Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/17-4/26/2022)

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Camille Thurman with the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Bijou Theatre, Knoxville, April 2022
Camille Thurman with the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Bijou Theatre, Knoxville, April 2022

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.

Sunday, April 17

 

Monday, April 18 

  • Virtual Artist Studio Visit 2022 with Mike C. Berry, Presented by the KMA Guild, daily through Apr 30
  • Artist Allison Meriwether, Awaken Coffee, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm, Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm), through Apr 30
  • “You Should’ve Been There!” 40th Anniversary of the 1982 World’s Fair, East Tennessee Historical Society, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Mon – Fri / 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, Sat / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Sun (through Oct 9), $8 – $10
  • March Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Wild Life: May 2022 – A1LabArts Call for Art! Broadway Studios and Gallery, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (daily through Apr 29; drop-off Apr 29, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm & Apr 30, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm; reception May 6), free – $22.02
  • Online: Alcohol use and sexual assault: What is the relationship? Hosted by UT Office of Title IX, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
  • Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Showing: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Central Cinema, 5:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Caleb Hupp; Percussion, Junior Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm
  • Yoga at Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (weekly through May 2), $10
  • Monday Night Yoga with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by Flying Pints, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 6:30 pm, FREE!
  • A Reading with Nawaaz Ahmed, UT John C Hodges Library, Room 101, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Monday: Open Mic Night, hosted by Chris Marshall / Thirsty Orange Ticket Raffle, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Aug 29) / 9:30 pm – 9:45 pm (through Apr 25)
  • Spring Bocce, Hops and Hollers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (Mondays through May 23)
  • Joe Wilaniskis, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
  • The “Last Lecture,” by John Nolt of UT Philosophy Dept., Strong Hall, Room 104, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Virtual Author Event feat. Majora Carter & Trevor Decker Cohen, hosted by Union Ave Books, 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm, RSVP
  • Litz at Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm, $3
  • Showing: O.V.A. Extreme, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm, $15, RSVP
  • Will Boyd Group, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Online: Words From The Wolfpack Ep.1 Ft. GRGLY, hosted by Knoxturnal Entertainment, 10:oo pm – midnight

 

Tuesday, April 19

  • 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!
  • Shane Pickett: Djinong Djina Boodja (Look at the Land that I Have Traveled), McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat, through May 7)
  • Global Asias: Contemporary Asian and Asian American Art from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sun), through Apr 24
  • The Fortune Teller’s Sister & Other Portraits by Cynthia Markert, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun), through April 30
  • Anna Burton & Curt Imerman, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun), through Apr 30
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Brand New Box of Matches, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Knox Opera with Rotary Club of Knoxville, Crowne Plaza, 401 W Summit Hill Dr, noon – 12:30 pm, $15
  • Online: Physician Leadership Symposium: Healthcare AI, hosted by UT Haslam College of Business, noon – 1:00 pm, RSVP
  • Block Printed Zipper Pouches, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $40, RSVP
  • Songwriter Open Mic at Next Level! Next Level Brewing Company, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Ruoyun Zhu; piano, Junior Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 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), FREE!
  • Weekly Open Hack Night – Show and Share, Knox Makers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (through May 31)
  • Showing: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Stranger Things Trivia at Xül Beer Co, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
  • Tiny Stage Comedy, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 7:00 pm, FREE! Donations welcome
  • Drag Bingo at The Mill & Mine, 7:00 pm
  • Chamber Concert II, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Litz at Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm, $3
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
Aerial View of Caldonia Pass from the Southeast

Wednesday, April 20

  • A Rose Goes: Amanda Friedman and Lynne Marinelli Ghenov, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Wed-Fri) / 11:00 am – 3:00 pm (Sat), through Apr 30
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Lowdown Revival, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Recruiting and Retaining Quality Board Members (Virtual), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $20 – $150, RSVP
  • Weekly Puzzled Night @ Crafty Downtown, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm (through May 25)
  • Showing: Dazed and Confused, Central Cinema, 4:20 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Morris Lecture in Classics: Deborah Beck Haines on “The Shepherd and His Flock: The Story of a Simile Motif,” UT John C Hodges Library, Lindsay Young Auditorium, 4:45 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • All About Dragons: Meditation & Attunement to Meet Your Dragon Spirit Guide with Rachel Chamness, Ascension & Lightworker Guide, Infinite Light Center, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, $33.33, RSVP
  • Union Ave Book Club at The Hub featuring They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib (Non-fiction) or A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes (Fiction), Knox Brew Hub, 6:00 pm
  • Abstract Paint Scraper Paintings, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $30
  • Kevin Prasse, saxophone, junior recital / GTA String Ensemble Concert, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm
  • South Park Trivia Night at The Mill & Mine, 6:30 pm, RSVP
  • Wednesday Yoga with Florals & Flows Yoga, Suttree Landing Park, 6:30 pm, $5
  • Satigiri Sangha Wednesday, Mountain Mindfulness Society, Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Showing: Dazed and Confused / Everything Everywhere All at Once, Central Cinema, 6:45 pm / 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Wednesday Live Music: Toby Gibson, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Trivia Night with River & Rail, Pretentious Beer Co, 7:00 pm
  • Artist in Residence: Daniel Fluitt featuring Sam Quinn, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Wednesday Learn Latin Dancing with HaCha Latin Dance Company at the Double S wine bar, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Apr 27), $5
  • Preview: Always…Patsy Cline, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $14 – $20
  • My Morning Jacket, Civic Auditorium, 8:00 pm, $48 – $78
  • FourTwinny Variety Fest 2022, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm, $20
  • Vaden Landers / Chloe Kimes Band, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm / 11:00 pm

 

Thursday, April 21

  • Thursday Learn Latin Dancing with HaCha Latin Dance Company at Awaken Coffee, 6:45 pm – 7:45 pm (through Apr 28), $5
  • Shouting Truth to Power: A Journalist’s Calling with Roy S. Johnson, 2021 Pulitzer Prize finalist in commentary, UT John C Hodges Library, Lindsay Young Auditorium, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Showing: Sing-Along Benefit: Hairspray, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $13 – $15, RSVP
  • Ticket to Ride Game Night with Dougy! Knox Brew Hub, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
  • DIY Charcuterie Class, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, $75, RSVP
  • Irish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm
  • Always…Patsy Cline, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $14 – $20
  • KSO: The Cycle of Life, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $16 – $90
  • An Evening with Jon Meacham: Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush, hosted by East Tennessee Historical Society, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
  • UT Concert Band, Symphonic Band, & Wind Ensemble, Alumni Memorial Building, James R. Cox Auditorium, 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Drag Me Down to Scruffy City Hall, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Houndmouth, The Mill and Mine, 8:00 pm, $25
  • Modest Mouse, Civic Auditorium, 8:00 pm, $39 – $69
  • Chris Mondak Band, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Zack Joseph / Chloe Kimes Band, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm / 11:00 pm

 

Friday, April 22 

  • Workforce Symposium: Growing and Retaining Talent, hosted by Knoxville Chamber, Knoxville Convention Center, 8:00 am – 3:30 pm, $75 – $225
  • Debuting: Women Artists Highlights from the Hunter Museum and the KMA, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tues- Sat) / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sun)
  • Dogwood Arts Festival, World’s Fair Park, 10:00 am – 8:30 pm
  • Earth Day Celebration 2022, hosted by Infinite Light Center, First Creek Park, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, donation-based
  • WDVX Big Plate Special: The Family Sowell, Barley’s Taproom, noon, FREE!
  • Virtual Baker Café; Hypersonic Technology: What It Is, Why It Matters, and the State of American Defense Capabilities, hosted by UT Baker Center for Public Policy, noon – 1:00 pm
  • Showing: Everything Everywhere All at Once / Duck Soup / Dazed and Confused, Central Cinema, 4:15 pm / 7:00 pm / 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Nan Shan, works by Anthony Huang, Gallery 1010, 100 S. Gay St, Ste 114, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • The Spark Collection | Pop-Up Shop, Graduate Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Bend & Bliss – Yin Yoga + Thai Yoga Massage, Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $50
  • Julia Haas, piano, graduate recital / Adriel Baralt Jimenez, tenor, graduate recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm
  • Friday Night Live: Mojo Tweed and Leftfoot Dave & The Magic Hats, The Concourse, 6:00 pm, $13.20 – $15
  • Cheese & Cider Dinner, TAPestry Knoxville, Barrelhouse, 6:30 pm, $45 – $80, RSVP
  • Matt Woods, Trailhead Beer Market, 7:00 pm
  • Evelyn Jack, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Friday Live Music: Jewell & Scott, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Always…Patsy Cline, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $22 – $47
  • KSO: The Cycle of Life, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $16 – $90
  • Jameson Tank / Girltones / Neutral Slap, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:00 pm / 11:30 pm
  • Dancing Through the Decades: A Pole Prom @, Sheer Inspiration Pole Fitness w/ Natasha Fine, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $30 
  • Cave Deco, Hatchet Babushka, MEGAM00N X, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10 
  • The Reflectors Live, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm
  • Mighty Blue, Pour Taproom, 9:00 pm – midnight
  • The Coveralls at Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm
  • Banditos, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm, $5

 

Saturday, April 23

Final Blessing of the Pansies, 100 Block Gay Street, Knoxville, March 2022

Sunday, April 24

 

Monday, April 25

  • Virtual Artist Studio Visit 2022 with Mike C. Berry, Presented by the KMA Guild, daily through Apr 30
  • Artist Allison Meriwether, Awaken Coffee, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm, Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm), through Apr 30
  • “You Should’ve Been There!” 40th Anniversary of the 1982 World’s Fair, East Tennessee Historical Society, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Mon – Fri / 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, Sat / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Sun (through Oct 9), $8 – $10
  • April Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Wild Life: May 2022 – A1LabArts Call for Art! Broadway Studios and Gallery, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (daily through Apr 29; drop-off Apr 29, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm & Apr 30, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm; reception May 6), free – $22.02
  • Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Origami Quilts: Music, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm, $35
  • Yoga at Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (weekly through May 2), $10
  • Monday Night Yoga with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by Flying Pints, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Four Roses Tasting Dinner with Master Distiller, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, $130
  • Showing: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Queer Yoga with Amberly Kelley-Dotson, Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, pick your price, $10, $15, $20, or $25
  • Monday: Open Mic Night, hosted by Chris Marshall / Final Thirsty Orange Ticket Raffle, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Aug 29) / 9:30 pm – 9:45 pm 
  • Spring Bocce, Hops and Hollers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (Mondays through May 23)
  • UTK Student Jam hosted by Margherita Fava, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Virtual Author Event feat. Cathey Daniels, hosted by Union Ave Books, 7:00 pm
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE
  • Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Civic Auditorium, 8:00 pm, $28 – $58
  • Primus, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $45 – $75
  • Joel Harrison & Free Country, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Buffalo Kings, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, April 26

  • Sports Authority Board, City of Knoxville Public Works Service Center, 3131 Morris Ave, 9:00 am – 10:00 am
  • Getting Your Board on Board with Fundraising (Virtual), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 9:00 am – noon, $30 – $225, 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!
  • Shane Pickett: Djinong Djina Boodja (Look at the Land that I Have Traveled), McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat, through May 7)
  • The Fortune Teller’s Sister & Other Portraits with Cynthia Markert, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun), through Mar 28
  • Anna Burton & Curt Imerman, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun), through Apr 30
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Dallas Ugly, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Tennessee Theatre, 6:00 pm, $25 – $55
  • Learning Series – The Print, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60 – $150
  • Showing: In Bruges, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm, $5 – $10, 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), FREE!
  • Weekly Open Hack Night – Show and Share, Knox Makers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (through May 31)
  • Macrame Plant Hanger Workshop, Trailhead Beer Market, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm, $35
  • Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $35 – $50
  • Always…Patsy Cline, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $22 – $47
  • Taber Gabel and Hidden Driveways, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10 
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Willie Watson, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm, $15 – $18
  • Dallas Ugly, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
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