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 Thoroughly. Maintain a Social Distance of Six Fee or More From Others. Wear a Face Mask If Distancing Is Not Possible.
Sunday, August 16
- 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
- Final Day: Every Woman Vote Virtual Challenge 40k bike and 20k run cumulative challenge, part of the Every Woman Vote project, a Wide Lens Media production,FREE!
- Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon Summer Distance Challenge, Somewhere, Anywhere & Everywhere! Knoxville, Tennessee, daily through September 22, $40
- East Tennessee Historical Society Online Resources, Daily, FREE!
- Knoxville Museum of Art Online / Online Museum Sleuth / Virtual Tour of Beauford Delaney Exhibit: Through the Unusual Door Episode 1 / Episode 2, 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!
- Motus Knoxville Triathlon, Off Road Triathlon, Ijams Nature Center, 8:00 am, $75 – $140
- Summer Members Show at the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (daily through August 28)
- Mask-Produced: Face Mask Design Competition Hosted by Dogwood Arts, deadline: midnight Sunday, August 23
- Online Event: Prep Your Fall Garden: Q & A with Brittany Hosted by Sustainable Future Center, Nicole Fey and Amy Albers, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, RSVP
- Eastside Sunday Market, Walter Hardy Park, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Virtual book event: Hidden Nature by Michael Taylor with Margaret Renkl Hosted by Ijams Nature Center and Union Ave Books, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
- Weekly Wood Oven Eats Wood Fired Pizza, Next Level Brewing Company, 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- In-person and streamed: Choral Evensong, St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- Outdoor Yoga Class with Rigazzi Mobile Wellness, Graduate Knoxville, 1706 Cumberland Ave, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE!
- Sunday Night Live Team Trivia, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
- Online event: The Head & the Heart sponsored by Robert Mondavi Winery Hosted by Knoxville Beverage Company, 7:00 pm
Monday, August 17
- 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
- Homeschool Folk Art (Mon) Week 1: Wycinanki Polish Paper Art, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 10:30 AM – noon
- Downtown Knoxville Alliance (formerly CBID), Knoxville Chamber, Historic Market Square, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Weekly Strengthen & Stretch, Alliance Brewing Co, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, RSVP
- Socially distanced phone banking for Gloria Johnson, 311 Morgan St, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm (daily Monday through Thursday), RSVP
- Virtual event: Food Preservation – Home Canning 101, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, $12, RSVP
- Monday Fun Run, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
- Monday Trivia at SoKno Taco, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Tuesday, August 18
- QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention hosted by University of Tennessee Department of Psychology, 9:00 am – 10:30 am, FREE, but RSVP
- KAT Travel Training, Knoxville Area Transit, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Webinar: WEB Talks (Women’s Educational Briefings) Hosted by Women’s Fund of East Tennessee, 11:45 am
- Nonprofit Email Strategy (Webinar) Hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $20 – $150
- Little Bellas Knoxville Weekly Riding Program, Baker Creek Preserve, 5:30 PM – 7:30 pm, $250
- Learning Series – The Negative, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60 – $100, RSVP
- Online Event Preservation Network: 150 Years of Knoxville Real Estate Part II with Jennifer Montgomery Hosted by Knox Heritage, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Tuesday Rooftop Yoga with Pilates Jill, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:30 pm, $5
- Outdoor Yoga Class w Rigazzi Mobile Wellness, Graduate Knoxville, 6:30 PM – 8:00 pm, FREE!
- In Conversation: Ron Rash and Crystal Wilkinson hosted by The UT Library Society and Union Ave. Books, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
- Online Event: Know It Knox: Celebrating Suffrage on the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment and women’s constitutional right to vote! Hosted by Knox County Public Library and the East Tennessee History Center, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
- Trivia Night (is back) at Pour Taproom, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Wednesday, August 19
- Wednesday Coffee Outside with Coffee Outside Knoxville, Suttree Landing Park, 7:00 am – 8:30 am
- Moved: Market Square Farmers’ Market at Mary Costa Plaza outside the Civic Auditorium / Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (open for the elderly and immune-compromised 0nly) / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (open to all)
- Knoxville Delivery Hosted by Bales Farms, Three Rivers Market, 10:30 am – 10:50 am (Wednesday through August 19)
- Homeschool Folk Art (Wed) Week 1: Wycinanki Polish Paper Art, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 10:30 am – noon, $10
- Flourish Flower Truck Pop-Up, Graduate Knoxville, noon – 3:00 pm
- Wednesday Meditation for Lunch, Infinite Light Center, 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm, $5
- Wednesday Zoom TPTE Lit Chats with UTK literacy experts, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- How to Engage Virtual Volunteers (Webinar) Hosted by Alliance for Young Nonprofit Professionals and Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $10 – $75
- Downtown Design Review Board, Small Assembly Room, City County Building, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- Learning Series – The Print, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60 – $100
- Night at the Museum Hosted by Historic Homes of Knoxville, Mabry-Hazen House, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $10
- Weekly Wednesday Yoga Hosted by Florals and Flows @ Suttree Landing Park, 6:30 pm, $5
- Weekly Taps N Twists Hosted by Rigazzi, Knoxville Adventure Collective, 900 Volunteer Landing, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm (through August 26)
- Weekly Next Level Taproom Trivia, Next Level Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Weekly Trivia at Central Flats & Taps, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Thursday, August 20
- Ijams Hummingbird Festival: Hummingbirds: Small but Mighty Marvels / Dragons and Damsels: Life on the Wing / Nature Nuggets: All About Wings, Ijams Nature Center, 9:00 am -11:00 am / 9:00 am – 11:00 am / 10:00 am – 11:00 am, prices vary
- Homeschool Steam: Straw Towers, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, $10
- Weekly Virtual Maker Meet-In, 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!
- Securing Individual Donations (Webinar) Hosted by Alliance for Young Nonprofit Professionals and Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $20 – $150
- After-School Clay Club: Robot Tiles, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm, $10
- Virtual event: Home Sweet Home with Jennifer Tsuruda: adventure into the world of bees and beekeeping, Hosted by UT Alumni Affairs and Development, 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
- Plant Pop-Up with Oglewood Avenue, Graduate Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Online event: 75 Days Out Phone Bank for Renee Hosted by Renee Hoyos for Congress, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
- Live video: How to Make Kimchi, Knox Asian Festival, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, RSVP
- Thursday PiYo (Pilates & Yoga) at Carleo,s, 6:30 PM – 7:30 pm, $5
- Online Event: Theology Pub Hosted by Messiah Lutheran Church, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
- Shakespeare Off the Square: Much Ado About Nothing, Ijams Nature Center, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm (Thursdays through Sundays, through August 23), free, but RSVP, donations encouraged
- Livestream: The Local Concert Series with CARMEN and The Pinklets, Hosted by Campus Events Board at UTK, 8:00 pm, FREE!
Friday, August 21
- AYNP Coffee & Conversation (Now on Zoom!), Alliance for Young Nonprofit Professionals, 8:30 am – 9:30 am
- 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!
- World Wildlife Federation – Virtual Panda Paddle Hosted by Knoxville Adventure Collective, 11:00 am – 9:00 pm (daily through August 23)
- Zoom: Good Bug Bad Bug Hosted by UT Gardens Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, Free, but donations welcome; RSVP
- Vow’d + Honeymouth Leather Pop-Up, Vow’d Weddings, 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Tulsa the Movie – Opening Weekend, Riviera Movie Theater, 4:20 pm / 7:20 pm / 9:55 pm
- Fri. & Sat. 37917 neighborhood grill, chill & free brewery tours, Fanatic Brewing Company, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Johnboy’s on location at Trailhead Beer Market 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
- Virtual Rewind! Hosted by The Concourse, 7:00 pm – 1:00 am, FREE, but donations welcome
- Jazz Fridays with Frog and Toad’s Dixie Quartet, Elkmont Exchange, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Ijams Hummingbird Festival: Speaker Series: Speaker Series: Monarch Migration w/Kris Light / Night Rambles w/Naturalists: Night Fliers / Family Campfire: Celebration of Wings, Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm / 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm / 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm, prices vary
- Shakespeare Off the Square: Much Ado About Nothing, Ijams Nature Center, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm (Thursdays through Sundays, through August 23), free, but RSVP, donations encouraged Also View Via Zoom
- Livestream: R.B. Morris & His Band live at the Bijou Theatre, presented by Big Ears, 8:00 pm, $10 – $12 plus fees
- Friday Jazz Jam with Kelle Jolly on WUOT 91.9 FM on-air, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- On demand: R.B. Morris & His Band recorded live at the Bijou Theatre, presented by Big Ears, 10:00 pm – midnight, August 24, $12 plus fees
Saturday, August 22
- On demand: R.B. Morris & His Band recorded live at the Bijou Theatre, presented by Big Ears, daily through midnight Monday, August 24, $12 plus fees
- Ijams Hummingbird Festival: Behind-the-Scenes Bird Banding, Community Science Experiences and More!, Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 am – noon, prices vary
- Ktown On The River Triathlon, Suttree’s Landing, 7:00 am, $80 – $110
- Online Event: 2020 Citizens’ Climate Southeast/Appalachia Conference Hosted by Citizens Climate Lobby and Gabriela Miu, 8:15 am – 3:35 pm, FREE!
- Live and Zoom: South Knoxville Community Update, Ijams Nature Center, 9:00 am – 10:00 am
- Young Professional Women’s Park Hop Small Group Hosted by New2Knox, 9:00 am – 11:00 am (Saturdays through September 12), $95
- Moved: 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)
- Weekly Farm To Table Sale, Sustainable Future Center, 10:00 am – noon (Saturdays through August 29)
- Socially distanced phone banking for Gloria Johnson, 311 Morgan St, 10:00 am – noon, RSVP
- Women’s Suffrage Pop Up Motorcade Parade, Old City and Downtown Knoxville, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
- Weekly Explore Knox Bike Ride, Printshop Beer Co., 10:30 am – noon
- World Wildlife Federation – Virtual Panda Paddle Hosted by Knoxville Adventure Collective, 11:00 am – 9:00 pm (daily through August 23)
- Saturday Hair of the Dog Yoga, Printshop Beer Co, 11:15 am – 12:15 pm, $8 – $10, RSVP
- Starts Share, Sustainable Future Center, noon – 2:00 pm, FREE! donations accepted
- Saturday Brewer’s Flights, Printshop Beer Co., 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm, $10
- Weekly class: The Artist’s Way: 12 Week Coaching ZOOM Hosted by Knoxville Happiness Coalition, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (Saturdays through October 31), $240
- Weekly Wood Oven Eats Wood Fired Pizza, Next Level Brewing Company, 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Tulsa the Movie – Opening Weekend, Riviera Movie Theater, 4:20 pm / 7:20 pm / 9:55 pm
- Fri. & Sat. 37917 neighborhood grill, chill & free brewery tours, Fanatic Brewing Company, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Shakespeare Off the Square: Much Ado About Nothing, Ijams Nature Center, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm (Thursdays through Sundays, through August 23), free, but RSVP, donations encouraged
- Roshambeaux, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Ijams Hummingbird Festival: Night Rambles w/Naturalists: Night Fliers / Family Campfire: Celebration of Wings, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm / 8:00 pm – 9:00 pmIjams Nature Center, prices vary
- Live Music: The Atomic Sound, Pour Taproom, 9:00 pm – midnight
Sunday, August 23
- 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
- Summer Art Academy 2020 is moving online! Hosted Knoxville Museum of Art, through August 31, FREE!
- Virtual Cocktails & Conversation with Professor Mary Campbell Hosted by Knoxville Museum of Art (daily through August 31)
- Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon Summer Distance Challenge, Somewhere, Anywhere & Everywhere! Knoxville, Tennessee, daily through September 22, $40
- Virtual Run with Hope, August 23 – August 29, $25
- East Tennessee Historical Society Online Resources, daily, FREE!
- Knoxville Museum of Art Online / Online Museum Sleuth / Virtual Tour of Beauford Delaney Exhibit: Through the Unusual Door Episode 1 / Episode 2, 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!
- Summer Members Show at the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (daily through August 28)
- Final Day: Mask-Produced: Face Mask Design Competition Hosted by Dogwood Arts, deadline: midnight tonight
- On demand: R.B. Morris & His Band recorded live at the Bijou Theatre, presented by Big Ears, daily through midnight Monday, August 24, $12 plus fees
- Old City Mini-Market, Jackson Terminal, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
- World Wildlife Federation – Virtual Panda Paddle Hosted by Knoxville Adventure Collective, 11:00 am – 9:00 pm (daily through August 23)
- Tea Leaf Reading Hosted by Medium Michelle Leigh, Infinite Light Center, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, RSVP
- Eastside Sunday Market, Walter Hardy Park, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Zoom TAROT Series: Journey of the Fool – Intro to the Major Arcana Hosted by Tree of Life Intuitive Services, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $25, RSVP
- Zoom: Historic Bearden – Jack Neely Hosted by The Knoxville History Project and Union Ave Books, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Free, but RSVP
- Manchester United v Sevilla, Merchants of Beer, 3:00 pm
- Tulsa the Movie – Opening Weekend, Riviera Movie Theater, 4:20 pm / 7:20 pm / 9:55 pm
- Sunday Night Live Team Trivia, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
- Final Performance: Shakespeare Off the Square: Much Ado About Nothing, Ijams Nature Center, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm (Thursdays through Sundays, through August 23), free, but RSVP, donations encouraged
Monday, August 24
- Final day: On demand: R.B. Morris & His Band recorded live at the Bijou Theatre, presented by Big Ears through midnight tonight, $12 plus fees
- 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
- August Exhibitions at the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Monday – Friday, through August 28)
- Homeschool Folk Art (Mon) Week 2: Indian Gond Painting, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 10:30 AM – noon, $10
- Strengthen & Stretch, Alliance Brewing Co, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, RSVP
- Socially distanced phone banking for Gloria Johnson, 311 Morgan St, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm (daily Monday through Thursday), RSVP
- Registration Day: Swim For Jenna Flying Fish, Boys & Girls Club, 967 Irwin Street, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, starting at $60
- Monday Fun Run, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
- Weekly Trivia at SoKno Taco Cantina, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Tuesday, August 25
- Cultivating Confidence in the Workplace (Webinar) Hosted by Alliance for Young Nonprofit Professionals and Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 9:00 am – 11:00 am, $20 – $150
- Online event: Home Sweet Home with Holly Jones (’05) with a tour of the late summer highlights of UT Knoxville’s very own color garden Hosted by UT Knoxville Alumni, 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
- Auditions for Knoxville Children’s Theatre’s upcoming adaptation of “The Tempest,” appointment only: 4:30 pm / 5:00 pm / 5:30 pm / 6:00 pm, RSVP
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Code Together | Knoxville – A free community coding session, Hosted by Code Connector, Awaken Coffee, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
- Tuesday Rooftop Yoga with Pilates Jill, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:30 pm, $5
- Trivia Night (is back) at Pour Taproom, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm