Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (6/12 – 6/21/2022)

Adeem the Artist, Dolly Fest, Old City, Knoxville, June 2022
Dolly Fest, Old City, Knoxville, June 2022

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Sunday, June 12

 

Monday, June 13 

  • Works by Debbie Alley Friday, Awaken Coffee, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm, Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm)
  • “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
  • June Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Drawing Skills: Drawing in Linear Perspective, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 – 8:30 pm, RSVP for cost
  • Showing: Watcher / Everything Everywhere All at Once, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Yoga at Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10
  • Monday Night Yoga with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • All Over the Page: Discussion of “The Sentence” by Louise Erdrich, Knox County Public Library, 6:30 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)
  • Monday Night Summer Cornhole with Tennessee Brew Works, Hops and Hollers, 7:00 pm (weekly through the summer)
  • UT Jazz Jam hosted by Margherita Fava, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Willa Mae Music Summer Tour Kickstarter, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10, RSVP
  • Oracle Blue, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • The Smokey Treats, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, June 14

  • Summertime on the Hill, Mabry-Hazen House, 9:00 am – 1:15 pm (daily through June 16), $75 – $90, RSVP
  • Artwork by Leesa Osburn, Lox Salon, 9:00 am – 9:00 pm (Tues- Fri) / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sat), through July 31
  • Sharpening Project Management Skills (Virtual), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, $10 – $75, RSVP
  • Weekly Art Therapy, Epilepsy Foundation of East Tennessee, 715 E Magnolia Ave, 10:00 am – noon (Tuesdays through Aug 2)
  • 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
  • Dolly Art Exhibitions, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun), through July 29
  • New Members Exhibition, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun), through June 30
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Afton Wolfe / Noah Gray, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Forest Bathing Workshop, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $30, RSVP
  • A Rare Showing of Rare Postcards, hosted by the Knoxville History Project, Maple Hall, 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!
  • Showing: Knoxville Poetry Slam HAIKU SLAM, Central Cinema, 6:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Jazz on the Square: Taber Gable Trio, Historic Market Square, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Out series (rescheduled from Monday): Weston Olencki and friends, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Crochet Wristlet Wallet Workshop with KnoxCrafts @ Elst Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $35, RSVP
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Afton Wolfe, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm 
Gary -Biscuit- Davis, Dolly Fest, Old City, Knoxville, June 2022

Wednesday, June 15

  • June Artwork, Lox Salon, 9:00 am – 9:00 pm (Tues- Fri) / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sat), through July 31
  • Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Melissa Ellis / Brian Bielanski, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Pints For Purpose – X Hunger @ Merchants of Beer, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Wednesday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Showing: Crimes of the Future / Watcher, Central Cinema, 6:00 / 8:20 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Wednesday Yoga with Florals & Flows Yoga, Suttree Landing Park, 6:30 pm, $5
  • Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Geezers Brewery, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through June 29)
  • Wednesday Live Music: Jason Ellis, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Mike McGill Feat. Brandon Fulson – Songwriter’s Night at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
  • nnSF22 | Composition Fellows’ Concert #1, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm, $5 – $25, RSVP
  • Justin Hayward, the voice of the Moody Blues, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $35 – $65
  • Springboard Open Mic Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm
  • Buffalo Kings, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Thursday, June 16

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Mama Fuma / Thin Lear, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Publicly Private Fundraiser, Tern Club, 4:00 pm
  • modernmarketing: photo & video, 600 North Broadway, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Pint Nights benefiting Friends of Literacy at Printshop Beer Co., 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Thursdays through June)
  • Shrimp Boil 2022, hosted by Knoxville Chamber, Jackson Terminal, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $30 – $50, RSVP
  • Maker Mingle hosted by The Maker City, Primeaux, 908 Tyson St, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, SOLD OUT!

 

Friday, June 17

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Showing: Watcher, Central Cinema, 5:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Fresh Perspectives by Wayne Blankenship, RED Gallery, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Sat 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm / Sun 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm), through Jul 29
  • Foamy Fridays Foam Party at The Bark, 601 Lamar St, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, RSVP for cost
  • Bend & Bliss – Yin Yoga + Thai Yoga Assists with Jen & Kelly, Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $50, RSVP
  • Evening Kayak Trip, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $40, RSVP
  • Alive After Five presents: Trumpeter Melvin M. Miller and Special Guest Vocalist A.R.I.A., Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $20, RSVP
  • Friday Night Live: Boys’ Night Out, The Concourse, 6:30 pm, $13.20 – $15
  • Snow White, Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15, RSVP
  • Haynes/Hamar/Deacon, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Cale Charney @ Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Tony & Mary Negron, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Showing: Polyester / Mad God, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Fountain City Ramblers – Live at Schulz Brau Brewing, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Tennessee Valley Players: Musical “Something Rotten,” UT Carousel Theatre, 7:30 pm, $15 – $25
  • nnSF22 | Music of Pamela Z Concert, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm, $5 – $25, RSVP
  • Friday Night Comedy: The Beer Comedian & Friends, Barrelhouse, 8:00 pm, FREE!
  • Ex-Gold / Fortezza / What’s On TV?, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • WUTK FUNdraiser, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 8:00 pm
  • Pizza Jeans / Abbey Elmore Band, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm 
  • Summer Movie Magic: Pink Floyd: The Wall, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $8 – $10, RSVP
  • Rope, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 pm, $20, RSVP
  • Johnny Monster / Soulfinger, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm / 11:00 pm
  • Jordan Tice Band, Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm
  • Brent Hyder Music, Pour Taproom, 9:00 pm – midnight
  • Paleface, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm

 

Saturday, June 18

Adeem the Artist, Dolly Fest, Old City, Knoxville, June 2022

Sunday, June 19

 

Monday, June 20

  • Works by Debbie Alley Friday, 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 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
  • June Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Drawing Skills: Creating Realism with Charcoal, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $45, RSVP
  • Yoga at Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10
  • Showing: /, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:20 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Monday Night Yoga with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Hidden Rivers Film Screening at Hi-Wire Brewing, 6:30 pm, FREE!
  • : Open Mic Night, hosted by Chris Marshall, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Aug 29) 
  • Monday Night Summer Cornhole with Tennessee Brew Works, Hops and Hollers, 7:00 pm (weekly through the summer)
  • Carter Beucher, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Will Boyd Project, Barley’s Knoxvillle, 8:00 pm
  • Bonnie & the Mere Mortals, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, June 21

  • 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!
  • Artwork by Leesa Osburn, Lox Salon, 9:00 am – 9:00 pm (Tues- Fri) / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sat), through July 31
  • Weekly Art Therapy, Epilepsy Foundation of East Tennessee, 715 E Magnolia Ave, 10:00 am – noon (Tuesdays through Aug 2)
  • 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
  • Dolly Art Exhibitions, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun), through July 29
  • New Members Exhibition, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun), through June 30
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Neil O’Neil / Nicholas Horner, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Build-A-Band Extravaganza, Next Level Brewing Company, 4:00 pm
  • Songwriter Open Mic at Next Level! with Tinca Tinca, Next Level Brewing Company, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Showing: Mad God / Watcher, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:30 pm, FREE!
  • 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!
  • Jazz on the Square: Ken Brown Quintet, Historic Market Square, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Aspn Audio Presents: The Shayla McDaniel Band, Birdhouse Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $10 – $13, RSVP
  • Tiny Stage Comedy, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 7:30 pm
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Chatham Rabbits, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm
  • Palmyra, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm