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 9
- 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
- Every Woman Vote Virtual Challenge 40k bike and 20k run cumulative challenge, part of the Every Woman Vote project, a Wide Lens Media production, through August 16 (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
- 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!
- Bridges to Bluffs Preview Swim #2 (Last 5k) Hosted by LB Endurance, Neyland Drive Boat Ramp, 7:30 am – 9:30 am
- TENNESSEE – Free RAM Telehealth Clinic, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm, RSVP
- Summer Members Show at the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (daily through August 28)
- Elstwhere is turning 1! Elst Brewing Company, noon – 8:00 pm
- Eastside Sunday Market, Walter Hardy Park, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Sunday Night Live Team Trivia, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
- Online event: Fruits Of Summer LongDance Hosted by Kevin Meyer, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- Sunday 8/9 Power Flow Hosted by GoYoga at UT Botanical Gardens, 6:00 pm, $10, RSVP
- 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 10
- 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
- Free Park Workout Hosted by Lauren Stuart, Suttree Landing Park, 9:00 am – 9:30 am
- Best Of Summer Camp, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 9:00 am – noon, $100
- August Exhibitions at the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Monday – Friday, through August 28)
- Online Event: Checkerboard Chat: Writing for the Big Screen Hosted by UT Knoxville Alumni, noon – 1:00 pm
- Move, Make & Mindfulness Camp, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $100
- 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 Community Cooking Classes: Portuguese Virtual Food and Wine Tasting, 6:00 pm, $20
- 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 11
- ABN Virtual Nonprofit Storytelling Conference Hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits and Alliance for Young Nonprofit Professionals, 8:30 am – 4 pm
- Online event: Business Start-Up: The Essentials Hosted by Knoxville Small Business Development Center, 9:00 am – 11:00 am
- Virtual event: The State of UX – Virtual Tech Forum, Hosted by KTech and the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm, free, but RSVP
- Taco Tuesday, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Weekly Open Hack Night – Public Welcome, Knox Makers, 6:30 pm, FREE!
- 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
Wednesday, August 12
- 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)
- 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
- Johnboy’s on location at Trailhead Beer Market, 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
- Live video: How To Make Basic Sushi Roll Hosted by Knox Asian Festival, 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm, RSVP
- Online Workshop: Writing With Pop Culture Hosted by Sundress Academy for the Arts, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
- 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)
- Online event: A look inside the ubiquitous lm7805 regulator, Knox Makers, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $5 – $10
- Ice Bears Facebook Live Sale Hosted by Knoxville Ice Bears, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, RSVP
- Weekly Trivia at Central Flats & Taps, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Thursday, August 13
- Bohemian Revival hosted by Plant Rambler and Tori Barrett: Pop-Up Event at The Donut Shop on Broadway, 7:00 am – 11:00 pm
- Executive Director Morning Mingle (Free Zoom Session), Hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 8:30 am – 9:30 am
- Online event: Be Smarter with SEO & PPC for Better Results Online: The Social Hosted by Knoxville Small Business Development Center, 9:30 am – 11:00 am, RSVP
- Weekly Virtual Maker Meet-In, The Maker City, 10:00 am
- Virtual YWCA Keys of Hope Luncheon hosted by YWCA Knoxville & the Tennessee Valley, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, $500
- Virtual Thirty-Minute Thursdays with theory & practice in teacher education (TPTE) literacy faculty / lit chat experts, UTK, 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm, FREE!
- Nonprofit Email Strategy (Webinar) Hosted by Alliance for Young Nonprofit Professionals and Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $20 – $150
- Lobster Dogs @ SouthSide Garage, 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Home Sweet Home with Lady Vol basketball player Cierra Burdick (’15) hosted by UT Alumni Affairs and Development, 4:30 pm
- Parent-Child Creative Dance at UT Gardens Knoxville, 4:30 pm – 5:20 pm, $10, RSVP
- Zoom event: The Life and Legacy of John Lewis Hosted by University of Tennessee College of Arts & Sciences, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, RSVP
- Zoom event: Create Raving Clients With IPS Hosted by Professional Photographers of East Tennessee, 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
- Thursday PiYo (Pilates & Yoga) at Carleo,s, 6:30 PM – 7:30 pm, $5
- Online event: High-voltage power supply design walk-through, Knox Makers, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- 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
- I Pagliacci, Hosted by Marble City Opera and Kathryn Frady, Tennessee Amphitheater, 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm, $30 – $40
Friday, August 14
- 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!
- Online Homegrown Home-school Program Hosted by UT Gardens Knoxville, 10:00 am – noon, $12 – $145
- Learning Series – The Camera, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, $60 – $100, RSVP
- Weekly Fanatic Friday grill & chill hoppy hour, 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
- I Pagliacci, Hosted by Marble City Opera and Kathryn Frady, Tennessee Amphitheater, 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm, $30 – $40
- 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 video: A Solo Performance by Ben Maney, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Voodoo Slim at Schulz Brau Brewing Company, 8:00 pm
- Friday Jazz Jam with Kelle Jolly on WUOT 91.9 FM on-air, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday, August 15
- Bohemian Revival hosted by Plant Rambler and Tori Barrett: Pop-Up Event at The Donut Shop on Broadway, 7:00 am – 11:00 pm
- Motus Knoxville Trail Run Hosted by Dirty Bird Events and Motus Off Road, Ijams Nature Center, 8:00 am – noon, $35 – $50
- 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
- Weekly Explore Knox Bike Ride, Printshop Beer Co., 10:30 am – noon
- Curbside Local Photography Sale featuring Brian Murray’s Photography, Knoxville Soap Candle & Gifts, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
- Margarita and Taco Bar Crawl – Knoxville Hosted by Top Shelf Crawls, Downtown Knoxville and Market Square, 11:00 am – 11:00 pm, starting at $20, RSVP
- Saturday Hair of the Dog Yoga, Printshop Beer Co, 11:15 am – 12:15 pm, $8 – $10, RSVP
- Knoxville Street Feeding Hosted by Maranatha Homeless Outreach, Knox Area Rescue Ministries, noon
- Saturday Brewer’s Flights, Printshop Beer Co., 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm, $10
- Knoxville Warm-Up – August Date TBD Hosted by Knoxville Warm-Up Beer Festival, benefitting the First Tee of Greater Knoxville, 935 World’s Fair Park Drive, 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $15
- 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
- Flourish Flower Truck Pop-Up @ Graduate Knoxville, 1706 Cumberland Ave, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- SOUTHBOUND DAY PARTY, Southbound Knoxville, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Saturday grill & chill & tour with the brewery, Fanatic Brewing Company, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- 9th Annual Girl Talk VIRTUAL Fashion Show Gala hosted virtually and streamed LIVE on WVLT-TV, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $50 – $1,500
- Gala Celebrating the Lives of DIPG Children Hosted by Julia Barbara Foundation, Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Saturday Micro Jazz Shows, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm / 9:00 pm, RSVP, $5 suggested band tip
- I Pagliacci, Hosted by Marble City Opera and Kathryn Frady, Tennessee Amphitheater, 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm, $30 – $40
- 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
- Shaun Abbott at Schulz Brau Brewing Company, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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