Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (10/30 – 11/8/2022)

Downtown Knoxville, October 2022
Downtown Knoxville, October 2022

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Sunday, October 30

 

Monday, October 31 

  • Final Day: Printmaking Showcase Gallery: Selections From Color Print USA 1998, UT Art and Architecture Building, Hallway, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm 
  • Final Day: Cool Cats Scavenger Hunt, Downtown Knoxville, 8:00 am – 10:00 pm 
  • Final Day: DE_CONSTRUCTIV GARDEN TALES Recent Video Works by Kaz Rahman, UT Art & Architecture Building, Gallery 103, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm 
  • Exhibition: Vincent Drake, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Nov 18
  • October Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • School of Art 75th Anniversary Exhibition Exhibition, Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (M-F), through Dec 12
  • Drop-in Figure Drawing, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, $10 – $12
  • Halloween Party! New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Trunk or Treat, Knoxville Habitat for Humanity, 1501 Washington Ave NE, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Showing: Paranorman / Trick ’R Treat, Central Cinema, 4:00 pm / 6:00 pm, $5 – $10, 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
  • Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by Flying Pints, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Braden Jones Trio, 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!
  • 5th Annual Coat Drive! hosted by Sleeves4Needs, 2552 Louise Ave, 7:00 pm
  • The Pilot Light Halloween Show, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, $10
  • Elysian Trombone Consort, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
  • Showing: Hausu, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Service Industry Halloween Party at Brother Wolf: Vampires v Werewolves, Brother Wolf, 9:00 pm
  • Medicated Sunfish, Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm

 

Tuesday, November 1

  • 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!
  • Exhibit: Rag Arcana by Eleanor Aldrich, Candoro Marble Building, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue – Sat), through Nov 5
  • Dennis Sabo and Janis Proffitt, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Barrett Davis, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Staged Reading of The Provoked Wife dir. by the RSC’s Phillip Breen, UT John C Hodges Library Lindsey Young Auditorium, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Yoga and Cocktails 2022, hosted by Girls on the Run of Greater Knoxville, Jackson Terminal, 6:00 pm, RSVP
  • City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Songwriter Open Mic at Next Level Brewing, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Newcomer/Beginner Social Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm (weekly through Dec 27), $20
  • November Investor Meetup! Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 8:30 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!
  • Online: MORE THAN A TEST: Why Tennessee’s 3rd Grade Retention Law Harms Students & What We Can Do About It! hosted by UnifiEd, Mcminn County Neighbors SOCM and SOCM, 6:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Tuesday Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Aug 29, 2023)
  • Tuesday Family Feud Style Trivia, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Nov 22)
  • EXTC – featuring XTC’s Terry Chambers, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm, $20, RSVP
  • Auditions for New Play Festival 2023, hosted by Tennessee Stage Company, Mabry–Hazen House, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Jazz Big Band Concert, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
  • Showing: Comedy Night, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, FREE
  • Adaptive Radiation Plays in the CBT Lab Theatre, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30, $20, RSVP
  • Gin Blossoms: New Miserable Experience Live w/ The Sedonas, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $35 – $45
  • NO SHOW: Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Palmyra @ Preservation Pub, 10:00 pm
Downtown Knoxville, October 2022

Wednesday, November 2

  • Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • Diversity Dialogue Symposium, UT Student Union, 272C, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
  • Fall Book Sale | Center for Children’s & Young Adult Literature, UT Philander P. Claxton Education Building, 224, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • Figures: Amy Pleasant + Katarina Riesing, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Wed-Fri) / 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (Sat)
  • Pay-what-you-can fried chicken lunch at Real Good Kitchen, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Live Music TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • The Beginning of the End: The Chattanooga Trial of Jimmy Hoffa with speaker/author Maury Nicely, East Tennessee Historical Society, noon, FREE! but RSVP
  • “Analyzing and Addressing Gun Violence in Knoxville: Key People, Places and Strategies,” presentation by Thomas Abt, a leading expert in violence reduction, UT Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, Toyota Auditorium, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • McPrice Myers Wine Dinner, The Brass Pearl, 24 Market Square, 6:00 pm, $125, RSVP
  • Hard Knox Roller Derby New Skater Boot Camp, Change Center, 6:00 pm (continues for eight weeks), $50 
  • Hispanic Film Festival, UT John C Hodges Library, 101 Auditorium, 6:30 pm
  • Artist in Residence: Will Wright with Adeem The Artist, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Jason Ellis, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Auditions for New Play Festival 2023, hosted by Tennessee Stage Company, Mabry–Hazen House, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • UT Percussion Ensemble, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm

 

Thursday, November 3

  • Collage Workshop and Tour of the Radcliffe Bailey Exhibition, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – noon, $10 – $12
  • Association of University Presses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show, UT John C Hodges Library, Brenda Lewis Peel Galleria, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
  • Suzanne Jack Exhibition, Pivot Point Gallery, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Thu – Sun), through Dec 29
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Singletons, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!

 

Friday, November 4

  • Abstracts on Display: Jen Sterling, Morris Creative Group, 555 W Jackson Ave, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (M-F, through Jan 31, 2023)
  • WDVX Big Plate Special: DownRiver Collective, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • The Land of Milk and Horror: New Israeli Genre Films, UT John C Hodges Library, Lindsey Young Auditorium, 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
  • Regeneration: Healing the Earth to End Climate Change, UT Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, Toyota Auditorium, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
  • Milk + Honey Scoop Shop Neighborhood Pickup, Real Good Kitchen, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm (Fri-Sat through the end of the year)
  • First Fridays at Lilienthal Gallery, 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Showing: Something in the Dirt, Central Cinema, 4:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • First Friday ArtWalk, Downtown Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 11:45 pm
  • First Friday: BSK Art Auction and Fundraising Event, Barley’s Knoxville, 5:00 pm
  • Reception: November Exhibitions at the Emporium Center, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • FURst Friday – Leaf Painting, The Bark, 5:00 pm
  • First Friday at Mortgage Investors Group, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Opening Reception: Amy Pleasant + Katarina Riesing Exhibition, UT Downtown Gallery, 5:00 pm
  • First Friday Sip & Select w/Feature Artist of the Month, Pivot Point Gallery, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • November First Friday: Vincent Drake, Dogwood Arts, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Reception: In Pursuit of Worldly Desires Exhibition, Gallery 1010, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm (10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Oct 16)
  • Thirteenth Annual Fall Festival hosted by Appalachian Mountain Bike Club, Baker Creek Preserve, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm (continues through Nov 6 at 2:00 pm)
  • First Friday Mala Making Class, Knoxville Soap Candle & Gifts, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, $30, RSVP
  • First Friday Gallery Night with Two Bikes, Able Trade, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  • First Friday Reception: Dennis Sabo and Janis Proffitt, Art Market Gallery, 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Opening reception for Sara Barrett – My Muses, Awaken Coffee, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • First Friday with Kat Lewis, Printshop Beer Co., 6:00 pm
  • Taps & Tunes on the Corner, Maggie & Owen, Visit Knoxville, 6:00 pm
  • November First Friday with Brian Pittman, RALA, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • First Friday Dinner Show with Matt E. Foster, Barley’s Knoxville, 6:00 pm
  • First Friday with Shayla McDaniel, The Emporium Center 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  • Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $15 – $20
  • Showing: Paddington 2 / Hard Boiled, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Rockinfellerz at Ale’ Rae’s GastroPub, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Meet Your Neighbors exhibit, Fourth & Gill Birdhouse/Neighborhood Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • MDL Presents On The Cusp, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:00 pm, $20 – $25, RSVP
  • Elijah Wise @ Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • String and Piano Faculty Chamber Concert, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
  • The Montvales with Zack Miles @ Pretentious Beer Co, 7:30 pm
  • The Merry Widow by Knoxville Opera, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $25 – $115
  • Knoxville Ice Bears vs Macon Mayhem, Civic Coliseum, 7:35 pm, $10 – $43
  • Brand New Box of Matches Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight
  • Rock Eupora, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $5
  • Rocky Mtn Roller / Corey James Clifton, Preservation Pub, 10:00 pm / 11:30 pm
  • FIESTA Friday (weekly through Dec 23), Mirage Knoxville, 11:00 pm – 3:00 am, $10 – $100, RSV
  • Powerslave, Scruffy City Hall, 11:30 pm

 

Saturday, November 5

Downtown Knoxville, October 2022

Sunday, November 6

  • Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
  • Fall Festival by Appalachian Mountain Bike Club, Baker Creek Preserve, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
  • Brunch & Browse @ CFS, Central Filling Station, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm (weekly through Nov 20) 
  • Knox Vegas Food Truck Mashup, SouthSide Garage, 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
  • Final Day: Radcliffe Bailey: Passages, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, FREE!
  • Whiskey Distilling Class, PostModern Spirits, 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm, $100, RSVP
  • Showing: Paddington 2 / Hard Boiled, Central Cinema, 2:00 pm / 4:20 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • The Merry Widow by Knoxville Opera, Tennessee Theatre, 2:30 pm, $25 – $115
  • Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm, $15 – $20
  • Bluegrass Jam with Perry Cooper, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
  • Evensong for the Feast of All Saints, St John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 4:45 pm
  • Guest Recital: Jennifer Grim; Flute, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • Songwriter Sundays at Status Dough, 6:00 pm – 800 pm
  • Nathan Melton Band, Ale’ Rae’s, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Showing: Something in the Dirt, Central Cinema, 7:oo pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • NXT GEN Big Band: Taber Gable, Jack Roben, Margherita Fava, and Sam Adams, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm, $15 – $40
  • Gaelic Storm, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $27.50 – $37.50
  • Knox County Jug Stompers, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm

 

Monday, November 7

  • Sara Barrett – My Muses, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm (M-F) / 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (Sat) / 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • DriveElectricTN Momentum Summit, UT Student Union, Ballroom, 8:00 am – 8:30 pm
  • Exhibition: Vincent Drake, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Nov 18
  • Abstracts on Display: Jen Sterling, Morris Creative Group, 555 W Jackson Ave, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (M-F, through Jan 31, 2023)
  • Tennessee Sustainable Transportation Forum & Expo x DET Momentum Summit, 9:00 am (continues through Nov 9, 2:30 pm), $12 – $185
  • November Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri) 
  • November Exhibition, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
  • Mighty Musical Monday, Tennessee Theatre, noon – 1:00 pm
  • UT Humanities Center Distinguished Lecture: Anne Fernald on Change and Choice: Eight Modern Women, Lindsay Young Auditorium (rm. 101), UT John C. Hodges Library, 3:30 pm
  • The Plant Trolley, Barrelhouse, 5:00 pm
  • Rion Tabor; Jazz, Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Take It Outside With Erik Soltan in Knoxville, Mast General Store, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
  • Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10 – $12, RSVP
  • Showing: Something in the Dirt / Hard Boiled, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:25 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • 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
  • Seepeoples, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, November 8

  • Nov WiE Coffee: Create Your “NO” Decision Tree with Women in Entrepreneurship Knoxville, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 9:00 am – 10:30 am, FREE! but RSVP
  • Tennessee Sustainable Transportation Forum & Expo, UT Student Union, Ballroom, 9:00 am – 8:00 pm
  • 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
  • Brian Pittman Exhibition, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
  • Dennis Sabo and Janis Proffitt, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Live Music, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Fall Trombone Night, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 4:30 pm
  • Newcomer/Beginner Social Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm (weekly through Dec 27), $20
  • Showing: Paddington 2 / Something in the Dirt, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:15, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • 865 Candle-Making Workshop, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $45, RSVP
  • 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!
  • Tuesday Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Aug 29, 2023)
  • Faculty/Guest Artist Recital: 2 Pianos, 8 Hands, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Woody and Sunshine, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm