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, April 25
- 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!
- Submit to Dolly Art Contest, Rala, deadline May 1
- Registration for Race for Kids Virtual 5K / Race for Kids Virtual Family Walk, through Apr 28 @ 11:59 pm, $30 / $15
- Final Day: Call to Artists: Knoxville Photo 2021, sponsored by the Arts & Culture Alliance, The Emporium Center, deadline @ 11:59 pm
- Final Day, Online: Fully Awake: Black Mountain College Documentary, hosted by Knoxville Museum of Art
- Final Day, Streaming: Tim O’Brien with Jan Fabricius: Live From Home, hosted by WDVX, through 11:30 pm, $12.50 – $100
- Final Day: Dogwood Arts Festival, World’s Fair Park, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Nourishing Change – Three Rivers Market Supports the FJC, Three Rivers Market, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm (daily through April 27)
- New Work by Pippin Long, Rala, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues – Sat), through May 31
- Spring Fling ’80s Drag Brunch, The Mill & Mine, 11:00 am / 2:00 pm, $50 – $60
- Weekly Beginning Ballet Class / Intermediate Ballet Class hosted by Circle Modern Dance, Emporium Center for Arts & Culture, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm, $10, RSVP
- Old City Market, Old City Knoxville, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Metaphysical Meet-Up: Tarot Card Reading, Infinite Light Center, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, donations encouraged, RSVP
- Sunday in Old Sevier Outdoor Markets, hosted by Old Sevier Merchants, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Pamela Salyer & Lynn Straka, Art Market Gallery, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm)
- In the Earth (2021) / Godzilla (1954), Central Cinema, 1:30 pm / 4:00 pm, $5 – $10
- Beer with your BFF and Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee at Southside Garage, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Spring Wildflower Hike (Family Program), Ijams Nature Center, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $10
- Worldwide Pinhole Camera Day: Knoxville! The Big Camera, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $15
- Online: Cornelia Lotito, mezzo-soprano: Graduate recital, hosted by UT School of Music, 2:00 pm
- Bluegrass Jam with Perry Cooper, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Spring Pop-Up Market & FILL-A-BAG SALE, French Fried Vintage, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- SPECIAL EVENT: Knoxville Opera – On the Lawn with Carmen and Bizet, Ijams Nature Center, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm, $5 – $8
- Final Performance: The Velveteen Rabbit, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm, $12 – $15
- We’d Rather Read YA Book Club: Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Renee Watson reads from Love Is a Revolution, The Bottom, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, RSVP
- Final Mindful Imbibing Yoga, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Choral Evensong – Good Shepherd Sunday, St. John’s Cathedral, Knoxville, 5:00 pm
- Spillover Comedy! lineup including Corey Knox, Quinn Collins, and Tre Pack, Central Depot, 5:00 pm, FREE! (but tips greatly appreciated)
- Online: Medical Benefit for Z And M3RK,The Concourse, 5:00 pm
- Service Industry Sundays, Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Adia Evans, soprano: Graduate recital, hosted by UT School of Music, 6:00 pm
- Can You Sing Yourself a Life, Works by Lilly Saywitz and Kelsie Conley, Gallery 1010, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, appointment only
- Final Day: Banff Mountain Film Festival, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 pm, $25
- 8th Annual On Cinema At The Cinema Oscar Special, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, starting at $10, RSVP
- Firefly Nights in Downtown Knoxville, 8:00 pm (daily through June 30)
- Sorry For Nuthin’, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 pm
- DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you!, Preservation Pub, 8:30 pm
Monday, April 26
- Knoxville Children’s Theatre accepting video audition submissions for its production of The Little Mermaid, Jr., through May 3
- Poetry in Motion, City of Knoxville and Knoxville Area Transit’s National Poetry Month campaign, dates, times and locations vary through Apr 30
- Monday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Viscosity: Women of Print exhibition featuring work by 25 contemporary women printmakers, Printmaking Showcase Gallery, UT Art & Architecture Building, 9:00 am (through Apr 30)
- “Life in Times of COVID” Group Exhibition, HoLa Hora Latina, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm ( Mon – Fri, through May 3)
- April Exhibitions, Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (through Apr 30)
- Jessica Payne Art, Tomato Head, 11:oo am – 8:30 pm, Mon – Thu (11:00 am – 9:30 pm, Sat-Sun, through May 2)
- Full Moon Circle – April 2021, Infinite Light Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $11, RSVP
- April Charitable Juice: girls inc., Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Stretch & Strengthen with Rigazzi, Bliss Integrated Bodywork, 1119 Sevier Ave, suite C, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
- Emo Happy Hour LIVE w/Grady Milligan, Knox Brew Hub, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
- Craft and Drafts – Macrame Plant Hanger Workshop, Trailhead Beer Market, 7:30 pm, $40, RSVP
- Online: UT Percussion Ensemble Spring Concert #2, hosted by UT School of Music, 8:00 pm
Tuesday, April 27
- Final Day: Nourishing Change – Three Rivers Market Supports the FJC, Three Rivers Market, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
- Pamela Salyer & Lynn Straka, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tue-Sat, (Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm)
- New Work by Pippin Long, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues – Sat (Sun, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm), through May 31
- Tuesdays Live Music in the Elst Taproom, Elst Brewing Company, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
- Weekly XHunger – Networking & Updates, Downtown 211, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
- Online: “At the River I Stand” Virtual Film Screening & Discussion, hosted by Jobs with Justice of East Tennessee, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
- Online: David Baker, piano: Senior recital, hosted by UT School of Music, 7:00 pm
Wednesday, April 28
- Final Day: Registration for Race for Kids Virtual 5K / Race for Kids Virtual Family Walk, midnight – 11:59 pm, $30 / $15
- Online: Denim Day, hosted by Sexual Assault Center of East Tennessee, midnight – 11:45 pm
- Managing Your Nonprofit During Periods of Change (on Zoom), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 8:00 am – 9:00 am, RSVP
- Knoxville + Vicinity: Art Faculty from Area Community Colleges, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, through Apr 30
- Community of Eight, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, through April 30
- A virtual conversation with Helen Zia, sponsored by UT Division of Diversity and Engagement, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Unguided Tours, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Wed-Sun (through July 1)
- After-School Clay Club: Flower Dish, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 4:15 pm, $10
- Davis Mitchell LIVE, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm
- Weekly Game Night & Chess Club @ The Hub, Knox Brew Hub, 6:00 pm
- Taps & Twists with Rigazzi, Knoxville Adventure Collective, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm,
- $10 – $12
- Paint pARTy, Printshop Beer Co., 6:30, $38, RSVP
- Online: Knoxville Screenwriters’ Roundtable, 6:30 pm, free, but RSVP
- SPRINGBOARD open mic comedy!, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
Thursday, April 29
- Homeschool STEAM: Pendulum Painting, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, $12
- Online: UT One Health Monthly Lunch & Learn Seminar with Dr. Matt Gray: “Socio-Economic Epidemiology of Disease Risk in Wildlife Trade Networks,” noon – 1:00 pm, RSVP
- Online: People Power: The Work of Public Sentiment, hosted by UT Philosophy Dept, 5:30 pm, RSVP
- Weekly Eddie’s Health Shoppe / Knox Brew Hub Fun Run, Knox Brew Hub, 6:00 pm
- Virtual Event: Higher Ground: Stephen Wicks, Curator, Knoxville Museum of Art, conducts a virtual tour of key works from the KMA’s exhibition, Higher Ground: A Century of the Visual Arts in East Tennessee, hosted by Knoxville History Project, 6:00 pm, RSVP
- Online: Virtual Wine Tasting, hosted by UT Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10.00 + optional cost of the wine and food, RSVP
- Virtual Concert: Chris Blue: Shoot for the Moon, Bijou Theatre, 6:30 pm, $10 – $50
- Virtual Standing Strong: Knoxville 2021, hosted by Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi, 7:00 pm, RSVP
- Online: A Virtual Celebration of Writers, hosted by East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame, 7:oo pm – 9:00 pm, free, but RSVP
- Scottish Session with David Pickens, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
- Thursday night comedy open mic at The FanBase, Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Chungking Express, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Online: Artist-in-Residence Lecture: Maryam Hoseini, hosted by UT School of Art, 7:30 pm, RSVP
- Waker, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 pm
- Drag Me Down to Scruffy City Hall, 8:30 pm
Friday, April 30
- Final Day: Poetry in Motion, City of Knoxville and Knoxville Area Transit’s National Poetry Month campaign, dates, times and locations vary
- Final Day: Viscosity: Women of Print exhibition featuring work by 25 contemporary women printmakers, Printmaking Showcase Gallery, UT Art & Architecture Building, 9:00 am
- Clay: Salt & Pepper Shakers (ONLINE) / Sewing: Decorative Pillow Covers (ONLINE), Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 9:00 am / 9:00 am, $15 / $25
- Final Day: April Exhibitions, Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Exhibition: Women’s Work, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (every Friday through July 24)
- Final Day: Knoxville + Vicinity: Art Faculty from Area Community Colleges, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Final Day: Community of Eight, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Adopt A Shelter Pet Day, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 3:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Chungking Express, Central Cinema, 4:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- 2021 Virtual Gardens Gala, hosted by UT Gardens, Knoxville, 6:00 pm, free, but RSVP
- Summer 2021 Collection Preview, Vow’d Weddings – 11 Market Square, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Online: Emma Motok, piano: Senior recital, hosted by UT School of Music, 6:00 pm
- Online: Sing a Song of Spring: Plant Arranging Inspired by Jazz, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $25, RSVP
- Live From Home with Sierra Hull and Justin Moses, hosted by WDVX, 7:00 pm, $12.50 – $100
- Streaming: Live From Home with Sierra Hull and Justin Moses, hosted by WDVX, 7:00 pm (available through May 2 @ 11:30 pm), $12.50 – $100
- Electric Darling, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
- Cruz Contreras, The Mill & Mine, 8:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
- Dirty Dead at Scruffy City Hall, 8:30 pm
- Seth Mulder Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight
- Live Music: The Atomic Sound, Pour Taproom, 9:00 pm – midnight
- Baby Bash Bass Night: Amanda’s 21st, The Concourse, 9:00 pm, $5
- Cripple Creek Mariners, Barley’s Taphouse, 10:00 pm
Saturday, May 1
- Final Day: Submit to Dolly Art Contest, Rala
- Streaming: Live From Home with Sierra Hull and Justin Moses, hosted by WDVX, available through May 2 @ 11:30 pm, $12.50 – $100
- 2021 Winter Farmers’ Market by Nourish Knoxville, Mary Costa Plaza, Civic Auditorium and Coliseum, 9:00 am – 10:00 am (immunocompromised and elderly dedicated shopping hour) / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (general public)
- Moss Walk, Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 10:00 am, $5 – $10
- Makers Market, Sustainable Future Center, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
- Mini Energy Healing Sessions, Infinite Light Center, 30-minute sessions from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, $40, RSVP
- Mother’s Day Storewide Sale, Knoxville Soap Candle & Gifts, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Guy Gilchrist store appearance, Tall Man Toys & Comics, 10:00 am (through May 2 @ 7:00 pm)
- Saturday Hair of the Dog Yoga with Rigazzi, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10 – $12
- Weekly Explore Knox Bike Ride, Printshop Beer Co., 10:45 am – noon
- Jessica Payne Art, Tomato Head, 11:oo am – 9:30 pm, through May 2
- May You Be at Ease Virtual Course, hosted by Rigazzi Mobile Wellness Programs, noon, $50
- Clay: Pour Over and Mug Set, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $45
- Orange & White Game at OCSB, Old City Sports Bar, 4:00 pm
- Chungking Express, Central Cinema, 4:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- The Host, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm / 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Livestream: Knoxville Jazz Orchestra joins the KSO at the Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $20
- The Crossjacks Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight
- Master of the Flying Guillotine, Central Cinema, 9:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- U2 Tribute Band Bullet The Blue Sky Plays Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 pm – 1:00 am
- The Deadbeat Scoundrels, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm
Sunday, May 2
- 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: Streaming: Live From Home with Sierra Hull and Justin Moses, hosted by WDVX, through 11:30 pm, $12.50 – $100
- Usui Reiki Level 2, Infinite Light Center, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, $150, RSVP
- Guy Gilchrist store appearance, Tall Man Toys & Comics, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
- Weekly Beginning Ballet Class / Intermediate Ballet Class hosted by Circle Modern Dance, Emporium Center for Arts & Culture, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm, $10
- New Work by Pippin Long, Rala, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues – Sat), through May 31
- Final Day: Jessica Payne Art, Tomato Head, 11:oo am – 9:30 pm
- Pamela Salyer & Lynn Straka, Art Market Gallery, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm)
- Chungking Express, Central Cinema, 1:45 pm / 7:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Online: Not Quite Opera, hosted by Knoxville Opera, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
- Spring Wildflower Hike (Family Program), Ijams Nature Center, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $10
- The Host, Central Cinema, 4:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Service Industry Sundays, Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Online: School of Music Gala 2021, hosted by UT School of Music, 6:00 pm
- Firefly Nights in Downtown Knoxville, 8:00 pm (daily through June 30)
- DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you!, Preservation Pub, 8:30 pm
Monday, May 3
- Final Day: Knoxville Children’s Theatre accepting video audition submissions for its production of The Little Mermaid, Jr.
- Monday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Final Day: “Life in Times of COVID” Group Exhibition, HoLa Hora Latina, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Mighty Musical Monday Virtual Stream, hosted by the Tennessee Theatre, noon, FREE!
- Stretch & Strengthen with Rigazzi, Bliss Integrated Bodywork, 1119 Sevier Ave, suite C, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
- Monday Charitable Juice: Two Bikes, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- The Host, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- First Mondays with Mike Baggetta, featuring Daniel Kimbro and Chris Rusk, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
Tuesday, May 4
- 2021 Nonprofit Tech Expo, Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 9:00 am – 11:00 am, RSVP
- Online: Spring 2021 CEE Senior Design Showcase, hosted by UT Civil and Environmental Engineering, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Pamela Salyer & Lynn Straka, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tue-Sat, (Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm)
- New Work by Pippin Long, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues – Sat (Sun, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm), through May 31
- Online: City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Tuesdays Live Music in the Elst Taproom, Elst Brewing Company, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
- Weekly XHunger – Networking & Updates, Downtown 211, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- CRACKERJACK Stand-up Comedy Competition – Week 1, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm, free, but RSVP to compete
- Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
- May the 4th be with you – Star Wars Trivia, Next Level Brewing Company, 7:00 pm