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, December 26
- Downtown Knoxville Vendors In-Store Service Hours / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
- The Elf on the Shelf® Adventure / Peppermint Trail, Downtown Knoxville and the Old City, daily through Jan 2
- Ellen Reid Soundwalk (featuring Kronos Quartet) in Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm (daily through Sep 30, 2022)
- East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sun / 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Tue-Sat (through Jan 9, 2022)
- Weekly Sunday Funday: Yoga and Cider, Barrelhouse, 10:30 am – 11:30 am, $10 – $25
- Sunday Yoga at Hi-Wire Brewing, 11:00 am, $5
- Yoga @ Elst Every Sunday, Elst Brewing Company, 11:00 am, $5
- Kicking Kwanzaa Off: Umoja (Unity): Brown Girl’s Brunch, The Bottom, 2340 E Magnolia Ave, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, $25, RSVP
- Holidays on Ice, Historic Market Square, 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Sun / 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Mon-Thu / 10:00 am – 10:00 pm, Fri-Sat (through Jan 2), $9 – $50
- Charles R. Graves and Karyn Kyte, Art Market Gallery, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm / 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat)
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs, Civic Coliseum, 3:00 pm, $10 – $42
- Bluegrass Jam with Perry Cooper, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm
- Showing: Red Rocket / Gremlins / Red Rocket, Central Cinema, 3:15 pm / 6:00 pm / 8:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Miracle in the Old City, Brother Wolf, 4:00 pm – 1:00 am, Sun – Thu / 4:00 pm – 3:00 am, Fri-Sat (through Jan 2)
- Steam Engine LIVE at Ale’ Rae’s, 5:00 pm
- Broadway at the Tennessee: Come From Away, Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 pm, $54 – $94
- Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 pm
- DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm
- Skankbanger, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 pm
Monday, December 27
- Farewell 2021, MEDIC Regional Blood Center, 7:30 am – 4:00 pm (daily through Dec 31)
- Michelle Barillo 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 Holiday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Exhibition from the Basement: Annual Art Education Exhibition, Jane and David Bailey Education Complex, Rm 105, 1122 Volunteer Blvd, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (Mon-Thu, through Jan 31), FREE!
- Voodoo Rocket by Kevin Bradley, RED Gallery (access through Robin Easter Design), 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, through Dec 31
- December 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)
- After Christmas Sale, Knoxville Soap Candle & Gifts. 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (daily through Dec 31)
- Double Feature: Brian Pittman and Tiny Art Show, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm / Sun, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Holidays on Ice, Historic Market Square, 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Mon-Thu / 10:00 am – 10:00 pm, Fri-Sat / 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Sun, $9 – $50 (through Jan 2)
- Kujichagulia (Self-Determination): Sip ‘n Sew, The Bottom, 2340 E Magnolia Ave, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $25, RSVP
- Monday Night Yoga 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
- Auditions for “Office Hours” by Norm Foster, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 7:00 pm
- Final Session: Frog & Toad’s Dixie Quartet, Babalu, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Showing: Gremlins / Dial Code Santa Claus, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
- Manic Mondays Open Mic Night, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
- Tennessee Stifflegs, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm, $15
- Oracle Blue, Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm
Tuesday, December 28
- 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!
- East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Tue-Sat / 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sun
- 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!
- Showing: Red Rocket / Skate Video Night, Central Cinema, 5:00 pm / 8:00 pm, $5 – $10 / FREE!, RSVP
- City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Tuesday Rooftop Yoga at Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, $5, RSVP
- 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)
- Auditions for “Office Hours” by Norm Foster, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 7:00 pm
- Old Crow Medicine Show, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $40 – $75
- Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
- Oracle Blue, Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm
Wednesday, December 29
- Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics): Ujamaa Market, The Bottom, 2340 E Magnolia Ave, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Reopens January 5: Costume and Beyond: an exhibition of work by Kyle Schellinger + Marianne Custer, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Wed-Fri / 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, Sat
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Final Wednesday Vinyl Night, Geezers Brewery, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Showing: McCabe and Mrs. Miller / Red Rocket, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Wednesday Live Music: Steph Cabell, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm
- Springboard Open Mic Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm, FREE!
- COOPER, Wish Mire & the High Hopes, & Sympathy For Puppets, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $8
- Tennessee String Busters, Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm
- Rossdafareye, Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm
Thursday, December 30
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Showing: Red Rocket / McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Central Cinema, 5:00 pm / 8:00 pm, $15
- Irish Session at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm – 10:00 pm
- All Them Witches, The Mill & Mine, 8:00 pm, $25
- 90.3 WUTK Presents NYE Eve with Evil Twin / Mercy Lights / Mic Harrison And The High Score, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 pm, $10 – $12
- Drag Me Down to Scruffy City Hall followed by DJ Patrick Durham, 8:30 pm
- Rossdafareye, Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm
Friday, December 31
- Final Day: Voodoo Rocket by Kevin Bradley, RED Gallery (access through Robin Easter Design), 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Final Day: After Christmas Sale, Knoxville Soap Candle & Gifts. 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Holidays on Ice, Historic Market Square, 1:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $9 – $50
- WDVX Big Plate: TBA, Barley’s Taproom, noon, FREE!
- New Years Eve Bar Crawl – Knoxville, Market Square, 4:00 pm – 1:00 am, $14.99 – $34.99
- New Year’s Eve Celebration, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 4:00 pm – 1:00 am
- New Year’s Eve 8 PM Countdown & Toast, Knox Brew Hub, 4:00 pm
- New Year’s Eve Celebration at Oliver Royale, 4:00 pm – midnight, $109, RSVP
- NYE Party, The Vault, 5:00 pm – 1:00 am, RSVP
- NYE 2022 Old City Pub Crawl, Old City Sports & Wagon Wheel / Southbound & Hanna’s Old City, 5:00 pm / 8:00 pm, $25 – $50, RSVP
- New Year’s Eve Prix Fixe Dinner, Babalu, 5:00 pm / 8:00 pm, $45, RSVP
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs Pensacola Ice Flyers, Civic Coliseum, 6:00 pm, $10 – $42
- New Year’s Eve 2021, Mirage Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 2:00 am, $40, RSVP
- Crowne Plaza New Year’s Eve Party, Crowne Plaza Knoxville Downtown, 6:00 pm – 1:00 am, RSVP for pricing
- New Year’s Eve Party, Skybox Sports Bar and Grill, 6:00 pm – 3:00 am, $40, RSVP
- New Year’s Eve Dinner, Simpl., 6:00 pm / 8:30 pm, $80, RSVP
- Showing: When Harry Met Sally…, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- NYE: Studio 54 at Pour, Pour Taproom, 8:00 pm – 1:00 am, $25 – $30, RSVP
- Burlesque Show and Late Night Dance Party! Barrelhouse, 8:00 pm – 2:00 am, FREE!
- New Years Eve Party, Radius Rooftop Lounge, 8:00 pm
- New Year’s Eve Vinyl Dance Party & Drag Show at Hi-Wire Brewing, 8:30 pm – 1:00 am, $5 – $10
- New Year’s Eve at the Sunsphere, World’s Fair Park, Festival Lawn, 9:00 pm
- Nick Swan @ Ale’ Rae’s, 9:00 pm – midnight
- New Year’s Eve (Hogmanay) w/The Crossjacks, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm, $5
- New Year’s Eve Performance: Mikki Norwood Band, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 9:00 pm – 1:00 am, FREE!
- New Year’s Eve Silent Disco, Pretentious Beer Co, 9:00 pm, $20, RSVP
- Kuumba (Creativity): Black Creatives Meetup Karaoke Edition, The Bottom, 2340 E Magnolia Ave, 9:00 pm – 1:00, RSVP
- NYE: Winter of Our Disco Tent, Crafty Bastard Brewery, 9:00 pm – 1:00 am
- Teen Spirit New Year’s Eve, Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm
- Vibraslaps, Preservation Pub, 10:00 pm
- NYE with Jeanine Fuller, Bistro at the Bijou, 10:00 pm – 12:30 am
- Andres Tapia Latin Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm
- New Year’s Eve with Smooth Sailor, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm, $10
- Toast 2021 Goodbye! Corner Lounge Knoxville, 11:55 pm
Saturday, January 1
- Reopens January 5: Costume and Beyond: an exhibition of work by Kyle Schellinger + Marianne Custer, UT Downtown Gallery, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, Sat / 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Wed-Fri
- New Year’s Day Hike, Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am – noon, $10, RSVP
- New Year’s Day Brunch at Oliver Royale, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, $69
- Holidays on Ice, Historic Market Square, 11:00 am – 10:00 pm, $9 – $50
- Saturday Yoga at Hi-Wire Brewing, 11:00 am – noon, $5
- Happy 2022! Let’s get Spicy! Elst Brewing Company, 3:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs Pensacola Ice Flyers, Civic Coliseum, 6:00 pm, $10 – $42
- Showing: When Harry Met Sally… / Donnie Darko, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm / 9:40 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Fanny and the Paper Straws, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm
- JLAD – Jimmi Lang’s Almost Doors, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 pm
- Scubatron, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm
Sunday, January 2
- Downtown Knoxville Vendors In-Store Service Hours / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
- Final Day: The Elf on the Shelf® Adventure / Peppermint Trail, Downtown Knoxville and the Old City
- Ellen Reid Soundwalk (featuring Kronos Quartet) in Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm (daily through Sep 30, 2022)
- East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sun / 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Tue-Sat (through Jan 9, 2022)
- Weekly Sunday Funday: Yoga and Cider, Barrelhouse, 10:30 am – 11:30 am, $10 – $25
- Sunday Yoga at Hi-Wire Brewing, 11:00 am, $5
- Yoga @ Elst Every Sunday, Elst Brewing Company, 11:00 am, $5
- Final Day: Holidays on Ice, Historic Market Square, 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $9 – $50
- Final Day: Miracle in the Old City, Brother Wolf, 4:00 pm – 1:00 am, Sun – Thu / 4:00 pm – 3:00 am, Fri-Sat
- Showing: When Harry Met Sally… / Donnie Darko, Central Cinema, 5:00 pm / 7:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- An Awakening: Self Care, Self Love Series with Kelly Scott (Two Sunday Sessions), Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (continues 1/9) , $80, RSVP
- Gregg Hatfield Eggar Holloway, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 pm
- DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you!, Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm
Monday, January 3
- Michelle Barillo 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 Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Exhibition from the Basement: Annual Art Education Exhibition, Jane and David Bailey Education Complex, Rm 105, 1122 Volunteer Blvd, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (Mon-Thu, through Jan 31), FREE!
- January Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri
- Double Feature: Brian Pittman and Tiny Art Show, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm / Sun, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (through Jan 29)
- Drawing Skills: Gesture & Proportion, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $45
- Monday Night Yoga, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
- Monthly: Learning Beekeeping, Sustainable Future Center, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
- Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
- Manic Mondays Open Mic Night / Weekly Charitable Juice: Bingo to support Cupid’s Undie Run, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
- Showing: Donnie Darko, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Naked Minds, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
- Two Nights: Jack Byron Live @ Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm – 1:00 am
Tuesday, January 4
- 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!
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Tuesday Rooftop Yoga at Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, $5, RSVP
- 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)
- Showing: Tiny Stage Comedy Night, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
- Second of Two Nights: Jack Byron Live @ Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm – 1:00 am