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, September 13
- 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!
- Virtual Tour of Beauford Delaney Exhibit: Through the Unusual Door Episode 1 / Episode 2, Hosted 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!
- Thorne Rooms Virtual Tour, Hosted by Knoxville Museum of Art, daily through January 12, FREE!
- Summer Art Academy Free Online Class “Don’t Throw That Out!” for ages 7-9, Hosted by Knoxville Museum of Art, through November 1
- Call to Artists: Arts in the Airport, Hosted by Arts & Culture Alliance (deadline September 20, 11:59 pm)
- Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon Summer Distance Challenge, Somewhere, Anywhere & Everywhere! Knoxville, Tennessee, daily through September 22, $40
- Cocktails & Conversation with Professor Mary Campbell, Hosted by Knoxville Museum of Art, daily through October 31, FREE!
- Online event: The Maker City Summit 2020, 9:45 am – 5:00 pm, RSVP
- Round Up Your Change for Volunteer Assisted Transportation, Three Rivers Market, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm (daily through September)
- Dyer on the Mountain at the Old City Mini Market / Pop-Up Plant Rambler @ Old City Mini Market, Jackson Terminal, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Sunday Mimosa Bar & 50% Off Sparkling Wine Tap, Pour Taproom, noon – 5:00 pm
- Eastside Sunday Market, Walter Hardy Park, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Lobster Dogs @ SouthSide Garage, 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Community Reiki Share, Infinite Light Center, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, RSVP
- Holes, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm, $10 – $12
- Virtual Gallery Talk with Steve A. Prince on his exhibition LIving Epistle, broadcast from the UT Downtown Gallery, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
- Knoxville Area Returned Peace Corps Volunteers – Social, Chivo Taqueria, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
- Service Industry Sundays, Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- ＬｉｖｅＳｔｒｅａｍ / Live Damien Jurado w/ Special Guest Shannon Lay, Old City Performing Arts Center, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $18 – $22
- Sunday Night Live Team Trivia, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
- Online event: Waiting for Frankie Hosted by Dale Mackey, 6:45 pm – 7:15 pm
- Virtual 35th Annual Symphony from the Park, Ijams Nature Center, 6:45 pm – 8:20 pm, $75 – $275, RSVP
Monday, September 14
- 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
- Socially distanced phone banking for Gloria Johnson, 311 Morgan St, 10:00 am – noon (times vary each day, daily Monday through Thursday), RSVP
- Intermediate/advanced Wheel Throwing: Altered Bowls, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (Mondays through October 26), $120
- Homeschool Folk Art (Mon) Week 4: Hopi Woven Baskets, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 10:30 am – noon, $10
- To Make Our Voices Heard: Tennessee Women’s Fight for the Vote, Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm (Monday – Saturday, through October 1)
- Oktoberfest Tapping Party and Menu Release! Balter Beerworks, 11:00 am – midnight (through September 28)
- Chelsea VS Brighton Hosted by Rocky Top Blues, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 3:15 pm
- TN Law & Ethics for Massage Therapists with Kelly Hughs, Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
- Multi-Blade Mondays! Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Intermediate Wheel Throwing: Clay in the Kitchen, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm (Mondays through October 5), $120
- Monday Fun Run, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
- STAGED READING of Loving by Peter Manos, The Square Room, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, free, but donations welcome
- Monday Trivia at SoKno Taco, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Online event: Civil Strife LIVE on WOZO Radio, 10:00 pm – 10:45 pm
Tuesday, September 15
- Covenant Health Knoxville Virtual Marathon, dates vary through September 15 – November 15
- 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)
- 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
- Introduction to Handbuilding, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm (Tuesdays 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
- Learning Series – The Negative, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60 – $100
- Tuesday Rooftop Yoga with Pilates Jill, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:30 pm, $5
- Carolingian Calligraphy, UT Conference Center, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm (Tuesdays through September 29), $129
- WATL Fall League, Craft Axe Throwing- Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $125 – $210
- 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 Frog and Toad’s Dixie Quartet with Brent Thompson Hosted by Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm, donations welcome
Wednesday, September 16
- 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 4: Hopi Woven Baskets, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 10:30 am – noon, $10
- Knoxville Delivery Hosted by Bales Farms, Three Rivers Market, 10:30 am – 10:50 am (Wednesdays through September 23)
- Wednesday Meditation for Lunch, Infinite Light Center, 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm, $5
- Downtown Design Review Board, Small Assembly Room, City County Building, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- After-School Clay Club: Picasso Clay Portraits, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm, $10
- Learning Series – The Print, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60
- Weekly Taps N Twists Hosted by Rigazzi, Knoxville Adventure Collective, 900 Volunteer Landing, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- Wednesday Yoga Hosted by Florals and Flows at Suttree Landing Park, 7:00 pm
- 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, September 17
- Homeschool steam: Sunprints, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, $10
- Online Event: Seeds of Imagination to benefit Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Knox County, noon – 1:00 pm, $15 – $5,000
- Nonprofit Email Strategy (Webinar) Hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $20 – $150
- Online event: Citizenship Day Hosted by CCETN Office of Immigrant Services, 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
- Virtual event: Home Sweet Home with National Geographic Society Vice President for Communications Lee Poston (class of ‘88), 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
- Third Thursday Food Truck Park, Historic Southern Railway Station, 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm
- Moonshine & Archaeology, UT Conference Center, 5:30 pm – 7:o0 pm (Thursdays through October 1), $69
- City Council Workshop, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
- Online event: Constitution Day Lecture: “Born into Sin: Slavery and the Creation of Tennessee” with Stewart Harris, Constitutional Law Professor, Hosted by Blount Mansion, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Online Behind the Scenes with Kathryn Frady & Larry Delinger, Hosted by Marble City Opera, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Soil Preparation and Using Cover Crops, UT Gardens Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $15 – $25
- Thursday PiYo (Pilates & Yoga) at Carleo,s, 6:30 PM – 7:30 pm, $5
- Old Sevier Community Group Meeting — TREES & PARKING, Suttree Landing Park, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Comedy for a Cause Virtual Event, Hosted by Karen Mills Comedy and UT Medical Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Thursday Trivia at Hops & Hollers, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Courtyard Compline, St. John’s Cathedral (Knoxville, Tennessee), 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Friday, September 18
- The Superhero Scavenger Hunt, Hosted by United Way of Greater Knoxville, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (daily through September 27), RSVP
- AYNP Coffee & Conversation (Now on Zoom!), Alliance for Young Nonprofit Professionals, 8:30 am – 9:30 am
- Virtual 2020 East Tennessee Preservation Conference hosted by Knox Heritage, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, $25
- Make-a-Mug Online Workshop hosted by Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 9:00 am – noon, $12
- Virtual 2020 Knoxville Film Festival, noon – 8:00 pm (daily through September 20), FREE!
- Online Event: Growing Lettuce Indoors Hosted by UT Gardens Knoxville, 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm, donations appreciated
- Online Lunch & Learn: Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage in East TN, Hosted by Tennessee State Museum, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Fri. & Sat. 37917 neighborhood grill, chill & free brewery tours, Fanatic Brewing Company, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Savoring Suffrage: Women’s Suffrage Centennial Dinner, Hosted by Sister South Fine Foods, Historic Homes of Knoxville (HHK), Mabry-Hazen House, 5:30 PM – 9:00 pm, $75
- Online event: The Invisible Boy by Alyssa Hollingsworth, Hosted by Union Ave Books, 6:00 pm
- Holes, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $10 – $12
- Tennessee Friday Nights: Music in the Beer Garden with Trevor Staples, Hops and Hollers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
- Jazz Fridays with Frog and Toad’s Dixie Quartet, Elkmont Exchange, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Friday Jazz Jam with Kelle Jolly on WUOT 91.9 FM on-air, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Illusive hang out at JFG, Hosted by Illusive and Joseph William Pellom, Kerbela Shriners of Knoxville parking lot, 8:00 pm
- Live Music: The Atomic Sound, Pour Taproom, 9:00 pm – midnight
Saturday, September 19
- 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)
- Virtual Black EXCELence Summit Hosted by Shora Foundation, 9:00 am – 2:15 pm, $35
- Fall Clean-up Day, Mabry-Hazen House, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Usui Reiki Level 1 Class, Infinite Light Center, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, $150
- Creative/Elementary Ballet, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center. 10:00 am – 10:45 am (Saturdays through October 24)
- Socially distanced phone banking for Gloria Johnson, 311 Morgan St, 10:00 am – noon / 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, RSVP
- Knox County: Meet and Greet with Marquita Bradshaw and Knox Co Dems, Danny Mayfield Park, 10:30 am
- Cyanotype Workshop, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm, $40
- Andie’s Closet, Tea & Treasures, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Saturday Hair of the Dog Yoga, Printshop Beer Co, 11:15 am – 12:15 pm, $8 – $10, RSVP
- Saturday Mimosa Bar & 50% Off Sparkling Wine Tap, Pour Taproom, noon – 5:00 pm
- Virtual 2020 Knoxville Film Festival, noon – 8:00 pm (daily through September 20), FREE!
- Oktoberfest with the Mountain Top Polka Band, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, noon- 2:00 pm / 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Saturday Brewer’s Flights, Printshop Beer Co., 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm, $10
- Clay: Coffee Pour-Over & Mug Class, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $45
- Holes, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 pm / 5:00 pm, $10 – $12
- 9-Year Anniversary Celebration, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 1:00 pm – 11:45 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
- Saturday Dinner with BC Sushi, Elst Brewing Company, 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm
- Fri. & Sat. 37917 neighborhood grill, chill & free brewery tours, Fanatic Brewing Company, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Saturday SOUTHBOUND DARTY, Southbound Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Online event: MUTATION by Jeannette Brown (Next Rung Productions), Hosted by Harrison Young, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
- LIVE on YouTube: A Gun on the Table, by Knoxville’s own Margy Ragsdale! Hosted by Theatre Knoxville, 7:30 pm / 8:30 pm, free, but donations welcome!
- Date Night Comedy Show 2, Hosted by Inov8 Studios and Gail Grantham Moore, Downtown 211, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $5 – $75
Sunday, September 20
- 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!
- Virtual Tour of Beauford Delaney Exhibit: Through the Unusual Door Episode 1 / Episode 2, Hosted 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!
- Thorne Rooms Virtual Tour, Hosted by Knoxville Museum of Art, daily through January 12, FREE!
- Summer Art Academy Free Online Class “Don’t Throw That Out!” for ages 7-9, Hosted by Knoxville Museum of Art, through November 1
- Cocktails & Conversation with Professor Mary Campbell, Hosted by Knoxville Museum of Art, daily through October 31, FREE!
- Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon Summer Distance Challenge, Somewhere, Anywhere & Everywhere! Knoxville, Tennessee, daily through September 22, $40
- Final day: Call to Artists: Arts in the Airport, Hosted by Arts & Culture Alliance (deadline tonight, 11:59 pm)
- Covenant Health Knoxville Virtual Marathon, dates vary through September 15 – November 15
- The Superhero Scavenger Hunt, Hosted by United Way of Greater Knoxville, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (daily through September 27), RSVP
- Round Up Your Change for Volunteer Assisted Transportation, Three Rivers Market, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm (daily through September)
- Final day: Virtual 2020 Knoxville Film Festival, noon – 8:00 pm, FREE!
- Fall Equinox Celebration, Infinite Light Center, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, donations gratefully accepted
- Eastside Sunday Market, Walter Hardy Park, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Trail to Trail Bike Adventure, Hosted by Trailhead Beer Market, 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm, RSVP
- Online event: Hallelujah Station by M. Randal O’Wain w/ Adam O’Fallon Price, Hosted by Union Ave Books, 2:00 pm
- NAITSOM: Virtual World Premiere at KFF, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, FREE!
- Healthcare Workers and Teachers Night / Service Industry Sundays, Craft Axe Throwing- Knoxville, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm / 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Sunday Night Live Team Trivia, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
- LIVE on YouTube: A Gun on the Table, by Knoxville’s own Margy Ragsdale! Hosted by Theatre Knoxville, 7:30 pm / 8:30 pm, free, but donations welcome!
Monday, September 21
- 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
- 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)
- Socially distanced phone banking for Gloria Johnson, 311 Morgan St, 10:00 am / 1:00 pm / 4:00 pm (times vary each day, daily Monday through Thursday), RSVP
- To Make Our Voices Heard: Tennessee Women’s Fight for the Vote, Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm (Monday – Saturday, through October 1)
- Downtown Knoxville Alliance (formerly CBID), Knoxville Chamber, Historic Market Square, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Multi-Blade Mondays! Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Rigazzi Mobile Wellness, Graduate Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, FREE!
- Monday Fun Run, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
- Online Poetry Reading by Rebecca Gayle Howell, Hosted by Union Ave Books and University of Tennessee Creative Writing, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Weekly Trivia at SoKno Taco Cantina, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Mike Baggetta’s Last Mondays at Barley’s, 9:00 pm – 11:30 pm
- Online event:Mondays Civil Strife LIVE on WOZO Radio, 10:00 pm – 10:45 pm
Tuesday, September 22
- National Car-Free Day Hosted by Smart Trips, 12:01 am – midnight
- Final day: Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon Summer Distance Challenge, Somewhere, Anywhere & Everywhere! Knoxville, Tennessee, $40
- September Exhibitions at the Emporium Hosted by Arts & Culture Alliance, The Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tuesdays – Fridays through September 25)
- How to Develop and Empower a Growth Mindset (Webinar), Hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 9:00 am – 11:00 am, $20 – $150
- Online Event: Checkerboard Chat: The Economy in a Maturing Pandemic, Hosted by UT Knoxville Alumni, noon – 1:00 pm
- Little Bellas Knoxville Weekly Riding Program, Baker Creek Preserve, 5:30 PM – 7:30 pm, $250
- Introduction to Handbuilding, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm (Tuesdays 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
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Live in Knoxville TN with Steph Cabell, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 6:00 pm
- 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
- Tuesday Rooftop Yoga with Pilates Jill, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:30 pm, $5
- Virtual Screening of Aging Matters: Legal Help, Hosted by East Tennessee PBS, 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm
- 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
- Carolingian Calligraphy, UT Conference Center, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm (Tuesdays through September 29), $129
- Code Together | Knoxville – A free community coding session, Awaken Coffee, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE!
- Trivia Night (is back) at Pour Taproom, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Online event: The Ghostlight Series featuring Guy Marshall, Hosted by Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm, free, but donations welcomed