Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (9/5 – 9/14/2021)

Photo Courtesy of Chicago Electric Boat Company
Photo Courtesy of Chicago Electric Boat Company

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, September 5

 

Monday, September 6 

  • Debbie and Marc of Master Repurposers, 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
  • Labor Day Sunflower Project with the Native Plant Rescue Squad, Knoxville Botanic Gardens, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
  • September Exhibitions at the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri (through Sept 24)
  • Works by Leesa Osburn, Old City MedSpa, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm 
  • Epiphone Student Guitar Design Exhibition + Auction, Dogwood Arts, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm 
  • Monday September 6th Labor Day Sale, Knoxville Soap Candle & Gifts, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • Labor Day Weekend Shrimp-a-palooza! Barrelhouse, 11:30 am – 8:00 pm
  • The Frutos Latinos Contest and Group Exhibit, Hola Hora Latina @ The Emporium Center, noon – 5:00 pm (Mon – Fri)
  • Online: Mighty Musical Monday featuring House Organist Freddie Brabson on the Mighty Wurlitzer, Tennessee Theatre, noon, FREE!
  • Showing: Raging Fire / Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Charitable Juice September: ALZ Association, Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm
  • Canceled for Labor Day: 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
  • Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by 865 Running, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
  • Deltaphonic, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, September 7

  • Ornithological Quadrupeds / Between the Hand and Sky: The Art of Elizabeth Gould, McClung Museum, UT, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tues-Sat)
  • Works by Leesa Osburn, Old City MedSpa, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm (Tue-Thu)
  • 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)
  • Gary Dagnan and Patricia Herzog, 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
  • Dr. Chip Colwell (Sapiens) & Stewart Koyiyumptewa (Hopi Cultural Preservation Office) lecture on “Traditional Cultural Places and the Hopi Model of Cultural Preservation,” Stokely Management Center, Room G2, 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm, FREE!
  • City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Alternating weeks: Big Fun Tuesdays at Meads Quarry, Ijams Nature Center – Meads Quarry Lake, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
  • September Investors Meetup, SouthSide Garage, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • 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!
  • 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)
  • Tiny Stage Comedy Night, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm, FREE!
  • Jazz on the Square: Jack Roben Trio, Market Square, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Final Night: Ayca Yayman Trio at Radius, Radius Rooftop Lounge, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm 
  • POSTPONED: Steel Panther, The Mill & Mine, 8:30 pm, $27.50
  • Deltaphonic, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
1 Riverwalk and Regal Cinema Headquarters with Knoxville Skyline, September 2018

Wednesday, September 8

  • Debut of Ellen Reid Soundwalk featuring Kronos Quartet in Ijams Nature Center, 8:00 am (daily through Sep 30)
  • Wednesday 2021 Farmers’ Market by Nourish Knoxville, Historic Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (through Nov 17)
  • Wedding WednesYAY! Vow’d Weddings, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
  • Bill Dooley + Alex McClurg Alabama Abstractions, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Wed-Fri / 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, Sat 
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Honey Magpie and Tim Easton, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Weekly Vinyl Night, Geezers Brewery, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Dr. Chip Colwell, from Sapiens, & Stewart Koyiyumptewa, from the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office, lecture on “Twisting Strings: Hopi Ancestors and Ancient DNA,” Strong Hall, Room B1, 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm, FREE!
  • Printmaking: Monoprinted Hands, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm, $30
  • Showing: Raging Fire, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Wednesday Yoga @ Suttree, hosted by Florals & Flows Yoga, Suttree Landing, 6:30 pm, $5
  • Satigiri Sangha Wed Meetings, Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Learn Latin Dancing at the Double S wine bar, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $5
  • Zoom: UT Humanities Center Public Books Circle: discussion led by English professor Martin Griffin on Dorian Lynskey’s The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell’s 1984, 7:00 pm, free, but RSVP
  • Todrick Hall, UTK Student Union Auditorium, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Online: Tranquility Base, hosted by the Concourse, 7:00 pm
  • Wednesday Night Karaoke, Fanatic Brewing Co, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Springboard Open Mic Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
  • Easy Honey, Preservation Pub, 10:00 pm

 

Thursday, September 9

 

Friday, September 10

 

Saturday, September 11

  • 2021 NFFF Knoxville 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb (hosted by SERVPRO of Loudon and Roane Counties, SERVPRO of Hamblen County and SERVPRO of Rocky Hill, Sequoyah Hills, South Knoxville), Knoxville Sunsphere, 7:15 am – noon
  • NFFF Knoxville’s Memorial Stair Climb, hosted by NFFF Knoxville Memorial Stair Climb, World’s Fair Park, 8:00 am, FREE!
  • Saturday Farmers’ Market by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, Market Street and Union Avenue, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm (through Nov 20)
  • Beginning to Bird: Hawk Migration (Adult Program), 9:00 am – 11:00 am, $8, RSVP
  • Basketmaking: Teeny Twill, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 9:30 am – 2:00 pm, $50
  • Susan Feinberg’s exhibit, Portraits: Rinse and Repeat, Gallery 1010, 100 S Gay St, Ste 114, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • Bill Dooley + Alex McClurg Alabama Abstractions, UT Downtown Gallery, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, Sat / 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Wed-Fri 
  • New Works by BSG Artists, Broadway Studios and Gallery, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, Fri-Sat
  • 100 Black Men of Knoxville – Health Fair (Vaccinations available, sponsored by Winbigler Medical), 317 McConnell St, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
  • Saturday Hair of the Dog Yoga with Rigazzi, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10 – $12, RSVP
  • Yoga @ Elst Every Saturday, Elst Brewing Company, 11:00 am, $5
  • Saturday Farmers Market B.Y.O.Brunch @ The Hub, Knox Brew Hub, 11:30 am – 2:00 pm
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Mike Thomas Band / Travis Shallow, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Magnolia Avenue Makers Market, 2302 E Magnolia Ave, noon – 4:00 pm
  • School of Hard Knox Education Series, The Concourse, noon, $10 donation, RSVP
  • Clay: Folded Platter With Mishima, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $45
  • Flea Circus Craft Market @ Barrelhouse, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Showing: Children of Men / The Year of the Everlasting Storm, Central Cinema, 2:15 pm / 4:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • The Dinner Detective, Hilton Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, starting at $59.95
  • Greg Tardy, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm / 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Smooth Sailor at Merchants of Beer, 7:00 pm, $15
  • Showing: They Live, Central Cinema, 7:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Killswitch Engage, The Devil Wears Prada, Warclown, The Mill and Mine, 7:30 pm, $37
  • The Odd Couple (Female Version), Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 pm, $20
  • The Relics, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm
  • Airshow Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm, FREE!
  • Shot Thru the Heart / Sunsett Strip / Three Star Revival, Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm / 11:30 pm
  • AFTM, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm
View From the 530 Lounge, Hyatt Place Rooftop, 530 South Gay Street, Knoxville, December 2020

Sunday, September 12

 

Monday, September 13 

  • Debbie and Marc of Master Repurposers, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm)
  • Online: Home Sweet Home Birdhouse Auction, hosted by UT Gardens, 8:00 am (through Sep 22)
  • Virtual Monday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
  • Works by Leesa Osburn, Old City MedSpa, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm 
  • Epiphone Student Guitar Design Exhibition + Auction, Dogwood Arts, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm 
  • Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic, hosted by the City of Knoxville and the Knox County Health Department, Small Assembly Room, City County Building, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (second shot, Oct 4), FREE
  • The Frutos Latinos Contest and Group Exhibit, Hola Hora Latina @ The Emporium Center, noon – 5:00 pm (Mon – Fri)
  • Charitable Juice September: ALZ Association, Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm
  • 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
  • Group Past Life Regression Workshop, Infinite Light Center, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, $25, RSVP
  • Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by 865 Running, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
  • Jonathan Maness & Cody Bauer, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Vintage Pistol, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, September 14

  • 2021 ABN Fundraising Conference, Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 9:00 am – 1:30 pm, $59 – $199, RSVP
  • Ornithological Quadrupeds / Between the Hand and Sky: The Art of Elizabeth Gould, UT McClung Museum, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tues-Sat)
  • Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic, hosted by the City of Knoxville and the Knox County Health Department, Public Works Building’s Community Room, 3131 Morris Ave, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (second shot, Oct 5), FREE 
  • Gary Dagnan and Patricia Herzog, 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
  • Dr. Rick Smith (George Mason U), Lecture: “In Cold Blood: Unsettling the Invention of Indigenous DNA,” Stokely Management Center, Room G2, 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm, FREE!
  • 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!
  • Paint pARTy at Hi-Wire Brewing, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $27 
  • 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)
  • Showing: The Year of the Everlasting Storm, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • History of the Howell Nursery and Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, hosted by Knoxville History Project, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Jazz on the Square: Don Hough Octet, Market Square, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Vintage Pistol, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm