Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/24-5/3/2022)

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Sunday, April 24

• Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
• Ericka Walker Lithographs, Printmaking Showcase Gallery, 2nd Floor Printmaking Aisle, UT Art and Architecture Building, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm (daily through May 30)
• Dogwood Arts Festival, World’s Fair Park, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Ellen Reid Soundwalk (featuring Kronos Quartet) in Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm (daily through Sep 30)
• Make Your Own Pinhole Camera! presented by The Big Camera, Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, $40 – $50, RSVP
• 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
• Brunch & Browse @ CFS, Central Filling Station, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm (weekly through Nov 20) / noon – 2:00 pm
• Final Day, Global Asias: Contemporary Asian and Asian American Art from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Take a Pinhole Photo for Worldwide Pinhole Photo Day! presented by The Big Camera, Ijams Nature Center, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm, free, but RSVP
• Weekly Modern Dance Open Level Modern Improvisation, Emporium Center for Arts & Culture, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $10
• Rediscovering Fort Sanders – Film Screening, hosted by Knox County Public Library @ East Tennessee History Center, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Chamber Ensemble Showcase, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 2:00 pm 
• Adoption Event with Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee, Crafty Bastard Downtown, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Always…Patsy Cline, Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 pm, $22 – $47
• Old Sevier APRIL Market with Old Sevier Merchants, 1024 Sevier Ave, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Showing: Everything Everywhere All at Once / Duck Soup / Everything Everywhere All at Once, Central Cinema, 2:45 pm / 5:45 pm / 7:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Bluegrass Jam with Perry Cooper, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Final Performance: I Hate Hamlet, Theatre Knoxville, 3:00 pm, $20
• Blues Cruise Featuring Tee Dee Young, hosted by The Smoky Mountain Blues Society, Tennessee Riverboat, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $20 – $25
• Board/Volunteer interest meet, with Slow Food Tennessee Valley, Ale’ Rae’s, 5:00 pm
• Partner Thai – Sit, Walk, Stand, Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $30
• Small Jazz Ensemble, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm 
• Fleurish – A Sustainable Fashion Event, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $20, RSVP
• A Star is Born in Knoxville! VALLIE releases her third EP, “Circumstances,” 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, free, but RSVP
• Taylor Tomlinson, Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 pm, $30 – $50
• Sierra Ferrell, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $20 – $28
• Fiddles & Flatpicks, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 pm
• DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you!, Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm

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
• Drink & Learn: “A Conversation About Sexual Assault,” with Catherine Oaks (Director of Victim Services), Brittany Thompson (SACET Services Coordinator), Knox Brew Hub, 4:00 pm
• Auditions for Sister Act Jr, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
• Monday 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)
• 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), through July 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 May 29
• 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 / Skate Video Night, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
• Final Tuesday Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, 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 Gable 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

Wednesday, April 27

• Denim Day Virtual Event, hosted by UT Office of Title IX
• Three Rivers String Quartet, hosted by Music for Seniors Knoxville at Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:30 am – 11:30 am, FREE! But RSVP
• 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
• SoKno Social Benefiting Ijams @ SoKno Taco Cantina, 11:00 am – 10:00 pm, $10 donation
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Willie Watson, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Brown Bag Lunch: Downtown Knoxville Book Talk with Jack Neely & Paul James, East Tennessee History Center, noon – 1:00 pm, RSVP
• Weekly Puzzled Night @ Crafty Downtown, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm (through May 25)
• Vow’d Knoxville Open House, Vow’d Weddings, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Stammtisch – Start a Conversation, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
• Collage Madness, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $45 RSVP
• Trombone Studio Recital / Kevork Esmeryan; violin, Graduate Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm
• Wednesday Yoga with Florals & Flows Yoga, Suttree Landing Park, 6:30 pm, $5
• Showing: In Bruges / Everything Everywhere All at Once, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Wednesday Live Music: Alex Forester, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Artist in Residence: Daniel Fluitt featuring Josh Smith, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
• Final Wednesday Learn Latin Dancing with HaCha Latin Dance Company at the Double S wine bar, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $5
• Shannon & the Clams, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $20 – $25
• Always…Patsy Cline, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $14 – $20
• Spoon, The Mill & Mine, 7:30 pm, $30
• Razor Braids, Willa Mae, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Springboard Open Mic Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm, $20
• Airshow, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

Thursday, April 28

• Special Events Coordinating Meeting, Civic Coliseum Ballroom, 9:00 am – 10:00 am
• Cherokee Health Mobile Clinic Event (including no-cost Covid-19 vaccinations), Knoxville Area Urban League, 1514 E 5th Ave, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, FREE!
• Ijams Land Dedication & Recognition of Ijams Family, Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
• POME Lounge Market, 940 Blackstock Ave, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Brooke McGrady, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Preventing La Crosse Encephalitis Infections in the Children of East TN, UT Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, Toyota Auditorium, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
• Opening Reception: School of Art Capstone Exhibition, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• College and Career Fair 2022, Tennessee Amphitheater, World’s Fair Park, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
• Lecture by Christopher Brochu, University of Iowa: “The giant dwarf crocodiles that ate our ancestors – crocodylian response to environmental change in Cradle of Humanity,” UT Strong Hall, Room 101, 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm
• 7th Board Game Days: Design and Dine, Awaken Coffee, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $25 (game designers and testers), RSVP
• Police Advisory & Review Committee, Emerald Youth Foundation – Lonsdale Complex, 1740 Texas Ave, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Beginner-Intermediate Watercolors, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $35, RSVP
• NIL Charity Bowling, Maple Hall, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $50 – $200
• Marcus Bunch @ Central Filling Station Thursday Night Market, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm 
• BDC Brew Club with brewmaster Marty Velas of Fanatic Brewing Co, The Brewing + Distilling Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $150
• April Cigar Social, Elst Brewing Company, 6:00 pm, $15, RSVP
• Second Annual Live 5K with Knoxville Kickin Cancer Soccer Tournament, Printshop Beer Co, 6:30 pm
• Mount Cammerer District 2022 Whitney M. Young, Jr. and Elbert K. Fretwell Recognition Dinner, Jackson Terminal, 6:30 pm
• History of Rock and Roll with Sean McCollough, Knox County Public Library, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (weekly through May 5)
• Book-It Book Club! The Violin Conspiracy, The Bottom, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, RSVP
• Final Thursday Yoga with Amelia, Sustainable Future Center, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm 

• Hard Knox Roller Derby Meet & Greet, Central Flats & Taps, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
• Final Thursday Learn Latin Dancing with HaCha Latin Dance Company at Awaken Coffee, 6:45 pm – 7:45 pm, $5
• Settlers of Catan Game Night with Dougy! Knox Brew Hub, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
• Online: “Buddhist Art and Artefacts on the Silk Roads” with Megan Bryson, Associate Professor, UT Department of Religious Studies, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
• Showing: Hatching / Everything Everywhere All at Once, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:00 pm, $13 – $15, RSVP
• Connor Kelly and the Time Warp, Lenox Hills, & Hollie Sikes, Pretentious Beer Co, 7:00 pm, $10 – $15
• Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm
• Lecture by UTK Printmaking alumna Raluca Iancu (MFA ’15), UT Art + Architecture Building Room 109, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
• Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, The Mill & Mine, 7:30 pm, $25
• Always…Patsy Cline, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $14 – $20
• Preview: Sweat by Lynn Nottage, presented by the River & Rail Company, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm, $5 – $40
• Walker Hayes, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $25 – $50
• Rebecca Hearn & Salina Fang; cello & violin, Joint Junior Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
• Drag Me Down to Scruffy City Hall, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
• Screaming Females, Catbite, & Ghösh @ The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $18
• Oracle Blue / Big Dog, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm / 11:30 pm

Friday, April 29 

• Thai Massage for the Low Back, Weekend Course with Kelly Scott, Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 9:00 am – 5:30 pm (continues Apr 30), $395
• WDVX Big Plate Special: Gregg Hatfield Eggar Holloway, Barley’s Taproom, noon, FREE!
• Board Game Days, Awaken Coffee, noon – 9:00 pm, $10 – $25
• MAIFEST 2022 – Spring Festival, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, noon – midnight (continues through Sun, May 1)
• Drop-Off Days for Wild Life: May 2022 – A1LabArts Call for Art! Broadway Studios and Gallery, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (continues Apr 30), free – $22.02
• Showing: Everything Everywhere All at Once / Rear Window, Central Cinema, 3:00 pm / 6:10 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Youth Week Round Table, The Bottom, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm, RSVP
• Durational and Momentary, works by Megan Wolfkill, Gallery 1010, 100 S. Gay St, Ste 114, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Critical Mass Ride, meet at Two Bikes, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Black Creatives Meet-Up: Kickback Karaoke, The Bottom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
• Kylie Humbar; soprano, Graduate Recital / Karen Wemhoener; voice, Senior Recital; Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm
• Musical Theatre Review, UTK Student Union, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Hunter Blaloch and the Sad Machine, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Matt Woods, Trailhead Beer Market, 7:00 pm
• Elijah Wise @ Fanatic Brewing Co., 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• In Heat – An Immersive Animal Courtship Workshop, Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $18, RSVP
• Matthew Fisher; organ, Senior Recital, St. John’s Cathedral, 7:00 pm
• Anna Helms Quartet, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• UT Student singer-songwriters Melodious Mic Night, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Room 068, 7:00 pm
• Friday Live Music: Micah Howard, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Knoxville Opera Presents Puccini Gala Concert, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $15 – $115
• Always…Patsy Cline, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $22 – $47
• Sweat by Lynn Nottage, presented by the River & Rail Company, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm, $5 – $40
• Amos Lee, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $50 – $75
• Good Grief / Joey’s Van, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 10:30 pm
• Taber Gable Live at Lucille’s, East Tennessee PBS Studios, 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm, $15 – $40
• Showing: Connor Kelly & The Time Warp – Distant Forest Listening Party / Hatching, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm / 10:00 pm, $10, RSVP / $5 – $10, RSVP
• Knox County Jug Stompers Live, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm
• Teen Spirit – New Year’s Eve!, Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm
• Goats at Large, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm

Saturday, April 30

• Board Game Days, Awaken Coffee, 8:00 am – 9:00 pm, $10 – $25
• A Walk to Make Alzheimer’s a Memory, UT Gardens Knoxville, 9:00 am
• April RetroFlea, Retrospect Vintage Store, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
• Gnome/Fairy Houses, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm, $65, RSVP
• Watercolor Journaling, Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am – noon, $20 – $30, RSVP
• Final Drop-Off Day for Wild Life: May 2022 – A1LabArts Call for Art! Broadway Studios and Gallery, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm (reception May 6), free – $22.02
• Lu Jong Tibetan Healing Yoga Workshop, Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, $150, RSVP
• Spring Storewide Sale featuring Chef Amanda Brown, Knoxville Soap Candle & Gifts, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
• Rossini Festival International Street Fair, Downtown Knoxville and Market Square, 10:00 am – 10:00 pm
• Power Yoga, Xul Taproom, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10
• Hair of the Dog Yoga, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10 – $12, RSVP
• Saturday Yoga at Hi-Wire Brewing, 11:00 am, $5, RSVP
• Explore Knox Bike Ride, Printshop Beer Co, 11:00 am
• Readings w/Amos & Julie Joy, Infinite Light Center, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm, $30
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Daryl Wayne Dasher / Darrell Wallace, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• MAIFEST 2022 – Spring Festival, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, noon – midnight (continues through Sun, May 1)
• Hanging Planters, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $50, RSVP
• Showing: Rear Window, Central Cinema, 1:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• #IndieBookstoreDay: Local Author BookFair, The Bottom, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm, RSVP
• Kristen Barrett; violin, Senior Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 2:00 pm
• May Day! A Sound Journey to Your Inner Creativity, Infinite Light Center, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, $25, RSVP
• 2nd Annual Taco & Tequila Crawl, hosted by Bar Crawl USA, register at Skybox, 2:00 pm, $23 – $37, RSVP
• HonkyTonk Night in The Scruffy City, VFW Post #3519, 734 N 4th Ave, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $10
• Christine Alfano; voice, Soprano Graduate Recital / Chun-Hui Chang; voice, Graduate Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm
• Showing: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas / Everything Everywhere All at Once, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Saturday Live Music: Matthew Hickey, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Live Music: Paige Berry, Creekbed Carter Hogan, McKain Lakey & Kelsi Walker, Maple Hall, 7:00 pm
• Transcendance: A Celebration of Our Black Butterfly Malaika Guthrie, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 pm, $15 – $20
• Red Shoe Gala 2022 for CASA of East Tennessee, Jackson Terminal, 213 West Jackson Ave, 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $100 – $1,000, RSVP
• Always…Patsy Cline, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $22 – $47
• Sweat by Lynn Nottage, presented by the River & Rail Company, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm, $5 – $40
• Ben Maney Quartet, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• Neon Milk Comedy Show, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Temple Monarc / Xyz, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm
• Gregg, Hatfield, Eggar, Holloway, Live, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm
• Vibraslaps, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 pm
• Black Magic Flower Power, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm

Sunday, May 1

• Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours 
• Ericka Walker Lithographs, Printmaking Showcase Gallery, 2nd Floor Printmaking Aisle, UT Art and Architecture Building, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm (daily through May 30)
• Ellen Reid Soundwalk (featuring Kronos Quartet) in Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm (daily through Sep 30)
• 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
• Brunch & Browse @ CFS, Central Filling Station, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm (weekly through Nov 20)
• Retropolitan Craft Fair, The Mill & Mine, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, FREE!
• May Day: Brunch and Shop, Barrelhouse, 11:30 am 
• East Tennessee Hosta Society Annual Tailgate Plant Sale, UT Gardens Knoxville Parking Lot, noon – 4:00 pm
• Cyanotype Printing 101 hosted by The Big Camera at Ijams Nature Center, noon – 4:00 pm, $40 – $50, RSVP
• Knox Bike Swap & Show ’22, hosted by Two Bikes @ Central Filling Station, noon – 5:00 pm, free – $10, RSVP
• MAIFEST 2022 – Spring Festival, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, noon – midnight
• Showing: Hatching / Everything Everywhere All at Once, Central Cinema, 1:15 pm / 3:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• 1982 World’s Fair Opening Day 40th Anniversary Screening, Tennessee Theatre, 1:30 pm, FREE!
• Weekly Modern Dance Open Level Modern Improvisation, Emporium Center for Arts & Culture, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $10
• Always…Patsy Cline, Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 pm, $22 – $47
• Sweat by Lynn Nottage, presented by the River & Rail Company, Old City Performing Arts Center, 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm, $5 – $40
• Beltane Pop-Up, Oddities Hair Parlour, 1520 N Central St, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Ariel Williams; saxophone, Graduate Recital / Celebration of Collaboration Concert, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 2:00 pm / 6:00 pm
• Celtic Jam for Beginners with Tim Worman, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Showing: Rear Window / Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Central Cinema, 6:15 pm / 8:40 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Brockefellers, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 pm
• DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm

Monday, May 2 

• May exhibit, 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
• May Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
• Mega Week – Members Preview day, Tall Man Toys & Comics, 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
• Mighty Musical Monday, Tennessee Theatre, noon, FREE!
• Ashe Lecture with Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, including a signing of her new book, “Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir,” UT Student Union, Pilot Company Ballroom A (272A), 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm 
• Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
• Tyler Stark; wind conducting, Graduate Recital / C Samantha Hearn; violin, Senior Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm
• Final Yoga at Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $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!
• Monday: Open Mic Night, hosted by Chris Marshall, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Aug 29)
• Spring Bocce, Hops and Hollers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (Mondays through May 23)
• Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
• Creative Writing Program Graduate Student Awards Reading, UT John C Hodges Library, Lindsay Young Auditorium, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Nehemiah Action hosted by Justice Knox, World’s Fair Park, 7:00 pm
• Emo Sing-along with Grady Milligan, Knox Brew Hub, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
• Scubatron, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
• May the Second Be With You: Star Wars Industry Party, Brother Wolf, 9:00 pm

Tuesday, May 3

• 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)
• 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), through July 24
• Mega Week – the greatest one-week sale ever, Tall Man Toys & Comics, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm (daily through May 8)
• 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 May 29
• May show, 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: TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• River & Rail Pop-Up Theatre & Music Bingo, Knox Brew Hub, 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
• An Author Event feat. Ashlee Latimer, Union Ave Books, 6:00 pm
• City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• VolOpera Workshop: Horned and Hidden Child / Violin Studio Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm
• Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
• Weekly Open Hack Night – Show and Share, Knox Makers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (through May 31)
• Showing: Tiny Stage Presents Central Cinema Comedy Night, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Always…Patsy Cline, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $22 – $47
• Jon Mueller, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm