Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (7/10-7/19/2022)

Women's U.S. Cycling Criterium Championship, Knoxville, June 2022
(L-R) Leanna, Narell, Clarissa, and Izzy (One not pictured), K-Town Connect Downtown Ambassadors, Knoxville, June 2022

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Sunday, July 10

 

Monday, July 11 

  • 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 Lily Elizabeth Watson Allen, 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
  • July Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Waldo Scavenger Hunt, Downtown Knoxville, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm (daily through July 31)
  • Auditions for Romeo & Juliet, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Contour Ink Drawing Workshop, 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
  • Classic Literature Book Club: Of Mice and Men, Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm, RSVP
  • 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
  • FwF Small Business Happy Hour, Barrelhouse, 6:30 pm
  • Showing: Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure / Lost Highway, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • All Over the Page: “Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell, Knox County Public Library, Knox Brew Hub, 6:30 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)
  • Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets with Matt Nelson, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Prince of the Burning Sands, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • Margherita Fava Trio, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, July 12

  • Tiktok for Nonprofits (In-Person), hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits, The Regas Building, 9:00 am – noon, $30 – $75, 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
  • James Webb First Photos Watch Party & Celebration: Presentation of Significance with Professor Lindsay / Official NASA Live Stream & Photo Reveal and Q&A with Professor Lindsay, Knox Brew Hub, 10:00 am / 10:30 am
  • 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
  • Woven, Felted, Sculpted and Crowned, Mighty Mud Studios, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Fri) / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sat)
  • Fiber Artist Showcase, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun), through July 31
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Sam Burchfield / Luke Trimble, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Behind the Blue Doors Tour, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley, 967 Irwin St, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm (weekly through Dec 14)
  • James Webb Breakdown & Q&A with Professor Lindsay, Knox Brew Hub, 5:30 pm 
  • Cut Paper Collage, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $45, RSVP
  • Green Drinks – Get to Know The Kitchen LinK, TAPestry Knoxville @ Barrelhouse, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
  • City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Newcomer/Beginner Social Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm (weekly through Dec 27), $20
  • The Deepest Origins of the Marble City with guest speaker geologist James Wedekind, hosted by Knoxville History Project, Maple Hall, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Tacos and Blues With Chris Mullins of The Mojo Hands, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • IJAMS BACK PATIO SOCIAL: Aspn Audio Presents Jasper Hollow and Grady Milligan, Ijams Nature Center, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, free – $14
  • 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: Mental Health Awareness Night at Knoxville Poetry Slam, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Crafts and Drafts – Macrame Plant Hanger Workshop hosted by KnoxCrafts, Elst Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $35
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Prince of the Burning Sands, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm 
Knoxville Skyline, June 2022

Wednesday, July 13

  • Kid A’Riffic Fun in the Park, Baker Creek Bottoms, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • Handweavers Guild Member Exhibition, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Wed-Fri) / 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (Sat), through Aug 13
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Shawn Taylor / Sara Jean Kelley, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Tennessee’s Great Sphinx: Governor DeWitt C. Senter and the Collapse of Reconstruction, Brown Bag 2022 Lecture Series with Dr. William E. Hardy, East Tennessee History Center, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Social Media: Content Marketing (Virtual), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $20 – $150, RSVP
  • Cousins Maine Lobster at Central Filling Station, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Wednesday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Online: The Elegiac Hybrid, hosted by Sundress Academy for the Arts, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, free, but donations welcome
  • Satigiri Sangha Wed Meetings, Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Showing: Lost Highway, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Live Band Karaoke at Pretentious Beer Co, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $5
  • July Artist in Residence: Daniel Kimbro featuring Rachel Baiman with Count This Penny, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Learn Latin Dancing – Salsa and Bachata, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (through July 27), $10 – $16
  • Tommy Stinson (The Replacements) Live at Next Level Brewing Company, 7:00 pm, $25 – $100
  • Wednesday Live Music: Jewell & Scott, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Springboard Open Mic Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm
  • The Firewater Tent Revival, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Thursday, July 14

  • Sister Act Jr, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15, RSVP
  • Dizygote, Sign of the sorcerer, and Dybbuk live at Danger Company, 605 Sevier Ave, 7:00 pm
  • Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm
  • Jimmie Vaughan, 8:00 pm, $40 – $55
  • Showing: Lost Highway, Central Cinema, 8:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Filmnacht: Death on the Nile, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 8:30 pm
  • Pat Reedy & The Longtime Goners, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm
  • Ross Hollow, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Friday, July 15

  • HGA Convergence Weaver Show, Knoxville Convention Center, 7:00 am (daily through July 21, 1:30 pm), $10 – $576
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Tangled In Blues, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • 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
  • Barristers Roaring 20s Summer Party, PostModern Spirits, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $30
  • Alive After Five: Saxophonist Kelley O’Neal & Special Guest Vocalist Lauren Arp, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $15 – $20
  • Succulents & Sips, Blue Slip Winery, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $50, RSVP
  • Showing: The Karate Kid / Do The Right Thing, Central Cinema, 6:30 / 9:10 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • The Fine Colombians: A Steely Dan Tribute, The Concourse, 6:30 pm, $13.20 – $15
  • Sister Act Jr, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15, RSVP
  • Live Jazz at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • FwF Happy Birthday @ the Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Kaleb Mullins and The Witness at Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 7:00 pm
  • The Boogie Knights @ Merchants of Beer, 7:00 pm
  • The Long Road, Barrelhouse, 8:00 pm, FREE!
  • Anastasia, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $44 – $84
  • Benjamin Donaldson with Here Comes Bobby and Tremendous Slouch, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • Shot Thru the Heart, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • The Crossjacks Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – noon
  • Soulfinger, Preservation Pub, 11:00 pm

 

Saturday, July 16

Women’s U.S. Cycling Criterium Championship, Knoxville, June 2022

Sunday, July 17

 

Monday, July 18

  • HGA Convergence Weaver Show, Knoxville Convention Center, 7:00 am (daily through July 21, 1:30 pm), $10 – $576
  • 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 Lily Elizabeth Watson Allen, 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
  • July Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Waldo Scavenger Hunt, Downtown Knoxville, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm (daily through July 31)
  • Downtown Knoxville Alliance Board Meeting, Knoxville Area Chamber offices at 17 Market Square, #201, 11:30 am – 12:30 am
  • Still-Life Acrylic Painting, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $45, RSVP
  • Showing: The Karate Kid, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 7:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Monday Night Yoga with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • 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)
  • Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets with Matt Nelson, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Showing: OVA Extreme Anime Series, Central Cinema, 8:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Will Boyd Project, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm
  • Ben Ricketts, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, July 19

  • HGA Convergence Weaver Show, Knoxville Convention Center, 7:00 am (daily through July 21, 1:30 pm), $10 – $576
  • 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
  • Woven, Felted, Sculpted and Crowned, Mighty Mud Studios, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Fri) / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sat)
  • Fiber Artist Showcase, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun), through July 31
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • California Dreamin’: Songs from Laurel Canyon, John T. O’Connor Sr Ctr, 611 Winona St, 1:00 pm – 2;00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Behind the Blue Doors Tour, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley, 967 Irwin St, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm (weekly through Dec 14)
  • Newcomer/Beginner Social Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm (weekly through Dec 27), $20
  • 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!
  • Showing: Lost Highway, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Taco Tuesday & Pale Root, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Brothers Smith, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm