Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (6/27-7/6/2021)

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 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
• Brunch is Back! Blue Slip Winery & Bistro, 11:00 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
• BrunchBEATS with Sir Round5ound at Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, noon – 3:00 pm
• Celebrate Pride! Merchants of Beer, noon – 9:00 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 (through June 30)
• 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!
• Jazzpirations Live, The Square Room, 6:00 pm, $25
• Online: PiP 115: Akua Lezli Hope on Poet in Pajamas, hosted by Sundress Publications, 7:00 pm, 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
• 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
• Auditions: The Odd Couple (female version), Theatre Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
• Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
• Virtual bingo with Nothing Creative, Knox Pride, 7:00 pm
• Online and Live: AMBC Meeting, South Coast Pizza, 7:00 pm – 8:00 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
• 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
• Maple Hall’s Bowliversary, Maple Hall, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• 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
• Online: Pride Keynote: Q&A with poet and activist Alan Pelaez Lopez, hosted by UT Pride Center, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, RSVP
• Showing: Zola, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Auditions: The Odd Couple (female version), Theatre Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 8:30 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

Wednesday, June 30

• 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
• Kid A’Riffic Fun in the Park, Ashley Nicole Dream Playground, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, FREE!
• Weekly Wedding WednesYAY- Knoxville, Vow’d Weddings, Historic Market Square, 10:30 am – 7:00 pm
• Final Day: Sandy Hoeft & Julie Boisseau-Craig, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Redd Daugherty & Will Ross, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Unguided Tours, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Wed-Sun (through July 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)
• Weekly Vinyl Night, Geezers Brewery, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Showing: Zola, Central Cinema, 4:00 pm & 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• DIY Art & Craft: Bottle Cap Magnets! By Creating Mindfulness, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $15
• Online: A Suttree Serenade, hosted by Knox History Project, 6:00 pm, RSVP
• 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
• Final Day: Firefly Nights in Downtown Knoxville, 7:00 pm 
• Tiny Stage Comedy Night, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm
• Weekly Thunderdome Bingo Returns, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 8:00 pm
• Scruffy City Hall Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm

Thursday, July 1

• Final Day, Online: Auditions for River & Rail’s 2021-22 season: submit a one-minute contemporary monologue online
• May You Be at Ease Virtual Course, presented by Rigazzi, noon, $50
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Family Sowell, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Exhibition by Leesa Osburn, PostModern Spirits, 4:00 pm – 11:00 pm (Mon – Fri) / noon – 11:00 pm (St – Sun)
• Showing: Zola, Central Cinema, 5:00 pm & 9:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Weekly Eddie’s Health Shoppe / Knox Brew Hub Fun Run, Knox Brew Hub, 6:00 pm
• Thursday night comedy open mic at The FanBase, Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Fireworks Open Mic: Virtual Open Mic and Potluck, hosted by Knoxville Writers’ Guild, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
• Online: The Mystery Of Monarch Metamorphosis with Stephen Lyn Bales, hosted by UT Arboretum Society, 7:00 pm, free, but RSVP
• Irish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm, FREE!
• Showing: Central Cinema Martial Arts Theatre, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $5, RSVP
• FwF Red, White and Blue Karaoke Party at Sky Box Sports Bar and Grill, 8:00 pm – 2:00 am
• Drag Me Down to Scruffy City Hall followed by DJ Patrick Durham, 8:30 pm
• TN Squirrel Hunters, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
• Daniel Fluitt & Daniel Markham, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm

Friday, July 2

• Printmaking: Block Printing ONLINE, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 9:00 am, $25, RSVP
• Motley Crew Community Luncheon, Crowne Plaza Knoxville Downtown, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
• WDVX Big Plate with EmiSunshine & the Rain, Barley’s Taproom, noon, FREE!
• Showing: Zola / Werewolves Within, Central Cinema, 2:30 pm / 4:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Elements and Dreams Art In-Person Talk / Receptions, Candoro Marble, 3:30 pm / 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• First Friday Shrimp Boil, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Downtown Knox First Friday ArtWalk, Downtown Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 11:59 pm
• July 1st Friday Downtown Reception: Kim Emert Gale & Harriet Howell, Art Market Gallery, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Reception: July Exhibitions at the Emporium Center, Arts & Culture Alliance, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Able Trade One Year Anniversary! Able Trade, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE!
• First Friday: Featured Artist Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Hola Hora Latina @ The Emporium Center, 5:00 – pm – 8:00 pm 
• Elza Gate at First Friday Knoxville, the Emporium Center, Arts & Culture Alliance, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Celebration of the 4th with the Air National Guard Band of the South: Concert Band / Blue Groove Jazz Band / Sound Barrier Rock Band, World’s Fair Park Performance Lawn, 6:30 pm – 7:15 pm / 7:30 pm – 8:15 pm / 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm
• Showing: Zola / Werewolves Within, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• MOVIES UNDER THE STARS: Predator, Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $10 – $36, RSVP
• TN Friday Nights: Ben Shuster (Live Music), Hops & Hollers, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm 
• Open Mic Comedy Night!, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 8:00 pm (sign-up starts at 7:00 pm)
• Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• Grady Milligan, Next Level Brewing Company, 8:00 pm
• Grandpa’s Stash, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
• Donnie and the Dry Heavers, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm – 2:00 am

Saturday, July 3

• 15th Tour de Rocky Top, start at Barley’s Knoxville, 7:30 am – 3:00 pm, $52 – $60
• AMB Work Party, Mead’s Quarry, 9:00 am – noon
• 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)
• Makers Market / Ayca and Crockett at SFC Maker’s Market, Sustainable Future Center, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm / noon – 1:00 pm
• 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 (through July 31)
• 4th of July Celebration with Sons of the American Revolution reenactment, James White’s Fort, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
• 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
• Showing: Zola / Werewolves Within, Central Cinema, 4:00 pm / 6:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm / 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
• Elvis: That’s The Way It Was, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 7:00 pm
• Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, World’s Fair Park Amphitheatre, 8:00 pm, FREE!
• Pilot Fireball Moonlight Classic 5k and Little Firecracker Mile, Neyland Dr, 8:00 pm / 9:00 pm, $10 / $30
• Showing: Demolition Man, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Showing: Zola, Central Cinema, 10:40 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP

Sunday, July 4

• 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
• 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
• Third Annual Dolly Art Show, Rala, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sun / 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues – Sat 
• DJ Independence Day!, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, noon – 9:00 pm
• Kim Emert Gale & Harriet Howell, Art Market Gallery, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm / Tue-Sat, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
• Eastside Sunday Market, Dr. Walter Hardy Park, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Showing: Demolition Man / Zola, Central Cinema, 2:20 pm / 5:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Fourth of July on Mabry’s Hill, Mabry-Hazen House, 4:30 pm – 10:00 pm, from $5 
• Showing: Demolition Man / Zola, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you!, Preservation Pub, 8:30 pm

Monday, July 5 

• Two Bikes Presents: Coffee Outside, start at Two Bikes, 7:00 am – 10:00 am
• Monday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
• July Exhibitions, Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon – Fri, through July 30)
• 2021 Acting Workshop IN PERSON CAMP, Clarence Brown Theatre, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (weekdays through July 16), $525 
• Virtual Mighty Musical Monday featuring Assistant Organist Matthew Fisher on the Mighty Wurlitzer, Tennessee Theatre, noon, FREE!
• Featured Artist Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Hola Hora Latina @ The Emporium Center, noon – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
• Showing: Zola / Demolition Man, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Monday Charitable Juice, 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
• Women’s Circle Series: Creative Journaling, Blount Mansion, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $30
• Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
• First Mondays with Mike Baggetta, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm

Tuesday, July 6

• Third Annual Dolly Art Show, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues – Sat / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sun
• Kim Emert Gale & Harriet Howell, 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)
• Showing: Zola, Central Cinema, 5:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• July Investors Meetup & 1 Year Anniversary! hosted by Charles Gorman, Realtor – Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 8:30 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!
• Concerts in the Park with Gregory Tardy Quartet, World’s Fair Park Performance Lawn, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Weekly Open Hack Night – Show and Share, Knox Makers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
• Tiny Stage Comedy Night presents touring comic Boris Khaykin, along with Cody Hughes, Emaleigh Kierstin, Rowan Young and Keith Marcell, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $12
• 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