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 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
- 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 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
- 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
- Final World Wildlife Federation – Virtual Panda Paddle Hosted by Knoxville Adventure Collective, 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
- 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
- PBR Presents TN Tri Buzz 4th Annual Beer Mile, Next Level Brewing Company, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- 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
- UEFA Champions League Finals, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Tulsa the Movie – Opening Weekend, Riviera Movie Theater, 4:20 pm / 7:20 pm / 9:55 pm
- Service Industry Sundays, Craft Axe Throwing- Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 9:00 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
- 𝙻𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 John Moreland At (USA) | 𝙵𝚞𝚕𝚕’𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚠 2020, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm, FREE!
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
- Join a Demonstration in Support of the U.S. Postal Service, Hosted by Democratic Socialists of America – Knoxville, Main St. Post Office Downtown, noon – 1:00 pm
- Taco Tuesday – Repeat Performance, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- 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
- Online Event: Knittin’ & Politickin’ with Marquita Bradshaw Hosted by Renee Hoyos for Congress, 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
- Online event: Ice Bears Facebook Live Sale #2 Hosted by Knoxville Ice Bears, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Trivia Night (is back) at Pour Taproom, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Wednesday, August 26
- Wednesday Coffee Outside with Coffee Outside Knoxville, Suttree Landing Park, 7:00 am – 8:30 am
- Zoom: August SMK Round Table: The Value Of Followers Hosted by Social Media Knox, 9:00 am – 10:30 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)
- Homeschool Folk Art (Wed) Week 2: Indian Gond Painting, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 10:30 am – noon, $10
- 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
- Bowliversary, Maple Hall, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- After-School Art: Paper Making, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 4:15,pm – 5:15 pm, $10
- Johnboy’s on location at Trailhead Beer Market 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
- Live Video: How to make Oyako Bowl (donburi), Knox Asian Festival, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, RSVP
- Weekly Wednesday Yoga Hosted by Florals and Flows @ Suttree Landing Park, 6:30 pm, $5
- Final Weekly Taps N Twists Hosted by Rigazzi, Knoxville Adventure Collective, 900 Volunteer Landing, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- Online Event: Sundress Virtual Reading Series – August Edition Hosted by Sundress Academy for the Arts, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Behind the Scenes Tour of the Historic Tennessee Theatre with Jack Neely benefiting The Knoxville History Project, Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $20
- 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 27
- Special Events Meeting, Civic Coliseum Ballroom, 9:00 am – 10:00 am
- Weekly Virtual Maker Meet-In, The Maker City, 10:00 am
- Homeschool Clay: Clay Pins, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, $10
- Online Event: Checkerboard Chat with Admissions Hosted by UT Knoxville Alumni, noon – 1:00 pm, RSVP
- Virtual Thirty-Minute Thursdays with theory & practice in teacher education (TPTE) literacy faculty / lit chat experts, UTK, 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm, FREE!
- Parent-Child Creative Dance at UT Gardens Knoxville, 4:30 PM – 5:20 pm, $10
- Zoom: Race, Family Structure, and Poverty: Towards a Racial Stratifica Hosted by University of Tennessee College of Arts & Sciences, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
- Ijams Hummingbird Festival, Celebration of Wings: Speaker Series, Secrets of Backyard Birds w/Stephen Lyn Bales, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $8
- Hand UP For Women Virtual Gala Hosted by Hand Up For Women, 6:30 pm – 7:15 pm, RSVP
- Thursday PiYo (Pilates & Yoga) at Carleo,s, 6:30 PM – 7:30 pm, $5
- It’s all about the P’s Hosted by Pilates Jill and Suzie Minehan, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
- Movie Night: The Goonies at Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
- Live The Wood Brothers in USA | Stream, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Friday, August 28
- Online Art Auction Hosted by UT Gardens Knoxville, 9:00 am (through September 10 at midnight)
- Final day: Summer Members Show at the Emporium Center, 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!
- Sowing Time, UT Gardens Knoxville, 10:00 am – noon, $20 – $30
- Preschool Art “Giraffes Can’t Dance,” Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, $10
- Zoom and in-person: Building Your Brand and Creating Content, The Real Estate Firm, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, RSVP
- Seed Saving – Online Event Hosted by UT Gardens Knoxville, 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
- QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention hosted by University of Tennessee Department of Psychology, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm, FREE, but RSVP
- Fri. & Sat. 37917 neighborhood grill, chill & free brewery tours, Fanatic Brewing Company, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Jazz Fridays with Frog and Toad’s Dixie Quartet, Elkmont Exchange, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Live Hillsong Worship in USA | Stream, Knoxville Civic Auditorium-Coliseum, 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
- HBG Roadshow | Pistol Hill + Chance Stanley, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 8:00 pm
- Live The Wood Brothers in USA | Stream, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Friday Jazz Jam with Kelle Jolly on WUOT 91.9 FM on-air, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday, August 29
- Final day: Virtual Run with Hope, $25
- 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)
- Final day: Farm To Table Sale, Sustainable Future Center, 10:00 am – noon Socially distanced phone banking for Gloria Johnson, 311 Morgan St, 10:00 am – noon, RSVP
- Usui Reiki Level II, Infinite Light Center, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, $150
- Weekly Explore Knox Bike Ride, Printshop Beer Co., 10:30 am – noon
- Second Bell Music Festival Hosted by Blank Newspaper and Tomahawk Group, Suttree Landing Park & Waterfront, 11:00 am, $20 – $55
- 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
- Vow’d + SkinCara Pop-Up, Vow’d Weddings, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- 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
- Saturday Wood Oven Eats Wood Fired Pizza, Next Level Brewing Company, 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Fri. & Sat. 37917 neighborhood grill, chill & free brewery tours, Fanatic Brewing Company, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Mark Boling TRIO LIFE, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Zoom: Vinyl Boogie for Gloria Johnson, United Campus Workers, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Yakov Smirnoff “United We Laugh” – Livestream Hosted by Open Chord / All Things Music, 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm, $25
- LB Beistad, Pour Taproom, 9:00 pm – midnight
Sunday, August 30
- 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
- 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!
- Online Art Auction Hosted by UT Gardens Knoxville, 9:00 am (through September 10 at midnight)
- Sunday Food Truck Brunch, Central Filling Station, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Eastside Sunday Market, Walter Hardy Park, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Sunday in Old Sevier Hosted by Old Sevier Merchants, Old Sevier 37920, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- Knoxville Botanical Brewbilee, Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, $60
- Service Industry Sundays, Craft Axe Throwing- Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Sunday Night Live Team Trivia, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Monday, August 31
- 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 3: Mexican Mirrors, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 10:30 am – noon, $10
- Online Event: Beer Me That Vinyl Episode 5 | Thrift Store Cowboys + Hi Wire, 10:00 am – 5:00 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
- All About Camellias, UT Gardens Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $70 – $80
- Monday Fun Run, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
- Online Event: Poetry Reading by Iliana Rocha Hosted by Union Ave Books and University of Tennessee Creative Writing, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Monday Trivia at SoKno Taco, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Mike Baggetta’s Last Mondays at Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Tuesday, September 1
- 1st Annual Juried Photo Competition & Exhibition Hosted by Friends of Seven Islands State Birding Park, The Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mondays – Fridays through September)
- How to Prepare a Successful Annual Appeal Letter (Webinar) Hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $30 – $150
- Introduction to Handbuilding, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 – 8:00 pm (Tuesday through October 6), $195
- Belly Dance for Everybody! 8 Week Class with Sandy Larson, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm (Tuesdays through October 27, no class October 6), $100
- MCK Monthly Open House, Muslim Community of Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
- Tuesday Rooftop Yoga with Pilates Jill, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:30 pm, $5
- Weekly Adult Ballet 8-Week Class, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 7:15 pm – 8:00 pm (Tuesdays through October 27, no class October 6), $100
- Trivia Night (is back) at Pour Taproom, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Online Event: The Ghostlight Series featuring Kelle Jolly and Will Boyd Hosted by Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm, donations welcome