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Sunday, January 8
- Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
- Final Day: Sleigh the Peppermint Trail, downtown Knoxville, 7:00 am – 11:59 pm
- Final Day: 2022 Elf on the Shelf® Scavenger Hunt, pick up a North Pole Pass at Mast General Store or Knoxville Visitors Center, downtown Knoxville, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Knoxville Home Show, Knoxville Convention Center, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Knoxville Pink Bride Wedding Show, Knoxville Convention Center, noon – 4:00 pm, $15
- Traditional Beer Service, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, noon – 7:00 pm
- Final Day: 17th Annual East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2022, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sun)
- Second Sunday Art Activity, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, FREE!
- Tootsie!, Tennessee Theatre, 1:30 pm, $60 – $105, RSVP
- Showing: The Guide | Premiere, Central Cinema, 2:00 pm
- Second Sunday Docent Tour, Knoxville Museum of Art, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, FREE!
- Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 pm, $20
- Bluegrass Jam with Perry Cooper, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, FREE!
- Showing: EO / Brick, Central Cinema, 4:00 pm / 6:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Songwriter Sundays at Status Dough, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Virtual New Play Festival AUDITIONS: “Higher Ground,” “A Lovely Day To Kill Your Spouse,” “Laws Of The Universe,” & “Cuba Libre” with Tennessee Stage Company, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, continues Jan 9
- Pale Root, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm
- Tootsie!, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $60 – $105, RSVP
- Showing: EO, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm
Monday, January 9
- Call to Artists for Submissions: No Bigger Than a Breadbox Biennial Small Works Show, The Emporium Center, deadline Sunday, Jan 29, starting at $30
- Lauren Ailor, 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 Exhibition – Byron McKeeby’s Legacy, UT Art and Architecture Building, Second Floor Hallway, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Jan 31, 2023
- Lights! Camera! East Tennessee! East Tennessee History Center, Mon-Fri, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm / Sat, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (through July 3, 2023)
- Abstracts on Display: Jen Sterling, Morris Creative Group, 555 W Jackson Ave, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (M-F, through Jan 31, 2023)
- January Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
- Landfall Press: Five Decades of Printmaking, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Fri) / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sun), through Apr 30, 2023, FREE!
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Dillon Vance / Jessye DeSilva, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
- Showing: EO / Brick, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10 – $12, RSVP
- Parkridge Neighborhood meeting, Cansler Family YMCA, 6:30 pm
- Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by Flying Pints, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
- Virtual New Play Festival AUDITIONS: “Higher Ground,” “A Lovely Day To Kill Your Spouse,” “Laws Of The Universe,” & “Cuba Libre” with Tennessee Stage Company, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Out Series: Adam Lion/Matt Nelson, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
- Joe Wilaniskis, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Auditions for “Things My Mother Taught Me,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Prince of the Burning Sands, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
Tuesday, January 10
- The Sculpture of William Edmondson: Tombstones, Garden Ornaments and Stonework / Repatriation of Archaeology & the Native Peoples of Tennessee, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, 9:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through May 13 / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through Aug 2023
- Lil Clinard and 3-D Artists, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Megan Bee / Aaron Carter, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Ballroom classes at O’Connor Senior Center, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm, $3 donation
- Showing: EO / Brick, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- South Knoxville Community History, Maple Hall, 6:00 pm, FREE!
- Newcomer/Beginner Social Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm (weekly through June 27), $20
- Objectives and Key Results Training presented by Princeton Mortgage, 820 Sevier Ave, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
- Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
- Auditions for “Things My Mother Taught Me,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
- Prince of the Burning Sands, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
Wednesday, January 11
- Kay Dartt + Ronda Wright, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Wed-Fri) / 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (Sat), through Feb 25
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Y’uns, noon, FREE!
- Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
- Make Learn Grow: Sales Tax workshop presented by The Maker City, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 6:00 pm, $10, RSVP
- Chorale on Tour, First Baptist Knoxville, 6:00 pm, FREE! but donations welcome
- Skin Retouching with Miguel Zavelata, The Knox Exchange,1326 N Broadway, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
- Showing: Knoxville Poetry Slam – January Slam, Central Cinema, 6:45 pm – 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Cale Charney, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm
- Learn Latin Dancing – Salsa and Bachata, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Jan 25), $10 – $16
- January Artist in Residence: Crys Matthews with Heather May, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm, FREE!
- Live Music with Fred Schultheis, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 8:00 pm
- The Heiskell Howlers, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
Thursday, January 12
- Online Nonprofit Coffee & Conversations, hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 8:30 am – 9:30 am, FREE! but RSVP
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Gareth Pearson, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
- 2023 MLK Leadership Awards Luncheon, UT Student Union, Pilot Corporation Ballroom, 1502 Cumberland Ave, noon, SOLD OUT!
- January COA: “At Home with Fire Safety” with Colin Cumesty, O’Connor Senior Center, 2:30 pm
- Six O’clock Swerve Ft. Sunkiller, Barley’s Knoxville, 6:00 pm
- Not Rocket Science Trivia, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm (weekly through Jan 26)
- Piano Night with Nick! Knox Brew Hub, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
- Old-time Jam, Laurel Theater, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm
- Tommy Emmanuel, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $34.50 – $74.50
- Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 pm, $20
- Showing: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Woody & Sunshine, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
- Sensitive Warrior, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm, FREE!
- Transcendent / Goldpark, Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm / 11:30 pm
Friday, January 13
- 2023 OZONE INVITATIONAL, Knoxville Convention Center, 8:00 am – 9:00 pm (daily through Jan 16), $15 – $40
- WDVX Big Plate Special: The Wilson Springs Hotel, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- A Shucking Good Time: Oysters and Cider, Barrelhouse, 4:00 pm
- An Author Event with Mimi Herman, Union Ave Books, 6:00 pm, FREE!
- Friday Night Live: The Tennessee Sheiks and Y’uns Jugband, The Concourse, 6:00 pm, $10 – $15
- Showing: Skinamarink / Skinamarink, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Sherlock Holmes And the First Baker Street Irregular, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15, RSVP
- Brandle Rain Band, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm
- Cale Charney @ Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Variego 3, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
- Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 pm, $20
- Corey James Clifton / Soulfinger, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm
- Live Music: J. Luke Cochran, Maple Hall, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Tim O’Brien Band at the Laurel Theater, 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm, $29 – $35
- Redd at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight
- Ben Gaines Jam, Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm
- Wilson Springs Hotel, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm
Saturday, January 14
- Kidstuff Live: The Hominy Mamas, Visit Knoxville, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, FREE!
- An Author Event with William Carl, Union Ave Books, 10:00 am – noon, FREE!
- Hair of the Dog Yoga, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10 – $12, RSVP
- Explore Knox Bike Ride, Printshop Beer Co, 11:00 am
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Darrell Wallace & Kevin Mahoney, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Brewer’s Tour + Tasting, Printshop Beer Co, 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm, $10 – $20, RSVP
- Sherlock Holmes And the First Baker Street Irregular, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 pm / 5:00 pm, $12 – $15, RSVP
- Showing: Skinamarink, Central Cinema, 2:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Family Owl Prowl, Ijams Nature Center, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm, $15, RSVP
- 10th Season Celebration: Marble City Opera, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $150, RSVP
- January Dance Party, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $10
- The Dinner Detective: Interactive Murder Mystery Dinner Show! Hilton Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $60, RSVP
- Southern Fried Mid-Season Slam with The 5th Woman and Rhea Carmon, The Emporium Center, 7:00 pm, $15 – $25
- Buzzed: Adult Spelling Bee, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- 45 RPM, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm
- Showing: Skinamarink / Cannibal! The Musical, Central Cinema, 7:15 pm / 9:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Huntsville Havoc, Civic Coliseum, 7:35 pm, $8 – $41, RSVP
- Seth Winters / BIG DOG, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm
- Regal Beagle, Clancy’s Tavern & Whiskey House, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Candela, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
- Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 pm, $20
- Jurassic Park – Film + Orchestra, Civic Auditorium, 8:00 pm, $43.33 – $104.75
- The Well Drinkers Live, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – 11:55 pm
- Skankbanger, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 pm
- Willa Mae with Kelsy Walker, The Noisy, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $10
- Andres Tapia – Latin Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm
Sunday, January 15
- Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
- Showing: Skinamarink / Cannibal! The Musical, 1:45 pm / 4:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Weiner Dog Race, Event by Geezers Brewery, 2:00 pm, $5 donation
- Monthly Bluegrass Jam at Ijams with ETNBA, Ijams Nature Center, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm, FREE!
- Sherlock Holmes And the First Baker Street Irregular, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm, $12 – $15, RSVP
- KSO on the Road: MLK Celebration Concert, Tennessee Theatre, 3:00 pm, FREE!
- Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 pm, $20
- Celtic Jam for Beginners with Tim Worman, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Rus’s Romper Room: the spoken word, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Marble City Ballroom Dance Party, Barrelhouse, 5:30 pm, $10
- Crossing Appalachia, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm
- Showing: Cannibal! The Musical / Skinamarink, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:40 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Auditions for “Misery” at TKD, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm
Monday, January 16
- Call to Artists for Submissions: No Bigger Than a Breadbox Biennial Small Works Show, The Emporium Center, deadline Sunday, Jan 29, starting at $30
- Lauren Ailor, 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 Exhibition – Byron McKeeby’s Legacy, UT Art and Architecture Building, Second Floor Hallway, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Jan 31, 2023
- Lights! Camera! East Tennessee! East Tennessee History Center, Mon-Fri, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm / Sat, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (through July 3, 2023)
- Abstracts on Display: Jen Sterling, Morris Creative Group, 555 W Jackson Ave, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (M-F, through Jan 31, 2023)
- January Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
- Landfall Press: Five Decades of Printmaking, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Fri) / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sun), through Apr 30, 2023, FREE!
- Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
- Knoxville Classics Book Club: Moonfleet, Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm
- Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10 – $12, RSVP
- Showing: Cannibal! The Musical / Skinamarink, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:40 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Auditions for “Misery” at TKD, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- UTK Jazz Jam hosted by Margherita Fava, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Out Series: One Hand Clapping, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
- Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
- Jackson Stokes Band, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
Tuesday, January 17
- Sports Authority Board, Public Works Service Center, 3131 Morris Ave, 9:00 am – 10:30 am
- The Sculpture of William Edmondson: Tombstones, Garden Ornaments and Stonework / Repatriation of Archaeology & the Native Peoples of Tennessee, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, 9:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through May 13 / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through Aug 2023
- Exhibition: Public Interiority, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery, Room 115, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (M-F, through Feb 18)
- Busy Town by Mike C. Berry, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
- Lil Clinard and 3-D Artists, 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!
- City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Genealogy Workshop: Family Search In Detail, East Tennessee History Center, 6:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
- Newcomer/Beginner Social Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through June 27)
- Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
- Be the Final Writer: An Author Discussion, Union Ave Books, 6:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
- Comedy on the Corner, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 7:30 pm, FREE!
- Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
- Showing: Skinamarink, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm, FREE!
- Jackson Stokes Band, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm