Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (9/25 – 10/4/2022)

Jeff Tuck and Scott Porch, Owners, Wicked Hubz, 2300 North Central Street, Suite 103, Knoxville, September 2022
SoKno Throwback and Threads, 906 Sevier Avenue, Knoxville, September 2022 (Photo by Heather Ryerson)

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Sunday, September 25

 

Monday, September 26

  • Artist Reem Arnouk, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm (Mon-Fri) / 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (Sat) 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • Printmaking Showcase Gallery: Selections From Color Print USA 1998, UT Art and Architecture Building, Hallway, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Oct 31
  • “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
  • September Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Showing: Moonage Daydream, Central Cinema, 4:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • African American Equity Restoration Task Force, Pellissippi Campus on Magnolia, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • The Plant Trolley, Barrelhouse, 5:00 pm
  • Drawing & Painting with Ink Washes, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $40, RSVP
  • Yoga at Ijams, Ijams Nature Center, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, $10, RSVP
  • Monday Night Yoga with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Open Arts Knoxville Art Share, Birdhouse Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  • Open Bluegrass Jam, Trailhead Beer Market, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Showing: Moonage Daydream / Pearl, Central Cinema, 6:45 pm / 9:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets with Matt Nelson, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE
  • An Evening With Loch Lomond & Glen Scotia, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $100, RSVP
  • Crafts and Drafts – DIY Macrame Plant Hanger Workshop by KnoxCrafts, Hi-Wire Brewing, 7:00 pm, $35
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Cam Duffy Moore, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • Dumbass Youth, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, September 27

  • Knox Sports Authority meeting, City of Knoxville Public Works Service Center, 3131 Morris Ave, 9:00 am – 10:30 am
  • The Spirit of Dia de los Muertos Exhibition, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through Dec 10
  • Repatriation of Archaeology & the Native Peoples of Tennessee, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through Aug 2023
  • Radcliffe Bailey: Passages, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tues – Sat) / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sat), through Nov 6, FREE!
  • River & Rail Theatre Co. Presents: The Little Prince, Old City Performing Arts Center, 10:30 am, SOLD OUT!
  • Ed Lewis and Carole Stoiber, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun), through Sept 29
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Casey Noel, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  •  2022 Anthropology Visiting Lecture Series: “The Prehistory of Kinship,” by Dr. Alex Bentley, UT Walters Life Science Building, M307, 12:55 pm – 2:10 pm
  • Free HIV testing with UT Pride, UT Student Union, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
  • Online: A Day at the Art Museum With Hola Hora Latina, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • 7 Secrets to Successful Year-End Giving (Virtual), Infinite Light Center, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $30 – $225, RSVP
  • Showing: Moonage Daydream, Central Cinema, 4:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Final Day: A1LabArts’ Art Show at Scruffy’s Cafe, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Learning Series – The Camera, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60 – $150
  • Newcomer/Beginner Social Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm (weekly through Dec 27), $20
  • Jacob Beach @ Redbud Kitchen, 906 Sevier Ave, Ste 110, 6:00 pm
  • Live Band Karaoke at Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $5
  • Final Charitable Juice Tuesdays benefiting Fourth & Gill Neighborhood Organization, Barrelhouse, 6:30 pm – 8:00 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: Moonage Daydream / Pearl, Central Cinema, 6:45 pm / 9:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Carter Beucher, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Crafts and Drafts – Bookmark Weaving Workshop by KnoxCrafts, Trailhead Beer Market, 7:00 pm, $25, RSVP
  • The War on Drugs, The Mill & Mine, 7:00 pm, $46
  • Calumet Bourbon Tasting, Graduate Knoxville, 7:00 pm, $65, RSVP
  • Tuesday Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Aug 29, 2023)
  • Concerts on the Square – Jon Hamar, Market Square, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Oktoberfest 2022, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 7:30 pm – midnight (continues through Oct 2, check schedules times and activities)
  • Fall Choral Concert, Alumni Memorial Building, James R. Cox Auditorium, 7:30 pm
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Minka, Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm
Jeff Tucker and Scott Porch, Owners, Wicked Hubz, 2300 North Central Street, Suite 103, Knoxville, September 2022

Wednesday, September 28

  • Online: Trade Exporting 101, hosted by Knoxville Chamber, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
  • Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • Relatives: an exhibition of work by Chris Cornelius, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (daily through Oct 21)
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Nick Swan / Danny Garwood, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Taking the Fear Out of Asking (Virtual), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $20 – $150
  • Wednesday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Showing: Moonage Daydream / Pearl, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:50 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Union Avenue Book Club @ The Hub: Bodies on the Line: At the Front Lines of the Fight to Protect Abortion in America by Lauren Rankin (Nonfiction) and/or When She Woke by Hillary Jordan (Fiction), Knox Brew Hub, 6:30 pm
  • What Would Ochs Have to Say? East Tennessee History Center, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, FREE!
  • Artist in Residence: Robinella featuring Monet Maddux, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Final Learn Latin Dancing – Salsa and Bachata with HaCha Latin Dance Company, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $10, RSVP
  • Jason Ellis, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm
  • Wheel of Fortune Live! Civic Auditorium, 7:30 pm, $38 – $88, RSVP
  • Teddy Swims, The Mill & Mine, 8:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
  • Springboard Open Mic Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm
  • Balkun Brothers, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • Sing with the Queens Karaoke Night, Knox Box Karaoke, 9:30 pm – 11:59 pm, $3

 

Thursday, September 29

  • Introduction to Brewing Chinese Tea – Morning Class, the Tea Bar at Addison’s, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, $50, RSVP
  • Final Day: Ed Lewis and Carole Stoiber, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Sara Trunzo / Chris Canterbury, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • “Post-Mortem Privacy: Who May Tell Your Grandmother’s Story?” lecture by Dr. Susan Lawrence, UT Walters Life Science Building, M307, 12:55 pm – 2:10 pm, FREE!
  • Fall 2022 Used Book Sale: Members Preview Day, Central United Methodist, 3:30 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Dr. Tony Martin, Emory University: “On Frozen Ground Down Under: Polar Dinosaurs, Insects, and More from Early Cretaceous of Australia,” Strong Hall, B1, 4:05 pm – 5:05 pm, FREE!
  • Kitchen Takeover by Kandalige Spicy Food, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 5:00 pm
  • North Knoxville Rotary Social at Next Level Brewing Company, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, free – $15
  • Guest Artist: Ilia Radoslavov, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm, FREE!
  • The Six O’Clock Swerve: Elijah Cruise, Barley’s Knoxville, 5:45 pm
  • Showing: Moonage Daydream / Pearl, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:50 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Online Conversations & Cocktails: “Women and Emotions in the Later Middle Ages” with Mary Dzon, hosted by UT, 7:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Romeo and Juliet, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
  • Introduction to Brewing Chinese Tea – Evening Class, the Tea Bar at Addison’s, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $50, RSVP
  • River & Rail Theatre Co. Presents: The Little Prince, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:00 pm, free – $42.50
  • KSO on the Road: Mozart in the Gardens, Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 7:00 pm
  • Irish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm
  • Cello Popper-Palooza, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm, FREE!
  • Ain’t I a Woman, UT Student Union Auditorium, 7:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Wind Ensemble Concert, UT Alumni Memorial Building, James R. Cox Auditorium, 7:30 pm, FREE!
  • Cooper Alan, The Mill & Mine, 8:00 pm, $23 – $73
  • Transcendent, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Filmnacht in the Biergarten: Strangebrew, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
  • Jake Smith’s Alchemical Junction, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm
  • Balkun Brothers, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Friday, September 30

  • Jurassic Quest, Knoxville Convention Center, 9:00 am – 8:00 pm, $15
  • UT International Festival, Pedestrian Walkway, Between Andy Holt Ave and Volunteer Blvd, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
  • Final Day Ellen Reid Soundwalk (featuring Kronos Quartet) in Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • Fall 2022 Used Book Sale: Open to the Public, Central United Methodist, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
  • WDVX Big Plate Special: The Dirty Gospel, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Milk + Honey Scoop Shop Neighborhood Pickup, Real Good Kitchen, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm (Fri-Sat through the end of the year)
  • Showing: Moonage Daydream, Central Cinema, 3:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Second Bell Music Festival 2022, Suttree Landing Park, 4:00 pm (continues through Oct 1), $25 – $140, RSVP 
  • Critical Mass, meet at Two Bikes, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Showing: Moonage Daydream / Pearl, Central Cinema, 6:45 pm / 9:40 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Paul Cauthen w/ Kaitlin Butts, River Breeze Event Center, 7:00 pm, $36 – $51
  • Knox Pride Parade, Gay Street, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Romeo and Juliet, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
  • River & Rail Theatre Co. Presents: The Little Prince, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:00 pm, free – $42.50
  • Corey James Clifton, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm
  • Daydreams EP Release Party with Heidi Gilson Music, Brady Turner and Haley Gilson, Geezers Brewery, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Roy Saunders @ Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
  • Darrell Scott and Robbie Fulks, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $34.50 – $44.50
  • Black Jacket Symphony performing Van Halen’s 1984, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm – $35 – $40
  • Balkun Brothers / Joey’s Van, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm / 11:30 pm
  • The Crossjacks Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight
  • Flight Attendant / Crumbsnatchers, Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm / 11:30 pm
  • Second Bell After Party, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm
  • FIESTA Friday, Mirage Knoxville, 11:00 pm – 3:00 am, $10 – $100, RSVP

 

Saturday, October 1

  • Foothills Fondo, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:30 am, RSVP
  • Viola Celebration, University of Tennessee School of Music, 8:45 am – 7:00 pm (continues Oct 2), free – $125, RSVP
  • Coffee Outside, meet at Two Bikes, 9:00 am
  • Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, Union Ave, Market St, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • MTB Beginner Skills Coaching Class, Baker Creek Preserve, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, $120, RSVP
  • Fabulous Fall Plant Sale, UT Gardens, Knoxville 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
  • Oktoberfest 2022, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 9:00 am – midnight (continues through Oct 2, check schedule for times and activities)
  • Jurassic Quest, Knoxville Convention Center, 9:00 am – 8:00 pm, $15
  • Beginner Crochet, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 9:30 am – 11:30 am, $30
  • Fall 2022 Used Book Sale: Half-Price Day, Central United Methodist, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
  • Hair of the Dog Yoga, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10 – $12, RSVP
  • Saturday Yoga at Hi-Wire Brewing, 11:00 am, $5, RSVP
  • Explore Knox Bike Ride, Printshop Beer Co, 11:00 am
  • Community Market, Sustainable Future Center 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Rachel McIntyre Smith / Beth Snapp, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Knox Pride’s Annual Pride Fest Day 1, World’s Fair Park, noon – 8:00 pm
  • Showing: Vesper / Moonage Daydream, Central Cinema, 1:40 pm / 4:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Prohibition Tea at The Tennessean Hotel, 2:00 pm, $190 – $665, RSVP
  • River & Rail Theatre Co. Presents: The Little Prince, Old City Performing Arts Center, 2:00 pm, free – $42.50
  • Parkridge Neighborhood Cleanup Day, meet at Parkridge Park Gazebo, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
  • Neighborhood Advisory Council Meeting, Cansler Family YMCA, 616 Jessamine St, 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
  • “Beautiful Wonder” Album Release, Shanna Snowden, UT Gardens, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, FREE!
  • Sertoma Street Party, Sertoma of Knoxville, 1400 E 5th Ave, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, $150, RSVP
  • Showing: Marvel Horror Double Feature: Blade / Tomb of Dracula Anime, Central Cinema, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:31 pm, $15, RSVP
  • Tommie John, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm
  • Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
  • Black Jacket Symphony performing Van Halen’s 1984, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm – $35 – $40
  • Henry Cho, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $30 – $45
  • Four Leaf Peat – Special 11th Anniversary Show! Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight
  • Smooth Sailor at Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm
  • Second Bell After Party, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm
  • Andres Tapia – Latin Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm
Zach and Alexia Hill, Owners of Zero/Zero Wine Bar, 1211 N. Central St., Knoxville, September 2022

Sunday, October 2

 

Monday, October 3 

  • Printmaking Showcase Gallery: Selections From Color Print USA 1998, UT Art and Architecture Building, Hallway, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Oct 31
  • 5th Annual Engagement & Outreach Week, UT Student Union, Ballroom, 8:30 am – 12:30 pm (continues Oct 4)
  • “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
  • October Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Transformational Change: What It Is and How to Get It (In-Person), The Regas Building, 9:00 am – 11:00 am, $20 – $150, RSVP
  • Drop-in Figure Drawing, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, $10 – $12 
  • Founder’s Day: A Celebration of 231 Years of Knoxville, East Tennessee History Center, 11:00 am – 1:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Mighty Musical Monday, Tennessee Theatre, noon, FREE!
  • UTHC Distinguished Lecture Series: Helen Solterer on “Justice, Mercy, & Two Disabled Homeless: Scenes from an Open-Ended Social Drama in French,” UT John C Hodges Library, Lindsay Young Auditorium (rm. 101), 3:30 pm, FREE!
  • Auditions for “The Carol!” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
  • The Plant Trolley, Barrelhouse, 5:00 pm
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Monday Night Yoga with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Showing: Vesper / Moonage Daydream, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:20 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by Flying Pints, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Trivia Tuesday! Horror Movies! Xül Beer Co, 7:00 pm – 8:30 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
  • WFO, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, October 4