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.
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, 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!
- Call to Artists for Regional Art Exhibition, Dogwood Arts, deadline May 9 @ 11:59 pm
- Final Day: Streaming: Live From Home with Sierra Hull and Justin Moses, hosted by WDVX, through 11:30 pm, $12.50 – $100
- Socially Distanced Bill Black Costume Display, Clarence Brown Theatre, UT, 8:00 am – 10:00 pm
- 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 / 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
- 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 Guild, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $25, RSVP
- Spring Wildflower Hike (Family Program), Ijams Nature Center, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $10
- Meet Your Beer Buddy with Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee at Crafty Bastard Brewery (Emory Place), 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- 42nd Street, presented by Knoxville Catholic High School, Knoxville Convention Center, 2:00 pm, $10 – $15, RSVP
- 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)
- Not Thelonius Monk, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 pm
- 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: Socially Distanced Bill Black Costume Display, Clarence Brown Theatre, UT, 8:00 am – 10:00 pm
- “Life in Times of COVID” Group Exhibition, HoLa Hora Latina, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (through May 4)
- Mighty Musical Monday Virtual Stream, hosted by the Tennessee Theatre, noon, FREE!
- IPmAy at Elst Brewing Co., Elstwhere Taproom @ Elst Brewing Company, noon (daily through May 15)
- 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
- Final Day: “Life in Times of COVID” Group Exhibition, HoLa Hora Latina, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- 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
- 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
- Big Fun Tuesdays at Meads Quarry, Ijams Nature Center – Meads Quarry Lake, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
- 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
- May the 4th be with you – Star Wars Trivia, Next Level Brewing Company, 7:00 pm
- 808 + Meditate, The Concourse, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $5
Wednesday, May 5
- Wednesday 2021 Farmers’ Market by Nourish Knoxville, Historic Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
- Unguided Tours, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Wed-Sun (through July 1)
- Drag Bingo at Pour Taproom, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
- Cinco de Mayo: Tepache Release, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 4:00 pm
- After-School Art: Stained Soaked Notecards, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm
- Cinco De Mayo Party, Old City Sports Bar, 5:00 pm – 1:00 am
- Jenu Six, 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
- “Peter and the Starcatcher” Presented by West High School, Ijams Nature Center, 6:30 pm, $9 – $11, RSVP
- Become a Teacher! TPTE Virtual Information Sessions, hosted by UT Theory and Practice in Teacher Education, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, RSVP
- Online UT Humanities Center Public Books Circle – Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, hosted by various UT departments, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
- President’s Cup Playoffs – Semifinals Game 1: Ice Bears vs TBD, Civic Coliseum, 7:35 pm, $13 – $35
- SPRINGBOARD open mic comedy!, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
Thursday, May 6
- Online: 2021 TN Hemp Market Outlook Webinar, hosted by UT Agricultural and Resource Economics, UT Extension, 9:00 am, FREE!
- Homeschool Clay Club: Handbuilt Bud Vases, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, $10
- Online 11th Annual Keys of Hope Virtual Luncheon, hosted by YWCA, 11:30 am, RSVP
- The Maker City presents: The Power of Poetry with Knoxville’s Poet Laureate, Rhea Carmon, and special guests, The Maker City, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, free, but RSVP
- Online: In Memory of Mom, hosted by the Knoxville History Project, 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm, RSVP
- Weekly Eddie’s Health Shoppe / Knox Brew Hub Fun Run, Knox Brew Hub, 6:00 pm
- “Peter and the Starcatcher” Presented by West High School, Ijams Nature Center, 6:30 pm, $9 – $11, RSVP
- Wednesday Tranquility Base, The Concourse, 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm
- Irish Session with Chad Beauchaine and Gil Draper, 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
- Online Protecting Your Own Mental Health, Knoxville Writers’ Guild, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, free, but RSVP
- Online: The Sunny Birds of Summer, hosted by UT Agricultural and Resource Economics, various UT Departments, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, RSVP
- Central Cinema Martial Arts Theatre, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Online Q&A Session with James Sanchez about his documentary Man on Fire, hosted by UT Department of English’s Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics Speaker Series, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Drag Me Down to Scruffy City Hall, 8:30 pm
Friday, May 7
- Clay: Sgraffito Coaster Set (ONLINE) / Fun With Transfers (ONLINE), Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 9:00 am / 9:00 am, $15 – $20
- Exhibition: Women’s Work, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (every Friday through July 24
- Abdominal Thai Yoga Massage Techniques with Kelly Scott, Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 9:00 am – 5:30 pm (continues May 8), RSVP)
- Friday Fun Day: Plant and Play, UT Gardens, Knoxville, Children’s Garden (outside), 10:00 am – noon, $10 – $15
- Knoxville Go Red for Women Digital Event, hosted by American Heart Association – Tennessee, noon – 1:00 pm
- Online James Sanchez discusses “Salt of the Earth: The Rhetoric of White Supremacy,” hosted by UT Department of English’s Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics Speaker Series, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
- New Can Release & Free Tasting with Bayou Bites Food Truck, Elst Brewing Company, 4:30 pm – 9:00 pm
- Mainstream, Central Cinema, 4:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- First Friday Gallery Night – Free Photo Booth!, Able Trade, Jackson Terminal, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- First Friday Opening Reception: Nelson Ziegler & Dennis Sabo, Art Market Gallery, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- First Friday at Casa HoLa: Astrid Galindo Artistic Scholarship Competition and Exhibition, HoLa Hora Latina, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE!
- First Friday Opening Reception: May Exhibitions, Emporium Center, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- First Friday Opening Reception: ARTSOURCE – an exhibition of work by Knox County Art Educators, UT Downtown Gallery, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Knoxville Opera Guild First Friday Outdoor Concerts, Emporium Center, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
- May First Friday opening reception for Michaelanne Collins, Awaken Coffee, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- First Friday Show with West Fifth Studios @ open-air courtyard of historic First Christian Church, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Mike Mauldin LIVE, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm
- “Peter and the Starcatcher” Presented by West High School, Ijams Nature Center, 6:30 pm, $9 – $11, RSVP
- Richard Crisp Memorial Gathering, The Concourse, 7:00 pm
- Live From Home with Irene Kelley, hosted by WDVX, 7:00 pm, $12.50 – $100
- Streaming: Live From Home with Irene Kelley, hosted by WDVX, 7:00 pm (available through May 9 @ 11:30 pm), $12.50 – $100
- 12 Angry Jurors, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
- The Mummy (1999), Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- TN Friday Nights: Steph Cabell (Live Music), Hops and Hollers, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
- Mojo Whiskey @ Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $5
- Ijams Night Hike (Family Program), Ijams Nature Center, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $10
- Tennessee Travelers Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – 11:59 pm
- Psycho (1960), Central Cinema, 10:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
Saturday, May 8
- Streaming: Live From Home with Irene Kelley, hosted by WDVX, available through May 9 @ 11:30 pm, $12.50 – $100
- Beginning to Bird: Keeping a Bird Journal (Adult Program), Ijams Nature Center, 9:00 am – 11:00 am, $8
- 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)
- Basketmaking: Twirly Swirl, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm, $40
- ARTSOURCE – an exhibition of work by Knox County Art Educators, UT Downtown Gallery, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (Wed-Fri, 11:00 am – 6:00 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
- Yoga @ Elst Every Saturday, Elst Brewing Company, 11:00 am, $5
- Embodying the Higher Self, Infinite Light Center, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $35, RSVP
- Clay: Sgraffito Plate, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm, $30
- 12 Angry Jurors, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 pm / 5:00, $12 – $15
- Psycho (1960), Central Cinema, 2:00 pm / 7:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Give Your Plants a Boot (or Two!), UT Gardens, Knoxville, Friendship Pavilion, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $45 – $55
- The Mummy (1999), Central Cinema, 4:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- W.W.J.D. What Would Jason D0 – BENEFIT SHOW, The Concourse, 5:00 pm, $20 suggested donation
- Campfire Concert by Matthew & Ayca Bolt, Sustainable Future Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $5 – $10
- Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm / 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Aaron Lewis and the Stateliners, Civic Coliseum, 8:00 pm, $49 – $109
- Sultry Sirens Varietease Show, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 8:00 pm, $10 – $25
- Daniel Neihoff at Pour Taproom, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Kelsi Walker Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9: 00 pm – 11:59 pm
- Mainstream, Central Cinema, 10:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
Sunday, May 9
- 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 Irene Kelley, hosted by WDVX, through 11:30 pm, $12.50 – $100
- 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
- New Work by Pippin Long, Rala, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues – Sat), through May 31
- Old City Market, Old City Knoxville, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
- 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
- Mother’s Day Cruises: Daytime Sightseeing Tour or Brunch Cruise / Evening Sightseeing Tour or Dinner Cruise, Tennessee Riverboat Company, 12:30 pm / 4:30 pm, $9 – $27 or $24.89 – $55.35 / $9 – $27 or $24.89 – $55.35
- Mother’s Day Mashup, CJ’s Tacos – SouthSide Garage, 1:00 pm
- Nelson Ziegler & Dennis Sabo, Art Market Gallery, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm)
- Psycho (1960), Central Cinema, 1:30 pm / 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Community Reiki Share, Infinite Light Center, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, donations encouraged, RSVP
- 12 Angry Jurors, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Celtic Jam for Beginners with Tim Worman at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- The Mummy (1999), Central Cinema, 4:15 pm / 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Service Industry Sundays, Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 9:00 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
- Final Day: Call to Artists for Regional Art Exhibition, Dogwood Arts, deadline May 9 @ 11:59 pm
Monday, May 10
- 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 June 1), FREE!
- IPmAy at Elst Brewing Co., Elstwhere Taproom @ Elst Brewing Company, noon (daily through May 15)
- 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
- Althea & Angela by The WordPlayers, The Square Room, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, FREE! (donations gladly accepted)
- Cordovas and the Great Peacock, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 pm, $10 – $15
Tuesday, May 11
- New Work by Pippin Long, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues – Sat (Sun, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm), through May 31
- Nelson Ziegler & Dennis Sabo, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tue-Sat, (Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm)
- In Conversation with Bruce Wheeler and Jesse Fox Mayshark: third edition of Wheeler’s Knoxville, Tennessee: A Mountain City in the New South, hosted by UT Libraries, 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm, free, but RSVP
- 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
- Mainstream, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- 808 + Meditate, The Concourse, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $5