Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (6/3 – 6/12/2018)

Dylan Birthday Bash, Market Square, Knoxville, June 2018
Dylan Birthday Bash, Market Square, Knoxville, June 2018

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Sunday, June 3

 

Monday, June 4

  • Summer Art Academy | Art 101, Knoxville Museum of Art, 9:00 AM – Noon (daily through Friday June 8), $100 – $115
  • Ages 7-13, Zen, Dance, Craft! Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 9:00 AM – Noon (daily through Friday, June 8), $100
  • Kids In The Arts Summer Camp, Birdhouse Knoxville, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Monday – Friday through July 27), $55 per day / $235 per week
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Grizzly Goat / Jessie Smith, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
  • Mighty Musical Monday with Dr. Bill Snyder, Freddie Brabson and special guest, Nostalgia, Tennessee Theatre, Noon, FREE!
  • Spendentag: Epilepsy Foundation of East Tennessee, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 3:00 PM – Midnight
  • Public Meeting: Proposal to Add Bike Lanes to Broadway, Hosted by the City of Knoxville, All Occasions Catering, 922 N Central St, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
  • Parkridge Potluck at the Park, Ashley Nicole Dream Playground, 620 Winona St, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
  • Young Republicans of Knoxville Meeting, Barley’s Taproom, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Dine Out with Knox Pride – Sugar Mama’s, 7:00 PM
  • FRIENDLYTOWN comedy show: Friendlytown goes virtual! / Jenny Besetzt and Caps, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM / 9:00 PM Midnight, FREE / $6
  • Grape Jelly Jam Session, Bar Marley, 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM
  • Grizzly Goat / Community Center, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM / 11:30 PM
  • Matt A Foster, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM
Powerboat Nationals, Tennessee River, Knoxville, Jun 2018

Tuesday, June 5

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Troy Breslow / Lazybirds, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
  • City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
  • Watercolor and Ink Workshop with Julie Fawn Boisseau-Craig Clay and Glass, A1LabArts, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $12
  • Dine Out with Knox Pride – Sugar Mama’s, 7:00 PM
  • DGB Walking Club, start on Downtown Grill & Brewery back patio, 7:00 PM (lasts 45 minutes – 1 hour; no walk if raining)
  • Fundraiser – Junior League of Knoxville, Painting with a Twist, 7:00 PM, $35
  • Concerts on the Square Jazz Tuesdays: Jazz by Greg Tardy Quartet, 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
  • Damsel & Distress, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
  • Glass Magnet, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM

 

Wednesday, June 6

  • Summer Art Camps! The Basement Community Art Studio, 9:00 AM – Noon (Monday – Friday, except the Reggio-Inspired Camp for young artists, which runs Wednesday – Friday; through August 3), Reggio Camp $95 / Other Camps $165
  • Peer-to-Peer Training: Creating a Video PSA for Your Nonprofit, Alliance for Better Nonprofits, Regas Building, 9:00 AM – Noon, FREE to current members!
  • Market Square Farmers’ Market, Historic Market Square, Market Street, Union Avenue, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Brian Dolzani / Tim White and Troublesome Hollow, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
  • Sip & Pour, Merchants of Beer, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $30
  • Hex! Hex! Hex! Hosted by Hexagon Brewing Co., Maple Hall, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
  • Knoxfi Work Session – June, Hosted by SEAD – Sustainable & Equitable Agricultural Development and KnoxFi – Fiber Internet Advocates in Knoxville, Lawson McGhee Knox County Public Library, 6:30 PM – 7:45 PM, FREE!  
  • Nick Jernigan Group, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Tennessee Shines Presents Robby Hecht & Caroline Spence, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, $7 – $10
  • Wednesday Games Night (Rick and Morty DnD group game @8), Bar Marley, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Open Door Comedy Night at Scruffy, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Shilpa Ray with Shriek Operator and Lower Interiors, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $8

 

Thursday, June 7

Friday, June 8

 

Saturday, June 9

Dylan Birthday Bash, Market Square, Knoxville, June 2018

Sunday, June 10

  • Knoxcentric: TBA, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
  • Brunch & Browse! Central Filling Station, 11:00 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
  • Jazz Brunch with Jake’s Jazz Hollandaise, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
  • Last Layover Brunch, The International – Knoxville, Noon – 5:00 PM, FREE admission!
  • Two-Year Anniversary with live music and new beer releases, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, Noon – Midnight
  • Second Sunday Art Activity Day, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, FREE!
  • Second Sunday Docent Tour, Knoxville Museum of Art, 2:00 PM (English) / 3:00 PM (Spanish), FREE!
  • Best-selling author Silas House will read from and sign his new novel, Southernmost, Union Avenue Books, 2:00 PM
  • Tennessee Valley Players Present: Into the Woods, Carousel Theatre, UTK, 3:00 PM, $10 – $20
  • Tales Of A 4TH-Grade Nothing, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 PM, $10 – $12
  • Sordid Lives by Del Shores, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
  • Old Time Jam Session with Tim Worman, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM, FREE!
  • Yappy Hour, Balter Beerworks, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • YMCA Knoxville’s Got Talent, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, $21
  • Good Sport Night – June, The Central Collective, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $30
  • Barrel Room Music | Oliver Hazard, Elkmont Exchange, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, FREE!
  • Comedy Roast of Charlie Brown, Pilot Light, 7:00 PM, $5
  • Paleroot, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 PM
  • The Knox By Night Band, Pretentious Beer Co, 9:00 PM, FREE admission!
  • Politboro, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM  

 

Monday, June 11

  • Summer Art Academy | Comic Creations, Knoxville Museum of Art, 9:00 AM – Noon (through Friday, June 15), $100 – $115
  • Summer Art Camps! The Basement Community Art Studio, 9:00 AM – Noon (Monday – Friday, except the Reggio-Inspired Camp for young artists, which runs Wednesday – Friday; through August 3), Reggio Camp $95 / Other Camps $165
  • Kids In The Arts Summer Camp, Birdhouse Knoxville, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Monday – Friday through July 27), $55 per day / $235 per week
  • Technical Society of Knoxville meeting – Dr. Wayne Davis, Dean of Engineering and Interim Chancellor for the UTK campus, will make a presentation, Crowne Plaza Downtown, 11:55 AM, $13
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Larry Fleet / Few Miles South, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
  • Spendentag: Smoky Mountain Animal Care Foundation, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 3:00 PM – Midnight
  • Legally Organized: For the Slightly Paranoid, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM, FREE!
  • AYNP Cocktails & Coloring at Pour Taproom, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
  • FRIENDLYTOWN comedy show / Dot.s, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM / 9:00 PM, FREE!  / $5
  • Gary Clark Jr., The Mill & Mine, 8:00 PM, $39.50 – $150
  • Misnomer (formerly Mister Tie Dye), Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
  • 3 Down, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM

 

Tuesday, June 12

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Bette Smith / Jon Mullins, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
  • Desire to Inspire: The Girl Talk Experience, Hosted by Girl Talk, Inc, Regas Building, Noon – 1:00 PM
  • Support Group Meeting, Hosted by Lakeway Amputee Support Group, The Emporium Center, 2:30 PM -5:00 PM
  • Taco Tuesday & Pepper Beer Release, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Burgers & Brews, Hosted by Geezers Brewery, Central Filling Station, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Free Public Event – Creating Quality Mixed-Use Places, Hosted by Active Knox, Knoxville City Government Engineering, 3131 Morris Avenue, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
  • DGB 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
  • Concerts on the Square Jazz Tuesdays: Jazz by Greg Tardy Quartet, Historic Market Square, Bill Lyons Pavilion, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM, FREE!
  • Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Adult Swim On The Green, Performance Lawn, World’s Fair Park, 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM, $10 – $20
  • Improvised Music by Matt Nelson, Garrit Tillman and Jake Edward Smith / King of Herrings with Piper Harrow, Pilot Light, 6:00 PM / 9:00 PM, FREE! / $5
  • Frederick the Younger, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM
  • The Fustics, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM