Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (10/9 – 10/18/2022)

Knoxville Skyline at Sunset, October 2022
Knoxville Skyline at Sunset, October 2022

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Sunday, October 9

 

Monday, October 10

  • Art by Chloe Melton, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm (M-F) / 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
  • October Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Exhibition: Vincent Drake, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
  • Drop-in Figure Drawing, Knoxville Museum of Art. 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, $10 – $12
  • KCHS Committee Meeting, Barley’s Knoxville, 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
  • African American Equity Restoration Task Force, Pellissippi Campus on Magnolia, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • The Plant Trolley, Barrelhouse, 5:00 pm
  • Piano Masterclass: Meng-Chieh Liu, UT Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • Monday Night Yoga with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Showing: Coraline / The Shining, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • All Over the Page discussing Deacon King Kong by James McBride, Knox County Public Library, 6:30 pm
  • Terry Washington 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
  • Meditation with Knox Insight Sangha ~ In-person & Zoom, Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, RSVP for cost
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • BALTHVS, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm
  • Handsome Jack, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, October 11

  • Oct WiE Coffee: The Truth About Bricks & Mortar, hosted by Women in Entrepreneurship Knoxville, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 9:00 am – 10:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • 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
  • “Lately” by Pippin Long, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
  • October Exhibitions, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jason Edwards, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Siddiqi Lecture: “Islam, Race, and Social Justice: Historical and Qur’anic Perspectives on Black Freedom Struggle,” UT Strong Hall, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Hispanic Heritage Month Concert, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • Knoxville History Project: Patrick Hollis on the Mabry-O’Conner Gunfight, Maple Hall, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • KMA Book Club, discussing Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson, Knoxville Museum of Art. 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE!
  • October Green Drinks + Kickstand presents 1st Annual Bike-In Film Festival, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:00 pm
  • Learning Series – The Print, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60 – $150
  • Showing: Coraline / The Orphanage, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Newcomer/Beginner Social Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm (weekly through Dec 27), $20
  • 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!
  • Discover Your Psychic Gifts with Jofa M. Kauffman, Infinite Light Center, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $40
  • Queer Conversations, UT John C Hodges Library, Mary Greer Room (258), 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  • Tuesday Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Aug 29, 2023)
  • Drag Bingo at The Mill & Mine, 7:00 pm, RSVP
  • Guest Artist: Meng-Chieh Liu, 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
  • Handsome Jack, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • Kitchen Dwellers & Daniel Donato, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm, $17 – $20
Red Panda Grocery, 123 South Central Street, Knoxville, October 2022

Wednesday, October 12

  • 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: Matt Prater / Lucy Lightning, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Behind the Blue Doors Tour, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, RSVP
  • Tasting Event – Fall Arrivals, The Bark, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $12
  • Wednesday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Embroidered Collage, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $45, RSVP
  • Guest Artist: Olga Kleiankina, Abiding Treasures: Women Composers Throughout the History, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • Live Band Karaoke with Tinca Tinca at Pretentious Beer Co, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Showing: SPOOKY SLAM by Knoxville Poetry Slam, Central Cinema, 6:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Hispanic Heritage Month: Los Hermanos Film Screening, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:45 pm
  • Gov’t Mule with Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Civic Auditorium, 7:00 pm, $35 – $75, RSVP
  • UT Public Books Circle, Braiding Sweetgrass: An online book discussion with Amy Elias, 7:00 pm, RSVP
  • Rocky Horror Picture Show Trivia at The Mill & Mine, 7:00 pm, RSVP
  • Artist in Residence: Melanie LaFoy with Zach Gilleran, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
  • The Baldtwin Brothers, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Norman Westberg (of Swans), The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • Madison Cunningham, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $22 – $30
  • Springboard Open Mic Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm
  • Lucy Lightning w/ Witch Rock / WTFU, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm / 11:30 pm

 

Thursday, October 13

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Sweet Megg / Shawn Williams, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • “Rooms” by Illana Lilienthal,Lilienthal Gallery, noon – 6:00 pm (Thu-Sat), through Nov 20
  • How China’s Rare Earth Monopoly Is Reshaping the World, UT Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, Toyota Auditorium, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
  • Online: Ombuds Day FY2022 Data Showcase, hosted by UT Office of Ombuds Services, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
  • PDE Seminar with Professor Doyoon Kim (Korea University) on elliptic and parabolic equations with irregular coefficients in Sobolev spaces, UT Ayres Hall, 113, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
  • Watercolor: Expanded Surfaces and Mediums, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $45, RSVP
  • Art Lecture with Wuon-Gean Ho, UT Art and Architecture Building, McCarty Auditorium, Room 109, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Knoxville: A Literary Walking Guide with the Knoxville History Project, Union Ave Books, 6:00 pm
  • FFL United Business Opportunity Meeting, Riverview Tower, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Old-time Jam, Laurel Theater, 7:00 pm
  • Showing: Little Shop of Horrors Sing-Along Benefit (Audience Choice) / The Orphanage, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Market Square Madness: Vols + Lady Vols Hoops, Market Square, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Measure for Measure by Tennessee Stage Company, Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $15 – $50, RSVP
  • Irish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm
  • Piano Bar Night at The Hub! Knox Brew Hub, 7:30 pm
  • Michelle Cann Plays Rachmaninoff with Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $20 – $48
  • Doug Stanhope, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $35 – $55
  • Karaoke for a cause, Knox Box Karaoke 8:00 pm, $5
  • Lofidel with Lower Interiors, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • Heavy Spirits, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm
  • 12Eleven @ Preservation Pub, 9:0 pm

 

Friday, October 14

  • 2022 Artist in Residence Biennial, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • WDVX Big Plate Special: The Blushin’ Roulettes / Amanda Cook Band, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Online: Forever Chemicals or Forever Lignin?, hosted by UT Science Forum, noon – 1:00 pm, RSVP
  • First Friday Pop-up: Til Ragnarok Axe Throwing, Barrelhouse, noon – 11:00 pm, $10
  • A1LabArts presents IGNITE! art show, Broadway Studios and Gallery, noon – 4:00 pm (each Friday in Oct)
  • Milk + Honey Scoop Shop Neighborhood Pickup, Real Good Kitchen, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm (Fri-Sat through the end of the year)
  • UT Zeanah Engineering Complex Building Dedication, Zeanah Engineering Complex, South Entrance, 863 Neyland Dr, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
  • Exhibition: Cute AF by Beth Meadows and Kendra Barth, RED Gallery, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm (each Friday in Oct)
  • Reception, Primordial Ocean: Installation by Emily McCall Roca Rice and Saloni Parekh, Gallery 1010, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm (10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Oct 15)
  • Peace for Ukraine, Architectural Antics, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • An Evening on Historic Market Square: Celebrating 100 Years of Fire Prevention with the Knoxville Fire Department, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Showing: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit / Little Shop of Horrors, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Chris Marshall Trio / Lady Viper Snake Show, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm / 7:00 pm, free – $10
  • The Real David Crockett, a Lecture with Scott Williams, East Tennessee History Center, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Beat Bama Pep Rally w/Wanted: The Bon Jovi Tribute Band + WIMZ Garage Band, River Breeze Event Center, 7:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Guest Artist Performance: Greg Stuart, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
  • Michelle Cann Plays Rachmaninoff with Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $20 – $48
  • Candela, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
  • Craig Ferguson, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $45 – $65
  • Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 pm, $20
  • Steve Martin and Martin Short, Civic Auditorium, 8:00 pm, $63 – $248, RSVP
  • Pushing Daisy’s Band / Darhee, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm, $5
  • Cousin Curtis Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight
  • GRVR with ShockWolf, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 9:00 pm
  • Vibraslaps, Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm
  • Three Star Revival, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $10
  • FIESTA Friday (weekly through Dec 23), Mirage Knoxville, 11:00 pm – 3:00 am, $10 – $100, RSVP

 

Saturday, October 15

  • Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, Union Ave, Market St, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • Mini Energy Sessions, Infinite Light Center, 10:00 am, $40 per 30-minute session, RSVP
  • Kudzu Weaving & Foraged Basketry Workshop, Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, $100, RSVP
  • Final Day: 2022 Artist in Residence Biennial, UT Downtown Gallery, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
  • KBS Fall Bonsai Show, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 10:00 pm – 6:00 pm (continues Oct 16)
  • Final Day: Hola Hora Latina presents Frutos Latinos 2022, Knoxville Museum of Art, 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
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Chris Wilhelm, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Tennessee vs Alabama Tailgate, Circle Park Dr, noon
  • Moon Market, New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods, 206 Randolph St, noon
  • Can You Dig It? McClung Museum, noon, FREE! but RSVP
  • Showing: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit / Pan’s Labyrinth, Central Cinema, 1:30 pm / 3:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Write It Out with The Bottom and the UT Department of English, The Bottom, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
  • Fall Bike Camping, meet at Two Bikes, 4:00 pm (continues through Oct 16, noon)
  • Measure for Measure by Tennessee Stage Company, Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $15 – $50, RSVP
  • Showing: The Room / The Room, Central Cinema, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 10:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
  • Ben Maney Quartet, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
  • Lost Dog Street Band, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $27 – $32
  • Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 pm, $20
  • Joe’s Truck Stop Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight
  • Zyx, Preservation Pub, 10:00 pm
  • Strangelove, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 pm
  • Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $5
  • Andres Tapia – Latin Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm
Amanda and Kennedy, Second Bell, Knoxville, October 2022

Sunday, October 16

 

Monday, October 17 

  • Art by Chloe Melton, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm (M-F) / 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
  • Exhibition: Vincent Drake, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
  • October Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Drop-in Figure Drawing, Knoxville Museum of Art. 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, $10 – $12
  • The Plant Trolley, Barrelhouse, 5:00 pm
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Yoga at Ijams, Ijams Nature Center, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, $10
  • Monday Night Yoga with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Showing: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit / Pan’s Labyrinth, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by Flying Pints, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Lydia Conklin Reading, UT John C Hodges Library, Lindsay Young Auditorium, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Parker Bakkall 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!
  • Schitt’s Creek Themed Trivia, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • 3 Down, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Heavy Spirits, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, October 18

  • Knox Writers Presents: October Write-in, 17 Market Square, #101, 9:00 am – 10:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • 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
  • “Lately” by Pippin Long, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
  • October Exhibitions, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Live Music TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • The University of Tennessee Faculty Brass Quintet, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • National Architecture Week Trivia, Printshop Beer Co., 5:30 pm, $10, RSVP
  • History Under the Covers: Highlights from the Museum of East Tennessee History’s Quilt Collection with speaker Merikay Waldvogel, East Tennessee History Center, 6:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • 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
  • Tuesday Gypsy Mutt Club with SBRET, Barrelhouse, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Canceled (will resume next week): Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
  • An Evening of Poetry with Pauletta Hansel and Rita Sims Quillen, Union Ave Books, 6:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • “You’re Going To Think I’m Crazy, But…” Exploring the Paranormal with Jofa M. Kauffman, Infinite Light Center, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, $27
  • Spell Bound: Book Binding Workshop, Knox Crafts TN, Elst Brewing Company, 7:00 pm, $30, RSVP
  • Tuesday Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Aug 29, 2023)
  • Comedy on the Corner, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 7:30 pm, FREE! but donations welcome
  • Knoxville Jazz Orchestra: Ellington & Strayhorn with Eric Reed, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $19 – $42
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Heavy Spirits, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm