Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (8/20 – 8/29/2023)

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(Planner provided weekly by contributing writer Scott McNutt)

Sunday, August 20

• Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours 
• Online: Last Days Beer Club Mug Auction to Benefit Curesearch, hosted by Last Days of Autumn Brewing, daily through Aug 31
• AMBC South Loop Joy Ride, Mead’s Quarry, 9:00 am – noon, FREE! but RSVP
• Forest Bathing Workshop, Ijams Nature Center, 9:30 am – 11:30 am, $30, RSVP
• Knoxville Brunch Club (All White Affair), Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, noon – 4:00 pm, $50, RSVP
• Final Day: Knoxville Tattoo Convention, World’s Fair Exhibition Hall, noon – 7:00 pm, $20 – $40, RSVP
• Eastside Sunday Market, Dr. Walter Hardy Memorial Park, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• 50-Year Anniversary of Hip-Hop Culture Jam, Barley’s Knoxville, 1:00 pm, FREE!
• Self-Care Sunday Yoga with Hope Irwin, Ijams Nature Center, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, $7 – $12, RSVP
• Clarence Brown Film Festival Presents Panel Discussion: Views on Intruder in the Dust, East Tennessee History Center, 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm, FREE!
• An Author Event featuring Meagan Lucas, Union Ave Books, 2:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Lama Norgyal Visits Knoxville, Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $30 – $60, or pay what you can
• Online: August Poetry Xfit, hosted by Sundress Academy for the Arts, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, FREE! but donations welcome
• August slides, Knoxville Civic Auditorium-Coliseum, 2:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Clarence Brown Film Festival Presents Intruder in the Dust (1949), Historic Tennessee Theatre, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, FREE!
• Huck Finn, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm, $12 – $15
• Monthly Bluegrass Jam at Ijams with ETNBA, Ijams Nature Center, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Rus’ Romper Room August Edition, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 4:00 pm
• Sunday Dance Class and Practica, Double S Wine Bar, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (weekly through Dec 17), FREE!
• Showing: Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, Central Cinema, 4:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Dog Days Of Summer: End of Summer Bash! Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Clarence Brown Film Festival Presents The Eagle (1925) with live music, Historic Tennessee Theatre, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm, FREE!
• A Stand Up Comedy Open Mic, EVape Central Tavern, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
• Weekly Sunday Acro Jam, World’s Fair Park, 6:00 pm, FREE!
• Songwriter Sundays at Status Dough, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Nashville Recording Artist: Dylan Raymond, Wagon Wheel, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• KHC and Cloudeater Present: Massa Nera, Black Matter Device, Rat Punch, DNR, and Bloomingseason! Remedy Coffee, 6:30 pm, $10 – $15
• Showing: OldBoy, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Roger Miller (from Mission of Burma), The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $15
• DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm

 

Monday, August 21 

• Jordan Abba, Awaken Coffee, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (Mon – Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
• August Exhibitions, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
• August Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
• “Prints by UT Knoxville Graduate Students, Faculty and Staff,” UT Art and Architecture Building, Second Floor, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm (Mon – Fri, through Aug 30)
• “In Conversation: Will Wilson,” McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat, through Dec 2)
• August Show, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat 
• Little History Lessons: Sequoyah, East Tennessee History Center, 10:30 am, $8 – $10
• Barrelhouse Barbie Pop-up! Barrelhouse, 11:30 am – 9:00 pm (daily through Aug 30)
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Live Music, Visit Knoxville, noon
• Auditions for Sense and Sensibility, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm, RSVP
• 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
• Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10 – $12, RSVP
• Showing: Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure / OldBoy, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:30 pm, $7 – $12
• UT Jazz Jam hosted by Sam Adams, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Open Mic Night! Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Sep 15)
• Out Series: Picasso Gaglione / Darling Darlene / Summer Fuss, David Kline / Chuck Mullican / Jason Roller / Matt Nelson, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Ladies Learn Latin Dancing, Flynn Dance Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, starting at $10
• Jared Petteys & The Headliners, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
• Ben McLaughlin & The Mystic Marauders / DD Island / Jorden Albright, The Pilot Light, 9:00 pm, $10

 

Tuesday, August 22

• August Shows, Lox Salon, 9:00 am – 9:00 pm (Tues – Fri) / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sat)
• Repatriation of Archaeology & the Native Peoples of Tennessee, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through Dec 22
• “Eco Tone: Courtney Egan Featuring Collaborations with Natori Green,” Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sun), through Aug 27
• Audacious Black Freedom Dreams, an installation by BLACKMAU, Ewing Gallery, UT Art and Architecture Building, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm / Mon-Fri, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm), through Oct 29
• AMG Potters & Lynda Tenpenny, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
• Summer Small, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
• Selections from the Collection of Sylvia and Jan Peters, Tr-Star Arts, Candoro Marble, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat, through Aug 26)
• SBA 70th Anniversary Celebration, hosted by Small Business Administration – TN District Office, Jackson Terminal, 11:00 am – noon, FREE! but RSVP
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Live Music, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Doug Wilhite @ Frank & George’s in Marble City Market, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Abstract Vase Silhouette, Knoxville Arts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $50, RSVP
• City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Tuesday Board Game Group, Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Sep 26)
• Summer Tuesday Acro Jam, World’s Fair Park, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Sep 26), FREE!
• Newcomer/Beginner Social Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm (weekly through Oct 17), $20
• Disc Golf Putting Social, Elst Brewing Company, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm (through Dec 19)
• Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
• Succulent Garden Workshop with Oglewood Avenue Plant Shop, Maker Exchange, 710 Clinch Ave, 6:30 pm, $60, RSVP
• Showing: OldBoy, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Legit Music Bingo w/ Cassie @ The Hub: Taylor Swift Edition, Knox Brew Hub, 7:00 pm
• Jazz at the Emporium Featuring Greg Tardy, The Emporium Center, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Latin Dance Lessons, Flynn Dance Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $5 – $20
• Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
• Jared Petteys & The Headliners, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

Wednesday, August 23

• Fundraiser benefiting Pedal for Alzheimer’s! Petro’s Chili & Chips, 9:00 pm – closing
• Story Thyme, The ECO Garden at the Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 10:00 am – 11:30 am (weekly through Oct 25), free – $5
• Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center’s Career Expo, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Great Aunt, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• East Tennessee Community Design Center Celebration at Ijams Nature Center, 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $150 – $25,000, RSVP
• Wednesday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
• August Wine Dinner, Osteria Stella, 6:00 pm, $149, RSVP
• TVB Easy Rider, Mead’s Quarry, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Knox Pride Presents: Wednesday Karaoke & Drag Nights, South Press, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Night at the Museum III, Mabry–Hazen House, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $10
• Chess Club at The Hub, Knox Brew Hub, 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm (weekly through Aug 30)
• Woof Gang with SBRET – a weekly dog walk, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm (weekly through Nov 1)
• Learn Latin Dancing @ the Double S wine bar, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• WDVX Summer Nights: The Alex Leach Band with Special Guests, Yee-Haw Brewing, 7:00 pm
• Nick Marlow, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Practice Nights @ Wed Night Hop, Laurel Theater, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
• Showing: Not Another Central Cinema Comedy Night!, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, FREE!
• Devon Allman & Donavon Frankenreiter with Special Guest Matt Costa, 7:30 pm, $30 – $50, RSVP
• Desmond Jones at Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm
• SPRINGBOARD open mic comedy night, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm, FREE!
• Silent Disco, Bernadette’s Rooftop, 9:00 pm

 

Thursday, August 24

• Chief Joe Casey Memorial Run, World’s Fair Park, 6:45 am, $20 – $35
• Navigating the Minefield: A Discussion on Ethical Development with AFP Great Smoky Mountain Chapter, Blount Mansion, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, free – $25, RSVP
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Chris McGinnis & Mamaw’s Angels / Mandi Strachota, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
• Exhibit: Vibe – Textile, Thread, Color, Lilienthal Gallery, noon – 6:00 pm (Thur-Sun), through Aug 27
• Hair Tinsel @New Moon Rising Gifts & Goods, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• August Old City Market, Old City Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• August Tree Walk with Trees Knoxville, meet at Ashley Nicole Dream Playground Parking Lot, Caswell Park, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, FREE!
• Let Her Invest Workshop Series, 17 Market Square, #101, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• YPK’s August Social Hour, Monkey’s Bar, 103 W Depot Ave, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, RSVP
• Knoxville Area Business Mastermind and Networking Event! SouthSide Garage, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Pickin’ on Nature: Tim and Jodi Harbin with The J Birds, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm, $5 – $8
• Pintwood Derby Garage Night, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:00 pm, $25
• Back to School Shopping Night, Knox Pride. 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Showing: What We Do in Shadows, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm, SOLD OUT!
• Accelerate Your Marketing with AI: Unleashing the Potential of AI, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, $30, RSVP

• Huck Finn, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
• Sundress Reading Series featuring Anna Laura Reeve & Mary Leauna Christensen, Pretentious Beer Co, 7:00 pm
• Stand Up Comedy Roast Battle: The Search For Knoxville’s Funniest Roaster, EVape Central Tavern, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10
• Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm – 10:00 pm
• Weekly Mark Boling TRIO LIFE on the ROOFTOP! Hyatt Place Knoxville – Downtown, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm (Thursdays through Sep 27)
• Billy Strings, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 7:30 pm, SOLD OUT!
• Shadwick Wilde & Quiet Hollers / Billy Strings After Party with Rossdafareye, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:00 pm
• Bella’s Bartok @ Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm, FREE!
• Taylor Swift Night, Wagon Wheel, 9:00 pm – midnight
• Showing: OldBoy, Central Cinema, 9:15 pm, $7 – $12
• Drag Me Down to Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm

 

Friday, August 25

• WDVX Big Plate Special: MamaFuma, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Tall Man Toys & Comics invades Creepycon 2023! Knoxville Convention Center, noon (daily through Aug 27, 8:00 pm)

• Showing: OldBoy, Central Cinema, 3:45 pm, $7 – $12
• Sixth Annual CreepyCon Halloween & Horror Convention 2023, Knoxville Convention Center, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $25 – $150, RSVP
• An Author Event with Joel Ebert & Erik Schelzig, Union Ave Books, 6:00 pm
• Live Music Fridays: Sofie Lynn, Crowne Plaza Knoxville Downtown, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Showing: Rope, Central Cinema, 6:15 pm, $20 – $25, RSVP
• Peace for Ukraine: Independence Day Party! Architectural Antics, 6:30 pm
• Huck Finn, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
• Evening Paddle, Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $40, RSVP
• Johnny Shelton @ Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Steph Cabell’s Ya’llternative Yard Party, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm
• The Loudes Band, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Doug Wilhite, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 7:00 pm
• The Emo Night Tour, The Mill and Mine, 7:00 pm, $24.15, RSVP
• Hugh Lindsay, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• 4th and Gill Night Market, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
• Creem / Easily Amused, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm 
• Bad Idols, Close Enough, Home For The Day, Mister Disaster, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Mudbug Stompers Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight, FREE!
• The Coveralls, Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm 
• Mercy Lights Record Release Show, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $5 
• Silent Disco, The Double S Wine Bar, 10:00 pm – 3:00 pm
• Andres Tapia DJ Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm

 

Saturday, August 26

• Tennessee Classic Day 2, Thompson-Boling Arena, 8:00 am, $5 – $25
• Ijams Field Day: Medicinal and Edible Plants, Ijams Nature Center, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm, $50, RSVP
• August Community Workday, Beardsley Farm, 9:00 am
• Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, Union Ave, Market St, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Flourishing Fun with Sheryl Bracey/, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm, $100 – $130, RSVP
• All ages, Basket Making Workshop, Emporium Center, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, pay what you can, RSVP
• A Meet & Greet with Co-Authors of “Working with Infertility and Grief,” Union Ave Books, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
• 10th Annual Knox Asian Festival, World’s Fair Park, 10:30 am – 8:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP 
• Hair of the Dog Yoga, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10 – $12, RSVP
• Final Day: Selections from the Collection of Sylvia and Jan Peters, Tr-Star Arts, Candoro Marble, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm 
• First Lutheran’s 2023 GermanFest, First Lutheran Church and School, 1207 N Broadway, 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
• Sixth Annual CreepyCon Halloween & Horror Convention 2023, Knoxville Convention Center, 11:00 am – 9:00 pm, $25 – $150, RSVP
• Anniversary Party – The 6th Year, PostModern Spirits, 11:00 am – close
• Kick-Off Country Classic Music Fest, The Local Smokey, 11:00 am – 2:00 am, $20, RSVP
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Luke Powers / Kaleb Garrett, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Southern Spirit, Mast General Store, noon – 2:00 pm
• Pop-Up Shop, Marble City Market, noon – 4:00 pm
• Twill Basket, Knoxville Arts Center, noon – 4:00 pm, $65, RSVP
• Huck Finn, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 pm, $12 – $15
• Sumo Demo, World’s Fair Park, 2:00 pm
• River and Rail’s Performing Arts Label: Summer Experience with Featured Artists: Shawn Turner, Featuring Pinky Ring, Tinca Tinca, Chameleous, Kijon, Rhea Carmon, Old City Performing Arts Center, 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $10 – $15
• TN4EVERY1 Presents: Knoxville Black WallStreet, My Canna Buds Parking Lot, 1824 E Magnolia Ave, 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Showing: Rope / The Breakfast Club, Central Cinema, 3:40 pm / 5:30 pm, $7 – $12
• 2nd Annual Music & Arts VybeFest Festival, The Relix, 4:00 pm – midnight, $15, RSVP
• A FULL 1-hour Ki Experience, Old City Performing Arts Center, 5:00 pm, $10, RSVP
• National Dog Day with Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee at Elst Brewing Company, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Block Party : Live Music, Beer, & Food! / Patrick Corr with Special Guests CAPTAIN & Ukamea Performing Live! Ebony & Ivory Brewing 2300 N Central, 5:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $10, RSVP
• Huck Finn, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 5:00 pm, $12 – $15
• Boat Drinks Cruise Summer 2023 featuring Liquid Velvet Alzheimer’s Fundraiser by East Tennessee Parrothead Club, The Star of Tennessee Riverboat, 5:00 pm – midnight, $25, RSVP
• 12th Annual Girl Talk Fashion Show Gala, Knoxville Convention Center, 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm, $150 – $2,000, RSVP
• Film and Food – Back to the Future, Maker Exchange, 710 Clinch Ave, 6:00 pm, $120, RSVP
• The Great Egg Drop of 2023, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 to participate, RSVP
• KAPA’s Boot Scootin’ Ball, The Mill & Mine, 6:30 pm, starting at $150, RSVP
• Showing: Spookies with special guest Frank Farel, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $15, RSVP
• DNDH, Merchants of Beer, 7:00 pm
• Bourbon & Beyond Ticket Giveaway, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm
• Chris D’Elia, Civic Auditorium, 7:00 pm, $29 – $49
• One Knoxville SC vs Charlotte Independence, Regal Soccer Stadium, 2317 Stephenson Dr, 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm, $12 – $60
• The Tennessee Sheiks, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• Magical Musical Tour, EVape Central Tavern, 8:00 pm
• Gypsy Queens Drag Show, Barrelhouse, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $15, RSVP
• Silent Disco Classic at Pretentious Beer Co, 8:00 pm, $10 – $15
• Summer Movie Magic: Clueless, Tennessee Theatre. 8:00 pm, $10
• 4th Saturdays with Nick and Darian, Next Level Brewing Company, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Free Latin Dance Party, The Double S Wine Bar, 8:00 pm, FREE!
• Float Like a Buffalo + Natchez Tracers, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm
• Cullen Kehoe and Friends Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 8:00 pm, FREE!
• Mama Futa / Wasted Major, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm / 11:00 pm
• Andres Tapia – Latin Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm

Sunday, August 27

• Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
• Online: Last Days Beer Club Mug Auction to Benefit Curesearch, hosted by Last Days of Autumn Brewing, daily through Aug 31
• Barrelhouse Barbie Pop-up! Barrelhouse, 11:30 am – 9:00 pm (daily through Aug 30)
• Final Day: Exhibit: Vibe – Textile, Thread, Color, Lilienthal Gallery, noon – 6:00 pm 
• Newbie Day, The Bark, noon, RSVP
• Sixth Annual CreepyCon Halloween & Horror Convention 2023, Knoxville Convention Center, noon – 5:00 pm, $25 – $150, RSVP
• Self-Care Sunday Yoga with Hope Irwin, Ijams Nature Center, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, $7 – $12, RSVP
• Final Day: “Eco Tone: Courtney Egan Featuring Collaborations with Natori Green,” Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sun)
• Summer Movie Magic: Sleeping Beauty, Tennessee Theatre, 2:00 pm
• Dupree Day, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 2:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Knoxville Opera: Bard in Bloom – A Shakespearean Concert in the Garden, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm, $5 – $8, RSVP
• Showing: OldBoy, Central Cinema, 2:40 pm, $7 – $12, RSVP
• Huck Finn, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm, $12 – $15
• Bluegrass Jam with Perry Cooper, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Sunday Dance Class and Practica, Double S Wine Bar, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (weekly through Dec 17)
• Showing: Rope / The Breakfast Club, Central Cinema, 5:10 pm / 7:30 pm, $7 – $12, RSVP
• A Stand Up Comedy Open Mic, EVape Central Tavern, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
• Ballroom at Barrelhouse, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm, $10
• CHOKED OUT! A dialogue on Knoxville’s imperiled urban creeks, Remedy Coffee, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Bardstown Bourbon & Cigar Dinner, Harvest – Land, Sea, & Vine, 6:00 pm, $200, RSVP
• Weekly Sunday Acro Jam, World’s Fair Park, 6:00 pm, FREE!
• The Lonetones, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm, FREE!
• Rise Registry & Knox Pride Present: A Conversation on Elder Care, Knox Pride, 8:30 pm
• DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm

 

Monday, August 28

• Jordan Abba, Awaken Coffee, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (Mon – Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
• August Exhibition, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
• August Shows, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri) 
• “Prints by UT Knoxville Graduate Students, Faculty and Staff,” UT Art and Architecture Building, Second Floor, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm (Mon – Fri, through Aug 30)
• August Exhibition, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat 
• Audacious Black Freedom Dreams, an installation by BLACKMAU, Ewing Gallery, UT Art and Architecture Building, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm / Mon-Fri, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm), through Oct 29
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Live Music, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• “Finding Schifrah – The Journey of a Dutch Holocaust Child Survivor,” Presentation by Author Sonja DuBois, Addison’s Bookstore, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, $10, RSVP
• Neographics, Knoxville Arts Center, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, $36, RSVP
• Weekly LBE Monday Shop Ride, LB Endurance Lab, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Showing: The Breakfast Club / OldBoy, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:10 pm, $7 – $12, RSVP
• The Phantom of the Opera – Knoxville Classics Book Club, Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm
• KHC Presents: Rig Time!, SLUGS, The Extinct, and Democide @Remedy Coffee, 6:30 pm, $10 – $15
• Open Mic Night! Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Sep 15)
• Out Series: Danny Kamins, Jamison Williams, Adam Lion, Matt Nelson, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Terry Washington, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
• Prince of the Burning Sands, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
• mixtape drop and Tour times and birrhday bash, Downtown Knoxville, 10:00 pm

 

Tuesday, August 29

• Repatriation of Archaeology & the Native Peoples of Tennessee, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through Dec 22
• August Show, Lox Salon, 9:00 am – 9:00 pm (Tues – Fri) / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sat)
• AMG Potters & Lynda Tenpenny, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
• Summer Small Exhibition Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Larry and Joe, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Doug Wilhite @ Frank & George’s in Marble City Market, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Junk Journal: Textures, Knoxville Arts Center, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, $36, RSVP
• Tuesday Board Game Group, Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Sep 26)
• Summer Tuesday Acro Jam, World’s Fair Park, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Sep 26), FREE!
• Newcomer/Beginner Social Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm (weekly through Oct 17), $20
• Showing: OldBoy, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Volunteer Meet Up (VS), Knox Pride, 6:30 pm
• Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
• Disc Golf Putting Social, Elst Brewing Company, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm (through Dec 19)
• Tuesday Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Jazz at the Emporium Featuring Bill Bares Trio, The Emporium Center, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Latin Dance Lessons, Flynn Dance Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $5 – $20
• Inaugural Beer Dinner: Orange & White, Yee-Haw Brewing, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $35, RSVP
• Guest Artists: Young Kim, Lin He, & Arisia Gilmore; piano & violin, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, UT’s Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, 7:30 pm
• Election Night Watch Party with Debbie Helsley for City Council @ Redbud Kitchen, 7:30 pm
• Larry & Joe, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm, FREE!
• Watches, Duck Butter, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
• Showing: Skate Video Night, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Prince of the Burning Sands, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm