Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/19 – 3/28/2023)

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Sunday, March 19

• Final Day: Accepting applications, Bailey Opportunity Grants for Individuals + Organizations, The Emporium Center, deadline: midnight Mar 19
• Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours 
• Knoxville Vegan Chef Challenge, various locations, 9:00 am – 1:00 am (daily through Mar 31)
• Forest Bathing Workshop, Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am – noon, $30, RSVP
• Cyanotype Workshop to Celebrate Anna Atkins + FREE Community Art!, Ijams Nature Center, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm, free – $50, RSVP
• St. Patrick’s Weekend, The Bark, noon – 3:00 pm
• Showing: Everything Everywhere All at Once / E.T.: The Extraterrestrial, Central Cinema, 1:00 pm / 4:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• 2023 Knox Shamrock Fest / Lucky Kidney Run, World’s Fair Park Performance Lawn, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm / 3:00 pm
• Farewell Tour for The Wicked Vegans, Last Stop at Next Level Brewing Company, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Second Sunday Community Sing, Knoxville Visitors Center, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
• Men on Boats, Clarence Brown Theatre Lab Theatre, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $5
• Monthly Bluegrass Jam at Ijams with ETNBA, Ijams Nature Center, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Trail Fund Get Down! Star of Knoxville, 2:00 pm, $50, RSVP
• Big Ears Parade~Open Studio Days: Giant Flag Making, West Jackson Armature, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Evelyn Miller Young Pianist Series: Katherine Benson, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 2:30 pm, $25
• Kolaj Magazine’s “Mythical Landscape: Secrets of the Vale” Opening Reception, Knoxville Museum of Art, 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm, RSVP
• collage skillshare: express yourself with a collage, supplies provided, lower case books, 3:00 pm, free
• The Spring Awakening, Lox Salon, 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm, $20, RSVP
• Rest Is Resistance: An Exploration Series on Rest & Wellness, The Bottom, 4:00 pm, $50, RSVP
• Rus’s Romper Room, The Corner Lounge, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Party Sunday – Eric and Baron Day, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 5:00 pm
• A Night of Stand Up Comedy, Geezers Brewery, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm, $8 – $10
• Songwriter Sundays at Status Dough, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• World Storytelling Day, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 830 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Showing: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• KJO Presents NXT GEN: Margherita Fava’s Album Release “TATATU”/Bernell Jones Project, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $15 – $40, RSVP
• Wagon Wheel Live, Wagon Wheel, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm (weekly through Apr 30)
• Tennessee Stifflegs, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm
• Ziona Riley, A Simple Pig, Joseph Allred, Crystal Shrine, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• BoomBox, Bijou Theatre, 8:30 pm, $20 – $30, RSVP
• Showing: Falling Down, Central Cinema, 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm

 

Monday, March 20 

• Photography by Emily McTyre, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm (M-F) / 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (Sat) / 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
• 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)
• Converge: Coming Together, Embracing Balance, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
• March Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
• Landfall Press: Five Decades of Printmaking / Mythical Landscape: Secrets of the Vale, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Fri) / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sun), through Apr 30 / through May 28, FREE!
• Astrid Galindo Artistic Scholarship & Competition, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat (through Mar 31)
• UT MFA Thesis Exhibitions: Zoe Brester-Pennings, Haley Takahashi, and Sarah Bernstein, Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture, A+A 115, 10:00 am (daily through Mar 27)
• Little History Lessons: A history program for preschoolers, East Tennessee History Center, 10:30 am – 11:00 am, free – $10
• Downtown Knoxville Alliance Board Meeting, Knoxville Area Chamber offices, 17 Market Square, #201, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Dean Johanesen / Kiana Renae, Visit Knoxville,noon, FREE!
• Big Ears Parade~Open Studio Days: Parade Art Workday, West Jackson Armature, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• BLUE SKY MTB Women’s 6 Week Skills Series, Urban Wilderness, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $500, RSVP
• Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
• Neurographic Art, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $45, RSVP
• Showing: Ghost World / O.V.A. Anime Extreme Series, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10 – $12, RSVP
• Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by Flying Pints, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
• UTK Jazz Jam hosted by Sam Adams, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Out Series: Ryan Clackner, Hunter Deacon, Matt Nelson, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Ladies Learn Latin Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm (weekly through Mar 27), $20
• gates to hell and tba, lower case books, 8:00 pm, $15 – $20
• Prince of the Burning Sands, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, March 21

• 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 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through May 13 / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through Aug 2023
• Lynda Best and Sherrie Wilson, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
• Art Shoe by Esther Sitvery, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Darling West, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Spring Time Afternoon Tea Time, The Spice & Tea Exchange of Knoxville, 5:00 pm
• Knox Pride Presents: TTRPGs at the Pride Center, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, free, but $5 donation suggested, RSVP
• Current Challenges to Public Education in Tennessee, hosted by League of Women Voters of Knoxville/Knox County, Knoxville Public Works Service Center, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, $15, 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 June 27), $20
• Adult Lyrical Ballet/Jazz for Body & Soul 4-week Class, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 6:15 pm, $50
• Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
• Showing: GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling / Everything Everywhere All at Once, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Knox Opera: Days of Dialogue: A Southern City Speaks, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, FREE!
• Tuesday Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, weekly through Aug 29
• Olivia Watson; Trumpet & Stephanie Hensley; Euphonium, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
• Tiny Stage Comedy, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 7:30 pm
• Men on Boats, Clarence Brown Theatre Lab Theatre, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $5
• Spring Choral Concert 1, UT, Alumni Memorial Building, James R. Cox Auditorium, 7:30 pm
• Little Champion with Butter, Jorden Albright, and Nightjar, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Showing: Falling Down, Central Cinema, 8:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm

Wednesday, March 22

• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Millie Rochelle & Jackson Neilson / Roman Reese, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• KUB Community Expo, Change Center, noon – 7:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Coffee Cupping Class, Frothy Monkey, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
• CFI Pint Night with Conservation Fisheries, Inc., Pretentious Beer Co., 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Wednesday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
• Wednesday Karaoke & Drag Nights, South Press, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• TVB Easy Rider, Baker Creek Preserve, 6:00 pm
• Union Avenue Book Club discussing Nonfiction: America’s Women by Gail Collins or Fiction: Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Knox Brew Hub, 6:30 pm
• Showing: Wings (1927), Central Cinema, 6:30 pm, FREE!
• FwF March New Member Meetup at Yee-Haw Brewing, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Artist in Residence: Redd featuring Grady Milligan, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
• Learn Latin Dancing – Salsa and Bachata, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Mar 29), $10 – $16
• Jason Ellis 80s Music, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
• Coker, Gable & Thompson at Bistro by the Tracks in Happy Holler, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Apr 26)
• Men on Boats, Clarence Brown Theatre Lab Theatre, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $5
• UT Percussion Ensembles, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
• Champions Of Magic, Civic Auditorium, 7:30 pm, $30, RSVP
• too soon jokes (baltimore indie), endless mike and the beagle club (pittsburgh folk punk), and tba, lower case books, 8:00 pm, $5
• Jon Roninger & the Good for Nuthin Band, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm 

 

Thursday, March 23

• Ready for the World Café Sp 2023, UT Culinary Institute and Creamery, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, $15
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Rough & Tumble, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
• Members-Only Day: Spring 2023 Used Book Sale, hosted by Friends of the Knox County Public Library, Central United Methodist Church, 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• KnoxMedia Monthly Meetup @ Scruffy City Hall, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Bi-monthly Real Good Kitchen tours / RGK Supper Club with Tarik’s North African, Real Good Kitchen, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, RSVP
• Cocktails and Conversation – Black Networking, Five Thirty Lounge, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• 2023 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic Kick-Off Party with Smooth Sailor, Knoxville Convention Center’s outdoor Plaza Terrace, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE!
• Jacob Altrock; Voice, Senior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
• Spring Tree Walk with Joe Cope, UT Botanical Gardens, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
• March Cigar Social, Elst Brewing Company, 6:00 pm, $15, RSVP
• NOH8 Campaign Photo Shoot, Knox Pride, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $25 – $40
• Take It Outside with Erik Soltan, Mast General Store, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Boundless: Artists in the Archives with Maggie Longmire, UT John C. Hodges Library, Lindsay Young Auditorium, 6:30 pm – 7:45 pm
• Open Poetry Share, Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
• Top Chefs 2023 @ Bistro by the Tracks in Happy Holler, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $125, RSVP
• “Twenty Years of Transformation,” Jackson Terminal Events, 6:30 pm, $85 – $500, RSVP
• Showing: Daisies / GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 8:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Online Conversations & Cocktails: “A Sense of Indigenous Place at UT” with Lisa King, 7:00 pm, RSVP
• Jason Ellis at Ale Rae’s, 7:00 pm
• Rated R for Risqué: Courtship, Romance, and Intimacy in the Hazen Household, Mabry-Hazen House, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $15

• Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm – 10:00 pm
• Men on Boats, Clarence Brown Theatre Lab Theatre, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, FREE!
• Things My Mother Taught Me, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 7:30 pm, $20, RSVP
• Clarinet Studio Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
• KSO: Appalachian Journeys, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $20.18 – $99.45, RSVP
• yoga (yin type slow flow) with aynsley, lower case books, 8:00 pm, $5 – $10 sliding scale
• Kameron Marlowe: We Were Cowboys Tour, The Mill & Mine, 8:00 pm, $79

• An Evening with Drew and Ellie Holcomb: The Residency Tour, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $30 – $60, RSVP
• Arkansauce, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm
• Supper Club / Camp Culture, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm / 11:30 pm

 

Friday, March 24

• Bassmaster Classic, Knoxville Convention Center, 9:00 am – 7:00 pm
• Marco Institute Symposium: “The Canon of Shakespeare at 400,” UT Haslam Business Building, The West Wing, 9:00 am – 3:15, FREE!
• Open to Public: Spring 2023 Used Book Sale, hosted by Friends of the Knox County Public Library, Central United Methodist Church, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
• WDVX Big Plate Special: My Brother’s Keeper, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Online: What We Thought We Knew: Investigation of Jezero Crater, Mars, hosted by UT Science Forum, noon – 1:00 pm, RSVP
• Gus Kohler; Bass, Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 1:30 pm
• 2023 Mag Comic Expo, 1610 E Magnolia Ave, 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm (continues Mar 25)

• Marco Institute Symposium: “How a Folio Became the First Folio: Shakespearean Cultures in the Age of Slavery,” UT Strong Hall, Rm 101, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm, FREE!
• Reception: MFA Thesis Exhibitions, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture : A+A 115, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, RSVP
• I Learned Working with the Negatives Could Make for Better Pictures, Gallery 1010, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Teyah Young & Hannah Cipriana; Voice, Joint Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
• East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame Awards Gala, The Foundry on the Fair Site, 5:45 pm, $100 – $750, RSVP
• Third Annual Knoxville Cheese Festival, TAPestry Knoxville by Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm (continues Mar 25), $20 – $80, RSVP
• Girls Inc: Be Bold Event, Old City Performing Arts Center, 111 State St, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $50, RSVP
• Showing: Everything Everywhere All at Once / The Fifth Element, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Alive After Five at the KMA: Sara VonZine, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, free – $25
• 54th Jubilee Festival: Epworth Old Harp / Lone Mountain Drifters / Gladson Family Band / Nancy Brennan Strange / Rustic Loafers (Greg Horne, Jessica Watson, Meade Armstrong) / Tennessee Stifflegs / Knox County Jug Stompers / Y’uns, Laurel Theater, 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm, $14 – $20
• Corey James Clifton, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm
• Trivia Night: Pokémon! Scruffy’s Cafe, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $15
• Rated R for Risqué: Courtship, Romance, and Intimacy in the Hazen Household, Mabry-Hazen House, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $15
• Brent Hyder, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
• Couture Opera, Knoxville Opera, 612 E Depot Ave, 7:00 pm, $150 – $350, RSVP
• Alicia Harvey – solo, Geezer’s Brewery, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Comedy Central’s Paul Ogata makes his debut in Knoxville! The Square Room, 7:00 pm / 9:30 pm, $30 – $35, RSVP
• Totally Rad 80’s Karaoke, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm, FREE!
• Erinn Peet Lukes w/ Thunder & Rain, Schulz Bräu Brewing Co, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Abbey Road: Beatles Tribute, The Concourse, 7:00 pm, $30 – $35
• Men on Boats, Clarence Brown Theatre Lab Theatre, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $10
• Things My Mother Taught Me, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 7:30 pm, $20, RSVP
• 110 in the Shade @ Marble City Market, 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
• KSO: Appalachian Journeys, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $20.18 – $99.45, RSVP
• Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Macon Mayhem, Civic Coliseum, 7:35 pm, $8 – $41
• Jeanine Fuller, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• Jay Van Raalte and the Spectrum / Jameron, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:00 pm
• Roman Reese & The Cardinal Sins / Cash Unchained, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm 
• The Pharaohs with Screaming Phantoms and Shawnis and The Shimmers, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Moon Taxi, The Mill & Mine, 8:00 pm, $35, RSVP
• An Evening with Drew and Ellie Holcomb: The Residency Tour, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $30 – $60, RSVP
• Grilled Cheese & Cider Pairing, TAPestry Knoxville, 9:00 pm, $24, RSVP
• Clementine Was Right and Yer Flowers Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight
• Milkshake Fatty, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $5
• Andres Tapia – Latin Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm

 

Saturday, March 25

• RTMC Spring Tri Camp! Bliss Integrated Bodywork, 1119 Sevier Ave, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, $75 – $150
• Marco Institute Symposium: “The Canon of Shakespeare at 400,” UT Haslam Business Building, The West Wing, 9:00 am – 4:15, FREE!
• Final Winter Farmers’ Market, Historic Market Square, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
•  865 Candle Making Class, Knoxville Soap Candle & Gifts, 10:00 am – noon, $45, RSVP
• Intro to Woodworking for Women, Trans, and Non-Binary, Able Trade, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, $115, RSVP

• Half-Price Day: Spring 2023 Used Book Sale, hosted by Friends of the Knox County Public Library, Central United Methodist Church, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Bassmaster Classic, Knoxville Convention Center, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
• 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
• I Learned Working with the Negatives Could Make for Better Pictures, Gallery 1010, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
• A Meet & Greet with Rob Schriver, Union Ave Books, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
• 2023 Mag Comic Expo, 1610 E Magnolia Ave, 11:00 am – 7:00 pm 
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Scatterlings / LoneHollow, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• The Gaudy Gold Frame Show, Broadway Studios and Gallery, noon – 4:00 pm, FREE!
• Pop-Up Shop, Marble City Market, noon – 4:00 pm
• Spring Book Swap + Art Swap, The Bottom, noon – 5:00 pm
• Kilwin’s Five-Year Anniversary with Rondo Johnson & Meredith Cabe, Kilwins Knoxville, 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
• Genealogy Workshop: Finding Her Story Through Genealogy, East Tennessee History Center, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, FREE!
• Understanding Soil and Water Quality with K-TESST, UT Botanical Gardens, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $10 – $15, RSVP
• Third Annual Knoxville Cheese Festival, TAPestry Knoxville by Barrelhouse, 1:00 pm – 8:00 pm , $20 – $80, RSVP
• Mimosa and Margarita Fest, Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $20, RSVP
• Guest Gallery Show Opening: Robert Felker, Pivot Point Gallery, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm 
• Gus Kohler; Bass Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 1:30 pm
• Season Auditions Knoxville Shakespeare with Tennessee Stage Company, First Presbyterian Church, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, RSVP
• Showing: Daisies / The Fifth Element, Central Cinema, 3:30 pm / 4:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Rising Tide Knoxville Workshop: Leveraging AI for Small Business Growth, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• City Council Movement Kickoff, The Concourse, 4:00 pm, FREE!
• UT College of Law Julian Blackshear, Jr. Scholarship Gala, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 401 W Summit Hill Dr, 5:00 pm, $20 – $75, RSVP
• Mikeila McQueston; Voice/Soprano, Graduate Recital with accompaniment by Dr. Bernadette Lo / Jackson Guthrie; Voice/Tenor, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm / 7:30 pm
• The Dinner Detective: Interactive Murder Mystery Dinner Show! Hilton Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $60, RSVP
• March Dance Party, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $10
• 54th Jubilee Festival: Matt Morelock / John Alvis & Friends / Evan Carawan / Trenton Caruthers / Eleanor Bright / Sparky & Rhonda Rucker / Kelle Jolly / The Mumbillies, Laurel Theater, 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm, $14 – $20
• Whiskey Compass at Ale Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Ladies Night Poetry Slam, Emporium Center, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
• Comedy Central’s Paul Ogata makes his debut in Knoxville! The Square Room, 7:00 pm / 9:30 pm, $30 – $35, RSVP
• Things My Mother Taught Me, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 7:30 pm, $20, RSVP
• Men on Boats, Clarence Brown Theatre Lab Theatre, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $5
• Showing: Double Feature: Near Dark / Jennifer’s Body, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $15 – $20, RSVP
• Country/Off-Road Night @ Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Macon Mayhem, Civic Coliseum, 7:35 pm, $8 – $41
• move through (melodic hardcore from memphis), chile (instrumental emo from el paso), and tba, lower case books, 8:00 pm, $10 sliding scale
• March Boat Drinks with East Tennessee Parrothead Club, Tennessee Riverboat Company, 8:00 pm – midnight, $20 – $25, RSVP
• Jack Roben/Henry Dickhoff, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• The Gypsy Queen Drag Show, Barrelhouse, 8:00 pm, FREE!
• Skittyfest! Featuring: Ftf Skitty, Gray Jackson, Kartel Bambino, Caysen Skies, Thelo-Q, Lamont, Loudpack, Ot. Felix, Hosted By 2pair Tate & Dj Emmaculant, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• The Baxters, Mize and the Drive, and Small Wars, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
• An Evening with Drew and Ellie Holcomb: The Residency Tour, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $30 – $60, RSVP
• Prizefighter / Joey’s Van, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm / 11:30 pm
• Nerdlesque – Nerdy Drag Show, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 9:00 pm – 11:30 pm, $5 – $10
• Salsa Saturday at Xül Beer Co, 9:00 pm – 1:00 am, $10
• My Brother’s Keeper Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – 11:55 pm
• Skankbanger at Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 pm
• Naked Minds, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $5
• Andres Tapia – Latin Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm

Sunday, March 26

• Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
• Knoxville Vegan Chef Challenge, various locations, 9:00 am – 1:00 am (daily through Mar 31)
• Bassmaster Classic, Knoxville Convention Center, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
• Power-Yoga, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 11:00 am – 11:30 am, $5
• 54th Jubilee Festival: Dinner and Old Harp Singing, Laurel Theater, noon – 4:00 pm
• March Sundress Reading Series, Pretentious Beer Co., 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
• An Afternoon of Ijams History with Paul James, Ijams Nature Center, 2:00 pm, $5, RSVP
• Men on Boats, Clarence Brown Theatre Lab Theatre, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $5
• Old Sevier March Market, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Showing: Daisies / The Fifth Element, Central Cinema, 3:00 pm / 4:45, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Family Yoga, Birdhouse Knoxville, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Bluegrass Jam with Perry Cooper, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Final Performance: Things My Mother Taught Me, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 pm, $20, RSVP
• Choral Evensong, St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 4:45 pm
• WHAT IF: foster care interest meeting, Remedy Coffee, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Braden Jones & Parker Bakall; drums & acoustic bass, junior recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
• A Stand Up Comedy Open Mic @ Geezers Brewery, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
• Sound Healing Experience, Mindful Moments Healing Services, 1520 N Central St, 6:30 pm, $20, RSVP
• Dine In Dark, Mirage Knoxville 7:00 pm, $65, RSVP
• Showing: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Harley Kimbro Lewis, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $20 – $30, RSVP
• Wagon Wheel Live, Wagon Wheel, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm (weekly through Apr 30)
• Dreaded Dale, With Sanity, Backhand, and Candescent, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm

 

Monday, March 27

• Photography by Emily McTyre, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm (M-F) / 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (Sat) / 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
• 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)
• Converge: Coming Together, Embracing Balance, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
• March 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, FREE!
• Astrid Galindo Artistic Scholarship & Competition, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (through Mar 31)
• Final Day: UT MFA Thesis Exhibitions: Zoe Brester-Pennings, Haley Takahashi, and Sarah Bernstein, Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture, A+A 115, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
• “How to Look at Ice” with Maggie Cao (UT Humanities Center Distinguished Lecture Series), UT John C Hodges Library, Lindsay Young Auditorium (rm. 101), 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
• Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
• Spotlight on Diversity Concert Series, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
• Rutledge Memorial Lecture in Classics by Martin Vizzotti (La Plata, Argentina), “The First Men in the Moon: Lucian, Kepler, Wells, and Borges’ Take on Science Fiction,” UT Student Union, 362B, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
• A Talk on Southview to Gettysvue with author Bill Schmidt, East Tennessee History Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10 – $12, RSVP
• Knoxville Classics Book Club – Mrs. Dalloway, Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm
• Board Game Night, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:30 pm
• Michael Price, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Justice Knox Rally, First Presbyterian Church, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
• Out Series: Brandon Beavers, Ryan Dunaway, Summer Fuss, Matt Nelson, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Showing: In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis / Jennifer’s Body, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Queer Cinema Club: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Love Julie Newmar, Knox Pride, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Finale: Ladies Learn Latin Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $20
• Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
• Abbey Elmore Band, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, March 28

• Sports Authority Board Meeting, Public Works Service Center, 3131 Morris Ave, 9:00 am – 10:30 am
• Accelerate Your Marketing: Drive Your Business Forward in 2023, Knoxville Small Business Development Center, 9:00 am – 10:00 am, RSVP
• 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 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through May 13 / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through August
• Lynda Best and Sherrie Wilson, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
• Art Shoe by Esther Sitvery, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Live Music, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Microneedling and Mimosas, Old City MedSpa, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Vegan BBQ in Knoxville, Printshop Beer Co., 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Nichole Hollenbeck; French Horn & Jaydon Headrick; Trombone, Joint Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
• Join KKB for Our March Trash Run at Xul Beer Co, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• AMBC Joy Ride Volunteer Greet & Eat! Knoxville Adventure Collective, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Showing: The Fifth Element / Near Dark, 6:00 pm / 8:45 pm, $5 – $10, 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!
• Libertarian Party of Tennessee – Volunteer Region Monthly Meeting, Earthbound Trading Co, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
• Online: Should we be alarmed? Chatbots, AI, and the Humanities webinar panel discussion, presented by UT Humanities Center together with UT Libraries, 7:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• A “Downstairs Church” Launch Party & Benefit for Susannah House, Union Ave Books, 7:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Men on Boats, Clarence Brown Theatre Lab Theatre, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $5
• Whose Live Anyway, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $30 – $80, RSVP
• Spring Choral Concert 2, UT Cox Alumni Memorial Auditorium, 7:30 pm
• Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
• Abbey Elmore Band, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm