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 7
- 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
- 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜» Gangstagrass ●𝙵𝚞𝚕𝚕ᴴᴰ Ｓｈｏｗ | 𝙻𝚒𝚟𝚎’𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖**! •2020 Hosted by Stream Music30, Pretentious Beer
- Sunday Mindful Gardening Sangha hosted by GreenPease, 8:30 am – 9:30 am, FREE, but RSVP
- Monthly Online Garden Series: From Seeding to Harvest, Sustainable Future Center, 9:00 am – noon, $10 suggested donation
- Creative Collective All-Day Photoshoot, Old City Downtown Knoxville, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
- COVID-19 Reopening: 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
- Online Event: Brewer’s Flight Hosted by Printshop Beer Co, 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
- Eastside Sunday Market, Walter Hardy Park, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Live Event: Grand Re-Opening, Art Market Gallery, Weekends Only, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
- Live Event: First Sunday Pinoffs, Suttree’s High Gravity Tavern, 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Online event: Ray’s Summer Sunday Series House Concert Series: Cruz Contreras, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
- Weekly ONK Neighborhood Street Dance, Social Distance and Dance in the Street, 3:00 pm
- Online Solidarity Kirtan Online Circle Dance Hosted by Kevin Meyer, 5:pm – 6:00 pm
- Your Summer Guide to Cocktails with PoMo @ Oliver Royale, The Oliver Hotel, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $49, RSVP
- Free Live Streaming Allman Betts Band At (USA) | Full HD 2020, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Monday, June 8
- Virtual Event: Vols Grow: Seed to Table Summer Program hosted by UTK
- Father’s Day Good Sport Box! Central Collective (daily through 5:30 pm, Friday, June 12), $56
- 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)
- Live Event: Aspiring Artists Camp, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (daily through June 12), $100
- L𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝒮𝓉𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 Reggie Sears (LIVE) Full Showᴴᴰ 2020 @ WDVX 89.9 Blue Plate Special, 2:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Online Event, Mindful Monday: Curating Your Mindfulness Toolkit, hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits and Alliance for Young Nonprofit Professionals, 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm, free, but RSVP
- Monday Zoom Modern w/Jeny hosted by Circle Modern Dance, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm (through June 29), RSVP
- Live Event: Unveiling the Potential of Outdoor Play – with Angela Hanscom, hosted by Knox Forest School, The Press Room, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $49 – $349
Tuesday, June 9
- Fruits of the Backyard Virtual Field Day presented by UT AgResearch and UT Extension, 8:30 am
- Employment Law (Webinar) Hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits and Alliance for Young Nonprofit Professionals, 9:00 am – noon, $20 – $150
- 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 Event, Home Sweet Home with Matt Pittman of the School of Advertising and Public Relations in the College of Communication and Information, hosted by UT Knoxville Alumni, 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
- Lobster Dogs at Hi-Wire Brewing, 5:30 PM – 8:30 pm
- Live Event: Knox Pride Public Forum hosted by Knox Pride, Knoxville City Government Engineering, 7:00 pm – 9:00 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
- Internet – Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Online Event, 8:15 PM – 9:45
- Inclusive Cacerolazo Style Noise for Justice Protest Hosted by Community Defense of East Tennessee, 9:00 pm
Wednesday, June 10
- 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)
- Wednesday Knoxville Delivery by Bales Farms at Three Rivers Market, 10:30 am – 10:50 am (pre-order online)
- June Virtual Event Featuring Randy Boyd hosted by American Marketing Association Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm
- Wednesday Checkerboard Chats Webinar:, UTK, noon, FREE!
- 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
- Wednesday Zoom TPTE Lit Chats with UTK literacy experts, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- BBBS ETN Signing Day + Scholarship Celebration, Live Video by Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee, 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm, RSVP
- Virtual Wednesday Public Books Masterclass: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, by Patrick Radden Keefe, 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
- Taps N Twists, Knoxville Adventure Collective, 6:30 PM – 7:30 pm, RSVP
- Wednesday KSDA Virtual Disdancing, Knoxville Swing Dance Association, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm (through June 24)
Thursday, June 11
- Executive Director Morning Mingle (Free Zoom Session), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 8:30 am – 9:30 am
- Weekly Virtual Maker Meet-In: Community Checkup, The Maker City, 10:00 am
- Virtual Thirty-Minute Thursdays with theory & practice in teacher education (TPTE) literacy faculty / lit chat experts, UTK, 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm, FREE!
- Thursday Live from the Parlor – Virtual Tour, Mabry-Hazen House, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Donations accepted
- Power Hour: The Ask Event (Webinar), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $10 – $75
- Learn to Be a Top Agent, Mentoring for new agents, Online 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
- Live Event: Eddy Sweat & Thundercreek, Calhoun’s on Neyland Drive, 6:00 pm
- Zoom Black Cultural Spaces: Holding on, Loss & New Use Hosted by McKinney Center and Black in Appalachia, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Friday, June 12
- Final Father’s Day Good Sport Box! Central Collective, through 5:30 pm, $56
- 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!
- Open for Business, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Fri-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
- Lobster Dogs at Next Level Brewing Company, noon – 6:00 pm
- Learn To Develop Color Film, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $40
- Zoom Improv w/Angela, Circle Modern Dance, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, RSVP
- Live Event: Introduction to the Tree of Life, Tree of Life Intuitive Services, 7:00 pm 9:00 pm, $25, RSVP
- Friday Jazz Jam with Kelle Jolly on WUOT 91.9FM on-air, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Josiah & The Greater Good, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Saturday, June 13
- 2020 Big Orange Brawl, World’s Fair Park, 7:00 am – 6:00 pm
- 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)
- Boats, Diving and Shipwreck TREASURES Hosted by Marine Geographic, Vols Landing, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Old City Market, Old City Knoxville, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Open for Business, Art Market Gallery, Weekends Only, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Fri-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
- Cyanotype Workshop, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm, $40
- Basic AF (A Festival) Knoxville, Suttree Landing Park, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- Second Saturday Eat & Greet hosted by Knoxville Irish Society, Knoxville City Government Engineering, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Pete Schlegel, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Online Event: Salomé Cabaret Crypts: A Digital Goth Burlesque Show, 8:00 pm – 11:59 pm, $5
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 – 9:30 am, FREE, but RSVP
- KIDS Boating and Watersports Hosted by Marine Geographic, Volunteer Landing, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, RSVP
- Open for Business, Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm (Sun) / 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Wed – Thurs) / Noon – 11:00 pm (Fri – Sat)
- 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
- 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
- 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
Monday, June 15
- Virtual Pride March hosted by UTK Pride Center, anytime 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
- 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
- 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!
- 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
- 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