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 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
- Virtual Cocktails & Conversation with Professor Mary Campbell, Hosted by Knoxville Museum of Art, through October 31, FREE!
- Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon Summer Distance Challenge, Somewhere, Anywhere & Everywhere! Knoxville, Tennessee, 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, September 15 – November 15
- Virtual: The Superhero Scavenger Hunt, Hosted by United Way of Greater Knoxville, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (daily through September 27), RSVP
- FREE RAM Telehealth Clinic, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Tour de France Watch Party and Fun Ride, C.W. Cansler Family YMCA, 9:00 am – 11:00 am
- Round Up Your Change for Volunteer Assisted Transportation, Three Rivers Market, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm (daily through September)
- Chelsea VS Liverpool, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 11:30 am
- Final day: Virtual 2020 Knoxville Film Festival, noon – 8:00 pm, FREE!
- Packers vs Lions, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, noon – 4:30 pm
- 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
- Sunday Eats with BC Sushi, Elst Brewing Company, 1:30 PM – 4:30 pm
- Postponed: Hallelujah Station by M. Randal O’Wain w/ Adam O’Fallon Price, Hosted by Union Ave Books, 2:00 pm
- Weekly All Levels Modern Dance in The Park, Morningside Park, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Sundays through October 25), $10 donation requested
- NAITSOM: Virtual World Premiere at KFF, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, FREE!
- Final performance: Holes, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm, $10 – $12
- 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!
- Paranormal Adventure Tour (Social Distance Friendly), Historic Market Square, Knoxville, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
- Vigil for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Hosted by Women’s March Coalition, Indivisible East Tennessee and Tennessee Advocates for Planned Parenthood, Krutch Park, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Monday, September 21
- Call to Artists: 2021-2022 exhibition season at the Emporium Center, deadline: Friday, October 23 at 4:30 pm
- 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
- Ribbon Cutting, ProMotion LLC, 2:00 pm – 6:00 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!
- Online event: 2020-2021 Lecture Series: Jeffrey Day, FAIA, sponsored by University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- 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
- Paranormal Adventure Tour (Social Distance Friendly), Historic Market Square, Knoxville, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
- Monday Night Football Watch Party, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 8:00 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
- Taco Tuesday, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Little Bellas Knoxville Weekly Riding Program, Baker Creek Preserve, 5:30 PM – 7:30 pm (Tuesdays through September 29), $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
- 1st Day of Fall Celebration – Beer Release & Live Music, Elst Brewing Company, 6:00 pm – 9:00 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!
- Online Event: Know it Knox: The Friends at 50! Hosted by Knox County Public Library and Friends of the Knox County Public Library, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
- Trivia Night (is back) at Pour Taproom, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Online event: Final Ghostlight Series featuring Guy Marshall, Hosted by Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm, free, but donations welcomed
- Live Stream Bikini Kill at The Mill & Mine, 8:00 pm
Wednesday, September 23
- 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)
- Final Knoxville Delivery Hosted by Bales Farms, Three Rivers Market, 10:30 am – 10:50 am
- Wednesday Meditation for Lunch, Infinite Light Center, 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm, $5
- Bringing Your Strategic Plan to Life (Webinar) Sponsored by Sponsored by Direct Mail Services, Hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $10 – $75
- After-School Art: Wet Felting, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm, $10
- Zoom: September Neighborhood Association Meeting, Hosted by Old City Knoxville, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
- Clay: Leaf Trays, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm, $40
- Zoom: Pumpkin Floral Arrangement, Hosted by UT Gardens Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $40 / $50
- Online Event: The Cost of Hate Symposium, Part 1: Anti-racism, Hosted by University of Tennessee College of Arts & Sciences, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, free, but RSVP
- Weekly Taps N Twists Hosted by Rigazzi, Knoxville Adventure Collective, 900 Volunteer Landing, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- Ice Bears Facebook Live Sale #4, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
- 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
- Tranquility Base, The Concourse, 7:30 pm, free but contributions welcome
- Weekly Trivia at Central Flats & Taps, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Thursday, September 24
- Special Event Meeting, Civic Coliseum Ballroom, 9:00 am – 10:00 am
- Online: Centro Hispano 2020 Virtual Latino Awards, noon – 1:00 pm, RSVP
- Webinar: How to Prepare a Successful Annual Appeal Letter Sponsored by Direct Mail Services, Hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 12:45 pm – 3:00 pm, $20 – $150
- Parent-Child Creative Dance at UT Gardens, 4:30 pm – 5:20 pm
- Online Event: Why, When, and How Implicit Bias Matters, Hosted by University of Tennessee College of Arts & Sciences, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, RSVP
- Moonshine & Archaeology, UT Conference Center, 5:30 pm – 7:o0 pm (Thursdays through October 1), $69
- Live in Knoxville TN with Steph Cabell, Danger Company, 134 Bearden Place, 6:00 pm
- Thursday PiYo (Pilates & Yoga) at Carleo’s, 6:30 PM – 7:30 pm, $5
- Facebook Live: Home Sweet Home with “Goldwill Digger” Blogger Betsy Appleton (’11), Hosted by UT Knoxville Alumni, 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm
- New Orleans Native Sunni Patterson: poetry and music, Student Union, 7:00 pm
- Thursday Trivia at Hops & Hollers, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Online Event: Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle w/ Silas House, Hosted by Union Ave Books, 7:00 pm
- Conversation with Caroline Randall Williams Facebook Live, Hosted by University of Tennessee College of Social Work, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
- Virtual event: Eugene Wolf’s The Book of Mamaw, Flying Anvil Theatre, 7:30 pm, $20
- Paranormal Adventure Tour (Social Distance Friendly), Historic Market Square, Knoxville, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Friday, September 25
- 2020 Tennessee Bike Walk Virtual Summit, 9:00 am – 11:00 am, RSVP
- Porkbelly’s BBQ at Central Filling Station! 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Virtual event: The Silence of the Allosaurs: Cannibalism Among Late Jurassic Dinosaurs, noon – 1:00 pm
- Zoom: Putting Your Garden To Bed For Winter, Hosted by UT Gardens Knoxville, 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
- Fri. & Sat. 37917 neighborhood grill, chill & free brewery tours, Fanatic Brewing Company, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Hi-Wire Brewing Beer Tasting, Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Friday Night Tailgate – Gators vs Vols, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:00 pm
- Tennessee Friday Nights: Music in the Beer Garden with Ben Shuster, Hops and Hollers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
- 8T5 at Calhoun’s on the River, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Rewind Virtually Live from The Concourse, 7:00 pm – 1:00 am, free but contributions welcomed
- Jazz Fridays with Frog and Toad’s Dixie Quartet, Elkmont Exchange, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Virtual event: Eugene Wolf’s The Book of Mamaw, Flying Anvil Theatre, 7:30 pm, $20
- Ghost Hunt with the Tennessee Wraith Chasers at the Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $125
- Online Event: Sarah Pirkle and Griffin Vann, Hosted by Laurel Theater, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Friday Jazz Jam with Kelle Jolly on WUOT 91.9 FM on-air, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday, September 26
- Constitution & Pancakes, Hosted by Elaine Davis for State Representative 13th District, Fieldhouse Social, 8:00 am – 10:00 am
- 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)
- Creative/Elementary Ballet, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center. 10:00 am – 10:45 am (Saturdays through October 24)
- Online UCW Statewide Convention Hosted by Graduate Workers Organizing Committee, Adjuncts United, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Socially distanced phone banking for Gloria Johnson, 311 Morgan St, 10:00 am – noon / 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, RSVP
- Calligraphy Everything Pop-Up, Vow’d Weddings, 10:30 am – 3:00 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
- Online Shimmy Mob 10th Anniversary, noon – 7:40 pm, free, but RSVP
- Saturday Brewer’s Flights, Printshop Beer Co., 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm, $10
- Clay Pumpkins, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm, $40
- 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
- Dine & Discuss Movie Night: Candyman, Regal Riviera Theater, 5:00 pm – 10:00 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
- Virtual event: Eugene Wolf’s The Book of Mamaw, Flying Anvil Theatre, 7:30 pm, $20
- Ghost Hunt with the Tennessee Wraith Chasers at the Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $125
- Paranormal Adventure Tour (Social Distance Friendly), Historic Market Square, Knoxville, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
- John Eason at Pour Taproom Knoxville, 9:00 pm
Sunday, September 27
- 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
- Virtual Cocktails & Conversation with Professor Mary Campbell, Hosted by Knoxville Museum of Art, daily through October 31, FREE!
- Virtual, final day: The Superhero Scavenger Hunt, Hosted by United Way of Greater Knoxville, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm, RSVP
- Round Up Your Change for Volunteer Assisted Transportation, Three Rivers Market, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm (daily through September)
- Old City Market, Jackson Terminal, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Sunday Mimosa Bar & 50% Off Sparkling Wine Tap, Pour Taproom, noon – 5:00 pm
- Ainsley’s Angels 3rd Annual Rollin on Rocky Top 5k Run/Walk – Virtual Race, noon – 7:00 pm, $20
- Knoxville’s Metaphysical Meetup – The Gaia Connection, Infinite Light Center, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, RSVP
- Eastside Sunday Market, Walter Hardy Park, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Sunday Eats with BC Sushi, Elst Brewing Company, 1:30 PM – 4:30 pm
- Online Event: A TRAITOR TO HIS SPECIES by Ernest Freeberg, Hosted by Union Ave Books and Basic Books, 2:00 pm
- Virtual event: Eugene Wolf’s The Book of Mamaw, Flying Anvil Theatre, 2:00 pm, $20
- Weekly All Levels Modern Dance in The Park, Morningside Park, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Sundays through October 25), $10 donation requested
- An Afternoon of Opera at Ijams Nature Center, 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm, FREE!
- Sunday in Old Sevier, Old Sevier Merchants, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- Healthcare Workers and Teachers Night / Service Industry Sundays, Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm / 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Paint pARTy at Pour Taproom! Hosted by Painting with a Twist, 6:00 pm, $45
- Sunday Night Live Team Trivia, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Monday, September 28
- Call to Artists: 2021-2022 exhibition season at the Emporium Center, deadline: Friday, October 23 at 4:30 pm
- Profit Day – Knoxville, TN for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and roofing contractors, Hosted by Success Group International, Hilton Knoxville, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
- 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
- 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)
- Final day: Oktoberfest Tapping Party and Menu Release! Balter Beerworks, 11:00 am – midnight
- 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
- Paint pARTy at Pour Taproom! Hosted by Painting with a Twist, 6:00 pm, $45
- Monday Fun Run, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
- Monday Trivia at SoKno Taco, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Paranormal Adventure Tour (Social Distance Friendly), Historic Market Square, Knoxville, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
- Online event: Civil Strife LIVE on WOZO Radio, 10:00 pm – 10:45 pm
Tuesday, September 29
- 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)
- KTech Networking Happy Hour – September 2020, Blackhorse Brewery Gay Street Pub, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
- Final 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
- Virtual Wine and Food Pairing, Hosted by UT Culinary Institute, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $20 (optional)
- Tuesday Rooftop Yoga with Pilates Jill, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:30 pm, $5
- 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