Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (5/20 – 5/29/2018)

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The Lonetones, Boyd's Jig and Reel, Knoxville, May 2018
The Lonetones, Boyd's Jig and Reel, Knoxville, May 2018
The Lonetones, Boyd's Jig and Reel, Knoxville, May 2018
The Lonetones, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, Knoxville, May 2018

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Sunday, May 20

  • Knoxcentric: TBA, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
  • Jazz Brunch, Uncorked, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
  • Jazz Brunch, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM
  • Food Trucks & Photography! Central Filling Station, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
  • BreastStrokes Paint Days 2018 (Women Only), Ironwood Studios, 119 Jennings Ave, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM, $20 minimum donation asked
  • Jazz Brunch with Jake’s Jazz Hollandaise, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
  • A Yacht Rock Afternoon with Captain Redbeard, Maple Hall, Noon – 2:00 PM
  • Film screening: Keep the Change, Hosted by The Public Cinema, Knoxville Museum of Art, Noon
  • Women’s Ride: Bike to Brunch // Open Streets // Urban Wilderness, Hosted by Cedar Bluff Cycles, Knoxville Urban Wilderness Trail, Noon – 4:00 PM, FREE admission, but registration required
  • Knoxville’s Biggest Sample Sale, The Press Room, Noon – 4:00 PM
  • Cocktails & Cuddles: Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee adoption event, PostModern Spirits, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
  • Open Streets Knoxville, Sevier Ave, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
  • Open Streets Festivities at Alliance with four square court and DJ Paul, Alliance Brewing Co, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
  • Knoxville Community Band Performance, World’s Fair Park Amphitheater, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
  • Anne Of Green Gables, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 PM, $10 – $12
  • Sunday Summer Concert Series: Guy Marshall, Ijams Nature Center, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM, $8
  • Blues Cruise: Cruising with James Armstrong, Tennessee Riverboat, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM, $13 – $16
  • Angela Floyd Schools: Music Review, Relix Variety Theatre, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, $5 – $15
  • The Long Table benefiting Dream Bikes Knoxville, S Central St SW, Old City Knoxville, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM, SOLD OUT!
  • Yappy Hour, Balter Beerworks, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Sunday Dinner for May, Birdhouse Knoxville, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
  • Send-Off for Katy Free, Modern Studio, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM, $20.91
  • An Evening with Kevin Smith – Super Ville-An Tour, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $39.50 – $54.50
  • Kristen Ford /Arbor Creek, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM / 10:00 PM
  • WUTK Presents Robbie Fulks, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 PM

 

Monday, May 21

  • Drop-in Figure Drawing Workshop, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, $10
  • Central Business Improvement District (CBID), Knoxville Chamber, 17 Market Square,  11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Pete Mancini / The Matchsellers, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
  • Knoxville’s Biggest Sample Sale / Wine Pairing Dinner, Hosted by Corks Wine & Spirits, The Press Room, Noon – 4:00 PM / 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM, FREE admission / $75
  • Spendentag: Second Harvest Food Bank of East TN, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 3:00 PM – Midnight
  • Staged Reading Series: Sense and Sensibility, Hosted by The WordPlayers, The Square Room, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • FRIENDLYTOWN comedy show: The home groan pun battle! / Eugene Chadbourne with Old Man F*ck You, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM / 9:00 PM, FREE / $7
  • Monday Open Jam and Karaoke (Sing / Play / Pics with Full the Band), Bar Marley, 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM
  • The Fustics, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
  • Harlem River Noise, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM

 

Tuesday, May 22

  • Painting Party! Fresh interior walls at the Birdhouse Knoxville! 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
  • Design Feed Series: David Fixler, FAIA, Hosted by American Institute of Architects – East Tennessee Chapter, The Foundry on the Fair Site, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, $10 – $25
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Chris Moyse & Kirsten Maxwell / Jamie McLean Band, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
  • Street Art for Activism: Open Parade Making Session, Hosted by Cattywampus Puppet Council, The Emporium Center, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM, FREE but donations welcome
  • City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
  • Walking Club, start on Downtown Grill & Brewery back patio, 7:00 PM (lasts 45 minutes – 1 hour; no walk if raining)
  • Free Intro to Coding – CODE CO-OP | Knoxville, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM, FREE
  • Dementia Conversations, Lawson McGhee Knox County Public Library, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM, FREE
  • Wicked Weed Dinner, Old City Wine Bar, 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM, $75
  • Dinner with the Docs, Hosted by Thrive Chiropractic, Elkmont Exchange, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Old City Buskers at The Phoenix Pharmacy and Fountain, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, FREE admission
  • Concerts on the Square Jazz Tuesdays: Jazz by The Core with Justin Ray, Historic Market Square, Bill Lyons Pavilion, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, FREE
  • Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Tuesday Add-On Climbing Wall Contest, Bar Marley, 8:00 PM
  • AWOLNATION: Here Come the Runts Tour with MISSIO and Irontom, Mill & Mine, 8:00 PM, $27 – $149
  • Crisman with Tired Frontier (formerly Moccasin Cowboy), Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
  • Brother Hawk, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
  • Jamie McClean Band, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM
The Lonetones, Boyd's Jig and Reel, Knoxville, May 2018
The Lonetones, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, Knoxville, May 2018

Wednesday, May 23

  • Destination Imagination Global Finals, Knoxville Convention Center, 8:00 AM – 9:30 PM
  • Market Square Farmers’ Market, Historic Market Square, Market Street, Union Ave, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: A Jay Wade & the Tennessee No. 09, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
  • Books Sandwiched In with Umoja Abdul-Ahad discussing Muslims and the Making of America by Amir Hussain, sponsored by Knox County Public Library,  East Tennessee History Center, Noon, FREE
  • Release of the Helles Bock (Maibock), Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 3:00 PM – Midnight
  • Ribbon Cutting for Staircase Mural at Gay St & Jackson Ave, Jackson Avenue Terminal, 213 W. Jackson Ave in the Old City, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
  • Alliance for Young Nonprofit Professionals Happy Hour, with Special Guest Speaker Mark Carper of the ET Permaculture Research Institute, SoKno Taco Cantina, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
  • CBC Decompress, Hosted by Pink Boots Society Knoxville, Elkmont Exchange, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
  • Knoxfi Work Session, SEAD – Sustainable & Equitable Agricultural Development and KnoxFi – Fiber Internet Activists in Knoxville, Lawson McGhee Knox County Public Library, 6:30 PM – 7:45 PM
  • Bluegill Messin’ with Hurricane Ruth, La Bamba Seafood, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM, FREE admission
  • Anna Helms Quartet, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Tennessee Shines Presents the John Whitlock Trio, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, $7 – $10
  • 8th Annual Ramadan Iftar, The Mill & Mine, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $20 – $250
  • World Lindy Hop Day Dance, Hosted by Knoxville Swing Dance Association, Laurel Theater, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM, $2 – $3
  • Chicago, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, SOLD OUT!
  • Open Door Comedy Night at Scruffy, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Aaron Lebos Reality, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

 

Thursday, May 24

  • Destination Imagination Global Finals, Knoxville Convention Center, 8:00 AM – 9:30 PM
  • Special Events Community Meeting, Civic Coliseum Ballroom, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
  • May Coffee for a Cause: Legacy Housing Foundation, The Hive, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
  • Annual Membership and Board Meeting, James White Fort, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, please RSVP
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Bourbon Express / James Carothers, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
  • Street Art for Activism: Open Parade Making Session, Hosted by Cattywampus Puppet Council, The Emporium Center, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM, FREE but donations welcome
  • Donation Day: Tennessee Advocacy Talk, Central Flats & Taps, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Pilates Pulse, Hosted by Just Jill, Blue Slip Winery & Bistro, 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM
  • WDVX’s Six O’Clock Swerve Presents Crawdaddy Jones, Barley’s, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
  • 10 Years with Nonpoint + Butcher Babies, The International – Knoxville, 6:00 PM, $28 – $60
  • Ride with Elected Officials, Hosted by Bike Walk Knoxville, Caswell Park, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
  • Painting With a Twist – TVAMP Girls Night Out, Hosted by Tennessee Valley Asset Management Partners, Painting with a Twist, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM, SOLD OUT!
  • GiddyUP! Film Tour! Hosted by Appalachian Mountain Bike Club, The Standard Knoxville, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $15 – $25
  • Blackhorse Brewery Beer Pairing Dinner, Ruth’s Chris SteakHouse, 6:15 PM – 9:15 PM, $85
  • Spanish Wine Dinner Hosted by Corks Wine & Spirits, OliBea, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM, $95
  • Knoxville Bourbon Showcase hosted by Knoxville Volunteer Rotary to support inner-city schools, The Press Room, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM, $75
  • Matt Coker, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Fourth Thursday Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 PM
  • Concerts on the Square: The Ville Band, Historic Market Square, Bill Lyons Pavillion, 7:30 PM, FREE
  • Wednesday Games Night (Rick and Morty DnD group game @8), Bar Marley, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Tech N9ne, Mill & Mine, 8:00 PM, $28
  • Filmnacht: The Last Movie Star, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 8:30 PM – 11:00 PM, FREE admission
  • Misty Mountain String Band, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
  • The Night Owls, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM

Friday, May 25

 

Saturday, May 26

  • The it Company Expo 10k / 5k and Kids Run, Emory Place and Downtown Knoxville, 7:30 AM – 10:30 AM, $10 – $40 registration
  • Destination Imagination Global Finals, Knoxville Convention Center, 8:00 AM – 9:00 PM
  • Espresso Exotic Animal Expo, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, $2 – $5
  • Market Square Farmers’ Market, Historic Market Square, Market Street, Union Ave, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
  • Tennessee Statehood Day, Hosted by James White’s Fort, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM, FREE
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Alex Hunnicutt / RUST, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
  • Adventures with Pride – Food Tour, Hosted by Knox Pride, start at Market House Cafe, 2:30 PM – 6:00 PM
  • Whiskey and Waffles – Pairing Event, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM, $30
  • “A Place of Honor and Memory”: A Tour of the Knoxville National Cemetery with Local Historian Jack Neely, Hosted by the UT Department of History, 4:00 PM, FREE but RSVP
  • Community Ride, DreamBikes – Knoxville, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
  • Presentations by Jack Neely and University of Tennessee History Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius on the Knoxville National Cemetery and Veterans’ Legacy, Remedy Coffee, 5:00 PM, FREE but RSVP
  • E.P. Carrillo Event at Park City Cigar, 137 S Central St, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Angela Floyd Schools: Passport to Dance, Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 5:00 PM, $10 – $25
  • Misconceptions of Insanity Staged Reading Fundraiser for NAMI, The Birdhouse, 6:30 PM, $5 donation requested
  • Parkridge PorchFest Historic neighborhood fundraiser presents Travis Bigwood, 1704 Washington Ave, 6:30 PM
  • True Grit Comedy with Pamela Langston, Josh Arnold and Alex Stokes, Sugar Mama’s,  7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
  • Peter Hook & The Light performing the ‘Substance’ Albums By Joy Division & New Order, Mill & Mine, 8:00 PM, $20
  • The Young Fables, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Soul Finger welcomes a new opener: Austin, Texas’ Lion Heights, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM – Midnight
  • Glow Paint and Hot Lasers Part II (Slip and Slide Kickoff Party), Bar Marley, 8:00 PM – 2:00 AM, $10 Cover for guys and anyone under 21, FREE entry for ladies 21 and older
  • Joyann Parker / Boulevards / Pzzyfoot, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM / 10:00 PM / 11:30 PM
  • Downtown Knoxville Paint pARTy, Painting with a Twist, 8:30 PM, $35
  • Mark Boling Trio Life, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
  • Brent Hyder, Pour Taproom 9:00 PM – Midnight
  • The Breakfast Club at The International – Knoxville, 9:00 PM – Midnight, $10 – $25
  • Big Kitty, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $7
  • RUST, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM
  • Scruffy City Syncopators, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM – 1:00 AM, FREE
  • Lauren Beeler Live at Bar Marley, 10:30 PM – Midnight, $5
The Lonetones, Boyd's Jig and Reel, Knoxville, May 2018
The Lonetones, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, Knoxville, May 2018

Sunday, May 27

  • Espresso Exotic Animal Expo, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, $2 – $5
  • Knoxcentric: Kim Bumpas, Visit Knoxville Executive Director, discusses Visit Knoxville and upcoming major events, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
  • May Assembly & Potluck: “Oceans” presentation, with underwater photographer and conservationist Corey Thomas, The International, 10:30 AM – Noon
  • Sunday Plant Sale! Central Filling Station, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  • Jazz Brunch, Uncorked, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
  • Jazz Brunch, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM
  • Jazz Brunch with Jake’s Jazz Hollandaise, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
  • JDRF Fundraiser, Hosted by JDRF East Tennessee, Maple Hall, 12:30 PM  – 3:30 PM, $20 per lane (1-6 people) / $3.50 shoe rentals
  • Six Characters in Search of a Play, written and performed by Dell Shores, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM / 7:00 PM, $20/$30
  • Good Sport Night, Central Collective, 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM, $38
  • Jazz in the Park with Swingbooty and Jake Bird, Hosted by Christian Lange, James Agee Park, 331 James Agee St, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $4
  • Yappy Hour, Balter Beerworks, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Sevendust: Memphis May Fire, Fire From the Gods and Madame Mayhem, The International – Knoxville, 6:45 PM – 11:00 PM, $28 – $50
  • Service Industry Yoga with Settled Pebble, Birdhouse Knoxville, 7:00 PM  – 8:30 PM, $5
  • Last Sunday Record Club: Vinyl Appreciation Night / Church birthday show! with: Deli Girls, RGB Dealers and Alien D, Pilot Light, 7:00 PM / 9:00 PM, FREE / $5
  • Beer & Hymns Hosted by David Clifton, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Betch & Liz Brooks Collab Night, Modern Studio, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM, $3
  • The All WHITE Affair, The Press Room, 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM, $23.16
  • The Brockefellers, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 PM
  • Jonah Tran / Abbey Elmore Band, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM / 10:00 PM  

 

Monday, May 28

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: jcTokes / John J. Kennedy, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
  • FRIENDLYTOWN comedy show: Friendlytown Throws a Bachelorette Party! / Dollhands with Glasssteroid and Mineral Girls, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM / 9:00 PM, FREE  / $5
  • Monday Open Jam and Karaoke (Sing / Play / Pics with Full the Band), Bar Marley, 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM
  • Whiskey Diablo, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
  • Mike Baggetta, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM

 

Tuesday, May 29

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Doug Wilhite, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
  • Unite for a Pint at Jig and Reel! Hosted by United Way of Greater Knoxville Young Leaders’ Society and United Way of Greater Knoxville, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
  • Be part of the Blue Wave! Learn to Phone Bank! Hosted by Swing Left Knoxville, KCDP Headquarters, 311 Morgan St, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
  • Walking Club, start on Downtown Grill & Brewery back patio, 7:00 PM (lasts 45 minutes – 1 hour; no walk if raining)
  • Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
  • NoKno Cinematheque presents In America screening, The Central Collective, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Concerts on the Square Jazz Tuesdays: Jazz by the Greg Tardy Quartet, Historic Market Square, Bill Lyons Pavilion, 8:00 PM, FREE
  • Tuesday Add-On Climbing Wall Contest, Bar Marley, 8:00 PM
  • Karaojokee, Pour Taproom, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
  • Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Mouton, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
  • Circus No. 9, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM
  • Terrapin Quartet, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
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