brings his own set of records to the bill, with 43 radio No. 1 singles and eight Billboard No. 1 Christian albums across a two-decade career, most recently with his May 2024 project “Deeper Waters,” as reported by CCM Magazine. Camp's personal story, including the loss of his first wife to cancer, inspired the 2020 feature film “I Still Believe,” which opened at No. 1 at the domestic box office and introduced his music to broader audiences, according to his official site.
Viral Hits From the Tour's Younger Acts
Katy Nichole, also featured on the Knoxville bill, made chart history in 2022 when her debut single “In Jesus Name (God of Possible)” spent 20 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot Christian Songs chart, the longest reign for any track on that list in the 2020s, per the Gospel Music Association. The song went viral on TikTok before it received formal radio airplay, the organization notes.
Rounding out the lineup, Seph Schlueter was certified RIAA Platinum in May 2026 for his breakout track “Counting My Blessings,” becoming the first Christian music debut artist in decades to land his first three career singles at No. 1 on Billboard Christian Airplay, according to the Gospel Music Association. His single has surpassed 1 billion short-form video views across social platforms, the organization reports. The tour itself is produced by Awakening Events, which coordinates multi-artist arena packages nationwide and frequently spans more than 30 North American cities per run.
Parking Squeeze Looms for Concertgoers
Food City Center, the 21,678-seat venue hosting the show, carried only the Thompson-Boling Arena name until August 2023, when UT Athletics signed a 10-year, $20 million-plus naming rights deal with the regional grocery chain, according to University of Tennessee Athletics. The arena opened in 1987 and remains the third-largest on-campus basketball facility in the nation.
Attendees heading to the show should plan for tighter parking than usual. The adjacent G10 parking garage lost roughly 1,800 spaces to partial demolition in summer 2026, part of the initial phase of UT's $280 million Neyland Entertainment District redevelopment, a project Hoodline previously reported is squeezing traffic and access around recent arena events. The garage's replacement and the broader multi-use development aren't expected to be finished until early 2028.
