Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/9 – 4/18/2023)

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Sunday, April 9

• 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
• Community Hike by Knox Holistic, meet at K Brew, 10:00 am
• Downtown Easter Brunch Buffet with Marble City Kitchen and The Firefly, Hilton Knoxville, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, $25 – $59, RSVP
• Easter buffet, Crowne Plaza Knoxville, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm, $19 – $50
• Traditional Beer Service, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, noon – 2:00 pm
• Pretty Fun Market, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, noon – 6:00 pm, FREE!
• Easter brunch cruise, Volunteer Princess, 956 Volunteer Landing Ln, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm, $37.64 – $68.23, RSVP
• Easter Candy and Beer Pairing, Elst Brewing Company, 2:00 pm
• Eggstravaganza at World’s Fair Park Festival Lawn, 2:00 pm
• Showing: Paris Is Burning / Empire Records, Central Cinema, 2:45 / 4:40 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Easter dinner cruise, Volunteer Princess, 956 Volunteer Landing Ln, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $45.29 – $78.06, RSVP
• Tahj Walsh; jazz, Senior Jazz 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
• Showing: Vampire’s Kiss / PI (2023 Restoration), Central Cinema, 6:45 pm / 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• “Singing for Charity” Karaoke supporting  Sexual Assault Center of East Tennessee at Knox Box, 8:00 pm – 2:00 am
• Lee Rod & The Various States, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm
• Wagon Wheel Live, Wagon Wheel, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm (weekly through Apr 30)
• DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm

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: Jeff BearCat Bunch / Cass Jones, 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
• Albright Grove x Harvest Beer Dinner, Harvest – Land, Sea, & Vine, 141 S Gay St, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $75, RSVP
• 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
• Showing: Paris Is Burning / Vampire’s Kiss, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Ladies Learn Latin Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $20 – $64
• Mimi Terry Quartet, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Out Series: UT Electroaacoustic Ensemble, Matt Nelson, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• 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, $10

Tuesday, April 11

• 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
• Museum Sprouts: TenneSEA, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 9:30 am – 10:30 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)
• Musical History Tour, WDVX, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm, $14 – $20, RSVP
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Brand New Box of Matches / Afton Wolfe, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Non-Traditional Watercolor, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm, $30, RSVP
• Over The Edge Launch Party by The Arc Knox County (Sunshine Industries), Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $10, RSVP
• African American Equity Restoration Task Force Meeting, Pellissippi State Community College – Magnolia Campus, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• April Green Drinks: Knox Girl Soap @ Real Good Kitchen, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
• Becky Hearn’s Senior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall 5:30 pm
• Embroidery 101, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $45, RSVP
• An Evening with Christine Cloninger, Maple Hall, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Weekly LBE Monday Shop Ride, LB Endurance Lab, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Genealogy Workshop: Historic Newspapers Online East Tennessee History Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Pint Night Fundraiser for CISV Smoky Mountain at Trailhead Beer Market, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• 2023 YPK 101, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Ableton Live User Group Knoxville, The Central Collective, 6:00 pm, FREE!
• Forest Bathing Workshop, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $30, 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!
• Showing: PI (2023 Restoration) / Vampire’s Kiss, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Drag Bingo at The Mill & Mine, 7:00 pm
• Piano Trio Concert: Featuring violin faculty, Evie Chen and guest artists Maxwell Geissler and Hui-Shan Chin, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
• Kenneth Herring Performs White Rabbit/Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm, free – $40, RSVP
• Cats (Touring), Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $50 – $95, RSVP
• Frank Hurricane, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• 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, April 12

• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Pat Byrne / Brittany Tranbaugh, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Newsmakers No Longer in the News, East Tennessee History Center, noon, FREE! but RSVP
• CURED (2020) Screening and Panel Discussion hosted by UT Pride Center, Frieson Black Cultural Center, Multipurpose Room, 1800 Melrose Ave, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Wednesday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
• New Sound Concert Series, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
• Print Party with Amos Paul Kennedy & The Bottom’s Black Creative Meet-up, UT Art and Architecture Building, Room 241, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
• The 3 Pillars of Marketing, The Knox Exchange, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
• Wednesday Karaoke & Drag Nights, South Press, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Speed Dating Party hosted by Smoky Matchmaker, Maple Hall, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, from $25, RSVP
• 2023 Knox Bike Racing Wednesday MTB Series, Mead’s Quarry, 6:15 pm – 8:00 pm
• Mother Legacy @ Ale Rays Gastropub, 6:30 pm
• A More Beautiful Community, Birdhouse Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, donations welcome
• Artist in Residence: Emi Sunshine with Will Wright, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
• Coker, Gable & Thompson at Bistro by the Tracks in Happy Holler, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Apr 26)
• Online: Public Books Circle: Discussion of “Sting in the Tale: Art, Hoax, and Provocation” with Beauvais Lyons, UT’s Chancellor’s Professor of Art, 7:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Weekly Wine Wednesday & Live Music: Jack Smith and Friends, Babalu, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Showing: Knoxville Poetry Slam – National Poetry Month Slam!, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• The Last of Us Trivia at The Mill & Mine, 7;00 PM, FREE! But RSVP
• Annie Colquitt Performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm, free – $40, RSVP
• Zion Caravan Tour by The Gray Havens, First Presbyterian Church, 7:30 pm, $12 – $35
• Cats (Touring), Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $50 – $95, RSVP
• Justin Arena and Brooke Pridemore, with Mara Noodle, and Put It in the Bag, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Prince of the Burning Sands, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm 
• Transcendent, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 pm

Thursday, April 13

• Nonprofit Coffee & Conversations, Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 8:30 am – 9:30 am, FREE! but RSVP
• Rockin Creations, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
• Ready for the World Café Sp 2023, UT Culinary Institute and Creamery, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, $15
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Troy Breslow / Brother and the Hayes, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
• Carbon Sovereignty: Coal, Development, and Energy Transition in the Navajo Nation, UT Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, Toyota Auditorium, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
• “Low Back Pain? It’s Spine,” with Dr. Benjamin Weisenthal, MD, O’Connor Senior Center, 2:30 pm
• Online: Navigating DEI During Contemporary Times, hosted by UT College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, 4:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Marco Institute Graduate Fellows Evening, Executive Dining Room, UT the Student Union (Room 377), 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Amos Paul Kennedy Artist Lecture presenting Social Justice Letterpress, UT Art and Architecture Building, Room 109, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
• Almost Everything You Need To Know About Watercolor, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm continues Apr 20), $90, RSVP
• Volunteer Brass Quintet, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
• Some Dude’s Dad on The Swerve LIVE! at Barley’s Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, FREE!
• An Author Event featuring Kaitlyn Hill, Union Ave Books, 6:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• 2023 Whitney M. Young, Jr. and Elbert K. Fretwell Outstanding Educator Awards Dinner, Jackson Terminal Events, 6:30 pm
• Full moon drum circle and vendor market, Lulu Liquor Cakes, 7:00 pm
• The Surprising Story Of The Three Little Pigs, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm
• LFDATMH @ Ale’ Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Spring Blingo Night! The Brookside, 1221 N Central St, 7:00 pm, $29 – $239, RSVP
• Life Skills Week #2 – Home Economics, Knox Pride, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Showing: Mamma Mia! Sing-Along Benefit for Bryant’s Bridge, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $15 – $16, RSVP
• Laurel Old-time Jam, Laurel Theater, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

• Irish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm – 10:00 pm
• Cats (Touring), Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $50 – $95, RSVP
• Trumpet Studio Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
• Dale Mackey Performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm, free – $40, RSVP
• Nightjar, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm, FREE!
• The Cancellations / Afton Wolfe, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm / 11:00 pm
• David Cross – Worst Daddy In The World Tour, Bijou Theatre, 9:00 pm, $41.50
• Showing: How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Central Cinema, 9:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP

Friday, April 14

• Capitol Connections – April 2023, Knoxville Chamber, 8:00 am – 9:00 am, FREE! but RSVP
• MFA Thesis Exhibition, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture: A+A 115, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (continues through Apr 21)
• Get Yourself Tested for FREE! UT Student Health Center, 1800 Volunteer Blvd, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, FREE!
• Knoxville Botanical Gardens Tour, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum 10:30 am – noon, $14 – $20, RSVP
• Ritterfest Armored Combat at Schulz Bräu Brewing Co, 11:00 am (continues through Apr 16)
• Wild Blue Yonder / The Crossjacks, Schulz Bräu Brewing Co, 11:30 am / 4:00 pm
• WDVX Big Plate Special: Red Mountain Boys, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!

• Showing: How to Blow Up a Pipeline / How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Central Cinema, 4:00 pm / 6:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Ink Motion, Gallery 1010, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• The UT School of Music Showcase, Market Square, Downtown Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Easter Egg Hunt, The Bark, 6:00 pm
• “A Swingin’ Spring Fling!” with The Streamliners Swing Orchestra, The Concourse, 6:00 pm, $10 – $15
• Reception celebrating the work of three exhibiting graduate students: Noah Lagle, Sean Heiser, and Emily Rice: MFA Thesis Exhibitions, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery, A+A 115, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Alive After Five Presents “Frank B.” at the KMA, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, free – $25
• The Surprising Story Of The Three Little Pigs, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm
• The Baldtwin Brothers, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Cale Charney @ Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Marlon Meikle as Indigo Dai Performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm, free – $40, RSVP
• Brass Bash, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
• The Tallis Scholars at Church Street United Methodist Church, 7:30 pm, $30, RSVP
• Kukuly and the Fuego, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• Nick Horner and Tripp White at Pretentious Beer, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
• Cats (Touring), Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $60 – $105, RSVP
• Pushing Daisy’s Band / Corey James Clifton, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11;30 pm
• Data Unknown with Dana, Psychic Baos, and Basic Letters, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Hatfield’s Heathens at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight, FREE!
• Spank, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 pm
• The Stolen Faces, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $10
• Andres Tapia – Latin Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm

Saturday, April 15

• Saturday Morning Yoga, Knox Pride, 9:00 am – 10:00 am
• Yu-Gi-Oh: PHHY Regional Qualifier – Dragon Duel, Knoxville Convention Center, 10:00 am, FREE!
• River Rescue with the Tennessee RiverLine, UT Gardens, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Yoga in the Park, Caswell Park, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
• Autism Acceptance Day, hosted by Autism Society East Tennessee, World’s Fair Park, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
• Glowing Body Yoga in the Yee-Haw Grove, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, RSVP
• Hair of the Dog Yoga, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10 – $12, RSVP
• Ink Motion, Gallery 1010, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Hunter Loken Parcel / UT Stringband,  Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Concord Brass, Schulz Bräu Brewing Co, noon
• Moon Market, New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods, noon – 5:00 pm
• UT Arab Fest with CFAAPI, Market Square, Downtown Knoxville, noon – 6:00 pm
• Adoption Event #4: H.A.L.T: Humans and Animals Learning Together, Elst Brewery, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
• The Surprising Story Of The Three Little Pigs, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 pm / 5:00 pm
• Cats (Touring), Tennessee Theatre, 2:00 pm, $105, RSVP
• Bread to Tap, Printshop Beer Co. 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Martha Harms Performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm, free – $40, RSVP
• Showing: How to Blow Up a Pipeline / Encino Man, Central Cinema, 2:30 pm / 4:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Sarah Buzalewski; Violin, Graduate Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 3:30 pm
• Julien Riviere; Viola, Graduate Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
• Bark After Dark: Dog Rave, The Bark, 6:00 pm
• Dinner in the Dogwoods, Mabry-Hazen House, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $65, RSVP
• Showing: How to Blow Up a Pipeline / Encino Man, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:40 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• 7th Anniversary Party with 45/Rpm at Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Low Speed Chase, Ale’ Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Leanne Morgan: Just Getting Started, Civic Coliseum, 7:00 pm, $38 – $63
• Rica Chicha, Pretentious Beer Co, 7:00 pm
• Mt. Olive Pleasure Club at Trailhead Beer Market, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Andy Grotelueschen Performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm, free – $40, RSVP
• Jonathan Bradshaw; Tuba, Senior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
• The Mockingbirds, old-time string band, Laurel Theater, 8:00 pm, $14 – $20
• Kris Killingsworth Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• The Concert: A Tribute To ABBA, Civic Auditorium, 8:00 pm, $44 – $105
• The Crossjacks, Schulz Bräu Brewing Co, 8:00 pm
• Jimmie Vaughan and The Tilt-A-Whirl Band, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $40 – $55, RSVP
• Okapi with Good Vibes Only, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• High Heat / Jive Talk /  Starchild, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 10:00 pm / 11:00 pm
• Cats (Touring), Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $89 – $105, RSVP
• Similar Kind / Crumbsnatchers, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm / 11:45 pm
• The Goldenrods Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight, FREE!
• Billy Allen & The Pollies, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $10
• Andres Tapia – Latin Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm

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!
• Jed Diamond Performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm, free – $40, 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
• Amber Crane Performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm, free – $40, RSVP
• 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!
• Ethan Booher; Percussion, Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
• Meredith Cabe & Harold Nagge at Harvest – Land, Sea, & Vine, 7:30 pm – 9:30 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
• 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!
• 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
• 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