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 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)
- Phoenix Rising Volleyball Southeast Pre-Qualifier, World’s Fair Exhibition Hall, 7:00 am – 9:00 pm, $10
- 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, noon – 4:00 pm, RSVP
- Board Game Days, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, noon – 7:00 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
- Old City Trash Clean-Up, check in @ Good Golly Tamale, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
- 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 Neverending Story, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm, $12 – $15
- 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, FREE!
- DJ Old Skool, Preservation Pub, 7:30 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
- Are You Smarter Than the Faculty? UT Student Union Ballroom, 5:30 pm
- Charitable Juice Mondays: Century Harvest Farms, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Board Game Days, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Emo Happy Hour LIVE w/Grady Milligan, Knox Brew Hub, 7:00 pm – 10:00 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: Black History Month Panel: Exploring Inequities in Education, hosted by UT CEHHS Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, 3:00 pm – 4:15pm, RSVP
- Taco Tuesday – Birria Tacos, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Online: Integrated Pest Management – Gardening for the Birds & the Bees, hosted by Dogwood Arts, 4:30 pm, free, but RSVP
- 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
- Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
- DC Comics Trivia, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 7:00 pm
- Online: Bluebirds: An American Success Story with Don Hazel, president, Tennessee Bluebird Society, hosted by UT, 7:00 pm, RSVP
- Final Chess Club @ The Hub, Knox Brew Hub, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Wednesday, February 24
- 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
- Online: The UT Billie Grace Goodrich Distinguished Lecture Series and the Bogue Lecture Series presents Jerlando F. L. Jackson, 2021 guest lecturer – Disrupting Organizational Disparities: A Chief Leadership Challenge Post-2020, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
- Online: 2021 UT Social Media Week: Day 2, Two Sessions: The Rise of Extremist Movements on Social Media: A Conversation with the Experts / Tips and Tricks of the Influencer Economy, hosted by various UT departments, 1:00 pm – 1:50 pm / 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
- Graphic Design for the Non-Designer (on Zoom), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $10 – $75
- Wings on the Pig Food Truck at Southside Garage, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Afterschool Clay Club: Clay Owl Sculptures, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm, $10
- Online: Second in a four-part (virtual) roundtable series on criminalization in the Appalachian South – Criminalizing Mountain South: The Historical Roots of the Carceral State, hosted by various UT departments, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, RSVP
- Mike Mauldin Live, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm, FREE!
- UT World Percussion Ensemble Concert, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Lot 23 (Tents located near the parking lot), 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
- Taps & Twist 3 with Rigazzi, Knoxville Adventure Collective, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, $10 – $12
Thursday, February 25
- Online: 2021 UT Social Media Week: Day 3, Three Sessions: The Importance of Social Media to the Social Justice and Diversity and Inclusion Movement / Pivoting in a Pandemic: First to Close, Last to Open / Keynote presentation, NOT WORKING: Why 2010s Marcom Skills Won’t Be Successful in 2021 and How the Shift from “Right-Brain” to “Left-Brain” Marketing Reinforces the Responsibility of Ensuring Marketing Equality, hosted by various UT departments, 9:50 am – 11:05 am / 1:10 pm – 2:25 pm / 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm
- STEAM: Rubberband Helicopters, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, $10
- Online Virtual Etsy Entrepreneurship Program: Shipping, Stats, Special Offers, hosted by Knoxville Entrepreneur Center and The Maker City, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $25
- Final Eddie’s Health Shoppe / Knox Brew Hub Fun Run, Knox Brew Hub, 6:00 pm
- Online: Knoxville “Jazzbilly” with Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound archivist Eric Dawson and Jack Neely, hosted by Knoxville History Project, 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm
- Virtual: A Movement of Black Arts & Culture, Beck Cultural Center, 6:00 pm
- Scottish Session with David Pickens, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
- TV Themes – Finish the Lyrics Trivia, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 7:00 pm
- Weekly Virtual Voices Out Loud East TN LGBTQ History Project Queer History Club, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
- Online: Generating Justice Spring Speaker Series 2021: Allyship: Step by Step, hosted by UT College of Social Work, 7:00 pm
- Online: UT Humanities Center Conversations & Cocktails: Breaking Boundaries 2021 Series – Erin and Robert Darby present Baptizing Soldiers on the Roman Frontier: An Archeological Dig and the Early Christian Church in Jordan, 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm
- Steph Cabell LIVE at Central Depot! 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- The Stolen Faces, Barley’s Taproom, 7:00 pm, $30 – $120
- The Neverending Story, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Online: 74th Annual Student Art Competition Jurors’ Lecture, hosted by UT School of Art, 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm, RSVP
Friday, February 26
- Hand-Sewing: Embroidery Basics ONLINE / Clay: Coiled Vases ONLINE, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 9:00 am / 9:00 am, $15 / $12
- Exhibition: Women’s Work, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (every Friday through July 24)
- Final Day: Valentines Art Show by Hector Saldivar hosted by HoLa Hora Latina, Emporium Center for Arts & Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Online: Baker Cafe: Deep Decarbonization of Transportation: How Can We Do That?, hosted by Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, FREE!
- Online: Community Conversations: Spring 2021 Health Series: Health Equity and Race, hosted by UT Division of Diversity and Engagement, 10:00 am, RSVP
- Final Day: 2021 Orchids Awards Part 2, hosted by by Keep Knoxville Beautiful, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Online: UT Science Forum: Adventures in Investigating Mars Using Places on Earth, hosted by UT College of Arts and Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences, noon – 1:00 pm, RSVP
- Online: The Complexity of Intersectionality with Dr. Skyler Jackson, hosted by UT Psychology, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Programs, 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm, RSVP
- Lobster Dogs at Central Filling Station, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Artist in Residence: Steph Cabell, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- February Full Moon Circle, Infinite Light Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $11
- Movie Night: Love & Basketball, The Mill & Mine, 6:30 pm, $5 – $8
- Karaoke In The City! Skybox Sports Bar and Grill, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- The Neverending Story, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
- SPANK at Scruffy City Hall, 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs Pensacola Ice Flyers, Civic Coliseum, 7:35, $27 – $42
- Online: The Local Concert Series with local artists Redd and Grady Milligan, hosted by UT Campus Events Board, 8:00 pm
Saturday, February 27
- Bee Blitz, UT Gardens Knoxville, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm, RSVP
- Women’s Intro to Jumping Clinic with TVB! Baker Creek Preserve, 9:30 am – 1:00 pm, $65
- Final Day: The Delaney Brothers: Lives in Art, UT Downtown Gallery, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Gravel Gardening, UT Gardens Knoxville, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, $20 – $25
- Saturday Hair of the Dog Yoga, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10 – $12
- The Neverending Story, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 pm / 5:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Papermaking, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $30
- Chili Cook Off, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm, $10
- Online: The Maker City presents: Show & Share, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, free, but RSVP
- Movie Night: Get Out, The Mill & Mine, 6:30 pm, $5 – $8
- Mark Boling Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm / 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs Pensacola Ice Flyers, Civic Coliseum, 7:35 pm, $27 – $42
Sunday, February 28
- 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!
- Final Day: Virtual YWCA Great Race Against Racism
- Final Day: Guild Virtual Studio Visit with Artist Seth Havercamp Parts 1 & 2, hosted by the Knoxville Museum of Art
- Virtual Dogwood Arts House and Garden Show, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (continues through Mar 14), RSVP
- Board Game Days, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, noon – 7:00 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
- Final Day: Unguided Museum Tours, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, free, but donations welcome, RSVP
- Metaphysical Meetup: From Spiritual Bypass to Spiritual Badass, Infinite Light Center, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, donations encouraged
- Bluegrass Jam with Perry Cooper, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Mindful Imbibing Yoga, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- The Neverending Story, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Service Industry Sundays, Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Matt Nelson Trio, Barley’s Taproom, 7:00 pm, $30 – $120
- DJ Old Skool, Preservation Pub, 7:30 pm
Monday, March 1
- Monday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Viscosity: Women of Print, An exhibition featuring work by 25 contemporary women printmakers opening, in the Printmaking Showcase Gallery, UT Art & Architecture Building, 9:00 am
- Mighty Musical Monday Virtual Stream with Assistant Organist Matthew Fisher on the Tennessee Theatre’s Mighty Wurlitzer Organ, hosted by the Tennessee Theatre, noon, FREE!
- Free for Members: Making Your Marketing Stick (Webinar), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, free – $25
- Online: UT Humanities Center Ninth Annual Distinguished Lecture Series – Marisa Parham, hosted by various UT Departments, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm, RSVP
- Lobster Dogs Food Truck, Blue Slip Winery & Bistro, 4:00 pm
- Multi-Blade Mondays! Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm Universal Manifestation #3 The Law of Action, Infinite Light Center, 5:00 pm, $20 – $240
- Charitable Juice Mondays: Knoxville Family Justice Center, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Stretch & Strengthen, Bliss Integrated Bodywork, 1119 Sevier Ave suite C, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
- Board Game Days, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Mike Oregano at Preservation Pub, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
- Online: Poetry reading by Analicia Sotelo and José Olivarez, hosted by UT Creative Writing Program, English, 7:00 pm
Tuesday, March 2
- Succession Planning for Continued Success (Webinar), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 9:00 am – 11:00 am, $20 – $150
- Art by Cynthia Markert, RALA, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues – Sat (Sun, 11:00 am – 5:00 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
- Stretch & Strengthen, Bliss Integrated Bodywork, 1119 Sevier Ave suite C, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
- Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
- Avengers Trivia, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 7:00 pm
- Virtual event: Jessica Caldas: Artist’s Talk, hosted by McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, School of Art, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm, RSVP