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. And 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, Avoid Touching Your Face. Avoid Touching Surfaces Which May Not Have Been Cleaned Thoroughly. Maintain a Social Distance of Six Feet or More From Others. Wear a Face Mask If Distancing Is Not Possible.
Sunday, February 14
- 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
- Art Source 2020: Digital exhibition of artwork by Knox County School System art teachers and interns, hosted by UT Downtown Gallery, daily, FREE!
- East Tennessee Museum of History from Home, 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!
- Virtual YWCA Great Race Against Racism, daily through Feb 28
- Extended through Feb 28: Guild Virtual Studio Visit with Artist Seth Havercamp Parts 1 & 2, hosted by the Knoxville Museum of Art
- Final Day: Give Your Hometown a Hug, Send Love Letters to Knoxville via that the big red candy-covered mailbox on Historic Market Square
- Final Day: Annual Mardi Growl T-shirt contest, sponsored by Young-Williams Animal Center, deadline: midnight
- 2021 Orchids Awards, hosted by Keep Knoxville Beautiful, daily through 10:00 am, Feb 15, $20 – $300
- Virtual Dogwood Arts House and Garden Show, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (continues through Mar 14), RSVP
- Valentine’s Day Drag Brunch Revue: Ex’s & Ohhh’s, The Mill & Mine, 11:00 am / 2:00 pm, $40 – $50
- Valentine’s Day With Blackhorse Pub & Brewery-Knoxville, 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
- Sunday Funday Yoga with Steph, PostModern Spirits, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm, $10
- Valentine’s Day Pop-Up Market, French Fried Vintage, noon – 4:00 pm
- Lirio Chocolate & Beer Pairing, Alliance Brewing Co, noon – 10:00 pm
- Weekly Ballet Class / Modern Dance Class hosted by Circle Modern Dance, Emporium Center for Arts & Culture, 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm / 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm, $10
- Extended through Feb 28: Unguided Museum Tours, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, free, but donations welcome, RSVP
- Community Reiki Share, Infinite Light Center, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, donations encouraged
- Valentines Day Celebration, Pretentious Beer Co, 3:00 pm
- Mindful Imbibing Yoga, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Online Valentine’s Day treat: Statistical Reasoning, hosted by Theatre Knoxville Downtown, live performances on YouTube @ 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm / 4:00 pm – 4:15 pm / 7:00 pm – 7:15 pm / 8:00 pm – 8:15 pm (streaming thereafter), free, but donations gratefully accepted
- Celtic Jam for Beginners with Tim Worman, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, FREE!
- Valentine’s Day Dinner, Oliver Royale, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $79
- Valentine’s Day Roman Pizza Pickup, A Dopo Sourdough Pizza, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
- The Subject Tonight is Love LongDance, Online 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- Service Industry Sundays, Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Valentine’s Day Train Car Dinner, hosted by Blue Slip Winery & Bistro, Historic Southern Railway Station, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $48, RSVP
- Valentine’s Day Experience, The Vault, 6:00 pm, RSVP
- Online: Love Letters – Marble City Opera Valentines Concert, 6:00 pm
- Valentine’s Day Dinner, Simpl., 1120 Sevier Ave, 6:30 pm, $65
- Online Event: The Story Keeps Changing: Deep Travels, hosted by A1LabArts, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
- Knoxturnal Entertainment presents “Of The Love – A Valenstream,” 7:00 pm – 11:30 pm, RSVP
- DJ Old Skool, Preservation Pub, 7:30 pm
- Sorry for Nuthin’, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 pm
Monday, February 15
- Final Day: 2021 Orchids Awards Part 1, hosted by Keep Knoxville Beautiful, ends at 10:00 am, $20 – $300
- Online: 2021 Orchids Awards Part 2, hosted by by Keep Knoxville Beautiful, 10:00 am (through 5:00 pm, Feb 26)
- Monday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Zoom Downtown Knoxville Alliance Board Meeting, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, RSVP
- Learning From Piranesi, UT Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (through Feb 17)
- UT Humanities Center Ninth Annual Distinguished Lecture Series – John Dunne: Reflexivity and Conscious Experience in Buddhist Thought, hosted by UT Humanities Center, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm, RSVP
- Multi-Blade Mondays! Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm (through Feb 22)
- Universal Manifestation #3 The Law of Action, Infinite Light Center, 5:00 pm, $20 – $240
- Weekly Charitable Juice Mondays: Century Harvest Farms, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm (through Feb 22)
- An Evening with Old Fitzgerald, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm, SOLD OUT!
- Zoom Lives in Art: Discussions on Beauford + Joseph Delaney, presented by UT Downtown Gallery, 7:30 pm, RSVP
- Red Zephyr, Preservation Pub, 7:30 pm
Tuesday, February 16
- Art by Cynthia Markert, RALA, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues – Sat (Sun, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm)
- Fat Tuesday Non-Profit Percentage Night for Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 3:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Spring is Stirring: A virtual naturalist chat, Ijams Nature Center, 5:00 pm, free, but RSVP
- Online Virtual Etsy Entrepreneurship Program: Etsy SEO + Pricing Your Products, hosted by Knoxville Entrepreneur Center and The Maker City, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm (additional lessons Feb 23 & 25), $25
- Lobster Dogs at Hi-Wire Brewing, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
- Weekly XHunger – Networking & Updates, Downtown 211, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Weekly Champion Force Cheerleading by Knox Vipers Champion Force Athletics, The Mill & Mine, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $10 registration / $9 per class, RSVP
- Angels & Spirit Guides 101, Infinite Light Center, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $25
- Drag Bingo @ The Mill & Mine, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
- Virtual Mardi Gras Social hosted by Young Professionals of Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, free, but RSVP
- Tuesday TPTE Free Virtual Literacy Series, hosted by Theory and Practice in Teacher Education, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm (through Feb 23), FREE!
- Weekly Chess Club @ The Hub, Knox Brew Hub, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Online Event: Know It Knox Celebrates Black Knoxville, hosted by Knox County Public Library and East Tennessee History Center, 7:00 pm, RSVP
- Breaking Bad Trivia, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 7:00 pm
- Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
Wednesday, February 17
- Final Day: Learning From Piranesi, UT Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- The Delaney Brothers: Lives in Art, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Wed-Fri (Sat, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, through Feb 27)
- After-School Art: Embroidery Hoop-la, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm, $10
- Online February Old City Knoxville Neighborhood Association Meeting, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
- Steph Cabell, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm
- Online: Public Books Circle: The Age of Phillis, hosted by UT Humanities Center and Union Ave Books, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
- Online: Sustainability and Spirituality in the Jewish Community Farming Movement, hosted by UT Abraham and Rebecca Solomon and Ida Schwartz Distinguished Lecture on Judaic Studies Series, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, RSVP
- Online Tranquility Base, The Concourse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Thursday, February 18
- Homeschool Clay: Mugs, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 10:00 am – 11:00 pm, $10
- Nature Nuggets: Rockin’ It! (Youth Program), Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, $6
- Online Thursday Talks: Home Composting, hosted by Keep Knoxville Beautiful, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, RSVP
- Nonprofit Financial Statements (on Zoom), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $20 – $150, RSVP
- Watch Party: Perseverance Rover Landing on Mars, Knox Brew Hub, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Wings on the Pig Food Truck at Hi-Wire Brewing Co, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
- Maker Meet-in: Creating Digital Workshops, hosted by The Maker City and Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, free, but RSVP
- Weekly Eddie’s Health Shoppe / Knox Brew Hub Fun Run, Knox Brew Hub, 6:00 pm
- Weekly Thursday night open mic comedy at The Fan Base, Fanatic Brewing Company, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Irish Session with Chad Beauchaine and Gil Draper, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
- Weekly Virtual Voices Out Loud East TN LGBTQ History Project Queer History Club, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
- Grady Milligan LIVE at Central Depot! 7:00 pm, FREE!
- KSO February 2021 Masterworks: Appalachian Spring Livestream from the Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $20
- Online: “Cassils — The Body as Social Sculpture” Artist Lecture, hosted by UT School of Art and Pride Center, 7:30 pm, RSVP
- Big Dog, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 pm
Friday, February 19
- Under 40 Forum (on Zoom), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 8:30 am – 9:30 am, RSVP
- Clay: Chia Heads ONLINE / Sewing: Tea Towels ONLINE, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 9:00 am / 9:00 am, $10 / $15
- Exhibition: Women’s Work, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (every Friday through July 24)
- Nexstar National Talent Competition, Knoxville Convention Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (through February 21)
- Online: Baker Cafe: The Future of Policing in America, hosted by Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, FREE!
- Friday Fun Day: Planting Cool Season Veggies, UT Gardens Knoxville, 10:00 am – noon, $10 – $15
- Online: 2021 Pinnacle Business Awards hosted by the Knoxville Chamber, 11:45 am – 1:00 pm, free, but RSVP
- Online: Why Nuclear and Why Now? presented by Andrew Worrall, deputy director of Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear and section head at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, hosted by UT College of Arts and Sciences’ Science Forum, noon – 1:00 pm, RSVP
- Virtual roundtable: The Global in the US South: views of immigrants and labor, hosted by UT Global Studies, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm, RSVP
- Online: Virtual Town Hall Meeting – Racial Justice, Beck Cultural Exchange Center, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- Artist in Residence: Steph Cabell, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Online: James Perez: Trombone, Graduate recital, hosted by UT School of Music, 6:00 pm
- Virtual opening: Mending and Gnawing by Faith Belt and Rose Hamm, Gallery 1010, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday, February 20
- Online Stay Home and Read a Book Ball, hosted by Friends of the Knox County Public Library and Knox County Public Library, midnight – 11:59 pm
- Basketmaking: Purse Basket, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, $40
- Weed Warriors, Ijams Nature Center, 9:30 am – noon, SOLD OUT!
- Winter Tree Walk, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 10:00 am – noon, SOLD OUT!
- The Delaney Brothers: Lives in Art, UT Downtown Gallery, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (& Wed-Fri, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, through Feb 27)
- Knoxville Oddities & Curiosities Expo 2021, Knoxville Convention Center, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, from $10
- Saturday Hair of the Dog Yoga, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10 – $12
- 2021 Winter Farmers’ Market by Nourish Knoxville, Mary Costa Plaza at Knoxville Civic Auditorium-Coliseum, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
- Mending and Gnawing by Faith Belt and Rose Hamm, Gallery 1010, noon – 4:00 pm, RSVP
- Practical Crystals (First of a 5-Part Series), Infinite Light Center, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $35 – $150
- Clay: Pet Portrait Plaques, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $45
- Online: Whitney Wells: Soprano, Graduate recital, hosted by UT School of Music, 6:00 pm
- Paul Belcher Presents The Original Battle Of Songs, Civic Auditorium-Coliseum, 6:00 pm, $20 – $25
- Go! Contemporary Dance Works presents “The Search for Persephone,” Live Streaming Event from the Bijou Theatre, 7:00 pm, $20
Sunday, February 21
- 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
- Art Source 2020: Digital exhibition of artwork by Knox County School System art teachers and interns, Hosted by UT Downtown Gallery, daily, FREE!
- East Tennessee Museum of History from Home, 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!
- Virtual YWCA Great Race Against Racism, daily through Feb 28
- Extended through Feb 28: Guild Virtual Studio Visit with Artist Seth Havercamp Parts 1 & 2, hosted by the Knoxville Museum of Art,
- E-Learning Station hosted by Ijams Nature Center, daily, FREE!
- Take a Virtual Tour, Blount Mansion, daily, FREE!
- Online: 2021 Orchids Awards Part 2, hosted by by Keep Knoxville Beautiful (through 5:00 pm, Feb 26)
- Virtual Dogwood Arts House and Garden Show, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, RSVP
- Mending and Gnawing by Faith Belt and Rose Hamm, Gallery 1010, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, RSVP
- Weekly Ballet Class / Modern Dance Class hosted by Circle Modern Dance, Emporium Center for Arts & Culture, 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm / 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm, $10
- Extended through Feb 28: Unguided Museum Tours, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, free, but donations welcome, RSVP
- Service Industry Club Brunch hosted by Brad Wayne, Mirage Knoxville and Skybox Sports Bar and Grill, 3:00 pm
- Mindful Imbibing Yoga, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- The Ends We Seek, The WordPlayers, Fifth Avenue Baptist, 2500 E 5th Ave, 4:00 pm, FREE!
- Service Industry Sundays, Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Online Cathedral Arts presents Harpsichordist Malcolm Matthews, hosted by Music at St. John’s Cathedral, Knoxville, 5:00 pm
- Online: Francisco Ramos: Horn, Graduate recital, hosted by UT School of Music, 6:00 pm
- Rob Linton Quartet, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 pm
Monday, February 22
- Monday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- February Exhibitions at the Emporium, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri, through Feb 26), FREE!
- Valentines Art Show by Hector Saldivar hosted by HoLa Hora Latina, Emporium Center for Arts & Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri, through Feb 26)
- Online: Queer in Translation: Sexual Politics Under Neoliberal Islam, hosted by UT Sociology and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Programs, 12:10 pm – 1:10 pm
- Online: Free for Members: Tips for Effective Advocacy, Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, free – $25
- Multi-Blade Mondays! Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm (through Feb 22)
- Final Charitable Juice Mondays: Century Harvest Farms, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Online and in-person: Zuzu African Acrobats Live!, hosted by UT Multicultural Student Life, UT Student Union, Auditorium (Room 180), 7:00 pm, RSVP
- The End of Slavery Virtual / Live, Beck Cultural Exchange Center, 8:00 pm
Tuesday, February 23
- Program Evaluation (on Zoom), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 9:00 am – 11:00 am, $20 – $150, RSVP
- Online: 2021 UT Social Media Week: Day 1, Three Sessions: The Walking Dead: Journalists in a Social Media World / Social Media: Gatekeepers or Gatesleepers? / Pioneers in Sports Communications, hosted by various UT departments, 9:50 am – 11:05 am / 1:10 pm – 2:25 pm / 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Clay: Floral Wall Pockets, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, $35
- Art by Cynthia Markert, RALA, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues – Sat (Sun, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm)
- Online: Roundtable on issues of race and power in music studies and higher education, hosted by UT School of Music Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force, 1:10 pm – 2:25 pm
- Online Virtual Etsy Entrepreneurship Program: Product Photography + Social Media, hosted by Knoxville Entrepreneur Center and The Maker City, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm (additional lesson Feb 25), $25
- Online: City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Learning Series – The Negative, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60 – $100
- Weekly Champion Force Cheerleading by Knox Vipers Champion Force Athletics, The Mill & Mine, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $10 registration / $9 per class
- Weekly XHunger – Networking & Updates, Downtown 211, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Final Tuesday TPTE Free Virtual Literacy Series, hosted by Theory and Practice in Teacher Education, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, FREE!
- Online: Under Rebel Rule Once More – The Constitutional Convention of 1870 and the End of Tennessee’s Reconstruction, hosted by by Mabry-Hazen House, Historic Homes of Knoxville (HHK) and Civil War Trails, Inc., 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
- Online: Bluebirds: An American Success Story with Don Hazel, president, Tennessee Bluebird Society, hosted by UT, 7:00 pm, RSVP
- Weekly Chess Club @ The Hub, Knox Brew Hub, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!