Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (5/8-5/17/2022)

Cocktail Break at Bernadette's Crystal Palace, Rossini Festival, Downtown Knoxville, April 2022
Arrowmont Downtown Gallery, 110 South Gay Street, Knoxville, April 2022

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Sunday, May 8

 

Monday, May 9

  • Marianne Woodside 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
  • Yoga at Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (Mondays through May 30), $10
  • 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
  • All Over The Page, discussing “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent” by Isabel Wilkerson, Knox County Public Library, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
  • 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)
  • David Zavracky, 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
  • Margherita Fava Quartet, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm

 

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
  • Zach Joseph / Oracle Blue, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm / 11:00 pm
Vikhr Russian Folk Dance Ensemble, Rossini Festival, Downtown Knoxville, April 2022

Wednesday, May 11

 

Thursday, May 12

  • Cherokee Health Mobile Clinic Event (including no-cost Covid-19 vaccinations), Volunteer Ministry Center, 511 N. Broadway, 11:30 am – 3:30 pm
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Lucky Losers / Sam Ness, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • WOMEN’S WRK, hosted by River & Rail Theatre Company – Old City Performing Arts Center, 2:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $250 – $350, RSVP
  • Knox Loves Bikes Pint Night, Printshop Beer Co., 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through May 26)
  • Showing: Petite Maman / Everything Everywhere All at Once, Central Cinema, 4:15 pm / 7:30, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • ChainFree Knoxville Pint Night, Elst Brewing Company, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • The Big Night Out by Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee, The Mill & Mine, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $150 – $1,500
  • Urban Gravel, meet at Two Bikes, 6:00 pm
  • Learn Latin Dancing at Awaken Coffee, HaCha Latin Dance Company, 6:45 pm – 7:45 pm, $5
  • Evening of Dance with Dancers Studio of Knoxville, UT Carousel Theater, 6:45 
  • pm, $10 – $20, RSVP
  • The Reluctant Dragon, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
  • Euchre Game Night with Dougy! Knox Brew Hub, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
  • Good Vibrations Concert with the Wes Bailey Trio benefiting Cancer Support Community East Tenn, World’s Fair Park, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $65 – $75
  • Slade Adams @ Fanatic Brewing Co., 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Scottish 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
  • Live at Lucille’s: Rahsaan Barber Quintet, East Tennessee PBS, 8:00 pm, $15 – $40, RSVP
  • UTK Appalachian String Band, 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
  • Miss Tess, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Kevin Daniel and the Bottom Line, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Friday, May 13

  • WDVX Big Plate Special: Willa Mae / Linen Ray, Barley’s Taproom, noon, FREE!
  • Showing: Vortex /A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Central Cinema, 3:15 pm / 8:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Teacher Appreciation Day @ Crafty Bastard Brewery, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Southern Skies Pre-Party with Brandle Rain Band & Wristband Pick Up, Merchants of Beer, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Water Is Life, Gallery 1010, 100 S. Gay St, Ste 114, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (Sat, May 14) 
  • Hayden Daniel; violin, Senior Recital Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm 
  • Friday Night Live: Bruce Katz Band, The Concourse, 6:00 pm, $13.20 – $15
  • Evening of Dance with Dancers Studio of Knoxville, UT Carousel Theater, 6:45 pm / 8:45 pm, $10 – $20, RSVP
  • Author Event featuring Adriana Trigiani, East Tennessee History Center, 7:00 pm, RSVP
  • Friday Live Music: Ben Shuster, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm
  • Shakespeare on the Hill: Kings and Crowns, by Tennessee Stage Company, Mabry-Hazen House and Bethel Cemetery, 1711 Dandridge Ave, 7:00 pm, $10 – $45
  • Kick-Off to Summer 2022, Knoxville Museum of Art, 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $125, RSVP
  • The Reluctant Dragon, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
  • Buddy Honeycutt, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Black Atticus & Ryan Adams at Pretentious Beer, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Sarah Pirkle & Griffin Vann @ Trailhead Beer Market, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • 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
  • Rumours: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac, The Mill and Mine, 8:00 pm, $22, RSVP
  • Blue Man Group, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $44 – $84, RSVP
  • MEOB with Blond Bones @ The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • Adeem the Artist Live, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm
  • Mal Nombre, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 9:00 pm
  • Dirty Dead, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm, $5
  • Jeremy Pinnell, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm

 

Saturday, May 14

Cocktail Break at Bernadette’s Crystal Palace, Rossini Festival, Downtown Knoxville, April 2022

Sunday, May 15

 

Monday, May 16 

  • Marianne Woodside 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 May 29
  • “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 
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Kohiki Bowls & Bottles, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm- 8:30 pm, $40
  • Online: Knox Brew Stories with Troublesome Times, Knox Brew Pub, 6:00 pm
  • Yoga at Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (Mondays through May 30), $10
  • Monday Night Yoga with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Full Moon Wesak Celebration, Infinite Light Center, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, $11
  • Revolution Dance – Oh The Places You Will Go, Civic Auditorium, 6:30 pm, $25
  • 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
  • Cliff Wheeler, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • Will Boyd Project, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, May 17

  • 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: B. Knox / Troublesome Times, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • May Green Drinks: Lick Skillet Farm @ Last Days of Autumn, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
  • City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Songwriter Open Mic at Next Level! with Tinca Tinca, Next Level Brewing Company, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • 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)
  • Jazz on the Square: Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Historic Market Square, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Rodney Crowell, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $50 – $65
  • Clutch, The Sword, Nate Bergman, The Mill and Mine, 8:00 pm, $35, RSVP
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Oceanography / Woody and Sunshine, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm / 11:30 pm, $3