Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (10/22 – 10/31/2023)

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(Planner provided weekly by contributing writer Scott McNutt)

Sunday, October 22

• Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
• Final day: Call to Artists/Groups: Emporium Exhibition Proposals, The Emporium Center, deadline 11:59 pm
• Wicked Cool Cats scavenger hunt, Downtown Knoxville, daily through Oct 31
• Prints and Books by Eric Avery, MD, UT Printmaking Showcase Gallery, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (daily through Jan 30, 2024)
• SlowKno Trail Run, Crafty Brewery – Baker Creek, 10:00 am – noon (Weekly through Oct 29)
• Bonsai Society Show, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Two Bikes X MAAP Presents: PENTATHLON, starts at Two Bikes, ends at Elst Brewing Company, 10:30 am – 5:00 pm 
• $8 Weekend Yoga, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 11:00 am – noon, $8, RSVP
• Karaoke Brunch: Emo Edition at The Hub, Knox Brew Hub, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
• Baby Got Brunch, Barrelhouse, 11:30 am
• Syrup N’ Screams: Halloween Drag Show, Pour Taproom, noon, $20 – $40
• Disney On Ice presents Mickey’s Search Party, Civic Coliseum, noon, $20 – $88
• Pints with the Players by One Knox SC, Alliance Brewing Co, noon
• Coping with Chronic Illness, Church Street United Methodist Church, 12:15 pm – 3:30 pm, $15, RSVP
• Showing: Knoxville Horror Film Fest, Central Cinema, 12:30 pm – 6:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
• Self Care Sunday Yoga Class with Hope Irwin, Ijams Nature Center, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, $10, RSVP
• Swap Don’t Shop Community Clothing Swap, Lox Salon, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
• In-gallery Movement Meditation Experience, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Forest Bathing Workshop, Ijams Nature Center, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $30, RSVP
• HowlOWeen Pooch Parade and Pet Expo: pet food drive to benefit Companion Animal Initiative of Tennessee, UT Gardens Knoxville, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• 2023 Buddy Walk Knoxville, World’s Fair Park, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Community Yard Sale, Elst Brewing Company, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• The Moors, UT Clarence Brown LAB Theatre, 2:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
• In-gallery Movement Meditation Experience, Knoxville Museum of Art, 2:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Online October Poetry Fit by Sundress Academy for the Arts, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Mood Ring Vintage Fall Market, Hi-Wire Brewing, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Spirits of Old Gray Tour, Old Gray Cemetery, 543 N Broadway St, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, $5
• Bluegrass Jam with Perry Cooper, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Crabs & Cider Feast, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 3:00 pm, adult ticket starting at $44.50 / kid ticket (ages 5 – 11) $17.25, RSVP
• TKD presents “George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead Live!” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 pm, $20
• Wisconsin Fish Fry, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, $20
• In-gallery Movement Meditation Experience, Knoxville Museum of Art, 3:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Sunday Dance Class and Practica, Double S Wine Bar, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (weekly through Dec 17)
• Roger Wallace: Back in the Saddle Again, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 4:00 pm, FREE!
• Hala-ween Kpop Skate Party, Change Center, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10
• Disney On Ice presents Mickey’s Search Party, Civic Coliseum, 4:00 pm, $20 – $88
• Green Bay Packers Ticket Giveaway! Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 4:25 pm – 8:25 pm
• An Author Event Featuring Writer Lucy Caldwell, reading from her book on her collaboration with CERN / Meet and Greet & Book Signing, Union Ave Books / Knox Brew Hub, 5:00 pm, RSVP / 6:00 pm
• A Stand Up Comedy Open Mic, EVape Central Tavern, 5:30 pm (weekly through Dec 17)
• Weekly Sunday Acro Jam, World’s Fair Park, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
• Drink and Draw at South Coast Pizza, 6:00 pm 
• Stand-up comedy Ft. Hunter Roberts! Ale’ Rae’s, 6:30 pm
• Brad Upton, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 pm, $27 – $37
• Live at Lucille’s: Abraham Burton & Eric McPherson, Regas Square Events, 7;30 pm, $18 – $50
• Lee Rod & the Various States, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm, FREE!
• DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm

Monday, October 23

• Tennessee Artists Association: American Modernism, Frothy Monkey, 419, S. Gay St., 7:00 am – 9:00 pm, Mon – Sat (7:00 am – 4:00 pm, Sun), show continues through January
• Discover Tall Ship Pinta, Calhoun’s – On The River, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (daily through Oct 29), free – $7
• October show: Althea Murphy-Price, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Oct 27
• October Shows, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri) 
• October shows, 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: Drew Young / David Watson, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Panel and Q&A: Science Fiction and Physics In Conversation, UT Student Union, Room 169, 1:30 pm
• UT Physics Colloquium: Physicist Rob Appleby [University of Manchester] on the upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, UT Science and Engineering Research Facility, Room 307, 3:00 pm
• “Mobilizing Ghosts for the Revolution” with Xiaofei Kang – UTHC Distinguished Lecture Series, UT Student Union, 3:30 pm
• CGE Signature Global Dialogue: Lessons from South African Constitutional Negotiators, UT Alumni Memorial Building, #210, 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
• Deaf Night at the KMA, Knoxville Museum of Art, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, FREE!
• Madame Luna’s Paris: The Interconnected World of an Enterprising Ottoman Jewish Woman, UT Hodges Library, Lindsay Young Auditorium, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
• 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: The Wicker Man, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm, $7 – $12
• Mindful Flow with Linds E, Birdhouse Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, $15
• 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 
• Out Series, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Concert night with New Market Trainwrecks, Marie’s Old Town Tavern, 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
• UT Saxophone Studio: “Beyond the Grave,” Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, UT Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, 7:30 pm
• Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
• Showing: O.V.A. Extreme Anime Series, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm, $5
• Big Dog, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

Tuesday, October 24

• Knoxville Eviction Court, event by Olive Fairweather and KATU – The Knoxville Area Tenants’ Union, City County Building, 8:00 am
• Business Startup 101, Knoxville Chamber, 9:00 am – 10:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Sports Authority Board Meeting, Public Works Service Center, 3131 Morris Ave, 9:00 am – 10:30 am
• 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
• Lisa Kurtz & Carol Quinn, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
• The Haunted Art Show – Curated by Esther Sitver, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Juliana Eden / Full Service, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• ETHC History Potpourri, East Tennessee History Center, noon, FREE! but RSVP
• Covenant Health Fort Sanders CNA/PCA Hiring Event, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, noon – 5:00 pm, RSVP
• The Future of Housing, Knoxville Chamber, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• October shows, Printshop Beer Co., 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Tue-Thu) / noon – 10:00 pm (Fri-Sat) / noon – 8:00 pm (Sun)
• Nourish Knoxville Pint Nights at Printshop Beer Co, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Friendship Force Knoxville: Who We Are, Why We Travel and Why We Host, UT International House, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Community Yoga at Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm (weekly through Oct 31), donation-based
• Knox County Growth Plan Committee Meeting, City County Building, 5:00 pm
• Old City Association Fall Cookout, Old City Gardens, 5:30 pm
• Mike Snodgrass @ Marble City Market, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
• Drawing Skills: Introduction to Linear Perspective, Knoxville Arts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $50, RSVP
• Flute Studio Recital, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, UT Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, 5:30 pm
• Pumpkin Carving Competition at Barley’s, 6:00 – 9:00 pm, $24.69, RSVP
• Kernel Convo: My Name is Pauli Murray, UT Hodges Library, Lindsay Young Auditorium, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
• Showing: The Wicker Man, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm, $7 – $12
• Shadow Side Ghost Tour by Knoxville Walking Tours and The Knoxville History Project, meet at The Phoenix Pharmacy and Fountain, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $14 – $20, RSVP
• 5 Week Latin Dance Course – Beginner Tuesdays, Cansler Family YMCA, 7:00 pm – 7:45 pm / 8:00 pm – 8:45 pm (weekly through Nov 21), $70 – $90, RSVP
• IJAMS SUNSET SOCIAL: A Night of Haunted Tales with Smoky Mountain Storytellers, Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• The Moors, UT Clarence Brown LAB Theatre, 7:30 pm, $19 – $25
• Pass the Mic: Joy Oladokun, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $30
• Guest / Faculty Performance: Weiwei Le; violin & Chih-Long Hu; piano, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, UT College of Music, 7:30 pm
• Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
• Showing: Skate Video Night, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm, $5
• Big Dog, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm 

Wednesday, October 25

• Environmental Change and the Decline of an Ancient City: The Case of Lixus, Northern Morocco, virtual interactive exhibit, Hodges Library, 2nd floor lobby, 9:00 am – 11:30 pm, daily through Oct 27
• Story Thyme, The ECO Garden at the Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 10:00 am – 11:30 am, free – $5
• Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Lance and Lea / Andrew Fin McGill, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• The Last Hurrah: Selected Writings and Stories with Bill Landry, East Tennessee History Center, noon, RSVP recommended
• Mortality as an Object of Team Research: A SPARKS Event, Frieson Black Cultural Center, Auditorium, Room 102/103, 1:00 pm
• Pulitzer Prize Finalist David George Haskell: “Sounds Wild + Broken: Learning from the Beginning of Sound,” UT Hodges Library, Lindsay Young Auditorium (rm. 101), 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
• Write It Out Open Studio, The Bottom, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, RSVP
• AIA East Tennessee Halloween Happy Hour, Cafe 4, 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
• Wednesday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
• Rooftop Yoga, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, $5, RSVP
• Guest Artist Recital: Kristofer Rucinski and Marianna Prjevalskaya; Piano, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, 5:30 pm
• Nolan Nevels Jazz Trio @ Marble City Market, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
• Stammtisch 2023 – Start a Conversation, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm 
• Tintype Photography: History and Process, UT McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture 5:30 pm
• Jason Ellis at Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Pints with Patriots Veterans Social, Printshop Beer Co., 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Showing: The Lost Boys / The Wicker Man, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:10 pm, $5 – $10
• Entertaining Made Easy Workshop, The Spice & Tea Exchange of Knoxville, 6:30 pm, $40, RSVP
• Stand Up Comedy @ Tern Club! 6:30 pm, $5 – $10
• Chess Club at The Hub, Knox Brew Hub, 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm (weekly through Dec 27)
• Woof Gang with SBRET – a weekly dog walk, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm (weekly through Nov 1)
• Learn Salsa Dancing @ the Double S wine bar, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $10
• Crafty’s Athletic Wednesdays: Ping Pong Circuit, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, (weekly through Feb 28, 2023)
• Hallo-week at Ijams: Ijams After Dark, Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $15
• Addison’s Book Club: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818), Addison’s Bookstore, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $5
• Hallow-Swing, Laurel Theater, 7:15 pm – 10:00 pm, $5 – $8
• THE WOLF OF BADENOCH by Barry Wallace (Next Rung Productions), River & Rail Theatre Company, 7:30 pm, FREE!
• Faculty/Guest Performance: Le Tableau de l’Opération de la Taille, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, 7:30 pm
• The Moors, UT Clarence Brown LAB Theatre, 7:30 pm, $19 – $25
• 300 Years of Surgery: Marin Marias and a Musical Perspective on the Medical Humanities, Haslam Music Center, Powell Hall, 7:30 pm
• Castle House / Field Trip, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm / 11:30 pm
• SPRINGBOARD open mic comedy night HALLOWEEN 2023 edition, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm, FREE!
• Silent Disco, Bernadette’s Rooftop, 9:00 pm

Thursday, October 26

• 2023 Dept of Classics Latin Day, UT Student Union, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, $20, RSVP
• Volunteer Orientation, Knoxville Habitat for Humanity, 1501 Washington Ave, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, RSVP
• A View from the Hill: An Outlook on the Autumn Congressional Agenda, Knoxville Chamber, 10:30 am – 11:30 am, FREE! but RSVP
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Justin Kaleb / The Spooky Oooo’s, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
• Equine Health and Medicine: Historical and Literary Perspectives, UT College of Veterinary Medicine, Tickle Seminar Room, noon

• Bi-Monthly Real Good Kitchen Tours, Real Good Kitchen, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm, RSVP
• Old City Market, 100 Block of West Jackson Ave, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Emerging Makers Tent by Dogwood Arts, Old City Market, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Artist Lecture: Jorge Lucero, McCarty Auditorium, UT Art + Architecture Building, 5:30 pm
• Faculty Performance: “It Comes in Waves,” Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, UT College of Music, 5:30 pm
• Design Feed: George Smart, HAIA, Bijou Theatre, 5:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Black Maternal Health Community Think-Tank, Frieson Black Cultural Center, Auditorium, Rooms 102/103/104, 5:30 pm
• Clay Pawprint & Plants, The Bark, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $25
• Happy Hour, SVN Wood Properties, 119 W Fifth Ave, #100, 6:00 pm, RSVP
• Quantifying Connection: The 5 Evolutions of AI in Philanthropy, UT Communications Building, Room 321, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Bendy B*stards Yinyasa, Crafty Brewery – Baker Creek, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10 – $12, RSVP
• Legit Music Bingo w/ Cassie at The Hub: Halloween Edition! Knox Brew Hub, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Knoxville Business Professionals Halloween Party, TAPestry Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• InterFaith’s 2023 Hallowingo Event, The Standard Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $75 – $10,000, RSVP
• Spooky Mocktails at Hi Wire Brewing, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, $35, RSVP
• Truman Day 2023 with Knox Dems, Gloria Johnson, and more, Hilton Knoxville, 6:00 pm, $80- $800, RSVP
• Beach Glass – Window or Christmas Tree, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 6:00 pm, $65, RSVP
• Hispanic Film Festival, UT Hodges Library, Room 101 – Lindsay Young Auditorium, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Nov 9), FREE!
• A Victorian Séance Experience: 20-minute sessions, Mabry-Hazen House, 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm, $15 – $25, RSVP
• Jason Ellis at Ale Rae’s, 7:00 pm
• Hallo-week at Ijams: Family Owl Prowl, Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $15
• Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm, FREE!
• Compline sung by Ensemble Orison, St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 7:30 pm, FREE!
• The Moors, UT Clarence Brown LAB Theatre, 7:30 pm, $19 – $25
• UT Wind Ensemble & the Tennessee Wind Symphony, World’s Fair Park, 7:30 pm, FREE!
• TKD presents “George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead Live!” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 7:30 pm, $20
• Wind Ensemble Concert, Cox Auditorium, UT Alumni Memorial Hall, 7:30 pm
• Showing: Halloween, Central Cinema, 7:45 pm, $10
• Movie Night at Crafty: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 8:00 pm
• “Art as (my) Medicine”: A Lecture by Visiting Artist Eric Avery, M.D., UT Art and Architecture Building, McCarty Auditorium, room 109, 7:30 pm
• Chris Renzema: Manna Tour, The Mill & Mine, 8:00 pm, $26.21 – $72.04
• Lewis Black: Off The Rails, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $40 – $75
• Historically Haunting Halloween Tours, Blount Mansion, 8:00 pm / 8:30 pm / 9:00 pm, $10, RSVP
• Barleyween 2023 with the Diamond Dogs, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm, FREE!
• 10th Anniversary “Band Eat Band” $10,000 Competition, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm
• James Leigh & The Rest, Mike River & Tennessee Love Connection, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

Friday, October 27

• Summit in the Smokies: 2024 Business Planning Clinic by KWYP Greater Knoxville, Crowne Plaza Knoxville Downtown, 9:00 am (continues Oct 28), from $107.48
• Day of the Dead Celebration, UT Hodges Library, Jack E. Reese Galleria, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
• Jorge Lucero Study Collection, UT Downtown Gallery, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm (wed – Fri) / 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (Sat), through Dec 7
• WDVX Big Plate Special: Jordan Foley & The Wheelhouse, Barley’s Taproom, noon, FREE!
• Online: “Public Health in Nazi Ghettos”: A Lecture by Helene Sinnreich, presented by UT Humanities Center, noon, FREE!
• 51th Bicentennial Tennessee Association of the Deaf Conference, Knoxville Center of the Deaf, noon – 9:00 pm
• Centering the Marginalized: Mitigating Mental Health Issues while Enhancing Retention at PWIs, Room 262A, UT Student Union Building, 2:00 pm, FREE!

• Halloween Bar Crawl, begin at Alice in Appalachia, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $26.27 – $32.34
• Old Sevier Spooky Streets, Old Sevier Ave, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• BSK Art Auction and Fundraiser 2023, PostModern Spirits, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Embodied Cinema: Affect, Dance, and Speculative Wellness, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
• Haunted Station, L&N STEM Academy, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm, $5
• Showing: Suitable Flesh / The Dog from a Graveyard, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:10 pm, $10
• Live Music Fridays, Crowne Plaza Knoxville Downtown University, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Walking Tour of Historic UT Campus with Knoxville History Project, meet at Hodges Library, corner of Volunteer Blvd and Melrose Ave, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, $15, RSVP
• Disney Junior Live On Tour: Costume Palooza, Tennessee Theatre, 6:00 pm, $45 – $60
• Poetry Night at Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
• YPK’s 11th Annual Impact Awards, The Press Room, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, $$75 – $750, RSVP
• TAYLOR SWIFT TRIVIA! Scruffy’s Cafe, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
• Unmasked 2023 by Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking, The Mill & Mine, 6:30 pm, $100 – $7,500
• A Victorian Séance Experience: 20-minute sessions, Mabry-Hazen House, 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm, $15 – $25, RSVP
• Brian Clay @ Marble City Market, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Gas Station Sushi, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• TKD presents “George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead Live!” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 7:30 pm, $20
• Fountain City Ramblers @ Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm
• The Moors, UT Clarence Brown LAB Theatre, 7:30 pm, $19 – $25
• Faculty/Guest Artist Recital & Masterclass: Julie Makerov; soprano and Kevin Class; pianist, UT Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
• Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Birmingham Bulls, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 7:35 pm, $10 – $48

• 4th and Gill Night Market, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
• Kenneth Brown, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 11:30 pm
• Dr. Terror, Rat Punch, Yer Flowers, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Rodney Crowell: Chicago Sessions Tour with Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $50 – $65
• Historically Haunting Halloween Tours, Blount Mansion, 8:00 pm / 8:30 pm / 9:00 pm / 9:30 pm, $10, RSVP
• Last RICA CHICHA show of the year! Merchants of Beer, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
• Johnny Monster / High Heat, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm, $5 – $10
• Free Salsa ON2 Workshop and Social, The Double S Wine Bar, 8:00 pm  
• Big Creek Bluegrass Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm, FREE!
• Smooth Sailor, Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm
• The Captain Rons with Dos Fuegos, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $5
• Andres Tapia DJ Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm

Saturday, October 28

• Mountain Bike Clinic, Baker Creek Trails, 8:00 am (continues Oct 29), from $150, RSVP
• Autumn Tree Walk, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 9:00 am – 11:00 am, free – $5, RSVP
• Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, Union Ave, Market St, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Modernism Home Tour by AIA East Tennessee, Mid Mod Collective, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, $20 – $25
• Yu-Gi-Oh: AGOV Regional Qualifier, Knoxville Convention Center, 10:00 am, $23
• RetroFlea October! Retrospect Vintage Store, 10:00 am
• Intro to Broom Making, Knoxville Arts Center, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, $70, RSVP
• Monsters at the Museum, East Tennessee History Center, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, FREE!
• Knoxville Home Expo, Knoxville Convention Center, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (continues Oct 29), FREE!
• Hair of the Dog Yoga, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10 – $12, RSVP
• A Meet & Greet with Ken Johnson, Union Ave Books, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Emma Zeck / Erin Wolf, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Trunk or Treat, The Bottom, noon – 2:00 pm, RSVP
• Old Sevier Halloween Crawl, start at SouthSide Garage, noon – 9:00 pm
• Kill the Lights Beer Festival 2023, Xul Beer Co, noon – 4:00 pm, from $37.31
• Showing: Suitable Flesh, Central Cinema, 4:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Make-A-Mug, Knoxville Arts Center, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $36, RSVP
• Trunk-or-Treat & Resource Fair, Knoxville Family Justice Center, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Knoxville Zombie Walk 2023, charity event for Helping Mamas Knoxville, Scruffy City Hall on Market Square, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Zombie Walk Knoxville by Ann Barber and Photographers for Photo Group info sharing, Market Square, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Celebration of Life: Remembering Brandon Gibson by Marble City Opera, Bijou Theatre, 3:00 pm
• Ijams Scare Fair at Mead’s Quarry, 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE!
• Halloween Bar Crawl, begin at Alice in Appalachia, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $26.27 – $32.34
• RYDE Trunk or Treat, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Cocktail Hour, The Bottom, 5:00 pm, $15, RSVP
• Halloween Party at the Pirate Tavern, 5:00 pm – 2:00 am
• Marble City Ballroom Bash! Marble City Market, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• The Dinner Detective: Interactive Murder Mystery Dinner Show! Hilton Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $60, RSVP
• Hallo-week at Ijams: Ijams Enchanted Forest, Mead’s Quarry, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $7 – $25
• A Victorian Séance Experience: 20-minute sessions, Mabry-Hazen House, 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm, $15 – $25, RSVP
• Evil Twin Halloween Party, Corner Lounge, 7:00 pm
• Showing: Nosferatu with live score!, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $17 – $20, RSVP
• Marty’s Retirement Party, Ijams Nature Center, 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
• TKD presents “George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead Live!” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 7:30 pm, $20
• Halloween Silent Disco at Hi-Wire Knoxville, 7:30 pm – 11:30 pm, $2.51 – $18.23
• Mark Boling Trio Life, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• Freakers’ Ball 2023, Knoxville’s Old City, 8:00 pm – 2:00 am, $20
• Bob Log III, Jose P Orchestra, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $15
• Free Latin Dance Party – Halloween Edition, The Double S Wine Bar, 8:00 pm
• Drag Halloween Theme, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $15, RSVP
• Haunted Rooftop Disco, Radius Rooftop Lounge, 8:00 pm – 1:00 am
• Tae & the Neighborly / Rossdaween: Spooky Space Funk, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:00 pm
• Historically Haunting Halloween Tours, Blount Mansion, 8:00 pm / 8:30 pm / 9:00 pm / 9:30 pm, $10, RSVP
• Pirkle Family Band Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm
• Halloween Salsa Saturday @ Marble City Market, 9:00 pm – midnight, $10
• That’s Not Red Wine [Vampire Masquerade], Sassy Ann’s, 9:00 pm – 2:00 am, $33.85, RSVP
• The Coveralls, Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm
• St. Owlsey, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $5
• Andres Tapia – Latin Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm
• Halloween EDM Party, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 10:30 pm
• Barbie’s Scream House, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 10:30 pm, $15
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Tennessee Theatre, 11:00 pm, $15
• Werewolves vs Aliens @ Brother Werewolf, 11:00 pm – 3:00 am

Sunday, October 29

• Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours 
• Wicked Cool Cats scavenger hunt, Downtown Knoxville, daily through Oct 31
• Prints and Books by Eric Avery, MD, UT Printmaking Showcase Gallery, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (daily through Jan 30, 2024)
• Final Day: Discover Tall Ship Pinta, Calhoun’s – On The River, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, free – $7
• SlowKno Trail Run, Crafty Brewery – Baker Creek, 10:00 am – noon 
• Knoxville Home Expo, Knoxville Convention Center, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, FREE!
• $8 Weekend Yoga, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 11:00 am – noon, $8, RSVP
• Hallo-week at Ijams: Family Pumpkin Carving, Mead’s Quarry, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, starting at $12
• Howl-o-Ween Dog Show – Atomic City Dog Beer Release, Barrelhouse, noon – 3:00 pm, $5 – $15, RSVP
• Green Bay Packers Ticket Giveaway! Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Fall Festival, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Soundbath Meditation Workshops, Knoxville Museum of Art, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $35, RSVP
• Volleyball: Tennessee Volunteers vs. Texas A&M, Thompson-Boling Arena, 2:00 pm, $5 – $25
• The Moors, UT Clarence Brown LAB Theatre, 2:00 pm, $19 – $25
• Bark, Boo & Brew with Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee at Alliance Brewing Co, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Old Sevier SPOOKY Market, SouthSide Garage, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Bijou Imagination Series: The Rainbow Fish, Bijou Theatre, 2:30 pm, $18.50
• Final Performance: TKD presents “George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead Live!” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 pm, $20
• An Author Event with Emily B. Riddle, Union Ave Books, 3:00 pm
• Fall Festival at Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Bluegrass Jam with Perry Cooper, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm – 
• Showing: Universal Monsters: Dracula and Frankenstein 16 mm Double Feature!, Central Cinema, 3:30 pm, $17 – $20
• Sunday Dance Class and Practica, Double S Wine Bar, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (weekly through Dec 17), FREE!
• Trunk or Treat, Jackson Terminal Events, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Classic Horror Movie Night, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Fall Showcase Event, World’s Fair Park Ampitheatre, 5:00 pm, $15, RSVP
• A Stand Up Comedy Open Mic, EVape Central Tavern, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
• Pay-What-You-Can DIY Basket Birdhouse Workshop, Maple Hall, 6:00 pm, RSVP
• A Victorian Séance Experience: 20-minute sessions, Mabry-Hazen House, 6:30 pm – 8:50 pm, $15 – $25, RSVP
• Tiny Bookshop Concert: Brandi Augustus, The Bottom, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, pay what you can – $10, RSVP
• Showing: Halloween / Suitable Flesh, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:00 pm, $7 – $12
• When a Teacher Breaks Free: Getting Out of the Matrix, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:00 pm, $20 – $25
• Guest Artist: Duo Mundi, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, UT Music Center, 7:30 pm
• Blue Shirt Guy Anniversary Party, Pour Taproom, 7:30 pm – 11:30 pm
• Stripmall Ballads with Kyle Campbell, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm, FREE!
• DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm

Monday, October 30 

• Tennessee Artists Association: American Modernism, Frothy Monkey, 419, S. Gay St., 7:00 am – 9:00 pm, Mon – Sat (7:00 am – 4:00 pm, Sun), show continues through January
• October show: Althea Murphy-Price, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Oct 27
• October Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
• “In Conversation: Will Wilson,” McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat, through Dec 2)
• 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
• October Shows, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat 
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: David Easterling / Wild Blue Yonder, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Art Ed Guest Speaker: Jorge Lucero, UT Art and Architecture Building, Room 111, 5:30 pm
• 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
• Lecture: Dr. Emilia Oddo, “Don’t Trust That Octopus!” UT Strong Hall, 6:00 pm
• Chiasmus Reading Series and Open Mic, Union Ave Books, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Skull Paint & Plant Party (round 2) with The Plant Trolley, Barley’s Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $29.32, RSVP
• Showing: Dracula / Halloween, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 7:45 pm, $5 – $12
• KTC Costume Run, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:30 pm
• Women’s Basketball: Tennessee Lady Volunteers vs. Carson-Newman Eagles, Thompson-Boling Arena, 6:30 pm, $6
• Terry Washington, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Open Mic Night! Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Feb 26, 2024) 
• Out Series, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Jazz Band Fall Concert, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, UT Music Center, 7:30 pm
• Max Kaplan Band, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

Tuesday, October 31

• Final Day: Wicked Cool Cats scavenger hunt, Downtown Knoxville
• Chamber Briefing Breakfast, Knoxville Chamber, 9:00 am – 10:00 am, FREE! but RSVP
• 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
• Lisa Kurtz & Carol Quinn, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
• The Haunted Art Show – Curated by Esther Sitver, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Madelaine / Lucky Perm Band, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• October shows, Printshop Beer Co., 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Tue-Thu) / noon – 10:00 pm (Fri-Sat) / noon – 8:00 pm (Sun)
• Trunk or Treat, Habitat for Humanity, 1501 Washington Ave, 4:00 pm, RSVP
• Nourish Knoxville Pint Nights at Printshop Beer Co, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Yoga at Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm, donation-based
• Tablescape Design Event by Design AF and Amanda Webb Furlow, 9 Emory Pl, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Junk Journal: Mixed Media, Knoxville Arts Center, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, $36, RSVP
• City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Showing: Fankenstein / Halloween, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 7:45 pm, $7 – $12
• Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
• Men’s Basketball: Tennessee Volunteers vs. Lenoir Rhyne Bears, Thompson-Boling Arena, 6:30 pm, $6
• Haunted Hops: A Halloween-Themed Beer Dinner, Yee-Haw Brewing Co, 7:00 pm, $45, RSVP
• SIX, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $63 – $118
• Halloween Special: Dueling Pianos, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, UT Music Center, 7:30 pm
• Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
• Max Kaplan Band, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm