Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/2 – 4/11/2023)

Jeff Gustafson, Bassmaster Classic, Knoxville, March 2023 (Photo Courtesy of Bassmaster Classic and Visit Knoxville)
Jeff Gustafson, Bassmaster Classic, Knoxville, March 2023 (Photo Courtesy of Bassmaster Classic and Visit Knoxville)

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Sunday, April 2

 

Monday, April 3 

  • 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 / 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: Farming, East Tennessee History Center, 10:30 am, free – $10, RSVP
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Sugar Hollows / June Star, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Mighty Musical Monday featuring House Organist Freddie Brabson with the Nashville Irish Step Dancers, Tennessee Theatre, noon, FREE!
  • “Oil Don’t Spoil”: ExxonMobile and the Challenges of National and Transnational Development in the Amazon Region, Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, Toyota Auditorium, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Reception: MFA Thesis Exhibitions, UT School of Art, Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture, 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Flute Studio Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • Knox Brew Stories LIVE at The Hub, Knox Brew Hub, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • 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
  • Parkridge Neighborhood meeting, Cansler Family YMCA, 6:30 pm
  • Showing: Smoking Causes Coughing / Enys Men, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:20 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Live Jazz, 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
  • Out Series: Live Music, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Weekly Contra Dance at the Laurel Theater, 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm
  • June Star, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, April 4

Bassmaster Classic 2023

Wednesday, April 5

 

Thursday, April 6

  • The Late Genius: Beethoven’s Final Days with Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Knoxville Museum of Art, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm, $26
  • R.E.S.P.E.C.T. – A Celebration of the Music of Aretha Franklin, Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 pm – 930 pm, $30 – $75
  • Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Crocodile with Civil Strife and Skyway 61, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Friday, April 7

 

Saturday, April 8

Bill Landry (Photo Courtesy of Bill Landry)

Sunday, April 9

 

Monday, April 10

  • 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)
  • UT MFA Thesis Exhibitions: Delaney Bal, Hanna Seggerman, and Danqi Cai, Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture, A+A 115, 10:00 am, through Apr 10
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Live Music, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Advance Knox – Priorities Week, Cansler YMCA, noon
  • 2hr CE – Top 10 Red Flags in a home inspection, Lighthouse Knoxville, 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm, RSVP
  • Live taping of the Appalachia Sessions! Presented by East Tennessee Historical Society, Bijou Theatre, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, RSVP
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Tzu-Jung Peng; Piano, Senior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10 – $12, RSVP
  • All Over the Page with Maurice Manning reading poems from his book “Bucolics,” Lawson McGhee Knox County Public Library, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
  • Ladies Learn Latin Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $20 – $64
  • Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Queer Cinema Club hosted by Big Gay James: Boys on the Side, Knox Pride, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
  • Out Series, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Showing: Paris Is Burning / Vampire’s Kiss, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Around the World: Collaborative concert among student organizations in UT’s School of Music, Alumni Memorial Building, Room 32, 7:30 pm
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Abbey Elmore Band, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • Some Kind of Nightmare, Bad Idols @ The Pilot Light, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, April 11

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