Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (8/22 – 8/31/2021)

Scenes from the Second Bell Festival, Knoxville, August 2018
Second Bell Festival, Suttree Landing Park, Knoxville, August 2019

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! Cases are rising and include some people who have been vaccinated. Hospitalizations and deaths are increasing among the unvaccinated. You know when you need to mask up. You know we all need to be vaccinated. Do it and let’s keep the fun times rolling!

Sunday, August 22

 

Monday, August 23

  • Julie L. Rabun Exhibition, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm, Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm), through Aug
  • Virtual Monday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
  • Printmaking Showcase Gallery Featuring Works by Students, Faculty and Staff, Art & Architecture Building, second floor, 1715 Volunteer Blvd, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri, through Aug 30)
  • August Exhibitions, Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon – Fri, through Aug 27)
  • Esther Sitver Exhibit, Dogwood Arts, 123 W Jackson Ave, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon – Fri, through Aug 27)
  • Kara Lockmiller exhibition, Bliss & Tori Mason Shoes, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm, through Aug
  • School of Art Faculty Exhibition, Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery, UT, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, (Mon-Fri, through Sept 2)
  • Featured Artist Gabriel Toledo, Hola Hora Latina @ The Emporium Center, noon – 5:00 pm (Mon – Fri)
  • Exhibition by Leesa Osburn, PostModern Spirits, 4:00 pm – 11:00 pm (Mon – Fri) / noon – 11:00 pm (Sat – Sun), through Aug 29
  • Auditions for “The Scarlet Letter,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm, RSVP
  • Showing: Cryptozoo, Central Cinema, 5:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Learning Series – The Print, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60 – $150, RSVP
  • Stretch & Strengthen with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Weekly Gypsy Circus Running Club, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Auditions for The Haunting of Hill House, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
  • Showing: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre / Demonic, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Becher, Brown, Holman and Maney, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Oracle Blue, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, August 24

  • Online: Capital Access Redefined Panel Discussion, hosted by Knoxville Chamber, 8:30 am, FREE!
  • Under Construction: Collage from The Mint Museum, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Tues – Sat / Sun, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (through Nov 7)
  • Kara Lockmiller exhibition, Bliss & Tori Mason Shoes, 10:00 am – 9:00 pm (Tue – Sat), through Aug
  • Yonder by Sarah Moore / Third Annual Dolly Art Show, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues – Sat / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sun
  • Elle Colquitt, Art Market Gallery, Tue-Sat, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Tri-Star Arts: Mondegreen by Pete Hoffecker Mejía, historic Candoro Marble Building, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tues – Sat), through Sept 25
  • Passion to Purpose: Building a Creative Career, hosted by the Maker City, Graduate Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, free, but RSVP
  • 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 (through Aug 31)
  • 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 (through Aug 31)
  • Weekly Tuesday Doggie Running Club hosted by Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
  • Auditions for The Haunting of Hill House, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  • First Annual Knoxville Kickin’ Cancer Soccer Tournament 5K! @ Printshop Beer Co, 7:00 pm
  • Weekly Tuesday Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (through Apr 22, ’22), FREE!
  • Showing: Cryptozoo / Demonic, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Screen Print Workshop, Merchants of Beer, 7:00 pm, $10 suggested donation
  • Weekly Open Hack Night – Show and Share, Knox Makers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (through May 31, ’22)
  • Weekly: Ayca Yayman Trio at Radius, Radius Rooftop Lounge, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm (through Sept 7)
  • Oracle Blue, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
Scenes from the Second Bell Festival, Knoxville, August 2018

Wednesday, August 25

 

Thursday, August 26

  • Home School Steam 2-Hour Special: Stop-Motion Animation, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 10:00 am – noon, $20, RSVP
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jamie Adamson / Matt Stillwell, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Wee Heavy & Cookies, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Showing: Cryptozoo, Central Cinema, 5:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Online: College Conversations: Religion, Race, and Ethnicity, hosted by UT, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, free, but RSVP
  • On the Lawn for LARC: Outdoor Concert Fundraiser (benefiting A Step Ahead ETN), Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • The Hobbit, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
  • Scottish Session with David Pickens at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Weekly: Kirk Fleta – Live, Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • PechaKucha Night Knoxville Volume 40, The Mill & Mine, 7:20 pm, donations welcome
  • Showing: Deep Cover / Demonic, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:15 pm, $10 – $15, RSVP 
  • Sound Bath with Shanna, Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $20
  • Roaring ’20s Themed Karaoke Party @ SkyBox Sports Bar, 8:00 pm
  • Drag Me Down to Scruffy City Hall followed by DJ Patrick Durham, 8:30 pm
  • Goats at Large, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Sam Johnston with Juke of June, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Friday, August 27

  • WDVX Big Plate with Brockefellers, Barley’s Taproom, noon, FREE!
  • Second Bell Music Festival, Suttree Landing Park, $5 – $125, 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Showing: No Man of God / Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro, Central Cinema, 5:30 pm / 7:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Knoxville Open House, Vow’d Weddings, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • “Walking Out of Our Past” 2021 Fundraising Gala benefiting Hand UP For Women, The Foundry on the Fair Site, 6:30 pm, RSVP for cost 
  • Limoncello Cider Release / Live Music: The Shaydes, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm
  • The Hobbit, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
  • Rough Dreams, Second Self and Alien Brain Wave, The Lad N Lass, 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $10
  • Movies Under the Stars: Mad Max Fury Road, Ijams Nature Center, 7:15 pm – 11:00 pm, $10 – $36
  • TN Friday Nights: Hunter Lyons (Live Music), Hops and Hollers, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Ben Maney Quartet, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
  • Erick Baker: Everybody Needs a Good Time, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $30 – $50
  • The Odd Couple (Female Version), Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 pm, $20
  • Summer Movie Magic: The Goonies, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $10, RSVP
  • Oracle Blue / Afternooners, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm
  • Serene Green Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight, FREE!
  • Showing: Godzilla vs. Megalon, Central Cinema, 10:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • SPANK at Scruffy City, 10:00 pm

 

Saturday, August 28

The Artisanals, Second Bell Festival, Knoxville, August 2018

Sunday, August 29

 

Monday, August 30 

  • Julie L. Rabun Exhibition, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm)
  • Virtual Monday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
  • Final Day: Printmaking Showcase Gallery Featuring Works by Students, Faculty and Staff, Art & Architecture Building, second floor, 1715 Volunteer Blvd, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm 
  • Exhibition Opening: Ornithological Quadrupeds featuring prints from Beauvais Lyons, University of Tennessee Chancellor’s Professor of Art, Beauvais Lyons, McClung Museum, UT, 9:00 am 
  • Kara Lockmiller exhibition, Bliss & Tori Mason Shoes, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm, through Aug 29
  • Featured Artist Gabriel Toledo, Hola Hora Latina @ The Emporium Center, noon – 3:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
  • Showing: Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Stretch & Strengthen with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing Co, 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: No Man of God, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Jonathan Maness and Cody Bauer, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Weight Night, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, August 31

  • Ornithological Quadrupeds featuring prints from Beauvais Lyons, University of Tennessee Chancellor’s Professor of Art, Beauvais Lyons, McClung Museum, UT, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tues-Sat)
  • Free Webinar: Maximizing Digital Success, Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, RSVP
  • Kara Lockmiller exhibition, Bliss & Tori Mason Shoes, 10:00 am – 9:00 pm (Tue – Sat), through Aug 29
  • Yonder by Sarah Moore / Third Annual Dolly Art Show, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues – Sat / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sun
  • Elle Colquitt, Art Market Gallery, Tue-Sat, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Tri-Star Arts: Mondegreen by Pete Hoffecker Mejía, historic Candoro Marble Building, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tues – Sat), through Sept 25
  • Showing: No Man of God, Central Cinema, 5:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Tennessee Theatre with Jack Neely of Knoxville History Project, Tennessee Theatre, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, $30
  • Final show: Tuesdays Live Music in the Elst Taproom, Elst Brewing Company, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm 
  • Weekly Tuesday Doggie Running Club hosted by SBRET, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 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 Tuesday Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (through Apr 22, ’22), FREE!
  • Weekly Open Hack Night – Show and Share, Knox Makers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (through May 31, ’22)
  • Weekly: Ayca Yayman Trio at Radius, Radius Rooftop Lounge, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm (through Sept 7)
  • Showing: Skate Video Night, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, FREE!
  • Deltaphonic, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

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