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As events are opening up, we’re listing a combination of virtual and live events. The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me) and it will be included. I need enough lead time that the list can be put together the Wednesday before you want it listed. A please be safe if you are attending live events.
Sunday, May 24
- The World’s Largest Scavenger Hunt – Virtual, Midnight – 11:59 pm, $40 – $150
- Downtown Knoxville Vendors In-Store Service Hours and Current Modes of Operations
- Downtown Knoxville Vendors Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours and Current Modes of Operations
- Virtual Knox Asian Festival Year of the Mouse 5K and 1Mile, through August 1, 2020, $20 – $25
- East Tennessee Historical Society Online Resources, Daily, FREE!
- Knoxville Museum of Art Online / Online Resources on Beauford Delaney for Teachers offered by the Knoxville Museum of Arts, Daily, FREE!
- E-Learning Station hosted by Ijams Nature Center, Daily, FREE!
- Take a Virtual Tour, Blount Mansion, Daily, FREE!
- Sunday Mindful Gardening Sangha hosted by GreenPease, 8:30 am – 9:30 am, FREE, but RSVP
- Celebrate Eid with MCK! Car Parade at World’s Fair Park, 9:00 am – noon
- Online Ijams Mayapple Marketplace 2020 hosted by Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, donations appreciated
- The Illusion of Leaving – Drive-By Book Launch with our very own Jeannette Brown presenting her debut novel in front of Union Ave Books, hosted by Knoxville Writers’ Guild, noon – 2:00 pm
- Live Three-Part Learning Series – The Print, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm $60 per class/$100 for three
- Virtual Q&A with author Jeannette Brown hosted by Knoxville Writers’ Guild, 2:30 pm
- Online Drop Dead Dangerous Loaded on The Lanai – Pool Party, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Free, but tips appreciated
- Weekly ONK Neighborhood Street Dance, Social Distance and Dance in the Street, 3:00 pm
- Daily Bike Month Scavenger Hunt hosted by Smart Trips and Knoxville Regional Bicycle Program, 4:30 pm (through May 31)
- Virtual Volunteer Happy Hour hosted by Matthew Park for State House, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Monday, May 25
- Father’s Day Good Sport Box! Central Collective (through 5:30 pm, Friday, June 12), $56
- Weekly East Tennessee STEM Hub – STEM Sparks, 8:00 am – 11:55 pm
- Open for Dine-in, Take-out, Curbside Service, Vienna Coffee at the Regas Building, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Sat)
- Final Monday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Mike Baggetta’s Last Mondays at Barley’s Taphouse, 9:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Tuesday, May 26
- Virtual Strategic Visioning Outreach Meeting – Big Ideas, Bright Futures, UTK, 11:00 am – noon, RSVP
- Live from the Parlor – Virtual Tour, Mabry-Hazen House, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, donations accepted
- Virtual KTech Networking Happy Hour – May 2020 hosted by Knoxville Technology Council, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
- Zoom Etsy Entrepreneurship Program hosted by Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm (fourth of five), FREE!
- Virtual Screening of Eating Up Easter, East Tennessee PBS, 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm, RSVP
- Internet – Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, 8:15 pm – 9:45 pm
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Wednesday, May 27
- East TN STEM Hub “Way with Words” Wednesdays, all day
- Wednesday Coffee Outside with Coffee Outside Knoxville, Suttree Landing Park, 7:00 am – 8:30 am
- Market Square Farmers’ Market at Mary Costa Plaza outside the Civic Auditorium / Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave, 9:00 am – 10:00 am (open for the elderly and immune-compromised 0nly) / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (open to all)
- QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention hosted by University of Tennessee Department of Psychology, 10:30 am – noon, FREE, but RSVP
- Wednesday Checkerboard Chats Webinar: Dr. Jeff Becker: The Basic Biology behind COVID-19, UTK, noon, FREE!
- Wednesday Zoom TPTE Lit Chats with UTK literacy experts, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Feeding our Restaurant Friends, Oliver Royale, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Weekly Real Good Kitchen Cooking School, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, donations accepted
- Virtual Wednesday Public Books Masterclass: Butcher’s Crossing, hosted by the UT Humanities Center and Union Ave Books, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, FREE!
- Zoom Sundress Reading Series – May Edition hosted by Sundress Academy for the Arts, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE!
- Wednesday KSDA Virtual Disdancing, Knoxville Swing Dance Association, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm (through June 24)
Thursday, May 28
- Special Event Meeting, Civic Coliseum Ballroom, 9:00 am – 10:00 am
- Weekly Virtual Maker Meet-In, The Maker City, 10:00 am
- Virtual Lunch & Learn: Residential Landscape Renovation hosted by UT Knoxville Alumni, Noon – 12:30 pm, FREE!
- Thursday Live from the Parlor – Virtual Tour, Mabry-Hazen House, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Donations accepted
- Introduction To Drawing 1-Day Workshop, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 PM – 8:00 pm, $30
- City Council Workshop, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 5:30PM pm – 6:30 pm
- Virtual Behind the Scenes with Executive Director Kathryn Frady & Friends hosted by Marble City Opera, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Virtual 8 Dimensions of Wellness hosted by Knoxville Area Urban League Young Professionals, 6:00 pm
- Final Weekly Goodnight with Dolly, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, 7:00 pm – 7:15 pm
- Online InterFaith Health Clinic Update, 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Friday, May 29
- Weekly Premium Pretentious Package! Hosted by Pretentious Beer Co, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Friday Community STEM Chats and Coffee for Teachers and Parents with the East Tennessee STEM Hub and UTK Center for Enhancing Education in Mathematics and Sciences, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, FREE!
- Free Webinar: Consumer Behaviors in the Time of COVID, hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits and Alliance for Young Nonprofit Professionals, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, FREE, but RSVP
- Final Zoom Etsy Entrepreneurship Program hosted by Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm, FREE!
- Shadowlight Watch Party hosted by Marble City Opera, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
- Author Reading hosted by Writer Joe King and Rose Marie Machario, The Double S Wine Bar, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Friday Jazz Jam with Kelle Jolly on WUOT 91.9FM on-air, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Virtual Event: Do You Read Me? Hosted by Flying Anvil Theatre, 8:00 pm, $25 suggested, but pay what you can
- Mikki Norwood, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Saturday, May 30
- Market Square Farmers’ Market at Mary Costa Plaza outside the Civic Auditorium/Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave, 9:00 am – 10:00 am (open for the elderly and immune-compromised 0nly) / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (open to the general public)
- Live Cyanotype Workshop, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm, $40
- Live Cheers to Six Years! Anniversary Party, Hops and Hollers, 11:00 am – 11:30 pm
- Live Low Country Shrimp Boil at Fanatic Brewing Company, Noon – 6:00 pm
- Final Weekly Zoom Planet Motion World Dance Fitness hosted by Mahadevi Arts, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Final Weekly Zoom Improv with Angela Hill hosted by Circle Modern Dance, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
- Jesus Day Knoxville, hosted by Reckless Love Nashville, Historic Market Square, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Tenn Pan Alley, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
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Sunday, May 31
- Downtown Knoxville Vendors In-Store Service Hours and Current Modes of Operations
- Downtown Knoxville Vendors Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours and Current Modes of Operations
- Virtual Knox Asian Festival Year of the Mouse 5K and 1Mile, through August 1, 2020, $20 – $25
- East Tennessee Historical Society Online Resources, Daily, FREE!
- Knoxville Museum of Art Online / Online Resources – Beauford Delaney for Teachers offered by the Knoxville Museum of Arts, Daily, FREE!
- E-Learning Station hosted by Ijams Nature Center, Daily, FREE!
- Take a Virtual Tour, Blount Mansion, Daily, FREE!
- Sunday Mindful Gardening Sangha hosted by GreenPease, 8:30 am – 9:30 am, FREE, but RSVP
- Zoom event: Victoria Raschke – Strange As Angels hosted by Union Ave Books, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
- Virtual Event: Do You Read Me? Hosted by Flying Anvil Theatre, 3:00 pm, $25 suggested, but pay what you can
- Final Daily Bike Month Scavenger Hunt hosted by Smart Trips and Knoxville Regional Bicycle Program, 4:30 pm
Monday, June 1
- Father’s Day Good Sport Box! Central Collective (through 5:30 pm, Friday, June 12), $56
- Weekly East Tennessee STEM Hub – STEM Sparks, 8:00 am – 11:55 pm
- Monday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Virtual Be Well Mindful Monday, mindful meditation led by Casey Sams, UT Associate Professor, noon – 1:00 pm
- Mighty Musical Monday with Mighty Wurlitzer organ performances by Freddie Brabson and special guest, Joy of Music School Ensemble, Tennessee Theatre, noon – 3:00 pm
- Zoom Checkerboard Chats Webinar Series: /, noon – 1:00 pm
- Mindful Monday: Slow Flow Yin Yoga, hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits and Alliance for Young Nonprofit Professionals, 3:30 pm – 4:00 PM, Free, but RSVP
Tuesday, June 2
- Tuesday Live from the Parlor – Virtual Tour, Mabry-Hazen House, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Donations accepted
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm