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.
NOTE: Please follow Health Department recommendations as you decide whether to participate in events: Do Not Go Out If You Have Symptoms of COVID-19. Wash Your Hands Frequently, Avoiding Touching Your Face. Avoid Touching Surfaces Which May Have Not Been Cleaned Throughly. Maintain a Social Distance of Six Fee or More From Others. Wear a Face Mask If Distancing Is Not Possible.
Sunday, June 14
- 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
- New 50th Anniversary Membership Launch, Clarence Brown Theatre, daily through July 17, $50
- 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 / Virtual Tour of Beauford Delaney Exhibit: Through the Unusual Door Episode 1, 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 – 9:40 am, FREE, but RSVP
- KIDS Boating and Watersports Hosted by Marine Geographic, Volunteer Landing, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, RSVP
- Open: Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, Sun, 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm / Wed – Thurs, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm / Fri – Sat, Noon – 11:00 pm
- Zoom and Live Garden Guru Q & A, Sustainable Future Center, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, RSVP
- Three-Part Class, Session One: Learning Series – The Camera, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $60 – $100
- POSTPONED: Virtual book event with Mike Maden discussing his newest Jack Ryan Jr. Novel TOM CLANCY FIRING POINT, hosted by Union Ave Books, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
- Peter Rabbit, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm, $10 – $12
- Weekly ONK Neighborhood Street Dance, Social Distance and Dance in the Street, 3:00 pm
- Turbospin Charity Ride for Knoxville Family Justice Center, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm, $20
- Choral Evensong LIVE via YouTube hosted by St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- Hope Valley Church Interest Party, Vienna Coffee at The Regas Building, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm / 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Daily Phonebank for Matthew Park, Matthew Park for State House, 618 S. Gay St. #L4, times vary (through Aug 5)
Monday, June 15
- Virtual Pride March hosted by UTK Pride Center, any time through June 19
- Monday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Weekly East Tennessee STEM Hub – STEM Sparks, 8:00 am – 11:55 pm
- Insectology – Virtual STEM Camp, 8:00 am – 11:59 pm (daily through June 19), $30
- Myths & Legends Camp, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 9:00 am – noon (daily through June 19), $100
- Online Monday Magic Minutes with Michael Messing hosted by Knox County Public Library, 10:30 am – 10:45 pm (through July 13)
- Virtual Event: Vols Grow: Seed to Table Summer Program hosted by UTK, 1:00 pm
- Space STEAM Camp, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (daily through June 19), $100
- QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention hosted by University of Tennessee Department of Psychology, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm, FREE, but RSVP
- Downtown Knoxville Alliance (formerly CBID), Knoxville Chamber, Historic Market Square, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
- Monday Zoom Modern w/Jeny hosted by Circle Modern Dance, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm (through June 29), RSVP
- Staged Reading of The Novelist, The Square Room, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, FREE, but donations welcome
Tuesday, June 16
- Nature Senses (Youth & Family Programs), Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, $6 – $20
- Keep TVA Jobs Local – Knoxville Sidewalk Action Hosted by International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers (IFPTE), Cradle of Country Music Park, 10:30 AM – noon
- Tuesday Live from the Parlor – Virtual Tour, Mabry-Hazen House, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Donations accepted
- Tennessee Behavior Supports Project’s Virtual “TBSP Tuesdays” hosted by UTK, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, FREE!
- Online Tree Talk “Basic Tree Biology and the Shigo Revolution” with Jim Cortese, Hosted by Trees Knoxville, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Free, but RSVP; donations welcome
- Tips for Successful Online Fundraising (Webinar) hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $10 – $75
- Three-Part Class, Session Two: Learning Series – The Negative, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60 – $100
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Tuesday Yoga To The Beat: Slow Flow with Blühen Gummies, Blühen Botanicals, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $8 – $10
- Preservation Network – 150 Years of Knoxville Real Estate Hosted by Knox Heritage, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
- Live Event: Tuesday Trivia at SSG! SouthSide Garage, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Live Event: Trivia Night (is back) at Pour Taproom, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Internet – Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Online Event, 8:15 PM – 9:45 pm
Wednesday, June 17
- Wednesday Coffee Outside with Coffee Outside Knoxville, Suttree Landing Park, 7:00 am – 8:30 am
- Belleza’s Online Auction for LLS! to assist client Samyah Jubran with her Woman of the Year campaign for the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Tennessee Chapter, Hosted by Belleza Salon and Spa, 8:00 am – midnight (continues until 8:00 pm, June 18)
- 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)
- Wednesday Knoxville Delivery by Bales Farms at Three Rivers Market, 10:30 am – 10:50 am (pre-order online)
- Checkerboard Chat with Jim Zasowski, hosted by UTK alumni, noon – 1:00 pm
- Wednesday Webinar: Leading in the New Normal presented by UT Haslam College of Business, 12:30 pm, FREE!
- Weekly Virtual Tours hosted by Historic Homes of Knoxville (HHK) Live from Swan Pond, Ramsey House, 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
- QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention hosted by University of Tennessee Department of Psychology, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, FREE, but RSVP
- Wednesday Zoom TPTE Lit Chats with UTK literacy experts, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Tips for Successful Online Fundraising (Webinar) Hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits and Alliance for Young Nonprofit Professionals, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $10 – $35
- Downtown Design Review Board, Small Assembly Room, City County Building, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- Wednesday Real Good Kitchen Cooking School Hosted by Real Good Kitchen, 5:30 pm, donations accepted
- Virtual Wednesday Public Books Masterclass: Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli, hosted by the UT Humanities Center and Union Ave Books, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, FREE!
- Live Event: Weekly Yoga Hosted by Florals and Flows @ Suttree Landing Park, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $5
- Wednesday Zoom Ballet w/Klay, Circle Modern Dance, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm (through June 24), RSVP
- Three-Part Class, Session Three: Learning Series – The Print, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60 – $100
- Weekly Zoom: Opening the Heart with John Blackburn, Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 6:30 PM – 8:00 pm (Wednesday through July 8), $60 suggested donation
- June Social Distance Women’s Circle: Texture with Creating Mindfulness, 6:30 PM – 8:30 pm, $10
- Peter Rabbit, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $10 – $12
- Wednesday KSDA Virtual Disdancing, Knoxville Swing Dance Association, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm (through June 24)
- ADVANCE BASE, Pilot Light, 9:00 pm, $8
Thursday, June 18
- Development Corporation of Knox County, Knoxville Chamber, Historic Market Square, 7:30 am – 8:30 am
- Belleza’s Online Auction for LLS! to assist client Samyah Jubran with her Woman of the Year campaign for the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Tennessee Chapter, Hosted by Belleza Salon and Spa, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Weekly Virtual Maker Meet-In, The Maker City, 10:00 am
- KHP Virtual Luncheon Program Hosted by The Knoxville History Project, noon – 1:30 pm, donations welcome
- Opening: The Society at Black Pond – Films by Jessica Sarah Rinland, UT Downtown Gallery, noon – 6:00 pm (every Thu-Fri through Aug 7)
- Virtual Thirty-Minute Thursdays with theory & practice in teacher education (TPTE) literacy faculty / lit chat experts, UTK, 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm, FREE!
- Zoom Through East Tennessee: Historic Rugby with Jordan Hughett, Hosted by East Tennessee Historical Society, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, RSVP
- Thursday Live from the Parlor – Virtual Tour, Mabry-Hazen House, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Donations accepted
- Online Event: Home Sweet Home with Becca Kubo (’04) Hosted by UT Knoxville Alumni, 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
- Ready to change careers? Learn to be a TOP AGENT! Hosted by Real Estate Mentoring, EXIT Realty Momentum, 127 W Jackson Ave, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
- Virtual Community Cooking Classes: VIRTUAL JAMS, JELLIES and DESSERTS with the Culinary Institute Community Cooking Classes, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $15
- Online: Knox News Sports Awards Virtual Event, 6:00 pm, FREE!
- Online Event: KCDP District 5 June Meeting, 6:00 pm
- 4th and Gill Porch Stop Hosted by Grant Rosenberg for Knox County Commission, 933 Luttrell St NE, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Peter Rabbit, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $10 – $12
- Virtual Event: Emma Copley Eisenberg – The Third Rainbow Girl Hosted by Union Ave Books and Choice Health Network Harm Reduction, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Friday, June 19
- Workshop: Mid-Year Reset Hosted by Origami Day, Rala, 8:00 am – 9:30 am, $25 – $48
- AYNP Coffee & Conversation (Now on Zoom!), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 8:30 am – 9:30 am
- Clay Bird Vase Online Class Hosted by Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 9:00 am – noon, $15
- 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!
- Opening: The Society at Black Pond – Films by Jessica Sarah Rinland, UT Downtown Gallery, noon – 6:00 pm (every Thu-Fri through Aug 7)
- Juneteenth Freedom RALLY, Hosted by Black Lives Matter Knoxville, Caswell Park, 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm
- Peter Rabbit, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $10 – $12
- Virtual Pint Sized Opera from our living rooms to yours, Hosted by Marble City Opera, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
- Lauren Beeler Music, Central Filling Station, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Friday Jazz Jam with Kelle Jolly on WUOT 91.9FM on-air, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- The Firewater Tent Revival at Schulz Brau Brewing Company, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Regal Beagle at Clancy’s, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Roy Saunders at Pour Taproom, 9:00 pm
Saturday, June 20
- Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon Summer Distance Challenge, Somewhere, Anywhere & Everywhere! Knoxville, Tennessee, all day through September 22, $40
- 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)
- Explore Knox Bike Ride Hosted by Printshop Beer Co., 10:30 am – noon
- Saturday Brewer’s Flights, Printshop Beer Co., 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm, $10
- Drive-through event: MamaSans Fried Chicken and Fries Fundraiser, Hosted by Magaha Boarding House This is Between Us, 1815 Rosedale Ave, 1:00 pm, $5 – $8.50
- Peter Rabbit, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 pm / 5:00 pm, $10 – $12
- Summer Solstice 2020 Celebration, Infinite Light Center, 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm, $11
- KUDZU at Schulz Brau Brewing Company, 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
- Mojo Tweed at Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 8:00 pm
Sunday, June 21
- 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 / Virtual Tour of Beauford Delaney Exhibit: Through the Unusual Door Episode 1, 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!
- New 50th Anniversary Membership Launch, Clarence Brown Theatre, daily through July 17, $50
- Sunday Mindful Gardening Sangha hosted by GreenPease, 8:30 am – 9:40 am, FREE, but RSVP
- Dale’s Fried Pies Father’s Day Contactless Pie Pick Up, Central Collective, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, from $18
- Open: Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, Sun, 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm / Wed – Thurs, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm / Fri – Sat, Noon – 11:00 pm
- Eastside Sunday Market, Walter Hardy Park, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Weekly ONK Neighborhood Street Dance, Social Distance and Dance in the Street, 3:00 pm
- Peter Rabbit, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm, $10 – $12
- Sunday Zoom: The Bodhisattva Path with John Blackburn, Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm (through July 12), $60 suggested donation
- Daily Phonebank for Matthew Park, Matthew Park for State House, 618 S. Gay St. #L4, times vary (through Aug 5)
Monday, June 22
- What Would the Weather Be? – Virtual STEM Camp, Hosted by East Tennessee STEM Hub, UTK Center for Enhancing Education and Muse Knoxville, daily through June 26, $30
- Monday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Weekly East Tennessee STEM Hub – STEM Sparks, 8:00 am – 11:55 pm
- Online Monday Magic Minutes with Michael Messing hosted by Knox County Public Library, 10:30 am – 10:45 pm (through July 13)
- Monday Zoom Modern w/Jeny hosted by Circle Modern Dance, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm (through June 29), RSVP
- Appalachian Mountain Bike Club Monthly Meeting! South Coast Pizza, 7:00 pm
Tuesday, June 23
- Farmer Jason at McGhee Tyson Knox County Public Library, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
- Free Webinar: Prospect Research & Management During a Crisis Hosted by Alliance for Young Nonprofit Professionals, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
- Online Tree Talk Tuesday with Lee Rumble of UT Extension Hosted by Trees Knoxville, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Free, but RSVP; donations welcome
- Live from the Parlor – Virtual Tour, Mabry-Hazen House, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, donations accepted
- Tennessee Behavior Supports Project’s Virtual “TBSP Tuesdays” hosted by UTK, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, FREE!
- Home Sweet Home with Darria Long, MD, MBA, Online Event, 4:30 PM – 5:00 pm
- Tuesday Yoga To The Beat: Slow Flow with Blühen Gummies, Blühen Botanicals, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $8 – $10
- Sweet P’s BBQ Downtown Songwriter Series! with Jason Ringenberg, Sweet P’s Barbeque & Downtown Dive, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, FREE!
- Code Together | Knoxville – A free community coding session, Awaken Coffee, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
- Live Event: Tuesday Trivia at SSG! SouthSide Garage, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Live Event: Trivia Night (is back) at Pour Taproom, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm