Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (11/14-11/23/2021)

Veterans Day Parade, Knoxville, November 2021
Veterans Day Parade, Knoxville, November 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. If you’d like more eyes on your business or event, consider hitting the “advertise” link at the top of this page or shoot me an email at Knoxvilleurbanguy@gmail.com for more details.

Mask up when you need to, get vaccinated if you haven’t, and let’s keep the fun times rolling!

Sunday, November 14

 

Monday, November 15 

  • Orange and Blue Blood Drive Competition, MEDIC Regional Blood Center, 7:00 am – 10:00 am (daily through Nov 19)
  • Allen Minecci 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
  • Voodoo Rocket by Kevin Bradley, RED Gallery (access through Robin Easter Design), 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, through Dec 31 
  • November Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Voices of Appalachia Exhibition by Brian Melton, Dogwood Arts, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri) 
  • Tennessee Watercolor Society’s 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri / 1:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sun (through Dec 12)
  • Final Day: Sherry Jankiewicz Exhibit at the UT School of Art, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm Online: Monday Meridian Yoga, hosted by Sandy Larson, 11:00 am – 12:10 pm, donation-based
  • Day of the Dead with Héctor Saldivar, Hola Hora Latina @ The Emporium Center, noon – 5:00 pm (Mon – Fri)
  • Coffee with a Cop, UT Student Union, Cafeteria, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
  • Work Force Opening Reception, UT Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture, 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Violin Studio Recital / Bass Studio Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm
  • Showing: Spencer / O.V.A. Extreme, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Stretch & Strengthen with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by 865 Running, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • UT Jam, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm
  • Weekly Session: Frog & Toad’s Dixie Quartet, Babalu, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (through Dec 27)
  • Improvised music sets from: Matt Nelson and Alonzo Lewis, Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
  • Manic Mondays Open Mic Night, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • All Together Now! A Musical Revue Fundraiser by and for The WordPlayers & River & Rail Theatre Companies, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm, $25 – $40
  • Jason Kane and the Jive, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • Cordovas, Barley Taproom, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, November 16

  • Principle-Based Negotiation (on Zoom), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 9:00 am – 11:00 am, $20 – $150, RSVP
  • Cherokee Health Mobile Clinic Event (including no-cost Covid-19 vaccinations), Knox Area Rescue Ministries, 418 N. Broadway Ave, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, FREE!
  • Ornithological Quadrupeds / Between the Hand and Sky: The Art of Elizabeth Gould, McClung Museum, UT, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tues-Sat, through Dec 4)
  • Roger Hankins and Jennifer Lindsay, Art Market Gallery, Tue-Sat, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Southern Ghost / Scott Southworth, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Online: Tall Man Toys Radio Hour on 106.1 VLZ – KNOXVILLE’S ROCK STATION, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
  • AIDS Memorial Quilt Campus Reception, Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
  • Online: Women’s Movements in Latin America: Pandemic-Era Political Agendas (a conversation), hosted by UT depts, 5:00 pm, RSVP
  • Final Day: Big Fun Tuesdays at Meads Quarry, Ijams Nature Center – Meads Quarry Lake, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
  • City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Restorative Yoga + Compassionate Touch Series with Cynthia Jones (three weekly classes), Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, $75
  • Tuesday Rooftop Yoga at Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, $5, RSVP
  • Weekly Tuesday Doggie Running Club hosted by Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee, Barrelhouse, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
  • Networking in Knoxville, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 6:30 pm
  • 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)
  • UT Concert Band, Symphonic Band, & Wind Ensemble, Alumni Memorial Building, James R. Cox Auditorium, 8:00 pm
  • Violin Studio Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Senora May with Wayne Graham, Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 9:45 pm
  • Sean Preston & the Loaded Pistols, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
Veterans Day Parade, Knoxville, November 2021

Wednesday, November 17

  • Final Wednesday 2021 Farmers’ Market by Nourish Knoxville, Historic Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm 
  • James Little, Paintings on Paper, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Wed-Fri / 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, Sat 
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Sean K. Preston, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Online: Errors in the 2020 Census: How and When Tennessee Communities Can Request a Decennial Count Review, hosted by UT Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research, 2:00 pm, RSVP
  • Dr. Lindsay Montgomery (U Arizona) – LECTURE: “‘You Have Harmed Us’: Stories of Violence, Resistance, and Survivance from the U.S. Indian Education System,” Strong Hall, Room B1, 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm
  • AIDS Memorial Quilt Campus Reception, Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
  • Wednesday Yoga @ Suttree, hosted by Florals & Flows Yoga, Suttree Landing, 6:30 pm, $5
  • Joint Recital: Tanner West and Ruth Ann Bendy; tuba and piano / Flute Studio Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm
  • Showing: Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 9:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Wednesday Live Music: Jason Ellis, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm
  • Online: Tranquility Base, The Concourse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Shakey Graves Was Here, The Mill and Mine, 8:00 pm, $27 – $30
  • Todd Snider with Jon Latham, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $23 – $35
  • Springboard Open Mic Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
  • Drag Bingo at Pour Taproom, 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
  • Smoky Nights, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Thursday, November 18

 

Friday, November 19

 

Saturday, November 20

Veterans Day Parade, Knoxville, November 2021

Sunday, November 21

 

Monday, November 22 

  • Works by Allen Minecci, 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
  • November Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Voodoo Rocket by Kevin Bradley, RED Gallery (access through Robin Easter Design), 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, through Dec 31 
  • Voices of Appalachia Exhibition by Brian Melton, Dogwood Arts, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri) 
  • Tennessee Watercolor Society’s 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri / 1:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sun (through Dec 12)
  • Online: Monday Meridian Yoga, hosted by Sandy Larson, 11:00 am – 12:10 pm, donation-based
  • Day of the Dead with Héctor Saldivar, Hola Hora Latina @ The Emporium Center, noon – 5:00 pm (Mon – Fri)
  • Showing: Black Friday / Repo Man / Django, Central Cinema, 5:00 pm / 7:00 pm / 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Stretch & Strengthen with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Improvised music sets from: Jorge Variago, Buddy Honeycutt, Cullen Burke, and Matt Nelson, Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Jazz for Tots Concert, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:00 pm
  • Tyler Cain Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
  • Weekly Session: Frog & Toad’s Dixie Quartet, Babalu, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (through Dec 27)
  • Manic Mondays Open Mic Night, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Will Boyd Group, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, November 23

  • Cherokee Health Mobile Clinic Event (including no-cost Covid-19 vaccinations), Knox Area Rescue Ministries, 418 N. Broadway Ave, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, FREE!
  • Ornithological Quadrupeds / Between the Hand and Sky: The Art of Elizabeth Gould, UT McClung Museum, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tues-Sat, through Dec 4)
  • Roger Hankins and Jennifer Lindsay, Art Market Gallery, Tue-Sat, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Online: Tall Man Toys Radio Hour on 106.1 VLZ – KNOXVILLE’S ROCK STATION, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
  • Kelle Jolly – Lecture: “Where Do Your Dreams Live?” Stokely Management Center, Room G2, 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm
  • Showing: Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time / The Feast, Central Cinema, 5:30 pm / 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Tuesday Rooftop Yoga at Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, $5, RSVP
  • 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)