Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/23 – 5/2/2023)

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(Planner provided weekly by contributing writer Scott McNutt)

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
• Belgian Beer Release & Belgian Waffle Event, Elst Brewing Co, noon – 4:00 pm
• Spring Pop-Up Market at Capybara Coffee, 2457 University Commons Way, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Spring Vintage Market, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Hair, Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 pm, $5
• 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
• Early Years Walking Tour, East Tennessee History Center, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm, $14 – $20, RSVP
• Sunday Dance Class and Practica, Double S Wine Bar, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (weekly through Dec 17)
• Return of the Sunday Blues Jam! Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Choral Evensong, St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 4:45 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
• A Comedy Show @ ale’ rae’s, 7:00 pm
• The Ritualists with High Heat, The Double S Wine Bar, 7:00 pm
• Showing: Beau Is Afraid, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Final “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
• Cinema Sundays: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Yee-Haw Brewing, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• 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! / Mythical Landscape: Secrets of the ValeEast 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) / (through May 28
• 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)
• Gunslingers Walking Tour, meet at WDVX, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm, $14 – $20, RSVP
• 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
• Cormac McCarthy “Suttree” Literary Walking Tour, meet at East Tennessee History Center, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm, $14 – $20, RSVP
• “Telling Big Stories with Small Things: Times and Travels of a Violin,” presented by Olivia Bloechl, UT 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, Central Cinema, 4:30 pm / 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• WUTK Terrapin Pint Month Fundraiser, Central Flats & Taps, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• 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, $17 – $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

Wednesday, April 26

• Art Source, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Wed-Fri (Sat, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm), through May 18 
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Ash Taylor / Farewell Friend, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Lunch & Learn with The Salvation Army, noon – 1:00 pm, RSVP
• Sam Goes Everywhere, Films Anything! Exploring Sam Orleans East Tennessee Films, East Tennessee History Center, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
• Dine & Discover with Althea Murphy-Price, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Make Signs of Love for LGBTQ Families, South Press, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Showing: How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Central Cinema, 4:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Wednesday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
• Stammtisch 2023 – Start a Conversation, Schulz Bräu Brewing Co, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
• Faculty/Guest Artist Performance: Quintasonic Brass, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
• Wednesday Karaoke & Drag Nights, South Press, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Artist in Residence: Emi Sunshine featuring “The Band Loula,” Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 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
• Pony Bradshaw at Pretentious Beer Co., 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
• Learn Latin Dancing – Salsa and Bachata, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $10 – $16
• Ben Folds and a Piano, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $41 – $91
• String Chamber Ensemble, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
• Showing: Catacombs & Comedians, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Hair, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $17 – $30
• Joseph Allred, Ziona Riley, Kevin Coleman, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10/
• Farewell Friend, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm 
• Springboard: Open Mic Comedy Night, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm

 

Thursday, April 27

• School of Art BFA Capstone Exhibition, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery, Room 115, 10:00 am – 7:30 pm
• YWCA Keys of Hope Luncheon, Knoxville Convention Center, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, $50
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Tin Roof Echo / Kevin Randolph, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
• Small Business Financial Management Class, Knoxville Area Urban League, 1:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Showing: Beau Is Afraid, Central Cinema, 3:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• “Move Fast and Break (the Right) Things: Hastening the Clean Energy Transition without Compromising Reliability, Affordability, and the Environment,” Talk with Mike Boots, Executive Vice President of Breakthrough Energy, UT Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, Toyota Auditorium, 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
• Reception: Capstone, UT Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture, 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
• Rita Burch; Violin Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
• Weekly Writers ‘Round Knoxville, Awaken Coffee 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
• Intro to Needle Felting, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $45, RSVP
• Game Changers: A Roundtable Discussion with Title IX Trailblazers in East Tennessee, East Tennessee History Center, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• And the trees …, Knoxville Botanical Garden, 6:00 pm, FREE!
• The 2023 GSMC “Sparkle Soiree” for Scouting, Sunsphere, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
• Online Conversations & Cocktails: “Medieval Holy War before the Crusades” with UT History Professor Matthew Gillis, 7:00 pm, RSVP
• Pint with a Prof, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 7:00 pm
• Schulz Brau Social for Charity, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• High Heat Concert at Yee-Haw Brewing, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!

• Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm – 10:00 pm
• Showing: Live Poetry Event: Collectively Speaking, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Wilco featuring the A’s, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, starting at $60
• Hair, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $17 – $30
• Concert & Symphonic Bands, Alumni Memorial Building, James R. Cox Auditorium, 7:30 pm
• Violin Studio Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
• regions (north carolina death metal), pure bliss (syracuse hardcore), and tba, lowercase book, 8:00 pm, $10 sliding scale
• Dumbass Youth Album Release Show!, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Laney Lou and the Bird Dog, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm, FREE!
• Conner Smith, The Mill & Mine, 8:00 pm, $15
• Steady Rotation, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
• Transcendent, Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm

 

Friday, April 28

• Final Day: MFA Thesis Exhibition, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture: A+A 115, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm 
• Dogwood Arts Festival, World’s Fair Park, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Animal Communication with Afton Hughes, New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods, 11:30 am – 3:30 pm, $50 – $85
• WDVX Big Plate Special: Irene Kelley, noon, FREE!
• Fun K-Town 2023: Knoxville’s Grooviest Board Game Weekend, Knoxville Convention Center, noon – midnight, free – $85 (continues through Apr 30)

• Showing: Beau Is Afraid, Central Cinema, 1:00 pm / 4:30 pm / 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Pre-Prom Pictures by Zelina Photography, Old City, Knoxville, 3:00 pm – 7:30 pm, RSVP
• Sweet Nothings (Whispered Nevers), Gallery 1010, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Knoxville, TN Regional Dance Competition, Knoxville Convention Center, 5:00 pm (continues through Apr 30)
• Hugh Lindsay; Trombone, Graduate Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
• UT Gardens Gala: Conserving the Past, Sustaining the Future, UT Gardens, Knoxville, 5:30 pm – 10:30 pm, SOLD OUT!
• the two elizabeth taylors book club reads elizabeth bowen’s “songs my father sang me, lowercase book, 6:00 pm
• NEW2OPERA: The Marriage of Figaro, Knox Brew Hub, 6:00 pm, $28, RSVP
• Live Music Fridays, Crowne Plaza Knoxville Downtown, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Blood Done Sign My Name, Student Union, Room 180, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
• Hip to Be Square Comedy: Camille Solari, The Square Room, 7:00 pm / 9:30 pm, $20 – $100, RSVP
• Johnny Shelton @ Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• It’s Gonna Be May: 90s Karaoke, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
• “Misery” by William Goldman, based on the novel by Stephen King, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 7:30 pm, $20
• Soyeon Seo; Violin, Graduate Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
• Hair, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $20 – $40
• Amy Grant, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $35 – $75
• The Marriage of Figaro by the Knoxville Opera, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $15 – $115, RSVP
• Comedy Night: Kitten Around! Scruffy’s Cafe, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm, $20 – $25
• Ben Maney Quartet, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• Lines Taking Shape Album Release show w/ Red Zephyr and De Novo, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Lazarus Lake @ Pour Taproom, 9:00 pm, FREE! But RSVP
• Echo Pilot / Trey Bryant Band, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm / 11;30 pm
• Fountain City Ramblers Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight, FREE!
• The Coveralls, Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm
• New Speedway Honkers, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $5
• Andres Tapia – Latin Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm

 

Saturday, April 29

• Ninja Mountain Bike Clinics, Knoxville Urban Wilderness, 8:45 am – 4:00 pm, $50 (continues Apr 30), $329 – $999, RSV
• Fun K-Town 2023: Knoxville’s Grooviest Board Game Weekend, Knoxville Convention Center, 9:00 am – midnight, free – $85 (continues Apr 30)
• Saturday Morning Yoga, Knox Pride, 9:00 am – 10:00 am
• Spring Fling Craft and Vendor Event, Kerbela Shrine Temple, 315 Mimosa Ave, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (continues Apr 30)
• Macrame Wall Hanging, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 9:30 am – 1:00 pm, $50, RSVP
• Glowing Body Yoga in the Yee-Haw Grove, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, RSVP
• Yoga Night at the Old City Performing Arts Center, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, $10
• Knoxville Deltas’ Crimson Conversations – Holistic Health: Sound Mind, Body, and Spirit, 3131 Morris Ave, 10:00 am – noon, FREE!
• Filmations Robert Lamb live and in person, Tall Man Toys & Comics, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Dogwood Arts Festival, World’s Fair Park, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm, FREE!
• A Taste of Real Good Kitchen, World’s Fair Park Ampitheatre, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, $35
• Hair of the Dog Yoga, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10 – $12, RSVP
• Sweet Nothings (Whispered Nevers), Gallery 1010, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Julien Riviere; Viola Graduate Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 11:30 am 
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Carrie Morrison / Mike River, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Make It Happen Art & Music Festival, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, noon – 10:00 pm
• Everyone in Drag party protest, Historic Market Square, noon
• Indie Bookstore Day: Local Author Book Fair, The Bottom, noon – 4:00 pm, RSVP
• The Southeastern Appalachian Bike Swap, Yee-Haw Brewing Co., noon – 7:00 pm
• Genealogy Workshop: Applying to First Families of Tennessee, East Tennessee History Center, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Women and Menopause Health and Wellness, Knoxville Soap Candle & Gifts, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, FREE!
• Art Day: Exploring Sculpture, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Slip Transfer: Tea Cups & Saucers, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $45, RSVP
• Showing: Beau Is Afraid, Central Cinema, 1:00 pm / 4:30 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
• Lillian Smith & Alan Cook; Clarinet & Flute, Joint Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 1:30 pm
• Loving the Body in Sacred Womanhood, Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $20 suggested donation
• A Taste of Real Good Kitchen, World’s Fair Park Ampitheatre, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, $35
• Bluegrass, Barbecue, Bourbon, and Beer, Blount Mansion, 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $20 – $45
• Isabella Nicoli; Voice, Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 3:30 pm
• Hannah Paulus; Cello, Non-Degree Recital, UT Student Union Auditorium (180), 4:00 pm
• Logan Kelley & Amanda Stawick; Tuba & Flute, Joint Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
• Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Tennessee Theatre, 6:00 pm, $128
• Corndog Revival Part Deux: Cutting of The Jorts, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• April Dance Party, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $10
• Brad Freeney, Schulz Bräu Brewing Co, 7:00 pm
• Hip to Be Square Comedy: Camille Solari, The Square Room, 7:00 pm / 9:30 pm, $20 – $100, RSVP
• “THE BIG ONE” – Milk Man & The Big Band LIVE IN CONCERT @ The UTK Student Union, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Crown & Compass, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Hair, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $20 – $40
• Terry Washington; Jazz/Trumpet, Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
• “Misery” by William Goldman, based on the novel by Stephen King, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 7:30 pm, $20
• Silent Disco: Taylor Swift Night + Friends & Foes, Yee-Haw Brewing Co. 7:30 pm, $12 – $15
• Theresa Caputo Live! The Experience, Civic Auditorium, 7:30 pm, $49 – $100
• Salsa Saturday @ Hi Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:45 pm – 11:45 pm,$10
• Pamela Klicka Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• Showing: Beau Is Afraid, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Guy Marshall, Yer Flowers, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• The Ritualists / Marigold Thieves, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm
• Chris Pierce with Zack Miles Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight, FREE!
• Jake Dwyer Band at Corner Lounge, 9:00 pm
• Vibraslaps, Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm
• The Captain Rons, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $5
• TEKNOX feat. NSA, Barrelhouse, 10:00 pm
• Andres Tapia – Latin Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm

Sunday, April 30

• Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours 
• Final Day: Rugged Duck Adventure Race hosted by Knoxville Adventure Collective, various locations, $55
• Spring Fling Craft and Vendor Event, Kerbela Shrine Temple, 315 Mimosa Ave, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Fun K-Town 2023: Knoxville’s Grooviest Board Game Weekend, Knoxville Convention Center, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm, free – $85 
• Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day! Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, $75, RSVP
• Dogwood Arts Festival, World’s Fair Park, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, FREE!
• A Taste of Real Good Kitchen, World’s Fair Park Ampitheatre, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm, $35
• Affirming Resource Fair, Knox Pride noon – 2:00 pm, FREE!
• Final Day: Landfall Press: Five Decades of Printmaking, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, FREE!
• “Edmondson in Bloom,” UT McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, free – $50
• Historic Fourth and Gill Tour of Homes & Secret Gardens, Check in at Central United Methodist Church, 201 E. Third Ave, 1:00 pm, $20
• Showing: Beau Is Afraid, Central Cinema, 1:00 pm / 4:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• GTA String Quartets, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 1:30 pm
• Hair, Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 pm, $20 – $40
• Old Sevier April Market, 1024 Sevier Ave,, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• The Marriage of Figaro by the Knoxville Opera, Bijou Theatre, 2:30 pm, $15 – $115, RSVP
• Charcuterie Class, Harvest – Land, Sea, & Vine, 3:00 pm, RSVP
• “Misery” by William Goldman, based on the novel by Stephen King, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm, $20
• Violin Studio Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 3:30 pm
• American Dream TV Watch Party, Scruffy City Hall, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
• Musical Instrument Petting Zoo, UT Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, 4:00 pm
• Sunday Dance Class and Practica, Double S Wine Bar, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (weekly through Dec 17)
• Ronnie Bongos Memorial Concert and Celebration of Life, Trailhead Beer Market, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Austin Kerr & Spencer Cassidy: Tuba & Saxophone, Joint Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
• Doubled Up: A Tag-Team Stand-Up Comedy Show, Geezers Brewery, 5:30 pm, $5
• Songwriter Sundays at Status Dough, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• World Ballet Series: Cinderella, Civic Auditorium, 6:00 pm, $45 – $125
• Beginner Sushi Class, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $55
• Claudia DellaSatina; Voice, Senior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
• Showing: Beau Is Afraid, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Wagon Wheel Live, Wagon Wheel, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm (weekly through Apr 30)
• New Market Trainwrecks, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm, FREE!
• Country Westerns, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Cinema Sundays: Star Wars – Empire Strikes Back, Yee-Haw Brewing, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• Slaughter to Prevail, The Mill & Mine, 8:00 pm, $30, RSVP
• DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm

 

Monday, May 1 

• Lights! Camera! East Tennessee! / Mythical Landscape: Secrets of the Vale, 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 / through May 28
• May Exhibitions, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
• May Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
• May Exhibitions, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat (through Mar 31)
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Nigel Wearne / Blushin Rouletts, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Mighty Musical Monday with guest Make Music Knoxville’s Build-a-Band, Tennessee Theatre, noon – 1:00 pm
• “Redlining, Interstate-Highways, and Transportation Emissions: Fueling Inequity in U.S. Cities,” Student Union, Room 169, 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
• Live Taping of the Appalachia Sessions starring Chris Blue & Crockett, Bijou Theatre, 5:00 pm, RSVP
• Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
• Parrel Appolis; flute, 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
• Drop-in Figure Drawing, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $10 – $12
• Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by Flying Pints, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
• Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• A Night of Celtic Tales, Ijams Nature Center 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Out Series, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Monday Patio Jams, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through July 31)
• Viola Studio Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
• Zzzahara with The Noisy, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Ordinary Elephant and Nigel Wearne, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm
• TBA, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
• Late-Nite Breakfast with Daniel and Tugboat at Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 10:00 pm – 1:00 pm

 

Tuesday, May 2

• 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
• MEGA WEEK on Free comic book day week, Tall Man Toys & Comics, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm, daily through May 7
• Little History Lessons: Movies & TV, East Tennessee History Center, 10:30 am, free – $10, RSVP
• May Exhibitions, 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: Three Star Revival, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• VolOpera: Dido and Aeneas, UT Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
• A Book Launch Event feat. Marilyn Mascaro, Union Ave Books, 6:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Basic Maintenance: Fix a Flat, Tennessee Valley Bicycles, 6:00 pm
• Bluey’s Big Play, Civic Auditorium, 6:00 pm, starting at $30
• City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Big Fun Tuesday – National Bike Month Celebration, Mead’s Quarry, 6:00 pm – 9:00 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
• Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
• Let’s Get Social at The Sunsphere! hosted by West Knoxville Lifestyle, Sunsphere in the World’s Fair Park, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Tuesday Concerts on the Square: Greg Tardy Quintet, Historic Market Square, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
• Showing: Tiny Stage Comedy Night, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Hal & Phil Off the Record 8.0 (with Bob!), Bijou Theatre, 7:00 pm, $25
• Wenlong Huang; Viola, Graduate Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
• Hair, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $17 – $30
• for lack of a term (ny pop punk) and tba, lowercase books, 8:00 pm, $10 
• Gary Clark Jr., Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $40 – $100
• Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
• TBA, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm