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 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!
- Online: Auditions for River & Rail’s 2021-22 season: submit a one-minute contemporary monologue online, any time through July 1
- 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
- Streaming Virtual Performances: BRANCHING OUT and TINY HOUSES, presented by Flying Anvil Theatre, 9:00 am – 9:00 pm (daily through May 30), donation-based
- Weekly Yoga + Cider / BrunchBEATS @ Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 10:00 am – 11:30 am / noon – 3:00 pm, $10 – $25
- 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 30)
- BrunchBEATS @ Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, noon – 3:00 pm
- Metaphysical Meetup: Healing with Crystals, Infinite Light Center, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, donation-based event
- Cynthia Markert and Wendy Williams Exhibition Closing, Mauzy Broadway Pop-up Salon, 130 W Jackson Ave, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
- Imagine Dance, Civic Auditorium-Coliseum, 2:30 pm, $13
- 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) and Sarah Shebaro (Knoxville), 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
- National Wine Day, Blue Slip Winery & Bistro, 5:00 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
- The Smoky Nights at Preservation Pub 10:00 pm – 1:00 am, $3
Wednesday, May 26
- Social Media Knox Round Table: Breaking through the noise, PostModern Spirits, 9:00 am – 10:30 am, free, RSVP
- Final 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
- FUNDRAISER: SoKno Social Benefiting Ijams, SoKno Taco Cantina, 10:00 am – 11:00 pm, RSVP
- Wedding WednesYAY- Knoxville, Vow’d Weddings, Historic Market Square, 10:30 am – 7:00 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)
- 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)
- Clay: Kohiki Planter With Tray, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm, $30, RSVP
- Full Moon Wesak Celebration, Infinite Light Center, 6:00 pm, donations encouraged
- Weekly PS2 Guitar Hero Tourney / Game Night & Chess Club @ The Hub, Knox Brew Hub, 6:00 pm – 10:00 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
- Final Learn Salsa Dancing with HaCha Latin Dance Company, The Double S Wine Bar, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- Tranquility Base, The Concourse, 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm
- Online: Michelle Williams’ Checking In Book Tour, The Bottom, 7:00 pm, RSVP
- SPRINGBOARD open mic comedy!, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
- Ijams Night Hike: SUPERMOON (Family Program), Ijams Nature Center, 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm, $10, RSVP
- West King String Band @ The Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
Thursday, May 27
- Nature Nuggets: Flower Fun (Family Program), Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am, SOLD OUT!
- Intuition Circle, Infinite Light Center, 5:00 pm, $10 – $15 donation requested
- Weekly Eddie’s Health Shoppe / Knox Brew Hub Fun Run, Knox Brew Hub, 6:00 pm
- May Trash Run, hosted by Keep Knoxville Beautiful, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:00 pm, RSVP
- Online: You’ve Got To Be There! hosted by The Knoxville History Project, 6:00 pm, 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
- Babalu Wine Dinner, Babalu on Gay St, 7:00 pm, $100
- Online: UT Humanities Center’s Conversations and Cocktails: “Breaking Boundaries” with Urmila Seshagiri discussing “Virginia Woolf’s Hidden Memoir,” 7:00 pm, RSVP
- Online Queer History Club, hosted by Voices Out Loud: East Tennessee LGBTQ History Project, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Online: Michelle Williams’ Checking In Book Tour, The Bottom, 7:00 pm, RSVP
- Online: Birdability: Because Birding Is for Everybody and Every Body! UT Arboretum Society, 7:00 pm, RSVP
- Drag Me Down to Scruffy City Hall, 8:30 pm
- West King String Band @ The Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
- Pony Bradshaw, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
Friday, May 28
- Exhibition: Women’s Work, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (every Friday through July 24)
- Final Day: Astrid Galindo Artistic Scholarship Competition and Exhibition, HoLa Hora Latina, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, FREE!
- 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 30)
- Angela Floyd Schools Presents The Power of Love, Civic Auditorium-Coliseum, 5:00 pm, $27
- Showing: Moby Doc, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Stina Nesbit, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm / 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Online: Michelle Williams’ Checking In Book Tour, The Bottom, 7:00 pm, RSVP
- Online: Haints In The Hollow, hosted by Mockingbird Paranormal, 7:00 pm, FREE!
- Florencia Rusinol / Chew @ The Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm
- Showing: George A. Romero’s The Amusement Park, Central Cinema, 8:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- The Well Drinkers Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel 9:00 pm – 11:59 pm
- Headroom at The Concourse, 9:00 pm – 3:00 am
- Rhonda Funk Live at Pour Taproom, 9:00 pm – 11:59 pm
- Devin Harrell Band, Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm
- Dave Kennedy, Andrew Bryant, and friends, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm
- Showing: Saw, Central Cinema, 10:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
Saturday, May 29
- Ijams Field Day: Nature Photography Workshop with Clay Thurston (Adult Program), Ijams Nature Center, 8:00 am – noon, $40 – $50
- 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)
- 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
- Statehood Day Open House, Blount Mansion, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, FREE!
- Tennessee Statehood Day, Mabry-Hazen House, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, FREE!
- Saturday Hair of the Dog Yoga with Rigazzi, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10 – $12
- Statehood Day, James White’s Fort, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
- UCL Final: Sevier Ave Block Party, Sevier Ave, noon
- Iscream Social, All Things Regan, 418 S Gay St SW, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
- Grand Opening, Canvas Can Do Miracles, 1218 Magnolia Ave, 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Showing: Moby Doc / George A. Romero’s The Amusement Park, Central Cinema, 3:15 pm/ 5:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Angela Floyd Schools Presents The Power of Love, Civic Auditorium-Coliseum, 5:00 pm, $27
- MOON SHOT Outdoor Variety Show at Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $15, RSVP
- Online: Michelle Williams’ Checking In Book Tour, The Bottom, 7:00 pm, RSVP
- Online: Tennessee Stage Company presents Shakespeare Out Loud: Richard III: Ladies’ Night, 7:00 pm, free, but donations welcome
- Mark Boling Trio Life, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm / 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Showing: Moby Doc, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Blackstock: The Final Series at The Concourse, 9:00 pm – 3:00 am
- Dryman Mountain Boys Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – 11:59 pm
- Showing: Saw, Central Cinema, 9:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Big Dog, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm
- Buddhagraph Spaceship @ The Preservation Pub, 10:00 pm, $5
Sunday, May 30
- 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: Auditions for River & Rail’s 2021-22 season: submit a one-minute contemporary monologue online, any time through July 1
- Final Day, Streaming Virtual Performances: BRANCHING OUT and TINY HOUSES, presented by Flying Anvil Theatre, 9:00 am – 9:00 pm, donation-based
- Weekly Yoga + Cider @ Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 10:00 am – 11:30 am
- 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
- Final Day: The traveling Birds of Seven Islands Photo Exhibit, Tomato Head, 11:00 am – 8:30 pm
- Final Day: New Work by Pippin Long, Rala, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Knoxville’s Caribbean Jerk Festival, World’s Fair Park (Performance Lawn), noon – 8:00 pm, $20
- Nelson Ziegler & Dennis Sabo, Art Market Gallery, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm / Tue-Sat, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
- The Cookout at MOB with Oakwood BBQ, Merchants of Beer, 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Real Knoxville Music Benefit Concert, Ijams Nature Center, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm, $15
- Knox Opera: Memorial Day Concert Tribute For Our Fallen Veterans, Crowne Plaza, 2:00 pm / 6:30 pm, RSVP
- Bluegrass Jam with Perry Cooper, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm, FREE!
- Showing: George A. Romero’s The Amusement Park / Moby Doc, Central Cinema, 3:15 pm / 4:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Service Industry Sundays, Craft Axe Throwing – Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Knoxville Virtual Game Night: Trivia, Charades, and Drawing over Video by Let’s Roam Scavenger Hunt Adventures, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, free, but RSVP
- Showing: Saw, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Tiny Stage Comedy at Trailhead Beer Market, 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm, FREE!
- Firefly Nights in Downtown Knoxville, 8:00 pm (daily through June 30)
- The Brockefellers, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 pm
- DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you!, Preservation Pub, 8:30 pm
- Lyn Avenue @ The Preservation Pub, 10:00 pm
Monday, May 31
- ETVMA Reading of the Names, hosted by American Legion Post 2 – Knoxville, Tennessee, World’s Fair Park, 6:00 am
- Monday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Final Day: May Exhibitions, Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Memorial Day Shrimp Boil @ Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 11:30 am, $15
- 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
- Showing: George A. Romero’s The Amusement Park / The Crazies, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 8:20 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Matt A. Foster, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
Tuesday, June 1
- Online: Knox Pride Digifest 2021, 12:01 am – 8:00 pm (through June 12)
- 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)
- Virtual May You Be At Ease Course with Rigazzi, noon, $50, RSVP
- Tennessee 225th Celebration, James White’s Fort to Blount Mansion, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm, FREE!
- Tennessee Begins, presented by Jack Neely of the Knoxville History Project, Maple Room at Maple Hall, 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 5, 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!
- 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: Moby Doc / George A. Romero’s The Amusement Park, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP