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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
- IPMAY Flight Challenge, Elst Brewing Company, noon – 8:00 pm
- 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
- It’s Tea Thyme: Beer Release and Plant Sale! By Beardsley Farm @ Crafty Bastard Brewing, 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
- The Brockefellers’ Last Show @ 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!
- Get On Stage / Happy Hour, River & Rail Theatre Company, Old City Performing Arts Center, 4:00 pm
- 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
- KSYO Spring Concert, Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 pm, free – $5
- 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
- Lil Clinard and Cathie Fitzjohn, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Creekbed Carter / Paige Berry / McKain Lakey, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Nourish Knoxville Pint Night at Printshop, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Bonnaroo or Bust with WUTK @Central Flats & Taps, 5:30 pm
- River & Rail Pop-Up Theatre & Music Bingo, Knox Brew Hub, 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
- 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
- Songwriter Open Mic at Next Level! with Tinca Tinca, Next Level Brewing Company, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- May Investor Meetup! Charles Gorman, Realtor – Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, FREE!
- Tuesday Gypsy Mutt Club with SBRET, Barrelhouse, 6:30 pm – 9:00 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
- Jazz on the Square: Sam Adams Quartet, Historic Market Square, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- 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
- JJ Slater + The Dream Boat, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
- FIESTA: Tropical Nights with Inov8 Studios @ Mirage Knoxville, 9:00 pm, $10 – $160, RSVP
Wednesday, May 4
- Opening Day: Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
- ArtSource 2022, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Wed-Fri) / 11:00 am – 3:00 pm (Sat), through May 28
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Trevor Toms / Tommy Townsend, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Carrie Stokes speaks on “Copperhill Watershed Restoration Project in Ducktown, Tennessee,” UT John D. Tickle Engineering Building, 405, 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
- Weekly Puzzled Night @ Crafty Downtown, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm (through May 25)
- Online: Stop Violence, Save Lives: Evidence-Informed Strategies for Reducing Violent Crime, hosted by the UT Baker Center, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- When the World Came to Knoxville: Remembering The 1982 World’s Fair, East Tennessee History Center, 5:00 pm
- Knoxville Jazz Youth Orchestra Concert, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE!
- Silent Book Club, Graduate Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
- Javan Gray & Natalie Thompson; saxophone & clarinet, Joint Junior Recital / Viola Studio 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
- International Dance Competition, UT Student Union, 180, 7:00 pm
- Wednesday Live Music: The Baldtwin Brothers, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
- Tom Segura, Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
- Artist in Residence: Roman Reese with Brendon James Wright, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
- Old Time Jam @ Crafty Bastard Downtown, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
- Always…Patsy Cline, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $14 – $20
- Springboard Open Mic Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm, $20
- Temp Job / Hatchet Babushka, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $15
- Prince of the Burning Sands, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
Thursday, May 5
- Cinco de Mayo, Barrelhouse, 11:30 am
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Muriel Anderson, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Fostering Stress Reduction, Productivity, and Focus for Empaths in an Always “On” World (In-Person), Alliance for Better Nonprofits – The Regas Building, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $20 – $150, RSVP
- Cinco De Mayo, Crafty Downtown, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Knox Loves Bikes Pint Night, Printshop Beer Co., 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through May 26)
- Tequila Barrel Aged Sour Margarita Ale Release, Elst Brewing Company, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Transplant Root Presents: La Mesa de Centro Hispano, Carriage House at the Knoxville Botanical Gardens, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $50 – $250
- 6 o’clock Swerve hosted by Wayne Bledsoe with Jeff Barbra & Sarah Pirkle, Barley’s Knoxville, 6:00 pm
- Nathan Coffman; trumpet and trombone, Junior Recital / Saxophone Quartets and Saxophone Ensemble, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm
- Final History of Rock and Roll with Sean McCollough, Knox County Public Library, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
- Online: On Top of Old Smoky with Stephen Lyn Bales, 7:00 pm, RSVP
- Fiction Writing about Mental Illness with KWG member Melanie K. Hutsell, Central Methodist Church, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- The Reluctant Dragon, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Cribbage Game Night with Dougy!. Knox Brew Hub, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
- Showing: Martial Arts Theatre, Central Cinema, 7:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Irish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm
- Always…Patsy Cline, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $14 – $20
- Sweat by Lynn Nottage, presented by the River & Rail Company, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm, $5 – $40
- Justin Moore with Granger Smith, Civic Coliseum, 7:30 pm, $38 – $58
- Drag Me Down to Scruffy City Hall, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
- SeepeopleS w/s/g Sparxsea at Preservation Pub, 8:30 pm
- Shootout, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
Friday, May 6
- Capitol Connections – May 2022, Knoxville Chamber, 8:00 am – 9:00 am, FREE! but RSVP
- May Black Coffee Meet Up, River & Rail Theatre Company, 111 State St, 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
- Motley Crew Community Luncheon, Crowne Plaza Knoxville Downtown, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
- WDVX Big Plate Special: The Shootouts, Barley’s Taproom, noon, FREE!
- Online: King Coal, A Documentary Film Using Narrative Storytelling, hosted by UT, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
- Power Ranger Jason Faunt, live and in person! Tall Man Toys & Comics, 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Collect MFA: Sculptures from UTK 2022 3D Graduates, Gallery 1010, 100 S. Gay St, Ste 114, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (Sat, May 7)
- First Friday ArtWalk, Downtown Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 11:45 pm
- Gallery Night Featuring Sam Chumley, Able Trade, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- First Friday with artist Sarah Eileen, Printshop Beer Co., 5:00 pm
- First Friday: Epiphone Design Exhibition, Dogwood Arts, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Wild Life Exhibit First Friday Reception, Broadway Studios and Gallery, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Untamed Beauty, Watercolors by Jackie Langford, RED Gallery, 130 W Jackson Ave, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- May First Friday at the Emporium Center, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Opening Reception: ArtSource 2022, UT Downtown Gallery, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- First Friday Reception: Lil Clinard and Cathie Fitzjohn, Art Market Gallery, 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
- First Friday Open Studios, West Fifth Studios, 211 W 5th Ave, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
- Donna Johnson /Asa McEwan, Retrospective Art Exhibit, The Birdhouse, Fourth and Gill Neighborhood Center, 800 N 4th Ave, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- 865 First Friday Candle-Making Class, Knoxville Soap Candle & Gifts, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
- Photography by Bruce McCamish and Suzanne Jack, Marble City Salon, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- A Blob Blob First Friday! Pretentious Glass Co, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- First Friday with Matt Morelock & Kyle Campbell, Barley’s Taproom, 6:00 pm
- Karen Wemhoener; composition, Non-degree recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm
- Short Film Festival, UT Humanities and Social Sciences Building, 123, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
- Showing: Petite Maman / Inland Empire, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 8:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Author Event featuring Adriana Trigiani, East Tennessee History Center, 7:00 pm, RSVP
- First Friday Event Series: Jillianna Babb & the Desert Sirens Bellydancing, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm
- The Reluctant Dragon, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Negron Music @ Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Adult Spelling Bee, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
- Jazz At The Beck Summer Jazz Series, Beck Cultural Exchange Center, 7:30 pm, $30
- 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
- Big Gene Poole / Oracle Blue, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm
- Okapi // Lower Interiors // Good Vibes Only // Recovered Media @ The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm
- Sad Daddy Live, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm
- The Afternooners / The Orange Constant, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm / 11:30 pm
- Ashton Browne: Treasure Bath Release Party, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm
Saturday, May 7
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, Union Ave, Market St, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
- Final Day: 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
- Pie Basket, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm, $45, RSVP
- Makers Market, Sustainable Future Center, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
- 1619 Project Study Group, The Bottom, 10:00 am – 11:00 pm, RSVP
- 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
- Vestival 2022, Candoro Marble, 11:00 am
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Common Interest / Nick Dittmeier & The Sawdusters, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Mother’s Day Tea at the Tennessean Personal Luxury Hotel, noon, $75, RSVP
- Derby Dogs at MoB, Merchants of Beer, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
- The Reluctant Dragon, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 pm / 5:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Handbuilt Teapot, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm, $50, RSVP
- African Diaspora Percussion Ensemble, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 3:00 pm
- Showing: Petite Maman / Inland Empire, Central Cinema, 3:00 pm / 8:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Historic Suffrage Parade, from Gay St to Clinch Ave to Market St, 5:00 pm
- New Cider Release: Mint Julep / Kentucky Derby Watch Party, Barrelhouse, 5:00 pm
- The Mother of All Workshops with Amazing Graze Grazing Tables, Blue Slip Winery, 6:00 pm, $75
- Fading Sounds of The South, The Bottom, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, RSVP
- Smooth Sailor, Merchants of Beer, 7:00 pm, $15
- 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
- Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
- Frute / Big Dog, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm
- Blue Mother Tupelo / Barefuzz, Preservation Pub, 8:00 / 11:30 pm, $5
- Nick Dittmire and the Sawdusters Live, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm
- CoLLABS // Confluence, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 9:00 pm
Sunday, May 8
- 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)
- Final day: Mega Week – the greatest one-week sale ever, Tall Man Toys & Comics, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
- 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)
- Mother’s Day Brunch Buffet, Crowne Plaza Knoxville Downtown, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm, $14.95 – $39.95
- Old City Market, 100 block of W Jackson Ave, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
- A1LabArts Presents: Life Drawing with Clothes On! Central Filling Station, noon – 2:00 pm, free – $5
- Joseph Beller; saxophone, Junior Recital / Britney Hiter; Clarinet & Saxophone Junior Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 12:30 pm / 2:00 pm
- 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
- The Reluctant Dragon, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Viva la Mamma! A Musical Tribute to Mothers with the Knoxville Opera, Ijams Nature Center, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $5 – $8, RSVP
- Celtic Jam for Beginners with Tim Worman, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- Press Play: Music from Movies and Games with UT Symphony Orchestra, UT Alumni Memorial Building, James R. Cox Auditorium, 4:00 pm
- Showing: Petite Maman / Inland Empire, Central Cinema, 5:15 pm / 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Autumn Bowling & Carver Whitson; trumpet, Joint Junior Recital / Patrick Wittman; Clarinet & Tim Hayes; Trumpet, Joint Junior Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm
- Live Edge: Mother’s Day at Ale Rae’s, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Whitlock, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 pm
- The Return: Bob Log III w/ BIG BAD OVEN! @ The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $15
- DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you!, Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm
Monday, May 9
- 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
- Ribbon Cutting for Ijams Nature Playscape at Grayson Subaru Preserve, Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am, RSVP
- Violin Orchestra Repertoire Masterclass with William Shaub, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, noon
- Let’s Learn Stained Glass, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $58, RSVP
- Showing: Petite Maman / Inland Empire, Central Cinema, 5:30 pm / 7:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Balinese Gamelan Ensemble event / Will Ryan; bass-baritone, Senior Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm
- 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
- 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
- Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE
- Amigo the Devil, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $20 – $27, RSVP
- Dan Whitaker, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm – 1:00 am
Tuesday, May 10
- 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!
- 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
- Lil Clinard and Cathie Fitzjohn, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun), through May 29
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Rachel Yeatts / Kris Schultz, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Float Through Finals, Graduate Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Showing: Petite Maman / Knoxville Poetry Slam – May Slam, Central Cinema, 5:00 pm / 6:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Music on the Mezzanine with Domino Ensemble, Lawson McGhee Library, 6:00 pm
- Millie Runion; violin & Bernadette Lo; piano, Senior Recital / Brandon Eggert; trumpet, Graduate Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm
- Songwriter Open Mic at Next Level! with Tinca Tinca, Next Level Brewing Company, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Tuesday Weekly Event: Gypsy Mutt Club with SBRET, Barrelhouse, 6:30 pm – 9:00 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)
- Jazz on the Square: Eric Reed, Historic Market Square, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Macrame Drink Coaster Workshop @ Elst Brewing, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $15
- Hal & Phil, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 pm, $24, RSVP
- Always…Patsy Cline, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $22 – $47
- The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois – Honorée Fanonne Jeffers in conversation with Jacqueline Allen Trimble, The Bottom, 8:00 pm, RSVP
- Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm