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Sunday, May 19
- Call for Entries: No Bigger Than a Breadbox, The Emporium Center (deadline 11:55 PM)
- MEDIC Save Our Summer Campaign Blood Drive, MEDIC Regional Blood Center, 1601 Ailor Ave, 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM (daily through May 31)
- Knoxville Craft Beer Week: A Week Long Celebration Of Local Craft Beer
- Knoxcentric: TBA, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
- Jazz Brunch, Chesapeake’s, 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM
- Jazz Brunch, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM
- Rhythm N’ Blooms, Various locations in the Old City Knoxville, Noon – 11:15 PM, $30 – $175
- Birding 101, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, Noon – 2:00 PM, $5 – $10
- New Brew Sunday, Hosted by Knoxville Craft Beer Week, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, Noon – 8:00 PM
- Pink Guava CMS Release, Alliance Brewing Co, Noon – 10:00 PM
- Pub Church, Scruffy City Hall, 1:00 PM
- Organic Edible Garden Series, UT Gardens Knoxville, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM $330 – $375
- Spring slow ride 2019, DreamBikes – Knoxville, 309 N. Central St, 2:00 PM – 1:00 AM
- Cappuccinos and Celtic Music, Awaken Coffee, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- Open Streets Knoxville – Sutherland Ave from N Bellemeade Ave. to Division St, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
- Knoxville Community Band, World’s Fair Park Amphitheater, 3:00 PM, FREE!
- TKD Presents “Jerome Bixby’s Man From Earth,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
- SMBS Blues Cruise #2: Kara Grainger! Star of Knoxville, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM, $16 – $20
- Sunday Funday with Knox Brew Tours! Printshop Beer Co, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- WDVX Downtown Jam, Blackhorse Brewery, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
- Young Writers’ Open Mic Night, Union Ave Books, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
- Sunday Supper with Elkmont Exchange, The Casual Pint (Downtown), 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Painting Party! Hops and Hollers, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Art Night with Bryan Wilkerson! Central Depot, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- KATS at the Double S Wine Bar, 7:00 PM, FREE!
- Sing! Knoxville, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 PM, $10 – $20
- Rhythm N’ Blooms, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 PM
- 10th Mountain Division, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, May 20
- Knox.biz Breakfast: Who Gets to Be Healthy? Relix, 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM, $25
- Knoxville Craft Beer Week: A Week Long Celebration Of Local Craft Beer
- Art of Clay Relief Tiles Four-Part Workshop, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM (last class), $125 – $150
- The 1st Annual Symposium on Alzheimer’s and Dementia, Holiday Inn Knoxville Downtown, 11:00 AM – Tuesday, May 21 at 2:30 PM
- Central Business Improvement District (CBID), Knoxville Chamber, Historic Market Square, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Gangstagrass / Sean McConnell, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- KABA (Knoxville Area Brewers Association) Craft Beer Week / Make Knoxville Beer Great Again: A Critical Beer Tasting, Pretentious Beer Co, 3:00 PM – 1:00 AM / 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Emerging Writers Workshop, Lawson McGhee Knox County Public Library, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- Lockmiller’s musician portraits at Awaken Coffee, 5:00 PM (daily through May 31)
- Stocks and Sauces Cooking Class, The Central Collective, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM, $54
- Printshop Beer Dinner with Lanai, Printshop Beer Co, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM, $75
- FREE Pool Tournament every Monday, Barley’s Taproom, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Not Your Mama’s Gutter Ball Bowling Tournament, Hosted by New2Knox, Maple Hall, 7:00 PM, $10
- FRIENDLYTOWN comedy show: Friendlytown Anime Club!, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, FREE!
- $5 movie: Humanoids From The Deep (1980) at Central Cinema, 7:30 PM – 9:15 PM
- Maple Hall Mondays: Will Carter with Eleanor Studios R N’B Reunion, 8:00 PM
- Banty Rooster, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 PM
- Terrapin Quartet, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, May 21
- Knoxville Craft Beer Week: A Week Long Celebration Of Local Craft Beer
- Knoxville Area Recruiting, Go Coast Guard, John J. Duncan Federal Building, 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Maximizing LinkedIn to Advance Your Cause, Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 9:00 AM – Noon, $25 – $225
- KAT Travel Training, Knoxville Area Transit, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- The 1st Annual Symposium on Alzheimer’s and Dementia, Holiday Inn Knoxville Downtown, 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Big Lazy / Alice Wallace, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- Visitors networking event, The Regas Building, Noon – 1:30 PM
- KABA (Knoxville Area Brewers Association) Craft Beer Week / Name Our Beer!, Pretentious Beer Co, 3:00 PM – 1:00 AM
- Holly’s Senior Moments Happy Hour, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 4:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Lockmiller’s musician portraits at Awaken Coffee, 5:00 PM (daily through May 31)
- Sip n’ Serve Hosted by United Way of Greater Knoxville at Trailhead Beer Market, 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Screen Printing Workshop, Printshop Beer Co, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $5 suggested donation
- Painting Class, Hosted by Peace Paint Love, Elkmont Exchange, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $35
- The Farmer’s Table Pop Up Dinner, The Central Collective, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM, $78
- Sip + Stitch: A Hand Embroidery Workshop, The Hive, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM, SOLD OUT!
- Tuesdays Wine Tastings in the Cellar, Old City Wine Bar, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
- Home Cookin’ with Rick Bragg, Hosted by Union Ave Books, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 PM, $30
- Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
- 808 + Meditate: MAY 2019, The Concourse, 7:30 PM, $5 -$8
- Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Comedy on Tap open mic at the Casual Pint – Downtown, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Concerts on the Square: Jazz on the Square, Bill Lyons Pavillion, Historic Market Square, 8:00 PM, FREE!
- Greg Ashley with A Certain Zone, Lower Interiors and Dead Cobra, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
- Trout Steak Revival, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 PM
- Cam Duffy Moore Hosts Improv Jam, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, May 22
- Knoxville Craft Beer Week: A Week Long Celebration Of Local Craft Beer
- May SMK Round Table, Honeybee Coffee Company, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
- MEDIC ParrotHead Days, MEDIC Regional Blood Center, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, Historic Market Square, Market Street, Union Avenue, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Visitor Center, Aireene Espiritu / Brother Maven, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- Local Haze Tap Takeover, Pretentious Beer Co, 3:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Wednesday Board Games & Brews, Central Filling Station, 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Get Off Your Glass! Hosted by Keep Knoxville Beautiful,Trailhead Beer Market, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Lockmiller’s musician portraits at Awaken Coffee, 5:00 PM (daily through May 31)
- Painting Class! Blue Slip Winery & Bistro, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $35
- Taste and Toast benefiting Second Harvest Food Bank, Sweet P’s Barbeque & Downtown Dive, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $15
- Wednesdays Yoga with Florals and Flows at Suttree Landing Park, 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM, FREE!
- KADC Volunteer Interest Meeting, Barley’s Knoxville, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
- Bluegill Messin’ with Joe King & Fairlight Moriah, La Bamba Seafood, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM, $1 and up
- Alternative Wednesday Gypsy Jazz Jam, The French Market Crêperies, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
- Pin-It! ART NIGHT, The Emporium Center, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $10 donation requested
- Tennessee Shines Presents Eli Fox, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $7 – $10
- Wednesday Night Argentine Tango Class (four-part), The Double S Wine Bar, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, FREE!
- Jake Byrd Group, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Open Door Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM, FREE!
- Dyado, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM – 2:00 AM, $3
Thursday, May 23
- Volunteer Breakfast by Knoxville Barristers, Volunteer Ministry Center, 6:15 AM – 7:30 AM
- Knoxville Craft Beer Week: A Week Long Celebration Of Local Craft Beer
- Nonprofit Financial Statements and Reports, Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 9:00 AM – Noon, $25 – $225
- May Coffee for a Cause: Contact Care Line, The Hive, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- MEDIC ParrotHead Days, MEDIC Regional Blood Center, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Hearts Gone South / Bobby Stevens, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- Active Beer Culture Chalk Walk, Hosted by Alliance Brewing Co, 3:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Pretentious Tap Takeover at Suttree’s! 3:00 PM – 1:00 AM
- Kolsch Party & live music by Josiah Atchley, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Let’s Make A Steinbier! Pretentious Beer Co, 5:00 PM
- Lockmiller’s musician portraits at Awaken Coffee, 5:00 PM (daily through May 31)
- Mentor 2.0 Dinner and Details, Hosted by Young Professionals of Knoxville and Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee, United Way Building, 1301 Hannah Ave, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
- WDVX’s Six O’Clock Swerve Presents Kirk Fleta, Barley’s Taproom, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Active Knox Presents Building Safer Streets – Together, Pellissippi State Community College -Magnolia Avenue Campus, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM, FREE!
- Legacy Parks Night at Balter Beerworks, 6:00 PM
- Create your own Monster with a Self-Love Twist, Central Depot, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM, $15
- Concerts on the Square: Ensemble Swing Time Band, Bill Lyons Pavilion, Historic Market Square, 7:00 PM, FREE!
- Paint the Town Green: Tennessee Voices for Children, Chivo Taqueria, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM, $100
- Free Screening: Arcadia (2017) at Central Cinema, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
- Fourth Thursday Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 PM
- Larry Vincent, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- TKD Presents “Jerome Bixby’s Man From Earth,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Filmnacht: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 8:30 PM – 11:00 PM, FREE!
- Ben Sparaco and the New Effect, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 PM
- Stig, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Friday, May 24
- Knoxville Craft Beer Week: A Week Long Celebration Of Local Craft Beer
- WDVX Big Plate Special, Barley’s Taproom, Noon, FREE!
- WordStream: Candee Reeves / Tom Weiss, The Weekly Writer’s Voice, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- Shrimp, Beer, Hops & Blues, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 4:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $10
- Berliner Weisse and Everything Nice, Pretentious Beer Co, 4:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Lockmiller’s musician portraits at Awaken Coffee, 5:00 PM (daily through May 31)
- Binders: Vine Middle Magnet Visual Arts Spring Show, A1LabArts, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
- Summertime Fine, The Central Collective, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $10
- Chekov Debut Party, Hosted by Napalm Cheetah, Birdhouse Knoxville, 6:30 PM, $5
- Not That Jewish, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 PM, $40 – $75
- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Benefit — KWYP Greater Knoxville, Southern Railway Station, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $10
- TVB Solstice Bikepacking Meeting, Tennessee Valley Bicycles, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- East Tennessee Diversity Prom 2019, Hosted by East TN Diversity Prom and GLSEN Tennessee, Central United Methodist, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Fridays with Frog and Toad’s Dixie Quartet House Band, Elkmont Exchange, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Appalachian Surf Team with The Fidget Sinners at Schulz Bräu, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- TKD Presents “Jerome Bixby’s Man From Earth,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Smoking Flowers / Captain Midnight, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM / 10:00 PM
- Blue Grass Stranglers, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 8:00 PM
- Come dance on the river with RMS! Calhoun’s on the River, 9:00 PM
- Kenneth Brown, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Shaun Abbott Live, Merchants of Beer, 9:00 PM
- Summoner’s Circle CD Release, The Concourse, 9:00 PM – 1:00 AM, $10
- Grizzly Goat, Boyd’s Taproom, 10:00 PM, FREE!
- McGill & the Refills CD Release Show, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM, $5
- Taco Mouth / Indighost, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM – 11:15 PM / 11:45 PM
Saturday, May 25
- KTC Expo 10k & 5k, Jackson Ave, 7:30 AM – 11:00 AM, $10 – $40
- Knoxville Craft Beer Week: A Week Long Celebration Of Local Craft Beer
- Saturday Summer Yoga Series at Vienna Coffee at The Regas Building, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM, $8
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, Historic Market Square, Market Street, Union Avenue, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- AYNP Volunteer Day with East TN Permaculture Research Institute, Alliance for Young Nonprofit Professionals, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- Seed to Plate: Flavoring with Herbs, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, $20
- One Riverwalk Apartments Adoption Event, Hosted by Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley, One Riverwalk, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Adam Klein / The Carmonas, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- KCBW: Giving Back Saturday, various participating locations, Noon
- Bake Sale & Cookout – Giving Saturday, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, Noon – 10:00 PM / 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
- Angela Floyd Schools – With A Little Help From My Friends, Civic Auditorium, 5:00 PM, $10 – $27
- Lockmiller’s musician portraits at Awaken Coffee, 5:00 PM (daily through May 31)
- Binders: Vine Middle Magnet Visual Arts Spring Show, A1LabArts, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
- Po Boys and Poets, Pilot Light, 6:00 PM, $5
- TKD Presents “Jerome Bixby’s Man From Earth,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Blue Grass Stranglers, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Oweda / Voodoo Visionary, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM / 10:00 PM – 11:15 PM / 11:45 PM
- Ludge, The Concourse, 10:00 PM – 3:00 AM, $5 – $7
- Feed the Dog, Boyd’s Taproom, 10:00 PM, FREE!
- Soul Finger, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Songs from the Road Band, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM
Sunday, May 26
- MEDIC Save Our Summer Campaign Blood Drive, MEDIC Regional Blood Center, 1601 Ailor Ave, 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM (daily through May 31)
- Knoxville Craft Beer Week: A Week Long Celebration Of Local Craft Beer
- Knoxcentric: TBA, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
- May Sunday Assembly & Potluck, The Concourse, 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM
- Jazz Brunch, Chesapeake’s, 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM
- Jazz Brunch, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM
- Drag Brunch at Old City Wine Bar, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- South Knoxville Sunday Market, Landing House, 1:00 PM
- Not That Jewish, Bijou Theatre, 2:00 PM, $40 – $75
- Channel Z Bonnaroo Giveaway! / KCBW: “Pint-wood” Derby Tourney by Lacy Mellon of Remax Tri-star, Hops and Hollers, 2:00 PM / 2:00 PM – 6:30 PM
- TKD Presents “Jerome Bixby’s Man From Earth,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
- Meet and Greet by District 9, Precinct 26 Knox County Democratic Party, Printshop Beer Co, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
- Lockmiller’s musician portraits at Awaken Coffee, 5:00 PM (daily through May 31)
- K-Town at Calhoun’s on the river, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Super Smash Bros Tournament! Central Depot, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, FREE!
- Not That Jewish, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 PM, $40 – $75
- The Brockefellers, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 PM
- Sweet Fever, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, May 27
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: A Girl Named Genny / Elijah Butler, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- Emerging Writers Workshop, Lawson McGhee Knox County Public Library, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- Lockmiller’s musician portraits at Awaken Coffee, 5:00 PM (daily through May 31)
- FREE Pool Tournament every Monday, Barley’s Taproom, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Monthly Meeting! by Appalachian Mountain Bike Club, South Coast Pizza, 7:00 PM
- FRIENDLYTOWN comedy troupe presents Eric Dadourian, Dan Gill, David Venhuizen, and Nancy Wren-Bradshaw! Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, FREE!
- Mike Baggetta, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 PM
- The Harlem River Noise, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, May 28
- Grands and Me: Garden Engineering, UT Gardens Knoxville, 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM, $30 – $35
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jack Barksdale / Dara Tucker, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- Holly’s Senior Moments Happy Hour, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 4:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Lockmiller’s musician portraits at Awaken Coffee, 5:00 PM (daily through May 31)
- Doll Skin, The Concourse, 6:00 PM – 10:30 PM, $10
- Concerts on the Square: Jazz on the Square, Bill Lyons Pavilion, Historic Market Square, 8:00 PM, FREE!
- Tuesdays Wine Tastings in the Cellar, Old City Wine Bar, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
- Desire to Inspire: The Girl Talk Experience, The Regas Building, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM, FREE!
- SOMM v. SOMM Dinner Hosted by Rebel Kitchen at Old City Wine Bar, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM, $31 – $50
- East TN REI May Meet-Up, Barley’s Taproom, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
- Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
- 808 + Meditate: MAY 2019, The Concourse, 7:30 PM, $5 -$8
- Skate Video Night vol 2 at Central Cinema, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM, $5
- Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 9:45 PM
- Honeysuckle, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 PM
- Ordinary Madmen at Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM