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(Planner provided weekly by contributing writer Scott McNutt)
Sunday, April 16
- Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
- Rugged Duck Adventure Race hosted by Knoxville Adventure Collective, various locations, through April 30, $55
- Knoxville Brunch Club, The Press Room, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm, $40 – $50
- Craft Fair! Everything Mushrooms, 1004 Sevier Ave, noon
- Kim Adamson / Concord Brass, Schulz Bräu Brewing Co, noon / 3:30 pm
- Appalachian String Band, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 1:30 pm
- Cats (Touring), Tennessee Theatre, 1:30 pm, $105, RSVP
- A Launch Event featuring Anna Laura Reeve, Union Ave Books, 2:00 pm, FREE!
- Amber Crane Performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm, free – $40, RSVP
- Gunslingers Walking Tour, meet at WDVX, 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm, $14 – $20, RSVP
- Showing: Encino Man / How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Central Cinema, 2:45 pm / 4:50 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Final Performance: The Surprising Story Of The Three Little Pigs, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm
- Celtic Jam for Beginners with Tim Worman, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- Open Bluegrass Jam by The East Tennessee Bluegrass Association, Mead’s Quarry, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- April Scottish Country Dancing, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Tiffany Braden & Tom Kida; Trumpet, Joint Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 3:30 pm
- Leanne Morgan: Just Getting Started, Civic Coliseum, 5:00 pm, $38 – $63
- Jeremy Simmons & Emily Martinez-Perez; Viola, Joint Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
- Fleurish: A Sustainable Fashion Event, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $25, RSVP
- Songwriter Sundays at Status Dough, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- villain of war (boston emo / pop punk) and tba, lowercase books, 6:00 pm, $10 sliding scale
- Urban Combat Wrestling Presents: 80s Party at Hi-Wire Brewing-Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $15 – $20
- Showing: Encino Man / How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Cats (Touring), Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 pm, $95, RSVP
- The Crossjacks, Schulz Bräu Brewing Co, 7:30 pm
- Shadow Side Ghost Tour, The Phoenix Pharmacy and Fountain, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm, $14 – $20
- Carver Whitson; Trumpet, Senior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
- Sam Adams: Love Letter to Knoxville/Ken Brown Jazz Meets Funk, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm, $15 – $40
- An Evening with Taj Mahal Quartet, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $45 – $75
- Wagon Wheel Live, Wagon Wheel, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm (weekly through Apr 30)
- “Singing for Charity” Karaoke supporting Sexual Assault Center of East Tennessee at Knox Box, 8:00 pm – 2:00 am
- Tennessee Stifflegs, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm, FREE!
- Mind Mirage with Lower Interiors and Megam00n X, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
- DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm
Monday, April 17
- 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)
- April Exhibitions, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- April 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!
- April Exhibitions, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat (through Mar 31)
- Little History Lessons: Archaeology, East Tennessee History Center, 10:30 am, free – $10
- Downtown Knoxville Alliance Board Meeting, Knoxville Area Chamber offices, 17 Market Square, #201, 11:30 am – 12:30 am
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Eliza Mary Doyle / Tidalwave Road Bluegrass Band, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
- Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10 – $12, RSVP
- Knox Brew Stories LIVE! Knox Brew Hub, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Drop-in Figure Drawing, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $10 – $12
- Showing: How to Blow Up a Pipeline / O.V.A.: Extreme Anime Series, Central Cinema, 6:15 pm / 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by Flying Pints, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
- UTK Jam hosted by Braden Jones, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Ladies Learn Latin Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $20 – $64
- Queer Cinema Club hosted by Big Gay James, Knox Pride, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
- summer like the season (detroit synth pop), megamoon x (chiptune scramz), and duck butter (lowercase house band), lowercase books, 7:00 pm, $10
- Walter Cronkite Is Dead hosted by The WordPlayers, The Square Room, 7:00 pm, free, but donations welcome
- Out Series: Improvised Music Sets From Monique Osorio / Majid Araim and Lucifer Arias / Pricilla Smith / Ray Swinn, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
- Monday Patio Jams, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through July 31)
- Ethan Booher; Percussion, Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
- Monica Brashears reading, UT Lindsay Young Auditorium, Hodges Library 101, 8:00 pm, FREE!
- Eliza Mary Doyle, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
Tuesday, April 18
- Knox County Workforce Summit, Jackson Terminal Events, 7:30 am – 11:10 am, FREE! but 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 Aug 2023
- Rockin Creations, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
- Cynthia Markert: Tallulah Dearest and Her Coterie, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Runaway Grooms, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Artist Trading Cards, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm (continues Apr 25), $45
- Showing: How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Central Cinema, 4:45 pm, FREE!
- Dogwood Afternoon Tea Time, The Spice & Tea Exchange of Knoxville, 522 S. Gay St, 5:00 pm
- Austin Holritz; Jazz Saxophone, Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
- Haines-Morris Lecture: “Reception ex nihilo: Doubling, improvisation, metatheater in Plautine comedy and Seinfeld,” by T.H.M. Gellar-Goad, UT College of Law, Room 132, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
- City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Drink Beer. Save Turtles.® with Terrapin Beer Co. at Barley’s Knoxville, 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 June 27), $20
- Adult Lyrical Ballet/Jazz, 4WK Session, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm (weekly through May 9), $50, RSVP
- Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
- Showing: Live Comedy Featuring Rivers Langley, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, FREE!
- Spring Migration Magic, Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $12, RSVP
- Tuesday Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, weekly through Aug 29
- UT Saxophone Ensemble and Quartets, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
- The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge UK in concert, St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 7:30 pm, $20
- Octavio Solis Performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm, free – $40, RSVP
- Dreamwell with Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir, Gramphix, and Glad I Didn’t Get My Stupid Wish, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
- Tuesday Nights on The Patio with Von Musick, Hilton Knoxville, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
- Wilder Woods: The Fever/Sky Tour, The Mill & Mine, 8:30 pm, $31
- Eliza Mary Doyle, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
Wednesday, April 19
- Knox Writers Presents: Defining Success as a Writer, 17 Market Square, #101, 9:00 am – 10:30 am, RSVP
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Hot Damn Scandal, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Make Signs of Love for LGBTQ Families, South Press, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- The Southbound Group-Knoxville Launch Party, Yee-Haw Brewing Co, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
- UCW Social, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Wednesday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
- Caleb Hupp; Percussion, Senior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
- Shibori Dyeing: Arashi, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $35, RSVP
- Pickin’ on Nature Bluegrass Concert with Sleepy-Eyed John’s Stringband and True Blue, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, free – $30, RSVP
- Wednesday Karaoke & Drag Nights, South Press, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Angel’s Envy Whiskey & Chocolate Tasting, Maple Hall, 6:00 pm, $40, RSVP
- 2023 Knox Bike Racing Wednesday MTB Series, Mead’s Quarry, 6:15 pm – 8:00 pm
- Castle & Key Spirits Dinner at Oliver Royale, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, $125, RSVP
- Artist in Residence: Emi Sunshine featuring Sam Hatmaker, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
- Live Band Karaoke, Pretentious Beer Co, 7:00 pm
- Woof Gang with SBRET – a weekly dog walk, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Coker, Gable & Thompson at Bistro by the Tracks in Happy Holler, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Apr 26)
- Weekly Wine Wednesday & Live Music: Jack Smith and Friends, Babalu, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Ruoyun Zhu; piano, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
- Hair, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm
- Gregory Crane Performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm, free – $40, RSVP
- Showing: How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Central Cinema, 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Rockstead / The Runaway Grooms, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm / 11:00 pm
- Springboard: Open Mic Comedy Night, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm
- Judah & the Lion, The Mill & Mine, 9:00 pm, $30 – $105, RSVP
Thursday, April 20
- Ready for the World Café Sp 2023, UT Culinary Institute and Creamery, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, $15
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Matt York / Scott Whiddon, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
- Showing:How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Central Cinema, 3:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Mobile Dog Launch Party, Merchants of Beer, 5:00 pm
- Kadijah Tinker; Flute & Reed McAmis; Saxophone, Joint Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
- Eliza Mary Doyle Party and Potluck! Architectural Antics, 5:30 pm
- Social media for food businesses hosted by Real Good Kitchen, Change Center, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, RSVP
- Panel: Filmmaking in East TN | KnoxMedia Monthly Production Meetup, Central Cinema, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- 16th Annual Rutledge Lecture in Archaeology by Richard Evershed, Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, Auditorium, 6:00 pm
- PIOs and Journalists: It’s complicated … let’s untangle , Scruffy City Hall, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- 6 O’clock Swerve Ft. Guy Marshall, Barley’s Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Sustainable Fashion Show, Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Plaza, Auditorium, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Community Meeting at the Bottom: Protecting Tenants, Reducing Evictions, thebottomknox, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
- CASA’s Spring Gala 2023, The Mill & Mine, 6:00 pm, $125 – $1,000
- Open Poetry Share, Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
- Casting Crowns: The Healer Tour, Civic Auditorium, 7:00 pm, $19 – $125
- Artist Lecture with Alex Stern, Art and Architecture Building, Room 109, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, RSVP
- TVH Third Week Meeting, Pretentious Beer Co, 6:00 pm
- Kenny Davis, Ale’ Rae’s, 7:00 pm
- Letterkenny Trivia, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 7:00 pm
- Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm – 10:00 pm
- Mozart Requiem, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $19 – $125
- Hair, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm
- spirit ritual (blue-eyed soul & pop from nashville), dozibrion (beats & raps & facial hair), fish stew (two chords & a dream), and wishmire and the high hopes (nexus of blues, psych, funk, and calloused hands), lowercase book, 8:00 pm, $10
- Scott Whiddon, Second Rodeo, Nightjar, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
- Showing: Beau Is Afraid, Central Cinema, 8:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Ian Ferguson, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm, $5
- The Holistic Hotbox 4/20, The Holistic Connection, 716 S Gay St, 9:00 pm
- Davey & The Midnights, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
- Transcendent, Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm
Friday, April 21
- Final Day: MFA Thesis Exhibition, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture: A+A 115, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- WDVX Big Plate Special: Gents & Liars, noon, FREE!
- Showing: How to Blow Up a Pipeline / Beau Is Afraid, Central Cinema, 12:45 pm / 3:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- A Meet & Greet with Monica Abbott / Meet & Greet with Softball Great, UT Vol, and Olympic Athlete Monica Abbott, Union Ave Books, 3:00 pm / 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
- Volapalooza: Party in the Park, Circle Park, 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm
- The Museum of Unnatural History, Gallery 1010, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Carter Beucher; Jazz, Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
- Leftfoot Dave & The Magic Hats with special guest, Bluegill, The Concourse, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
- Alicia Harvey @ Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Pride Bingo @ South Press Coffee, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $20
- pk waves (kentucky vapor trap), vision (rap), and tba, lowercase book, 7:00 pm, $10
- Andy Ferrell, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
- Two pints for Sister Sarah, Trailhead Beer Market, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- The Vertical Birds @ Ale Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Jonathan Clark Performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm, free – $40, RSVP
- Mozart Requiem, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $19 – $125
- UT Opera Theatre Presents: Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $5 – $30
- Hair, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm
- Variego 3, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
- Joseph Decosimo, Laurel Theater, 8:00 pm, $14 – $20
- Brandle Rain Band, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 8:00 pm
- Chelsea Samples Music Live! @ Marble City, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Big Gene Poole w/ Truth of the Matter, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
- B|_ank, Alex Silva, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
- Showing:How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Central Cinema, 8:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Jesse Daniel Edwards / Poster Child, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm / 11;30 pm
- Sensitive Warrior at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight, FREE!
- Connor Kelly & the Time Warp with Common Interest, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $5
- Andres Tapia – Latin Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm
Saturday, April 22
- Walk To Make Alzheimer’s A Memory: Join Our Team, UT Gardens Knoxville, 8:00 am – noon, RSVP
- Dragon Revolution Martial Arts Tournament, Cal Johnson Park, 9:00 am, $5 – $50
- South Knoxville Community Cleanup, Mary Vestal Park, 9:00 am – noon, RSVP
- Park Day 2023 – Annual Spring Clean-Up (Rain Update), Mabry-Hazen House, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
- April Community Workday, Beardsley Farm, 9:00 am – noon, RSVP
- Walk MS: Knoxville, World’s Fair Park & Festival Center, 9:00 am, RSVP
- Rossini Festival, downtown Knoxville, 10:00 am – 9:00 pm, FREE!
- Glowing Body Yoga in the Yee-Haw Grove, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, RSVP
- Rossini Festival w/Kava Koncoctions, Knoxville Soap Candle & Gifts, 10:00 am
- Hair of the Dog Yoga, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10 – $12, RSVP
- The Museum of Unnatural History, Gallery 1010, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
- Sadie Pearl Records Release Celebration, The Bookshop at The Bottom’s boutique record shop, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: D. Boone Pitman / Jesse Daniel Edwards, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Roots in South Knoxville Spring Fling, Dogwood Elementary, noon – 2:00 pm
- Beaglefest 2023 with SOS Beagles – Tennessee, SouthSide Garage, noon – 6:00 pm
- Showing: How to Blow Up a Pipeline / Beau Is Afraid, Central Cinema, 12:15 pm / 2:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Salsa and Bachata Dance Fundamentals, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm (weekly through May 13), $68
- Recruitment Event by Junior League of Knoxville @ Yee-Haw, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Dr. Janetta Jamerson Performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm, free – $40, RSVP
- UT Opera Theatre Presents: Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, Bijou Theatre, 2:30 pm, $5 – $30
- experimental open mic / what’s on tv and tba, lowercase book, 5:00 pm / 7:00 pm, FREE! / $10
- Artists on Location 2023, a Plein Air Painting Event, Knoxville Museum of Art 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
- The Art of House presents The Basement Sessions, Mirage Knoxville, 6:00 pm
- Belgian Beer Release Event, Elst Brewing Company, 6:00 pm, $100, RSVP
- Showing: The Late Show Up All Night, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Alicia Harvey – solo, Geezer’s Brewery, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Shelby Cline, Schulz Bräu Brewing Co, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Boogie on Broadway w/ Voodoo Cadillac! Ale’ Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- SoKno Royale Casino Night, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $25, RSVP
- Emily Helton Performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm, free – $40, RSVP
- UT Opera Theatre Presents: Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $5 – $30
- Taber Gable, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
- Jay Clark & the Tennessee Tree Beavers, Laurel Theater, 8:00 pm, $14 – $20
- TBA, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
- Thrift Store Bingo (21 and up), Barrelhouse, 8:00 pm, $15, RSVP
- Kelsey’s Woods @ Merchants of Beer, 8:00 pm, $5
- Ross Osteen Band, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm
- Almost Doors / Joey’s Van, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm / 11:00 pm
- Redd Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight, FREE!
- Goliath Fair w/ Joe Casterine at Corner Lounge, 9:00 pm
- The Shady Recruits, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $10
- Andres Tapia – Latin Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm
Sunday, April 23
- Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
- Rugged Duck Adventure Race hosted by Knoxville Adventure Collective, various locations, through April 30, $55
- Ijams Mayapple Marketplace, Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
- Spring Pop-Up Market at Capybara Coffee, 2457 University Commons Way, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Hair, Clarence Brown Theatre,2:00 pm
- MoB adoption event! Merchants of Beer, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Showing: Beau Is Afraid / How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Central Cinema, 2:15 pm / 5:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Emily Ernst Performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm, free – $40, RSVP
- UT Opera Theatre Presents: Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, Bijou Theatre, 2:30 pm, $5 – $30
- Bluegrass Jam with Perry Cooper, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Madison Mansouri Performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm, free – $40, RSVP
- A Stand Up Comedy Open Mic @ Geezers Brewery, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
- Small Jazz Ensemble, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm
- l.i.p.s. (harlan skate punk), coffinbox (ky hardcore), and tba, lowercase book, 7:00 pm, $10
- Showing: Beau Is Afraid, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- “Singing for Charity” Karaoke supporting Sexual Assault Center of East Tennessee at Knox Box, 8:00 pm – 2:00 am
- Mal Nombre, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm
- Wagon Wheel Live, Wagon Wheel, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm (weekly through Apr 30)
- Bikini Kill with Snooper, The Mill & Mine 8:00 pm, $30, RSVP
- DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm
Monday, April 24
- 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
- April 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!
- April Exhibition, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (through Apr 29)
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Rachael Sage / Annalyse & Ryan, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- The Sociotechnical Dynamics of Negative Emissions, Carbon Removal, and Solar Geoengineering UT Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, Toyota Auditorium, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
- “Telling Big Stories with Small Things: Times and Travels of a Violin,” presented by Olivia Bloechl, John C Hodges Library, Lindsay Young Auditorium (rm. 101), 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm
- Youth Violence Prevention Week, The Bottom, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, RSVP
- Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
- Daniel Bates; Double Bass, Graduate Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
- Knox Brew Stories LIVE! Knox Brew Hub, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Drop-in Figure Drawing, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $10 – $12
- Picnic at Hanging Rock – Knoxville Classics Book Club, Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm
- Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10 – $12, RSVP
- Weekly LBE Monday Shop Ride, LB Endurance Lab, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Showing: How to Blow Up a Pipeline / Beau Is Afraid, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:10 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Ladies Learn Latin Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $20 – $64
- Terry Washington, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Out Series: Hayfever, Emily Hay + Wayne Peet + Michael Vatcher + Steuart Liebig, Adam Lion + Matt Nelson, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
- The Merlin’s Nest Yolo-Solo Looper Show, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Jed Diamond Performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm, free – $40, RSVP
- Salina Fang; Violin, Senior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall 7:30 pm
- Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
- Acid Dads with Wine Lips and Ex-Gold, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm, $10 – $15
- Taylor Phelps Band, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
- Winterforever, The Pilot Light, 9:00 pm, $10
Tuesday, April 25
- 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
- Accelerate Your Marketing: Drive Your Business Forward in 2023, Knoxville Small Business Development Center, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
- Cynthia Markert: Tallulah Dearest and Her Coterie, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
- KICKO’s Celebration Luncheon, The Foundry on the Fair Site, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, RSVP
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Abby Posner / Nash Hamilton, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Bark Scavenger Hunt, The Bark 4:00 pm, RSVP
- Showing: Beau Is Afraid / Beau Is Afraid, Central Cinema, 4:30 pm / 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- VolOpera Cabaret Night, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall 5:30 pm
- 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!
- Justice Knox Nehemiah Action Assembly, Knoxville Civic Auditorium-Coliseum, 6:40 pm – 8:30 pm
- Lydia Anderson; violin, Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
- Hair, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $30
- Wind Ensemble 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
- Farewell Friend, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm