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Sunday, May 6
- The Retropolitan Craft Fair, The Mill and Mine, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM, FREE admission
- Knoxcentric: Previewing Upcoming Open Streets Knoxville with Lindsey Kimble and the Vestival Festival with Marvyl Triscritti, Vice President of the Candoro Arts Heritage Center Board and Vestival Chair, 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
- Sunday Revival, Hosted by The Art of House and Earl Grae, Central Filling Station, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Jazz Brunch with Jake’s Jazz Hollandaise, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Urban Gypsy Trunk Show & Booth Fairy Project Fundraising Kickoff, Paulk & Co, 510 Williams St, Noon – 7:00 PM
- First Sunday Pub Crawl benefitting Century Harvest Farms Foundation, featuring Merchants of Beer, Crafty Bastard Brewery, Central Depot, Pour Taproom, Preservation Pub, Sugar Mama’s, Market House Cafe, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, PostModern Spirits, Alliance Brewing Co, Scruffy City Hall, The Casual Pint – Downtown, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, and Downtown Grill & Brewery, Knoxville Downtown and Old City, Noon – 8:00 PM, $20
- Bump to Baby ~ A Knoxville Pregnancy & Parenting Event, The Hive Knoxville, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Tennessee Theatre, 1:30 PM, $44 – $84
- Debby Schriver will read from and sign copies of her book, Whispering in the Daylight: The Children of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries and Their Journey to Freedom, Union Avenue Books, 2:00 PM
- Beardsley Farm Plant Sale and Fundraiser, Crafty Bastard Brewery, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
- Urinetown, The Musical, Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 PM, $15 – $32
- Verdi’s Aida presented by The Sood Family, Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 2:30 PM, $23 – $108
- Classics & Concertos Double Concert Weekend, Hosted by Scruffy City Orchestra, First Baptist Church, 510 Main St SW, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- Bikes and Blooms South, Suttree Landing, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
- Sherlock’s Last Case by Charles Marowitz, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
- Anne Of Green Gables, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 PM, $10 – $12
- Wine Class Series: Orange Wine and Basic Principles of Organic, Biodynamic and Natural Wine, Hosted by Wine Forté, A Dopo Sourdough Pizza, 516 Williams St, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM, $65
- First Sunday Celtic Jam Session for Beginners, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 4:30 PM
- Paint Nite: A Beer, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM, $45
- Yappy Hour, Balter Beerworks, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Douglas J Aveda Catwalk For Water Fashion Show to benefit the Tennessee Clean Water Network, Relix, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $11.42
- Staged Reading of “Great White”: Henley Rose 2nd Place Winner, Birdhouse Knoxville, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM, FREE admission
- No Age with Behavior and Walsh, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $12 – $14
- Shawn James, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM
- Trae Pierce & the T-Stone Band, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, May 7
- Drop-in Figure Drawing Workshop, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, $10
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Geoff Smith / Harpdog Brown, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Mighty Musical Monday with Dr. Bill Snyder, Freddie Brabson and special guest, opera tenor, concert performer, magician, and cabaret entertainer Mark Fox, Tennessee Theatre, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Spendentag: The Tennessee Valley Golden Retriever Rescue, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 3:00 PM – Midnight
- Mentor 2.0 Volunteer Orientation, Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee, Regas Building, Ste 100, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
- Public hearing, City’s Annual Action Draft Plan, John T. O’Connor Center, 611 Winona Street, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
- REI Outdoor Class | Hands-on Gear Repair Basics, Elkmont Exchange, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $10 – $15
- FRIENDLYTOWN comedy show: Joshua and Alyssa’s BIG THING! / Tav Falco’s Panther Burns with Bark and Horcerer, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM / 9:00 PM, FREE / $10
- Monday Open Jam and Karaoke (Sing / Play / Pics with Full the Band), Bar Marley, 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM
- Brock Zeman / Formula 5, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM / 11:30 PM
- Cassell / Davis / Pinelli / Calamari / Matulich, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM – 1:00 AM
Tuesday, May 8
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: GW Henderson / Gun Hill Royals, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Desire To Inspire: The Girl Talk Experience Hosted by Girl Talk, Inc, Regas Building, Ste 101, Noon – 1:00 PM, FREE
- Knoxville Garden Club: The Zone IX “Lumination” Floral Exhibit, Knoxville Museum of Art, 3:00 PM, FREE
- Matt Nelson, Garrit Tillman, and Jake Edward Smith, Pilot Light, 6:00 PM, FREE
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Building a Website – Crash Course Series | Knoxville, Hosted by Code Connective, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, #17 Historic Market Square, Ste 101, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM, FREE
- Concerts on the Square Jazz Tuesdays: Knoxville Youth Saxophone Ensemble, Historic Market Square, Bill Lyons Pavilion, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Off the Record V with Hal and Phil, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 PM, $24
- Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit with special guest, Richard Thompson, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $54
- Ridge Vineyards Dinner, Hosted by Rebel Kitchen, Old City Wine Bar, 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM, $125
- Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show fundraiser for LLS to help fight cancer!, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Dead Like Me Tour Featuring Blaze Ya Dead Homie & Gorilla Voltage, The Concourse at The International, 8:00 PM, $15
- Tuesday Add-On Climbing Wall Contest, Bar Marley, 8:00 PM
- Something Like Seduction, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Pale Root, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, May 9
- Visit Knoxville Board Meeting, Visit Knoxville Center, 301 South Gay St, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
- Knoxville Garden Club: The Zone IX “Lumination” Floral Exhibit, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, FREE
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, Historic Market Square, Market Street, Union Ave, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Roots and Dore / Amy Rigby, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Bluegill Messin’ with Mojo Tweed, La Bamba Seafood, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM, FREE admission
- Nick Jernigan, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Tennessee Shines Presents Dave Eggar, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, $7 – $10
- Knoxville Force vs Tri-Cities FC (Friendly), Scruffy City Syndicate, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit with special guest, Richard Thompson, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $54
- Steve Earle & The Dukes: 30th Anniversary of Copperhead Road with the Mastersons, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $38 – $52
- Open Door Comedy Night at Scruffy, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Cam Duffy Hosts Improv Jam, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Thursday, May 10
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Seph Custer / Emily Ann Roberts, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- River & Rail Theatre Company: PAC and the Old City at the Future Site of the Old City Performance Art Center, 111 State St, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- WDVX’s Six O’Clock Swerve Presents Col. William House Band, Barley’s, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Sip, Savor, & Surmise: A Tasting of Luxury Champagnes, The Tennessean Personal Luxury Hotel, 6:00 PM / 7:30 PM, $75
- Budding Creativity 2018, a fundraiser for underprivileged schools art programs, Hosted by AIGA Knoxville, The Emporium Center, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Knoxfi Work Session – May Hosted by SEAD – Sustainable & Equitable Agricultural Development and KnoxFi – Fiber Internet Activists in Knoxville, Lawson McGhee Knox County Public Library, 6:30 PM – 7:45 PM
- PechaKucha Night Volume 27, The Mill & Mine, 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM, $5 recommended donation
- Jon Steele, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Sertoma Center, Inc. Friendship Dinner with Chris Blue, Crowne Plaza Knoxville Downtown, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Second Thursday Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 PM
- Symphony on the Square, Historic Market Square, Bill Lyons Pavillion, 7:30 PM, FREE
- Marble City Opera Presents Postcard from Morocco, Jackson Terminal, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM, $15 – $25
- Wednesday Games Night (Rick and Morty DnD group game @8), Bar Marley, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Ethan Palmer Hosts Electric Pheasant Dreamland Open Mic Poetry Jam, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM
- Nest Egg with Temp Job and A Certain Zone, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $8
- Charles Walker Band, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Trainjumpers, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM
Friday, May 11
- Coffee and Conversation, Vienna Coffee at The Regas Building, Hosted by Alliance for Young Nonprofit Professionals and Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
- Junior Docent Day, James White’s Fort, 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM, FREE admission (donations accepted)
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Christy Hays / Mackenzie Roark, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Meet Hazel the Sloth to raise money for the fantastic Wildlife Discovery Center in Lake Forest, Illinois, Central Collective, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM, $50 and up
- Wish You Were Here: Gouache paintings by Sara Riley Douglas and En Plein Air Intaglio and Stone Lithography by Annie Clifton, Birdhouse Knoxville, 5:00 PM – 9:30 PM
- Live Music & Tap Takeover, Marble City Kitchen and The Firefly, 501 W Church Ave, 6:00 PM – Midnight
- The Djembabe with Kitty Steadman Music at Calhoun’s on the River, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Kick-Off to Summer at the KMA, Knoxville Museum of Art, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $125
- Anne Of Green Gables, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 PM, $10 – $12
- Inner Voices presents III, Hosted by Inner Voices String Quartet, Modern Studio, 7:30 PM, $10
- Seventy Thirty Creatives presents As You Like It, Historic Market Square, Bill Lyons Pavillion, 7:30 PM, $12 single, $20 for two
- Summer Concert Series: The Young Fables, Balter Beerworks, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
- Marble City Opera Presents Postcard from Morocco, Jackson Terminal, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM, $15 – $25
- Summer SLAM POP-UP, Bar Marley, 8:00 PM – Midnight, $10
- Filmnacht: The Shape of Water, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 8:30 PM – 11:00 PM, FREE admission
- Mike Baggetta, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Natural Heat, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM – 11:15 PM / 11:30 PM
- MARK / The Appetites / David Webb’s Burning Bush, Birdhouse Knoxville, 9:30 PM – Midnight, $5
- Paul Lee Kupfer Band, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM, FREE
- Three Star Revival, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM, $5
- Casual Burn with Steaks and Mamuna, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
- The Burnin’ Hermans, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
Saturday, May 12
- Mid-East Power League Volleyball Tournament, World’s Fair Exhibition Hall, 935 World’s Fair Park Drive, All Day, $5 – $10
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, Historic Market Square, Market Street, Union Ave, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Kidstuff Live, hosted by Sean McCollough, presents David Bivens, Visitor Center, 10:00 AM, FREE
- Mechanicsville Cleanup, Danny Mayfield Park, 10:00 AM – Noon
- Molsey’s Mother’s Day Flower Pot, Blount Mansion, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, $5 – $20
- Vestival Festival, Hosted by Candoro Marble, 4450 Candoro Ave, 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Adoption Event, Hosted by Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee, Citifid-o, 429 Union Ave, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Michael Johnathon / Quebe Sisters, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- REFRESH: A Bridges Out of Poverty Lunch-and-Learn, Hosted by Compassion Coalition, The Regas Building, Noon – 1:00 PM
- Beginning Genealogy, East Tennessee History Center, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Anne Of Green Gables, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 PM / 5:00 PM, $10 – $12
- Studio Arts for Dancers Spring Concert, Tennessee Theatre, 1:30 PM / 7:30 PM, $15 – $22
- Second Saturday Mumbilly Jam Session, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 4:00 PM
- Community Ride, DreamBikes – Knoxville, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
- Served Like a Girl Screening | Knoxville, East Tennessee PB, 1611 E Magnolia Ave, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, FREE
- Friday Ecstatic Dance, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Events Center, Hosted by Knoxville Movement Collective, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $5 – $10 donation
- KNX CTY WRSHP at The Square Room, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Emmalea Deal // Unplugged at The Casual Pint – Downtown, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Drop Dead Dangerous, Calhoun’s on the River, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Knoxville Feminist Action Brigade Voter Registration Bar Crawl! Old City and Downtown Knoxville, 7:00 PM – Midnight
- Seventy Thirty Creatives presents As You Like It, Krutch Park, 7:30 PM, $12 single, $20 for two
- Premiere Show of Singers and Storytellers, Hosted by Black Pants Girl, featuring Joshua Lee Jordan, Sugar Mama’s, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM, FREE admission
- National Geographic Live’s View from Above by Terry Virts, with Support from U.S. Cellular, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $10 – $37
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Under the Streetlamp, Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 8:00 PM, $19 – $92
- Pat Beasley Band, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Burrito Bash, Hosted by Strange Films, Birdhouse Knoxville, 8:00 PM – Midnight
- Sydni Stinnett, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Harold Nagge / Alan Wyatt, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Studebaker Hawk at Pour Taproom, 9:00 PM – Midnight
- Calabash / Jack’s River Band, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM – 11:20 PM / 11:30 PM
- The Young Fables / Dynamo, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM / 11:30 PM
- 90’S Rave: Mortal Kombat Edition, The Concourse at The International, 10:00 PM, FREE admission
- The Bad Dudes with Crank County Daredevils and The Shrunken Heads, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
- Sun Parade, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM
- The Old Five and Dimers, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM, FREE
Sunday, May 13
- Mid-East Power League Volleyball Tournament, World’s Fair Exhibition Hall, 935 World’s Fair Park Drive, All Day, $5 – $10
- National Bike Week, Juice Bar, Historic Market Square, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM (through May 19)
- Mother’s Day Cruises with Star of Knoxville Tennessee Riverboat, 300 Neyland Dr, 8:30 AM / Noon / 4:00 PM, $16 – $43
- Knoxcentric: Mary Pom Claiborne talks about Public Libraries and the Upcoming Children’s Festival of Reading, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
- Mother’s Day Brunch, Marble City Kitchen and The Firefly, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Jazz Brunch, Uncorked, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Jazz Brunch, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM
- Mother’s Day Buffet, Crowne Plaza Knoxville Downtown, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, $13 – $38
- Mother’s Day Brunch at Lonesome Dove Knoxville, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Brunch & Browse, Central Filling Station, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Jazz Brunch with Jake’s Jazz Hollandaise, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- The Mother’s Day Market at ATypical Market, 1208 N Central St, Noon – 8:00 PM
- Second Sunday Art Activity Day, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, FREE
- Geezer Stories Book Launch & Signing, Hosted by WordCrafts Press, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- Second Sunday Docent Tour, Knoxville Museum of Art, 2:00 PM (English) / 3:00 PM (Spanish), FREE
- Seventy Thirty Creatives presents As You Like It, Ijams Nature Center, 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM, $12 single, $20 for two
- Wine Class Series: Sparkling Wine and Champagne, Hosted by Wine Forté, A Dopo Sourdough Pizza, 516 Williams St, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM, $75
- Yappy Hour, Balter Beerworks, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Staged Reading of “Charlotte’s Letters”: Henley Rose 1st Place Winner, Birdhouse Knoxville, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM, FREE admission
- Amy LaVere, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 PM
- Common Visions with White Gregg, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
- Rhythm & The Roosevelts, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, May 14
- Drop-in Figure Drawing Workshop, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, $10
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: A Different Thread / The McDonalds, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Off-Flavor Course, Hosted by Cicerone Certification Program, Elkmont Exchange, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM, $49
- Knox Blue Dots host Karl Dean! Barley’s Taproom, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM, FREE admission
- FRIENDLYTOWN comedy troupe presents: Friendlytown goes virtual with JOHN HURST!, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, FREE
- Monday Open Jam and Karaoke (Sing / Play / Pics with Full the Band), Bar Marley, 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM
- Lord Nelson, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- 3 Down, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, May 15
- KAT Travel Training, Knoxville Area Transit, 301 E Church Ave, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- BeerSavvy Bootcamp, Hosted by Cicerone Certification Program, Elkmont Exchange, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, $99
- Power of Preservation Luncheon, The Press Room, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, $15 – $100
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Cindy Alexander / Sister Antics, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Taco Tuesday Throwdown! Central Filling Station, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Recode May Green Drinks, Merchants of Beer, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
- Community Open House, Hosted by Commissioner Evelyn Gill, Knoxville High Independent Senior Living Facility, 101 E Fifth Ave, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
- Concerts on the Square Jazz Tuesdays Knoxville Jazz Youth Orchestra / Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Historic Market Square, Bill Lyons Pavilion, 6:00 PM / 8:00 PM
- American Marketing Association Knoxville 30th Annual Honors, Historic Southern Railway Station, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $70 – $1,000
- Backpacker Get Out More Tour, Mast General Store, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM, FREE
- Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
- Tuesday Add-On Climbing Wall Contest, Bar Marley, 8:00 PM
- Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Strahan & The Good Neighbors, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM
- A Different Thread, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM