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 6
- 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!
- Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon Summer Distance Challenge, Somewhere, Anywhere & Everywhere! Knoxville, Tennessee, daily through September 22, $40
- Online event: 2020 Mudder’s Day Madness VIRTUAL Challenge Hosted by Harmony Family Center, 12:01 am – Midnight (daily through September 12), RSVP
- Thai Techniques for Abdominal Massage with Kelly Scott, Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 9:00 am – 5:30 pm
- UT Gardens Online Fall Plant Sale, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (daily through September 7)
- Online Art Auction Hosted by UT Gardens Knoxville, 9:00 am (through September 10 at midnight)
- Round Up Your Change for Volunteer Assisted Transportation, Three Rivers Market, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm (daily through September)
- Final Online Garden Series: From Seeding to Harvest, Sustainable Future Center, 10:00 am – noon, free, but donations welcome, RSVP
- Eastside Sunday Market, Walter Hardy Park, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Sunday Brunch with BC Sushi, Elst Brewing Company, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- First Sunday Pinoffs, Suttree’s High Gravity Tavern, 1:00 pm – 9:00 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
Monday, September 7
- 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
- Final Day: UT Gardens Online Fall Plant Sale, 9:00 am – 5:00 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)
- Mighty Musical Monday Online Viewing Party with house organist Freddie Brabson and assistant organist Matthew Fisher on the Mighty Wurlitzer, Tennessee Theatre, noon, FREE!
- 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)
- Strengthen & Stretch, Alliance Brewing Co, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, RSVP
- Multi-Blade Mondays! Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- 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
- Weekly Trivia at SoKno Taco Cantina, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Tuesday, September 8
- September Exhibitions at the Emporium Hosted by Arts & Culture Alliance, The Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tuesdays – Fridays through September 25)
- Lobster Dogs @ SouthSide Garage, 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Little Bellas Knoxville Weekly Riding Program, Baker Creek Preserve, 5:30 PM – 7:30 pm, $250
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Glowing Body 12th Anniversary FREE Outdoor Yoga Class! Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, FREE!
- 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 Community Cooking Classes – Cast Iron Detroit Style Pizza, Hosted by UTK Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management Dept, 6:00 pm, $20 – $40
- 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
- Carolingian Calligraphy, UT Conference Center, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm (Tuesdays through September 29), $129
- Trivia Night (is back) at Pour Taproom, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Online event: The Ghostlight Series featuring Count This Penny Hosted by Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm, free, but donations welcomed
Wednesday, September 9
- Weekly Board Leadership Cohort (Virtual on Zoom!) Hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 8:00 am – 9:00 pm (Wednesdays through October 7), $150 – $450
- 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 (Wednesdays through September 23)
- 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
- Engaging Millennials as Donors (Webinar), Hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $10 – $75
- After-School Art: Paint + Paper Abstract Painting, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm, $10
- Virtual event: Home Sweet Home with Graduate Knoxville featuring a virtual tour of the newest hotel on The Strip and a look at Saloon 16, 4:30 pm
- Hoyos in the House: Virtual Fundraiser with guest State Representative Gloria Johnson, Hosted by Renee Hoyos for Congress, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $50 – $250
- Yoga for the City Rider Hosted by Smart Trips, Ijams Nature Center, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
- Weekly Taps N Twists Hosted by Rigazzi, Knoxville Adventure Collective, 900 Volunteer Landing, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- Yoga Hosted by Florals and Flows at Suttree Landing Park, 7:00 pm
- Online Event: Ice Bears Facebook Live Sale #3, 7:00 pm – 8:00 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
- Civil Strife in America Presents: Eric Trent LIVE on WOZO Radio, 11:00 pm – 11:45 pm
Thursday, September 10
- Executive Director Morning Mingle (Free Zoom Session), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 8:30 am – 9:30 am
- Final day: Online Art Auction Hosted by UT Gardens Knoxville, 9:00 am Weekly Virtual Maker Meet-In, The Maker City, 10:00 am
- Homeschool Clay: Pop Art Clay Portraits, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, $10
- Online Event: Checkerboard Chat: Do Sports Build Character? Hosted by UT Knoxville Alumni, noon – 1:00 pm
- From Outputs to Impact: Measuring Success (Webinar), Hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $20 – $150
- Community Engagement Seminar Series: A Multidisciplinary Systems Approach to Community Engagement, Hosted by UT Division of Diversity and Engagement, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
- Parent-Child Creative Dance at UT Gardens, Thu 4:30 pm – 5:20 pm, $10
- City Council Workshop, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
- Online event: From White Tears to Social Transformation: Antiracism Beyond Guilt Hosted by UT College of Arts and Sciences, Psychology, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
- Moonshine & Archaeology, UT Conference Center, 5:30 pm – 7:o0 pm (Thursdays through October 1), $69
- GRAND OPENING, Old City Sports Bar, 106 S. Central St., 6:00 pm
- Thursday PiYo (Pilates & Yoga) at Carleo,s, 6:30 PM – 7:30 pm, $5
- Mediumship Development Series – 8-week course, Infinite Light Center, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $200
- Thursday Trivia at Hops & Hollers, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Friday, September 11
- Preschool Art “Where the Wild Things Are” Clay, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, $10
- Online Event: Cold Frames for Season Extension, Hosted by UT Gardens Knoxville, 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm, free, but donations welcome
- Online Event: Energy Saving Workshop, Hosted by ResourceMFG, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm, FREE!
- 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 and Historic Homes of Knoxville, Mabry-Hazen House, 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm, $75
- Learning Series – The Camera, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60 – $100
- Holes, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $10 – $12
- Tennessee Friday Nights: Music in the Beer Garden with Ben Shuster, 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
- Watch Party of Talk to Me Like the Rain by Larry Delinger, Hosted by Marble City Opera, 7:30 pm – 8:00 pm
- Friday Jazz Jam with Kelle Jolly on WUOT 91.9 FM on-air, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- KUDZU, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Brent Hyder / LB Beistad, Pour Taproom, 9:00 pm – midnight
Saturday, September 12
- Final Young Professional Women’s Park Hop Small Group Hosted by New2Knox, 9:00 am – 11:00 am, $95
- SFC Permaculture Tour, Sustainable Future Center, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, RSVP
- 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)
- Online event: The Maker City Summit 2020, 9:45 am – 5:00 pm, RSVP
- Creative/Elementary Ballet, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center. 10:00 am – 10:45 am (Saturdays through October 24)
- Kids’ Clay Pin Workshop, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center. 10:00 am – noon, $20
- Socially distanced phone banking for Gloria Johnson, 311 Morgan St, 10:00 am – noon, RSVP
- Fall Open House And Curbside Sale, Knoxville Soap Candle & Gifts, 11:00 am – 2:00 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
- Saturday Brewer’s Flights, Printshop Beer Co., 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm, $10
- Holes, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 pm / 5:00 pm, $10 – $12
- 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
- Online event: Young Readers of Appalachia: In Conversation with Natalie Lloyd, Hosted by Union Ave Books, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, RSVP
- Saturday Wood Oven Eats Wood Fired Pizza, Next Level Brewing Company, 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Shimmy Mob Flashmob Hosted by Sandy Larson, Historic Market Square, 5:00 pm – 7:15 pm
- Fri. & Sat. 37917 neighborhood grill, chill & free brewery tours, Fanatic Brewing Company, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- SOUTHBOUND DARTY, Southbound Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Mikki Norwood, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Mighty Blue POURing Out The Blues, Pour Taproom, 9:00 pm – midnight
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
- 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 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- TN Law & Ethics for Massage Therapists with Kelly Hughs, Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
- Socially distanced phone banking for Gloria Johnson, 311 Morgan St, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm (daily Monday through Thursday), RSVP
- 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
Tuesday, September 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 (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
- 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