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 your event included.
Please continue to be careful out there! You know when you need to mask up. You know we all need to be vaccinated. Do it and let’s get back to fun times!
Sunday, May 16
- 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!
- Online: Shirt Color Guess Contest! hosted by Sandy Larson and the International Shimmy Mob to help raise awareness for victims of abuse, daily through May 21 @ 7:00 pm
- Final Day: Streaming: RB Morris, hosted by WDVX, 12:01 am through 11:30 pm, $12.50 – $100
- Summer Planting Week! Sustainable Future Center, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (daily through May 22)
- Mayapple Marketplace, Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Yoga @ Elst Every Sunday, Elst Brewing Company, 11:00 am, $5
- Weekly Beginning Ballet / Intermediate Ballet / Modern, hosted by Circle Modern Dance, Emporium Center for Arts & Culture, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm / 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm, $10, RSVP
- The traveling Birds of Seven Islands Photo Exhibit, Tomato Head, 11:00 am – 8:30 pm, Sun – Thu / 11:00 am – 9:30 pm, Fri – Sat (through May 31)
- New Work by Pippin Long, Rala, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues – Sat), through May 31
- Nelson Ziegler & Dennis Sabo, Art Market Gallery, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm / Tue-Sat, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Transform Your Life with Gratitude, Infinite Light Center, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $20, RSVP
- Revolution Dance Presents Revival, Knoxville Civic Auditorium-Coliseum, 1:00 pm, $23
- East Tennessee Bluegrass Association Monthly Jam, Mead’s Quarry Lake @ Ijams Nature Center, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, RSVP
- The Killing of Two Lovers, Central Cinema, 3:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Service Industry Sundays, Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Revolution Dance Presents Revival, Knoxville Civic Auditorium-Coliseum, 5:00 pm, $23
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Central Cinema, 5:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Firefly Nights in Downtown Knoxville, 8:00 pm (daily through June 30)
- Belly, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you!, Preservation Pub, 8:30 pm
Monday, May 17
- Bike to Work Week, hosted by Event by Smart Trips, daily through May 23 @ 11:59 pm
- Monday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- May Exhibitions, Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (through May 31)
- Astrid Galindo Artistic Scholarship Competition and Exhibition, HoLa Hora Latina, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon – Fri, through May 28), FREE!
- Stretch & Strengthen with Rigazzi, Bliss Integrated Bodywork, 1119 Sevier Ave, suite C, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
- The Killing of Two Lovers, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Monday Charitable Juice: Two Bikes, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Weekly Gypsy Circus Running Club, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
- Revolution Dance Presents Revival, Knoxville Civic Auditorium-Coliseum, 6:30 pm, $23
- Belly, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- The Will Boyd Project, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
- Big Gene Poole at Preservation Pub 9:00 pm
Tuesday, May 18
- Virtual Hemp Products & Animal Health Conference, hosted by The UT Institute of Agriculture, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm (continues on May 19), $50 – $75
- Nelson Ziegler & Dennis Sabo, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tue-Sat / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Sun
- New Work by Pippin Long, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues – Sat (Sun, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm), through May 31
- Tri-Star Arts present an exhibition, Elements and Dreams, featuring works by artists Raymond Padrón (Chattanooga, TN) and Sarah Shebaro (Knoxville, TN), Candoro Arts and Heritage Center, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat, through July 10)
- Tuesday Sip a Little, Give a Little with Kickstand Bicycle Collective and Knox Loves Bikes, Printshop Beer Co., 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm (through May 25)
- Zoom Lichen Explorations: A Virtual Naturalist Chat, hosted by Ijams Nature Center, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm, free, but RSVP
- Goddess Activation Circle, Infinite Light Center, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $12, RSVP
- Online: City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Weekly Help for Helpers Meeting, hosted by Metro Drug Coalition, The University of Tennessee Culinary Institute and Creamery, 2712 Neyland Drive, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- CRACKERJACK Stand-up Comedy Competition – Week 3, hosted by Safekicker Media Group – Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm
- Alternating weeks: Big Fun Tuesdays at Meads Quarry, Ijams Nature Center – Meads Quarry Lake, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
- Learning Series – The Negative, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60 – $150, RSVP
- Final 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!
- Weekly Doggie Running Club, hosted by Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
- Drag Bingo @ The Mill & Mine, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, RSVP
- Revolution Dance Presents Revival, Knoxville Civic Auditorium-Coliseum, 6:30 pm, $23
- Online Know It Knox: Historic Places, hosted by Knox County Public Library, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
- The Killing of Two Lovers, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- 808 + Meditate, The Concourse, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $5
- Big Gene Poole at Preservation Pub 9:00 pm
Wednesday, May 19
- Virtual Hemp Products & Animal Health Conference, hosted by The UT Institute of Agriculture, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm, $50
- Weekly Senior’Iffic Fun in the Park / Friends Used Book Sale at Senior’iffic, hosted by Friends of the Knox County Public Library, Caswell Park, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
- Wednesday 2021 Farmers’ Market by Nourish Knoxville, Historic Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
- ARTSOURCE – an exhibition of work by Knox County Art Educators, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Wed-Fri / 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, Sat
- Unguided Tours, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Wed-Sun (through July 1)
- After-School Art: Family Fridge Magnets, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm, $10, RSVP
- Online: May Neighborhood Association Meeting, Old City Knoxville, 5:30 pm
- Learning Series – The Print, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60, RSVP
- Night at the Museum, Mabry-Hazen House, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $10
- 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
- Wednesday Yoga @ Suttree, hosted by Florals & Flows Yoga, Suttree Landing, 6:30 pm, $5
- Weekly Learn Salsa Dancing with HaCha Latin Dance Company, The Double S Wine Bar, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- UT Humanities Center: Public Books Circle with Professor Heather Hirschfeld discussing the acclaimed novel, “Hamnet,” hosted by UT and Union Ave Books, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
- SPRINGBOARD open mic comedy!, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
Thursday, May 20
- Nature Nuggets: Flower Fun (Family Program), Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am, SOLD OUT!
- Homeschool Clay Club: Folded Bowl, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, $10, RSVP
- Gotta Know Knoxville, Visit Knoxville, 10:00 am / 2:30 pm, free – $20
- Weekly Eddie’s Health Shoppe / Knox Brew Hub Fun Run, Knox Brew Hub, 6:00 pm
- Fort Knox, hosted by the Knoxville History Project, 6:00 pm, RSVP
- Online: Maker Meet-in: Creating with Canva, hosted by the Maker City, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Online: East Tennessee Preservation Awards, hosted by Knox Heritage, 6:00 pm, RSVP by May 19
- Irish Session with Chad Beauchaine and Gil Draper, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
- Online: Iris Press Reading w/ KB Ballentine, Janisse Ray & Karen Salyer McElmurray, Union Ave Books, 7:00 pm, free, but RSVP
- 12 Angry Jurors, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Thursday night comedy open mic at The FanBase, Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Virtual: Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten National Event, hosted by by East Tennessee PBS and Black in Appalachia, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, RSVP
- Live Music: Slade Adams, Geezers Brewery, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Live and livestream: Tessa Clark and KSO, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $20
- Moon Taxi, An Outdoor Socially Distanced Concert at World’s Fair Park, 8:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
- Drag Me Down to Scruffy City Hall, 8:30 pm
- Goats at Large, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
- JR Redford, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
Friday, May 21
- Final Day, Online: Shirt Color Guess Contest! hosted by Sandy Larson and the International Shimmy Mob to help raise awareness for victims of abuse, 12:01 – 7:00 pm
- Under 40 Forum, Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 8:30 am – 9:30 am, RSVP
- Intro to Collage (ONLINE) / Clay: Make a Mug (ONLINE), Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 9:00 am / 9:00 am, $10 / $12
- Exhibition: Women’s Work, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (every Friday through July 24
- The traveling Birds of Seven Islands Photo Exhibit, Tomato Head, 11:00 am – 9:30 pm, Fri – Sat / 11:00 am – 8:30 pm, Sun – Thu (through May 31)
- New Exhibitions: A View of the City: Knoxville & Undercurrents: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Wed-Sun (through Aug 1)
- Reception: Elements and Dreams, featuring works by artist Raymond Padrón (Chattanooga, TN) and Sarah Shebaro (Knoxville, TN), Candoro Arts and Heritage Center, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Live From Home with Molly Tuttle, hosted by WDVX, 7:00 pm, $12.50 – $100
- Streaming: Live From Home with Molly Tuttle, hosted by WDVX, 7:00 pm (available through May 16 @ 11:30 pm), $12.50 – $100
- Live Music with Grady Milligan, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Virtual Event: Shakespeare Out Loud, Macbeth: Drunken Edition, hosted by the Tennessee Stage Company, 7:00 pm, free, but RSVP, and donations gladly accepted
- 12 Angry Jurors, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Will Boyd, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm / 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- SPECIAL EVENT: A Magical Evening with The Young Fables, Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $15
- Showing: Riders of Justice, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- TN Friday Nights: Ben Shuster, Hops and Hollers, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
- Live and livestream: Tessa Clark and KSO, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $20
- Brent Hyder at Pour Taproom, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- The Deltaz, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm
- The Maggie Valley Band Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – 11:59 pm
- EVENT at The Concourse, 9:00 pm – 3:00 am
- Beatles4Sale: Tribute to the Fab Four, Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm
- JB Strauss, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm
- Showing: Deadbeat at Dawn, Central Cinema, 10:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
Saturday, May 22
- Streaming: Live From Home with Molly Tuttle, hosted by WDVX, available through May 23 @ 11:30 pm, $12.50 – $100
- Irreverent Warriors Silkies Hike to support prevention of veteran suicide, start at Suttree Landing Park, 7:00 am – 5:00 pm, $5
- Historic Fourth and Gill Neighborhood Yard Sale, Fourth and Gill, 8:00 am – 2:00 pm
- Saturday Farmers’ Market by Nourish Knoxville, Mary Costa Plaza, Civic Auditorium and Coliseum, 9:00 am – 10:00 am (immunocompromised and elderly) / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (general public)
- Knoxville Community Ride, Event by Bike & Build, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, $50, RSVP
- Basketmaking: Twill Swirl, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm, $40, RSVP
- Public Workday at Tharp Trace Trail, Ijams Nature Center, 9:30 am – noon, free, but RSVP
- ARTSOURCE – an exhibition of work by Knox County Art Educators, UT Downtown Gallery, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm / 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Wed-Fri
- Final Day: Summer Planting Week! Sustainable Future Center, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
- Broom Making Class, Able Trade, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, $130
- From the Ground Up Yoga + Brunch Fundraiser, Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm, $45
- 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
- Behind the Scenes Tours, Tennessee Theatre, 11:00 am, $30
- Clay: Wall Clocks, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $60, RSVP
- First Annual Spring Fling / The Shaydes, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, noon / 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- 12 Angry Jurors, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 pm / 5:00, $12 – $15
- Showing: Riders of Justice, Central Cinema, 4:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Oakwood BBQ at Elst Brewing Co., 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
- Buddy Honeycutt Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm / 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Virtual Event: Shakespeare Out Loud, Macbeth: Sober Edition, hosted by the Tennessee Stage Company, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, free, but RSVP, and donations gladly accepted
- Showing: Brazil, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Let’s Talk About Dating FOR REAL…WITH NO FILTER, hosted by All Things Regan, Not Watson’s Kitchen + Bar, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
- Brent Hyder at Pour Taproom, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Yonder Grove / Soulfinger, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm
- Kendall Street Company, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
- EVENT at The Concourse, 9:00 pm – 3:00 am
- Mulder & Midnight Run Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – 11:59 pm
- Pressing Strings, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm
- Showing: Deadbeat at Dawn, Central Cinema, 10:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
Sunday, May 23
- 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 Molly Tuttle, hosted by WDVX, 12:01 am – 11:30 pm, $12.50 – $100
- Final Day: Bike to Work Week, hosted by Event by Smart Trips, 12:01 am – 11:59 pm
- Yoga @ Elst Every Sunday, Elst Brewing Company, 11:00 am, $5
- Weekly Beginning Ballet / Intermediate Ballet / Modern, hosted by Circle Modern Dance, Emporium Center for Arts & Culture, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm / 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm, $10, RSVP
- Old City Market, Old City Knoxville, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
- The traveling Birds of Seven Islands Photo Exhibit, Tomato Head, 11:00 am – 8:30 pm, Sun -Thu / 11:00 am – 9:30 pm, Fri – Sat (through May 31)
- Metaphysical Meetup: Healing with Crystals, Infinite Light Center, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, donation-based event
- Revolution Dance Presents Revival, Knoxville Civic Auditorium-Coliseum, 1:00 pm, $23
- The Golden Age of Operetta, Knoxville Museum of Art, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
- Final Performance: 12 Angry Jurors, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Showing: Brazil, Central Cinema, 4:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Good Sport Night in a Box! The Central Collective, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
- Choral Evensong, St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- Service Industry Sundays, Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Showing: Riders of Justice, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Firefly Nights in Downtown Knoxville, 8:00 pm (daily through June 30)
- Airshow, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 pm
- DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you!, Preservation Pub, 8:30 pm
Monday, May 24
- Monday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- May Exhibitions, Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (through May 31)
- Astrid Galindo Artistic Scholarship Competition and Exhibition, HoLa Hora Latina, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon – Fri, through May 28), FREE!
- Virtual Libby Training Sessions, Knox County Public Library, 10:00 am, RSVP
- Monday Charitable Juice: Two Bikes, 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
- Weekly Gypsy Circus Running Club, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
- Showing: Brazil, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Hall / Smith / Nevels, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
- The Smoky Nights at Preservation Pub 10:00 pm – 1:00 am, $3
Tuesday, May 25
- New Work by Pippin Long, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues – Sat / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sun (through May 31)
- Nelson Ziegler & Dennis Sabo, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tue-Sat, / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Sun
- Tri-Star Arts present an exhibition, Elements and Dreams, featuring works by artists Raymond Padrón (Chattanooga, TN) and Sarah Shebaro (Knoxville, TN), Candoro Arts and Heritage Center, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat, through July 10)
- Final Tuesday Sip a Little, Give a Little with Kickstand Bicycle Collective and Knox Loves Bikes, Printshop Beer Co., 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Atheist Society of Knoxville Meetups, Barley’s Knoxville, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
- CRACKERJACK Stand-up Comedy Competition – Week 4, hosted by Safekicker Media Group – Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm
- Weekly Help for Helpers Meeting, hosted by Metro Drug Coalition, The University of Tennessee Culinary Institute and Creamery, 2712 Neyland Drive, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- TAKE ACTION! Where Does My Recycling Go? Workshop, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, free, but RSVP
- Final: 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!
- Weekly Doggie Running Club, hosted by Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
- Showing: Riders of Justice, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- 808 + Meditate, The Concourse, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $5
- The Smoky Nights at Preservation Pub 10:00 pm – 1:00 am, $3