Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (6/19-6/28/2022)

Vuida by Joni Younkins-Herzog, Steel, siliconized fabric, fiberglass, aluminum screen, lace, Krutch Park, Knoxville, June 2022
Vuida by Joni Younkins-Herzog, Steel, siliconized fabric, fiberglass, aluminum screen, lace, Krutch Park, Knoxville, June 2022

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Sunday, June 19

 

Monday, June 20

  • 2022 Summer Showcase Exhibition: Prints by UT Knoxville Undergraduate & Graduate Students, Faculty and Staff, UT Printmaking Showcase Gallery, second floor, Art & Architecture Building, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri through Sept 2)
  • 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 
  • Knoxville Opera @ MLK Commission/Beck Cultural Exchange Center Juneteenth Celebration, Dr. Walter Hardy Park, noon – 1:00 pm
  • Yappy Hour, The Bark, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Mondays through Aug 29)
  • Downtown Knoxville Alliance Board Meeting, Knoxville Area Chamber offices at 17 Market Square, #201, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • 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
  • 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
  • PRIDE Legit Music Bingo with Cassie & Michael! Knox Brew Hub, 7:00 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 Knoxvillle, 9:00 pm
  • Palmyra, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
Miasmata by Andrew Light, Steel, Emory Place, Knoxville, June 2022

Wednesday, June 22

 

Thursday, June 23

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jennifer Westwood & Dylan Dunbar, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Music for Seniors Daytime Concert Series Knoxville: The Streamliners Swing Orchestra, Kerbela Shriners of Knoxville, 315 Mimosa Ave, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, FREE!, but RSVP
  • Corgi Meet Up, The Bark, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Final Day: Dads Throw Free, Craft Axe Throwing, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Pint Nights benefiting Friends of Literacy at Printshop Beer Co., 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Thursdays through June 30)
  • Evoke the Smoke, Crafty Bastard Brewery, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Fountain City Ramblers Live at Ale’ Rae Grill, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

 

Friday, June 24

 

Saturday, June 25

Atom by Hanna Jubran, Steel and Paint, Krutch Park, Knoxville, June 2022

Sunday, June 26

 

Monday, June 27 

  • 2022 Summer Showcase Exhibition: Prints by UT Knoxville Undergraduate & Graduate Students, Faculty and Staff, UT Printmaking Showcase Gallery, second floor, Art & Architecture Building, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri through Sept 2)
  • 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 
  • Yappy Hour, The Bark, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Mondays through Aug 29)
  • Learning to Color Match with Acrylic Paint, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $45, RSVP 
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • 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
  • Showing: Hedwig and the Angry Itch / OVA Extreme Anime Series, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:40 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • 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)
  • David Zavracky, 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
  • Amos Lee, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $50 – $75, RSVP
  • Misnomer, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • Thomas Caswell Band, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, June 28

  • Online: Green Industry Virtual Field Day, hosted by UT Entomology and Plant Pathology, Plant Sciences and UT AgResearch, 8:00 am – 1:00 pm, FREE! but 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
  • Downtown Knoxville Alliance Board Meeting, City of Knoxville Public Works Service Center, 3131 Morris Ave, 9:00 am – 10:30 am
  • Women’s Capital Series: Entrepreneur Session 1, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 17 Market Square, 9:00 am – 10:30 am, FREE! but RSVP
  • Zoom: Teach Tennessee History Webinar: Tennessee State Constitution 1796-1870, hosted by East Tennessee Historic Society, 10:00 am – noon
  • 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: Dark Waters Project, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Women’s Capital Series: Investor Session 1, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 17 Market Square, noon – 1:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Gelli Printed Postcards, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $25, RSVP
  • KMA Book Club: Broad Strokes, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE!
  • City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Showing: Flux Gourmet, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • 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!
  • Jazz on the Square: Margherita Fava Trio, Historic Market Square, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Macrame Bottle Sling Workshop with KnoxCrafts, Trailhead Beer Market, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm, $25, RSVP
  • Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $48 – $85, RSVP
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Misnomer, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm