Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (6/20-6/29/2021)

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, June 20

• Downtown Knoxville Vendors In-Store Service Hours / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
• Online: Artist Studio Visit 2021 with Jeanne Kidd, hosted by Knoxville Museum of Art, available daily through July 30
• Online: Auditions for River & Rail’s 2021-22 season: submit a one-minute contemporary monologue online, any time through July 1
• USA CYCLING 2021 Pro Road National Championships: Women’s and Men’s Pro Road National Championships, route includes Downtown Knoxville, South Knoxville, East Knoxville and Old City Knoxville, 9:00 am – 12:10 pm / 1:15 pm – 6:10 pm
• Weekly Yoga + Cider @ Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 10:00 am – 11:30 am, $10 – $25
• Farmgrub at Central Filling Station, 11:00 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
• Third Annual Dolly Art Show, Rala, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sun / 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues – Sat 
• #brunchBEATS w/Sir Round5ound – SET FOR LOVE live streaming special!! to raise funds for children in crisis across the globe, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, noon – 3:00 pm
• Daddies’ Market, French Fried Vintage, noon – 5:00 pm
• Father’s Day Brunch Cruise, Star of Knoxville, Volunteer Landing, 12:30 pm, $25 – $56
• Sandy Hoeft & Julie Boisseau-Craig, Art Market Gallery, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm / Tue-Sat, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
• Father’s Day at Eastside Sunday Market, Dr. Walter Hardy Park, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Dads Throw FREE! Craft Axe Throwing, 2:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Showing: Gaia, Central Cinema, 2:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Final Performance: Charlie And the Chocolate Factory, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm, $12 – $15
• East Tennessee Bluegrass Association Monthly Jam, Ijams’ Mead’s Quarry, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, RSVP
• Online: Belonging & Queer Poetics with Sara Mae, hosted by Knox Pride, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm, FREE!
• Online: PiP 114: Melissa Fite Johnson, hosted by Poets in Pajamas Reading Series, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Showing: Bring It On, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Firefly Nights in Downtown Knoxville, 8:00 pm (daily through June 30)
• Kelsi Walker, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 pm
• DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you!, Preservation Pub, 8:30 pm

Monday, June 21

• Monday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
• June Exhibitions, Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon – Fri, through June 25)
• Dogwood Arts Regional Art Exhibition, The Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon – Fri, through June 25)
• Featured Artist Taske Maqueo, Hola Hora Latina @ The Emporium Center, noon – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
• Solstice Supper 2021, Beardsley Farm, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $30 and up
• Online: Why Hire an Arborist? How to Select a Tree Specialist, Knoxville Tree Board, 5:30 pm
• Percussion Parade at Ijams! hosted by Make Music Knoxville, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, RSVP
• Monday Charitable Juice: Renaissance Creations, 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
• Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
• Showing: Gaia, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• The Will Boyd Project, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm

Tuesday, June 22

• Third Annual Dolly Art Show, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues – Sat / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sun
• Sandy Hoeft & Julie Boisseau-Craig, 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)
• Exhibition by Aaron Joseph Arroyave, 214 Magnolia, visits by appointment only Tue & Thu, 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm (also open Sat, noon – 4:00 pm), runs through June
• Financial Education Course, Knoxville Area Urban League, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm, free, but RSVP
• Meet and Greet with Tommy Smith – Knoxville City Council, 1st District, at Kern’s Bakery, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Online: Queer Yoga with Amberly, hosted by Knox Pride, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Rep. McKenzie Town Hall, Change Center, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, FREE!
• Two Bikes Presents: Taco Ride, hosted by Two Bikes, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
•  Tuesdays Live Music in the Elst Taproom, Elst Brewing Company, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Weekly XHunger – Networking & Updates, Downtown 211, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Weekly  Tuesday Game Night / Doggie Running Club, hosted by Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm / 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
• Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
• Weekly Open Hack Night – Show and Share, Knox Makers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
• Open House! (to Check Out Summer Leagues), Craft Axe Throwing, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Online: Circle of Change Awards, Community Shares, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, RSVP
• Showing: Gaia, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Weekly: Ayca Yayman Trio at Radius, Radius Rooftop Lounge, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
• Weekly Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 9:45 pm
• Bag O Tricks, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

Wednesday, June 23

• Exhibition: Women’s Work, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Wed – Sat, through July 24)
• Wednesday 2021 Farmers’ Market by Nourish Knoxville, Historic Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Weekly Wedding WednesYAY- Knoxville, Vow’d Weddings, Historic Market Square, 10:30 am – 7:00 pm
• WDVX Blue Plate Special IS BACK: Brian Clay, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• 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)
• Weekly Vinyl Night, Geezers Brewery, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Laura Thurston LIVE, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm
• 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
• Weekly Salsa and Bachata lessons at the Double S wine bar, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $5 – $8
• Showing: Werewolves Within, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $10, RSVP
• Weekly Thunderdome Bingo Returns, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 8:00 pm
• Scruffy City Hall Comedy: Valerie Vernale with Sureni Weerasekera, Scruffy City Hall, 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm, $12 – $15
• JR Redford, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

Thursday, June 24

• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Grace Pettis, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Authentic Leadership (on Zoom), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $20 – $150
• Sewing Workshop with MMWL, Scruffy’s Cafe, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, $25
• June Full Moon Circle, Infinite Light Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $11, RSVP
• Weekly Eddie’s Health Shoppe / Knox Brew Hub Fun Run, Knox Brew Hub, 6:00 pm
• Film Screening: Destruction of Memory, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, Auditorium, 6:30 pm, free – $10, RSVP
• Doctor vs Lawyers Trivia Night benefiting the InterFaith Health Clinic, The Press Room, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, $75 – $10,000
• Amythyst Kiah, The Mill and Mine, 7:00 pm, $15 – $35
• Thursday night comedy open mic at The FanBase, Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Online: Eco-epidemiology of Tick-Borne Diseases in the Southeast US, presented by Dr. Richard Gerhold, hosted by UT, 7:00 pm, RSVP
• Online: Community Conversations with Knox Pride, 7:00 pm
• Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm, FREE!
• Showing: VHS Swap & Live Podcast / Cannibal Holocaust, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Drag Me Down to Scruffy City Hall followed by DJ Patrick Durham, 8:30 pm
• Jeremy Pinnell, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm

Friday, June 25

• Clay: Coiled Vases ONLINE, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 9:00 am, $12, RSVP
• RETURNING LIVE: WDVX Big Plate with Todd Steed and Suns of Phere, Barley’s Taproom, noon, FREE!
• Ruby Kweens Drag Brunch at Ruby Sunshine, noon / 2:00 pm
• Showing: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze, Central Cinema, 4:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Knoxville Open House, Vow’d Weddings, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Showing: Werewolves Within / Body Double, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Jillanna Babb & the Desert Sirens, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 7:00 pm
• Smooth Sailor at Merchants of Beer, 7:00 pm, $15
• Common Interest / Pipes / Synchronicity – Police Tribute, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm / 8:30 pm / 10:00 pm
• TN Friday Nights: TBD (Live Music), Hops & Hollers, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
• A REAL, LIVE SHOW! Bark & Baggetta @ The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $8
• Kenneth Brown, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm 
• Casablanca, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $10
• Jive Revival, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm
• ALL White Affair Knoxville – Summer Breeze Edition, The Press Room, 8:00 pm, tickets start at $30
• Silent Disco Vaccination Celebration, Central Filling Station, 8:00 pm – 11:59 pm, $10 – $15, RSVP
• Doug’s Safari, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 9:00 pm
• The Atomic Sound, Pour Taproom, 9:00 pm – 11:59 pm
• Travis Bigwood and the Lonesome Doves Live, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm
• The Stolen Faces, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm – 2:00 am, $10 – $15
• Joey Fletcher Band, Preservation Pub, 11:30 pm 

Saturday, June 26

• Online: Family Promise: Night Without A Bed, presented by First Baptist Knoxville, all day
• 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)
• Summer 2021 Literary Walking Tours: Knoxville’s Black Writers and Artists, Lawson McGhee Library, 10:00 am – 11:30 am, free, but RSVP
• Walker Evans and James Agee – an 80th Anniversary Celebration of “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men,” UT Downtown Gallery, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, Sat; 11:oo am – 6:00 pm, Wed-Fri 
• Summer Fun with Monty and Friends, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, Auditorium, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, free, but RSVP
• 14th Annual Mardi Growl, World’s Fair Park, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, RSVP
• Online: Training the Trainers on Good Transgender Health Care, hosted by UT’s Department of Psychology, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, RSVP
• Online: Suffrage Showdown: The Awakening of East Tennessee’s Public-Spirited Women, hosted by East Tennessee Historical Society, 10:30 am, RSVP
• 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., 11:00 am – noon
• Yoga @ Elst Every Saturday, Elst Brewing Company, 11:00 am, $5
• Akashic Records with Michelle Leigh, Infinite Light Center, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $25, RSVP
• Have Fun With Your Music, Knoxville Soap Candle & Gifts, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
• Showing: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze / Werewolves Within, Central Cinema, 2:00 pm / 4:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• The After-Mardi Party! (Bring your Mardi Growler!) Merchants of Beer, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Webinar: Shakesology 2021, “The Tempest,” presented by Tennessee Stage Company, 3:00 pm, free, but RSVP
• JAMFEST, Ijams Nature Center, 5:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $15, RSVP
• Junkyard Potluck & Impromptu Jam, Architectural Antics, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Train Car Dinner, Historic Southern Railway Station, 6:00 pm, $48
• Scott Miller, The Mill and Mine, 6:00 pm / 9:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
• Two Bikes Presents: Coffee Outside, start at Two Bikes Shop, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Larry Vincent Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm / 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
• Ping-Pong tournament at The FanBase 6.26.21, Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm
• Brent Hyder at Pour Taproom, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
• Knox Pride Digifest 2021: Comedy edition, hosted  by Knox Pride, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
• The Mother Daughter Filthy Drag Comedy Show benefiting Knoxville’s Positively Living & Choice Health Network, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• The Stolen Faces and Christian Grizzard Music at Merchants of Beer, 8:00 pm, $10
• Mojo Thunder, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm 
• Salsa Saturdays with HaCha Latin Dance Company at the Double S wine bar, 8:00 pm – 12:30 am, $7
• Melungeons and Todd Steed, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 9:00 pm
• Three Star Revival at Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm
• The Brockefellers Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – 11:59 pm
• Showing: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze Central Cinema, 9:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP

Sunday, June 27

• Downtown Knoxville Vendors In-Store Service Hours / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours 
• Online: Artist Studio Visit 2021 with Jeanne Kidd, hosted by Knoxville Museum of Art, available daily through July 30
• Online: Auditions for River & Rail’s 2021-22 season: submit a one-minute contemporary monologue online, any time through July 1
• Weekly Yoga + Cider @ Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 10:00 am – 11:30 am, $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
• BrunchBEATS with Sir Round5ound at Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, noon – 3:00 pm
• Meet-up – Basics of Crystal Gridding, Infinite Light Center, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, donation-based
• Eastside Sunday Market, Dr. Walter Hardy Park, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Sunday in Old Sevier Outdoor Markets, Old Sevier Merchants, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Sandy Hoeft & Julie Boisseau-Craig, Art Market Gallery, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm / Tue-Sat, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
• Showing: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze / Werewolves Within / Body Double, Central Cinema, 2:00 pm / 4:00 pm / 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• NGW Presents: Davey Richards Seminar / The Party Bowl, Jackson Terminal, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm / 6:00 pm – 10:30 pm, $50 / $15 – $18
• Knoxville Opera Outdoor Concert, Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm, FREE! 
• Casablanca, Tennessee Theatre, 3:00 pm, $10
• Bluegrass Jam with Perry Cooper, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Americana Rising featuring Josh Smith, Kristen Englenz, Jason Eerie, & Jon Latham, Maple Hall, 6:00, FREE!
• Firefly Nights in Downtown Knoxville, 8:00 pm (daily through June 30)
• Seth Mulder & Midnight Run, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 pm
• DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you!, Preservation Pub, 8:30 pm

Monday, June 28 

• Monday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
• June Exhibitions, Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon – Fri, through June 25)
• Dogwood Arts Regional Art Exhibition, The Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon – Fri, through June 25)
• Teen Photography Lab with Abigail Malone and The Knoxville Community Darkroom, UT Gardens Knoxville, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm (Mon-Wed) / advanced options, 9:00 am – noon & 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Thu), $299 – $447
• Featured Artist Taske Maqueo, Hola Hora Latina @ The Emporium Center, noon – 5:00 pm (Mon – Fri)
• Monday Charitable Juice: Renaissance Creations, 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
• Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
• Emo Karaoke @ The Hub, Knox Brew Hub, 7:30 pm
• Abbey Elmore Band, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
• Jon Whitlock with Vince Ilagan, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm

Tuesday, June 29

• Third Annual Dolly Art Show, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues – Sat / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sun
• Sandy Hoeft & Julie Boisseau-Craig, 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)
• Exhibition by Aaron Joseph Arroyave, 214 Magnolia, visits by appointment only Tue & Thu, 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm (also open Sat, noon – 4:00 pm), runs through June
• 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
• 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 Tuesday Game Night / Doggie Running Club, hosted by Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm / 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
• Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
• Weekly Open Hack Night – Show and Share, Knox Makers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
• Showing: Skate Video Night, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $5, RSVP
• Weekly: Ayca Yayman Trio at Radius, Radius Rooftop Lounge, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
• Weekly Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 9:45 pm