Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (5/14 – 5/23/2023)

Nxt Gen Jazz Series, Old City Performing Arts Center, Knoxville, May 2023
Opening for Vibe, Spring Exhibition, Lilienthal Gallery, Knoxville, May 2023

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(Planner provided weekly by contributing writer Scott McNutt)

Sunday, May 14

 

Monday, May 15 

  • 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 May 28)
  • Scavenger Hunt – Farmers’ Market Originals, Downtown Knoxville, 10:00 am – 11:00 pm (daily through May 31)
  • Little History Lessons: Mining, East Tennessee History Center, 10:30 am, free – $10, RSVP
  • Downtown Knoxville Alliance Board Meeting, Knoxville Area Chamber offices, 17 Market Square, #201, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Creamery Station / Stella Prince, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Weekly LBE Monday Shop Ride, LB Endurance Lab, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Weekly Run Club / Weekly Open Mic Night!, Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm / 7:00 pm – 10:00 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
  • Showing: Serial Mom / OVA Extreme Anime Series, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by Flying Pints, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Latin Dance Lessons, Square Dancers, 828 Tulip St, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $5 – $20
  • Staged Reading: Perfect, Quiet Place by The Word Players, The Square Room, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, FREE! but donations welcome
  • Pulp Love, The Hoones, & Fern @ The Birdhouse, 7:00 pm, $10
  • Weekly Ladies Learn Latin Dancing, Broadway Academy, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, starting at $10
  • UTK Jazz Jam hosted by Margherita Fava, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Out Series: Mike Baggetta / Ryan Clackner, Matt Nelson, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Monday Patio Jams, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through July 31)
  • Buffalo Kings, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • Late-Nite Breakfast at Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 10:00 pm – 1:00 am

 

Tuesday, May 16

Market Square Farmers’ Market, Knoxville, May 2023

Wednesday, May 17

 

Thursday, May 18

  • Open Poetry Share, Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Brandle Rain Band @ Ale Rae’s Gastropub, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, FREE!
  • Showing: The General / Master Gardener, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP 
  • Concerts on the Square: WIMZ Garage Band, Historic Market Square, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
  • Irish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Spyro Gyra, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $45 – $65
  • Beethoven & The Rite of Spring, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $20.18 – $99.45, RSVP
  • Cyberplasm, X-Harlow, Fka Ice, Escort Mission, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • apprehend (birmingham weirdo punk), tombstone (atlanta hardcore), and tba, lowercase books, 8:00 pm, $10
  • Rob Leines, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm, FREE!
  • Higher Education, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • Transcendent, Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm

 

Friday, May 19

 

Saturday, May 20

  • Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, Union Ave, Market St, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • Macrame Plant Hangers, Knoxville Arts Center, 9:30 am – 1:00 pm, $50, RSVP
  • Third Creek Clean Paddle, UT Gardens, 2518 Jacob Dr, 10:00 am – noon, RSVP
  • Children’s Festival of Reading, World’s Fair Park, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
  • Friends Used Book Sale at Children’s Festival of Reading, World’s Fair Park, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
  • Kidstuff Live with Sean McCollough, Children’s Festival of Reading, World’s Fair Park, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
  • Glowing Body Yoga in the Yee-Haw Grove, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, RSVP
  • Flowers with the Fairies at UT Gardens Knoxville, 10:30 am – noon, $15 – $55, RSVP
  • Hair of the Dog Yoga, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10 – $12, RSVP
  • BSK Paint Days 2023 – Day 1, hosted by Breaststrokes, Ironwood Studios, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, $20 minimum donation requested
  • Video Game Tatts Con, Knoxville Convention Center, 11:00 am – 10:00 pm, $15 – $40, RSVP
  • Hike and Paint Workshop, Ijams Nature Center, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm, $55, RSVP 
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jay Skaggs / Justin Kaleb, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • New Brew Saturday featuring Yakima Chief Hops! Elst Brewing Company and Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, noon
  • Moon Market, New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods, noon – 5:00 pm
  • Golden Hour: Adopt a Golden Rescue Meet & Greet, Yee-Haw Brewing Co, 12:30 pm -2:30 pm
  • Southern Skies Music Festival presented by Dogwood Arts, World’s Fair Park, 12:30 pm – 11:00 pm (continues May 21), $50 – $225, RSVP
  • The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 pm / 5:00 pm, $12 – $15
  • Genealogy Workshop: Exploring Tennessee Maps, East Tennessee History Center, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, RSVP
  • Showing: Master Gardener / Moonrise Kingdom, Central Cinema, 2:30 pm / 4:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Art for Change, Change Center, 3:00 pm, $75, RSVP
  • Hard Knox Roller Derby Season Opener! World’s Fair Exhibition Hall, 3:00 pm, $12 – $15
  • Electric Blues, Scruffy City Hall, 4:00 pm
  • May Phlocking, Yee-Haw Brewing, 5:00 pm
  • Network & Chill 2, Ebony & Ivory Brewing, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • The Dinner Detective: Interactive Murder Mystery Dinner Show! Hilton Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $60, RSVP
  • Showing: Master Gardener, Central Cinema, 6:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Hip to Be Square: Myq Kaplan, The Square Room, 7:00 pm / 9:30 pm, $35, RSVP
  • ONEKNOX Watch Party at Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Andrew Broschart, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Salsa Saturday @ Maple Hall, 7:30 pm – 11:30 pm, $10
  • Chelsea Handler: Little Big B!tch, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $50 – $100
  • Mark Boling Trio Life, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
  • sleep city (mathy emo), backyard dinner (local indie), and tba, lowercase books, 8:00 pm, $10
  • WellRED Comedy Tour: Trae Crowder, Corey Ryan Forrester & Drew Morgan, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $30 – $50
  • Ex-Gold, Dirty Knees, Weird Ian & Miss Information, Consensual P*ss, And ‘Something, Nothing, Anything’ A D-I-M Product, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • Chris Morel Band / Corey James Clifton, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm
  • The Reflectors Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight, FREE!
  • Showing: Cats, Central Cinema, 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Southern Skies After Party with Black Joe Lewis, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:30 pm, free – $10
  • Andres Tapia – Latin Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm
Nxt Gen Jazz Series, Old City Performing Arts Center, Knoxville, May 2023

Sunday, May 21

 

Monday, May 22

  • 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
  • May Show, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
  • May Shows, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri) 
  • May Exhibition, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm 
  • Scavenger Hunt – Farmers’ Market Originals, Downtown Knoxville, 10:00 am – 11:00 pm (daily through May 31)
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Live Music, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Knoxville Classics Book Club: Don’t Look Now by Daphne Du Maurier, Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm
  • Drop-in Figure Drawing, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Weekly LBE Monday Shop Ride, LB Endurance Lab, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Weekly Run Club / Weekly Open Mic Night!, Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm / 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • beer dinner w. seoul brothers, Printshop Beer Co, 6:30 pm, $70 – $85, RSVP
  • Open Bluegrass Jam by The East Tennessee Bluegrass Association, Trailhead Beer Market, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
  • Kosher and Aged to Perfection: A Buffalo Trace Whiskey Pairing Dinner, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm, $125, RSVP
  • Showing: Moonrise Kingdom / Master Gardener, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • The Top of Town: How North Knoxville Grew, Birdhouse Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $10 – $15 suggested donation
  • Weekly Ladies Learn Latin Dancing, Broadway Academy, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, starting at $10
  • Weekly Patio Jams, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (through July 31)
  • Carter Beucher, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Out Series, Elka Bong, Sons, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Chris King & the Gutterballs, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  •  Fountain City Ramblers at Yee-Haw Brewing, 10:00 pm – 1:00 am

 

Tuesday, May 23

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