Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (6/5-6/14/22)

Addison's Books and Event Space, 126 South Gay Street, Knoxville, June 2022
Walnut Building, 706 Walnut Street, Knoxville, May 2022

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Sunday, June 5

 

Monday, June 6

  • 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 
  • Mighty Musical Monday, Tennessee Theatre, noon, FREE!
  • Auditions for Joan of Arc, Children’s Theatre, 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
  • Yoga at Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10
  • Knox Storytellers Performance, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $8 – $12
  • Showing: Crimes of the Future, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:20 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Monday Night Yoga with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Neighborhood Meeting with Parkridge Community Organization, C.W. Cansler Family YMCA, 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)
  • Willie Middlebrooks, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets: Matt Nelson, Thad Brown & 54bpm, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • The Natural Heat, Barley’s Knoxvillle, 8:00 pm
  • Funky Uncle All-Stars, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, June 7

  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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: Rocko Wheeler / Rose Betts, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Big Fun Tuesdays at Mead’s Quarry, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
  • Taco Ride, start at Two Bikes, 6:00 pm
  • Group Dog Training Classes, The Bark, 601 Lamar St, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, RSVP for cost
  • 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!
  • Jazz on the Square: Greg Tardy Quartet, Historic Market Square, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Drag Bingo at The Mill & Mine, 7:00 pm
  • Smokies Watch Party, Barley’s Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
  • Friends Trivia! at Xül Beer Co, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
  • Showing: Tiny Stage Comedy!, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, FREE!
  • Shen Yun, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $83 – $153
  • Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $39 – $50, RSVP
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Funky Uncle All-Stars, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
Addison’s Books and Event Space, 126 South Gay Street, Knoxville, June 2022

Wednesday, June 8

  • 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
  • Cherokee Health Mobile Clinic Event (including no-cost Covid-19 vaccinations), Wesley House Community Center,​ 1719 Reynolds St, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm, FREE!
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Wandering Hours / Taylor Raynor, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • The Art and Science of Capital Campaigns (Virtual), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $20 – $150, RSVP
  • Knox Pride Benefit at The Bark, The Bark, 601 Lamar St, 4:00 pm
  • Wednesday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Showing: Crimes of the Future, 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: Alex Forester, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Black Opry Revue, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, FREE!
  • Springboard Open Mic Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm
  • The Wandering Hours, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • Sing with the Queens @ Knox Box Karaoke, 9:30 pm, $3

 

Thursday, June 9

  • Time Management mini-session, presented by by BOMA of Greater Knoxville, Crowne Plaza Knoxville Downtown University, 11:15 am – 1:00 pm, free – $20, RSVP
  • Cherokee Health Mobile Clinic Event (including no-cost Covid-19 vaccinations), Volunteer Ministry Center, 511 N. Broadway, 11:30 am – 3:00 pm, FREE!
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Karen Jonas / Jaysen Gold, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Pint Nights benefiting Friends of Literacy at Printshop Beer Co., 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Thursdays through June)
  • Husky Meet-Up, The Bark, 601 Lamar St, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • SoKno Shuttles on Devils Racetrack, Baker Creek Preserve, 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm

 

Friday, June 10

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Ben Chapman / Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • 6th Anniversary, Schulz Bräu Brewing, noon – midnight (continues through June 12)
  • Teacher Appreciation Day @ Crafty Downtown, Crafty Bastard Brewery, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Showing: Crimes of the Future, Central Cinema, 4:40 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
  • Mic Harrison and The High Score Happy Hours, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Snow White, Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15, RSVP
  • Kevin Krapf Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Friday Live Music: CJ the Piano Man, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • The Merlin’s Nest @ Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • GSS Live at Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Voodoo Cadillac, Ale’ Rae’s, 7:00 pm
  • Ijams Movies Under the Stars: Men in Black, Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $10 – $36, RSVP
  • Showing: Watcher / Crimes of the Future, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Tennessee Valley Players: Musical “Something Rotten,” UT Carousel Theatre, 7:30 pm, $15 – $25
  • nnSF22 | Mark Applebaum & nnSF22 Composition Fellows: “Theme in Search of Variations” Concert, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm, $5 – $25, RSVP
  • South Knox Pride Silent Disco at Hi-Wire Brewing, 7:30 pm, $10 – $15, RSVP
  • The Dolphin Group / The Curls / The Garden of Eden, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 9:30 pm / 11:00 pm
  • Muscadine Bloodline, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $22 – $30, RSVP
  • Rope, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 pm, $20, RSVP
  • ABBA: The Concert, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $35 – $65, RSVP
  • Smooth Sailor, Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm
  • Airshow, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm

 

Saturday, June 11

Addison’s Books and Event Space, Downstairs, 126 South Gay Street, Knoxville, June 2022

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
  • 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, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • A Rare Showing of Rare Postcards, 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
  • 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 

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