Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (10/8 – 10/17/2023)

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(Planner provided weekly by contributing writer Scott McNutt)

Sunday, October 8

• Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
• Knoxville College 148th Homecoming Celebration, 901 College Str, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (continues through Oct 9), RSVP for price
• Jurassic Quest, Knoxville Convention Center, 9:00 am – 7:00 pm (continues through Oct 8), $19 – $36 
• SlowKno Trail Run, Crafty Brewery – Baker Creek, 10:00 am – noon (Weekly through Oct 29)
• $8 Weekend Yoga, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 11:00 am – noon, $8, RSVP
• Final Day: Knoxville Oktoberfest featuring Polka Music, Dirndl/Lederhosen Contests, Masskrugstemmen (Stein-Hoisting), Bratwurst-Wettessen (Brat-Eating Contest), Lebkuchenherzen & More! Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 11:00 am – 11:59 pm, FREE!
• Karaoke Brunch – Pride Edition, Knox Brew Hub, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
• Baby Got Brunch, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
• Volleyball: Tennessee Volunteers vs. LSU Tigers, Thompson-Boling Arena, noon, $4 – $8
• Knox Pride Fest Sunday Market & 2-Year Anniversary @ Knox Pride, noon – 4:00 pm
• Shora Foundation 2023 Soul Brunch, Relix and Brookside, noon – 3:00 pm, $125 – $5,000, RSVP
• Second Sunday Art Activity, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, FREE!
• Self Care Sunday Yoga Class with Hope Irwin, Ijams Nature Center, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
• Crafty’s 8th Birthday, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 2:00 pm
• Knox Swaps – All Gender Clothing Swap, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Mother-Puppin Birthday & Fundraiser! Merchants of Beer, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Oktoberfest in the Old City, Merchants of Beer, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm, $15
• Final Performance: Samuel D. Hunter’s A Case for the Existence of God, by the River and Rail Theatre Company, Old City Performing Arts Center, 2:30 pm, $7 – $45
• Old Gray Cemetery Walking Tour by Knoxville Walking Tours, Old Gray Cemetery, 2:30 pm, $14 – $20, RSVP
• Celtic Jam for Beginners with Tim Worman, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Sunday Dance Class and Practica, Double S Wine Bar, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (weekly through Dec 17)
• Showing: Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Central Cinema, 5:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Mediterranean Dining Experience (benefiting FwF Helping Hands), 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Mirage Knoxville, $75, RSVP
• 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!
• NGW Presents: Nightmare in the Old City! Jackson Terminal, 6:30 pm, $20 – $25
• Showing: Nosferatu the Vampyre, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $7 – $12
• Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $45 – $71
• Jessica Watson, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm, FREE!
• DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm

 

Monday, October 9

• 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
• Falstaff’s Comedy and Shakespeare Camp, Knoxville Opera, 612 E Depot Ave, 9:00 am – noon (daily through Oct 13), $100, RSVP
• 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) 
• Museum Sprouts: Searching for Dragons, UT Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture,  9:30 am – 10:30 am, FREE! but RSVP
• 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: SONiA disappear fear / Jessey Adams, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• African American Equity Restoration Task Force Meeting, Pellissippi State Community College – Magnolia’s Campus, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Central District Commander Forum, Knoxville Chamber, Market Square, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
• Intro to Ballet Mini Sessions, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 5:45 pm – 6:30 pm (weekly through Oct 23), $15
• 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
• DIY Book Binding/ Journal Making with George Habeib, The Bottom,  6:00 pm – 8:30 pm, SOLD OUT!
• Knoxville Songcraft at KEC! Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, Market Square, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $20
• Showing: Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm, $7 – $12
• Board Game Night, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Dec 18)
• Caleb Sherrod, 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!
• Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Knox Pride Presents: Queer Cinema Club, Knox Pride, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• WIVK 70th Anniversary Stars and Guitars Acoustic Show, Civic Auditorium, 7:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
• Davis Rempis + Tashi Dorji Duo with Matt Nelson, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Showing: Nosferatu the Vampyre, Central Cinema, 9:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Shaw Davis, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, October 10

• 2023 ETEBA Business Opportunities & Technical Conference by Mesa Associates, Inc., Knoxville Convention Center, 8:00 am (continues through Oct 13)
• 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: Stella Prince / Sleepy Eyed John’s Band, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Monsters Made with Love, Ijams Nature Center, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm, $26, 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
• Community Yoga at Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm (weekly through Oct 31), donation-based
• Billy Mac @ Marble City Market, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
• Paint Your Own Disco Ball, Knoxville Arts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $50
• Newcomer/Beginner Social Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm (weekly through Oct 17), $20
• KMA Book Club: Fall 2023 discussing “All the Beauty in the World” by Patrick Bringley, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
• ZOOM: Now In Session – School Records, event by East Tennessee History Center, 7:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Trivia Tuesday! Horror Movies! Xül Beer Co, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
• Emmet Cohen & Knoxville Jazz Orchestra Celebrate Thad Jones, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $44
• Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
• 3-Year Anniversary Party! Knox Box Karaoke, 9:00 pm – 3:00 am
• Shaw Davis, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm 

Wednesday, October 11

• Senior Job Fair, O’Connor Senior Center, 9:00 am – 11:00 am
• 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
• Annual Knoxville Fire Department Memorial Service, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 11:00 am
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Vaden Landers / Daphne Parker Powell, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Dr. Tony Schmitz: Impacts of Limitations of Workforce Development in Machining on U.S. National Security, UT Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, Toyota Auditorium, 1:00 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 (weekly through Oct 25), $5, RSVP
• Guest Artist: Stephan Möller; Complete 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Natalie Halam UT College of Music, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
• Nolan Nevels @ Marble City Market, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
• French Film Series: “Les demoiselles de Rochefort” in French with English subtitles, UT Hodges Library, Room 101 – Lindsay Young Auditorium, 6:00 pm
• B. Richard / Burton Knight at Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Recycled Paper, Knoxville Arts Center, 6:15 pm – 8:15 pm, $65, RSVP
• Showing: Live! Knoxville Spooky Poetry Slam / Scary-Karaoke Competition, Central Cinema, 6:45 pm / 9:00 pm, $5 – $10
• 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
• Killer Queen – A Tribute to Queen, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $40 – $60
• Stand-up Comedy with Carmen Morales, DJ Lewis & Friends, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm, $15, RSVP
• Year of October, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
• SPRINGBOARD open mic comedy night, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
• Silent Disco, Bernadette’s Rooftop, 9:00 pm

 

Thursday, October 12

• Life Line Screening, Kerbela Shriners of Knoxville, 9:00 am, $149, RSVP
• Rocky Top Bioblitz, UT Ayres Hall, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
• Homeschool Clay Club: Pumpkins, Knoxville Arts Center, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, $15, RSVP
• The Economics of Commercial Air Transport, Knoxville Chamber, Market Square, 11:30 am, FREE! but RSVP
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Two Tracks / Rory D’Lasnow, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
• Planning with the GOATS by SoKno GOATS, 1119 Sevier Ave, noon – 2:00 pm

• Energy & Environment Forum: Socioecological Vulnerability of Southern Appalachian Communities, UT Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, Toyota Auditorium, 1:00 pm
• History At Play | Girl Scout Badge Eligible Event, Blount Mansion, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• October COA Presentation: “The Longest Rescue” with Capt. Bill Robinson, POW, O’Connor Senior Center, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
• Data Science and Statistics Speaker Antigoni Georgiado: Enabling predictive science with uncertainty quantification on Frontier, UT Ayres Hall, Rm 111, 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
• An Author Event featuring Nick McCall, Union Ave Books, 5:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Romance Novel Night, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 6:00 pm
• Made In Knoxville: PostModern Cocktail Competition, Maple Hall, 6:00 pm, $20, RSVP
• Hispanic Film Festival, UT Hodges Library, Room 101 – Lindsay Young Auditorium, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
• Farm Tour and Cooking Class, Beardsley Farm, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $5, RSVP
• Bendy B*stards Yinyasa, Crafty Brewery – Baker Creek, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (weekly through Oct 26), $10 – $12, RSVP
• Halloween Movie Trivia, The Bark, 6:00 pm, RSVP
• Green Tie Event: 2023 by SEEED Knox, Knoxville Convention Center, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $65, RSVP
• Concerts for Our Own: Here Come The Mummies LIVE at The Tennessee Amphitheater, World’s Fair Park, 6:00 pm, $25 – $50, RSVP
• Mindful Flow with Linds E, Birdhouse Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, $15
• The Basics of Book Collecting, Addison’s Bookstore, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $25, RSVP
• Showing: Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street / Stop Making Sense, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:30  pm, $5 / $7 – $12
• Destination Unknown at Ale Rae’s, 7:00 pm
• Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm, FREE!
• BAILEMOS BACHATA THURSDAYS! The Double S Wine Bar, 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm (continues Oct 19) $5 – $10
• Dylan Scott with Matt Schuster, Tayler Holder, The Mill & Mine, 7:30 pm, $36.51 – $144.66
• The Tallest Man On Earth, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $37 – $47
• Comedian Trey Gallyon, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Nurse Blake: Shock Advised Tour, Civic Auditorium, 8:00 pm, $48 – $164
• Vintage Pistol, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
• 10th Anniversary “Band Eat Band” $10,000 Competition, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm
• Brandle Rain Band, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm, FREE!

 

Friday, October 13

• WDVX Big Plate Special: Andrea & Mud / Mic Harrison & The High Score, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• 80th Birthday Celebration by Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley, Boys & Girls Club of Loudon County, 967 Irwin St, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm, FREE! But RSVP
• Tavern Notes: Live Music Taber Gable Trio at Maker Exchange, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm, FREE!
• Football Fridays, East Tennessee History Center, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Inevitable Realities, Gallery 1010, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm (continues Oct 14, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm)
• Age of Miracles Fall Festival, 1101 North Broadway, 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
• Dark Market, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm

• Live Music Fridays, Crowne Plaza Knoxville Downtown University, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• One Minute with Marki, UT Humanities & Social Sciences Building, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Bruce Katz Band “Connections” CD Release at The Concourse, 6:00 pm, $10 – $15
• Volleyball: Tennessee Volunteers vs. Auburn University Tigers, Thompson-Boling Arena, 6:30 pm, $5 – $25
• Urban Karaoke & Trivia-Halloween Edition, The Emporium Center, 7:00 pm, $25 – $250
• Cale Charney @ Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Milk Man & The Big Band LIVE IN CONCERT @ The UT Student Union Auditorium, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm, FREE!
• Josi J & Dessert @ Marble City Market, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Brandle Rain Band, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Showing: Tales From the Crypt, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $7 – $12, RSVP
• Post Theta, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• THUNDER THIGHS – a benefit drag show, South Press, 7:00 pm, $10
• Comfort Crew Benefit Concert featuring Matt Stillwell, Emily Wyrick, Zoë Nutt, The Mill & Mine, 7:00 pm, $13.36 – $264.65
• GOOD COP RAD COP at Ijams Nature Center! Event by Tiny Stage Comedy, 7:30 pm, $10
• TKD presents “George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead Live!” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 7:30 pm, $20
• Knoxville Opera Presents Verdi’s Falstaff, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $25 – $115, RSVP
• Bikes, Beer, and Bad Luck, Baker Creek Preserve, 8:00 pm, $20, RSVP
• Scott Simmerman Quartet, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• Data Unknown With Psychic Baos And Dj Xeroxx The Kid’s Haunted Oldies, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Fo Daniels / The Boogie Knights, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:00 pm 
• Nick Shoulders And The Okay Crawdad: All Bad Tour, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $25 – $35
• Higher Education /  Corey James Clifton, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm / 11:00 pm
• Thunder and Rain Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm, FREE!
• Friday the 13th: Civil Strife’s Final Knoxville Show of 2023, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
• An Evening w/ Three Star Revival, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm
• Andres Tapia DJ Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm

 

Saturday, October 14

• Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, Union Ave, Market St, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Baker Creek Work Party by Appalachian Mountain Bike Club! Baker Creek Preserve, 9:00 am – noon
• Hair of the Dog Yoga, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10 – $12, RSVP
• Second Saturday in Vestal Community Event, Sustainable Future Center, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
• Tennessee vs Texas A&M Tailgate with GasStationSushi, UT Circle Park Dr, 11:00 am
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Olivia Jo, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• KRE8 Edition: Wicked Shoot, Preservation Pub, noon, RSVP
• A Meet & Greet with David Neil Drews, Union Ave Books, noon – 2:00 pm
• 5th Annual Tennessee River Witches on the Water, Suttree Landing Park, 1:30 pm
• Grand Anniversary Celebration! The Bottom, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm, RSVP
• Tennessee Volunteers Football vs. Texas A&M Aggies Football, Neyland Stadium, 3:30 pm, $100 – $1,250
• USSA Tennessee Steinholding State Championship Finals, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 5:00 pm
• Using the Whole Apple – Canning and Beyond, Three Rivers Market, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $50, RSVP
• Jamageddon community music and flow jam and potluck, Sustainable Future Center, 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Pink Masquerade by BellaBCF, Beck Cultural Exchange Center, 6:00 pm – midnight
• Halloween Dance Party, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $15
• The Dinner Detective: Interactive Murder Mystery Dinner Show! Hilton Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $60, RSVP
• Showing: The Witches / Rosemary’s Baby, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm, $25, RSVP
• Bone, Hugs & Harmony: A Hip Hop Celebration for the Culture, Birdhouse Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 1:00 am, $15
• One Knox Watch Party at Yee-Haw Knoxville, Yee-Haw Brewing Co, 7:00 pm
• Kavin Krapf Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• Burnin Hermans / Higher Education, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Salsa Saturday @ The Double S Wine Bar, 8:00 pm – midnight, $10
• Corey James Clifton Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm
• Von Sutherland Live @ EVape Central Tavern, 9:00 pm – midnight
• Camp Culture / Zyx, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm / 11:30 pm
• The Stolen Faces, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $10
• Andres Tapia – Latin Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm
• Aaron Carter LIVE with Band! The Local Smokey, 11:00 pm – 1:00 am

Sunday, October 15

• Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours 
• 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)
• $8 Weekend Yoga, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 11:00 am – noon, $8, RSVP
• Parkridge Porches – Music and Art Crawl, Parkridge Neighborhood, 11:30 am – 4:30 pm
• Chili Showdown, Elst Brewing Company, noon – 3:00 pm, $10
• A Very Glitterous Drag Brunch! Relix and Brookside, 1:00 pm, $39, RSVP
• Fall Decor Workshop, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 1:00 pm, $40
• “Howl-O-ween” Pup-kin party! Ebony & Ivory Brewing, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Guest Artist: Stephan Möller; Complete 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, UT Haslam College of Music, 1:30 pm
• Soundbath Meditation Workshops, Knoxville Museum of Art, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $35, RSVP
• Monthly Bluegrass Jam at Ijams with ETNBA, Ijams Nature Center, 2:00 pm – 5:00, FREE!
• Howl-O-Ween – Dog Costume Contest, Hi-Wire Brewing, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm, $5, RSVP
• Knoxville Opera Presents Verdi’s Falstaff, Tennessee Theatre, 2:30 pm, $25 – $115, RSVP
• TKD presents “George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead Live!” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 pm, $20
• Showing: The Witches, Central Cinema, 3:15 pm, $7 – $12
• Rus’ Romper Room October 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!
• UT Symphony Orchestra, James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Hall, 4:00 pm
• Save the Fish: Fall Dinner Fundraiser by Conservation Fisheries, Inc., 5:00 pm, $25 – $100, RSVP
• Tennessee Volleyball Kids Day Out presented by KOC, Thompson-Boling Arena, 5:00 pm
• Showing: Rosemary’s Baby, Central Cinema, 5:15 pm, $7 – $12
• A Stand Up Comedy Open Mic, EVape Central Tavern, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
• Songwriter Sundays at Status Dough, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Auditions for “A Tuna Christmas!” Theatre Knoxville Downtown 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
• Event Meet-Up by Knox Community Street Dance: The Sunday Get Down, Maple Hall, 7:00 pm
• The Sunday Get Down!, Maple Hall, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $5 – $10
• Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $30 – $50
• Showing: Sweeny Todd Sing-Along Benefit , Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Tennessee Stifflegs, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm, FREE!
• Cold Choir With Spectral Body, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm

 

Monday, October 16 

• 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, 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)
• October Shows, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat 
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jason Hoss Hicks / Francesca Brown, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Charlie Lovewolf @ Marble City Market, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
• Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
• Intro to Ballet Mini Sessions, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 5:45 pm – 6:30 pm (weekly through Oct 23), $15
• The Haunting of Hill House – Knoxville Classics Book Club, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm
• Knox Pride Presents: Life Skills – You Betta Work Series, Knox Pride, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (weekly through Oct 30), FREE!
• 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
• Board Game Night, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Dec 18)
• Auditions for “A Tuna Christmas!” Theatre Knoxville Downtown 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
• Jon Steele, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Out Series, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Shania Twain: Queen Of Me Tour, Thompson-Boling Arena, 7:30 pm, $46 – $226
• Showing: Rosemary’s Baby, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Baby Faced Buskers, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, October 17

• 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
• 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
• Lisa Kurtz & Carol Quinn, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
• October Shows, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Rees Shad / Killbillies, 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)
• Nourish Knoxville Pint Nights at Printshop Beer Co, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• After-School Special: Multicolor Trace Monotype, Knoxville Arts Center, 4:15 – 5:15 pm, $15, RSVP
• Yoga at Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm (weekly through Oct 31), donation-based
• National Security Distinguished Lecture: How Disinformation and News Silos Distort Thinking on National Security & Foreign Policy, UT Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, Toyota Auditorium, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
• Let Her Invest | Women Building Wealth Meet-up, Aught Co-working Downtown, 520 W Summit Hill Dr, #Ste 601, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Woodwind Chamber Music, UT Haslam College of Music, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
• Junk Journal: Colors, Knoxville Arts Center, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, $36, RSVP
• Forest Bathing Workshop, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $30, RSVP
• City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Final Night: Newcomer/Beginner Social Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm, $20
• Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
• Roman – Jewish ITALIAN WINE DINNER by Wine Forté, Zero/Zero Wine Bar, 1211 N Central St, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, $180, RSVP
• Showing: The Addiction / Def By Temptation, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:30 pm, FREE!
• Sanctuary Walls with Forrest Wentzel, UT Haslam College of Music, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
• Outdoor Film Screening: In Between, UT Humanities Amphitheatre, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
• Deer Tick, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $24 – $40
• RuPaul’s Drag Race: Night of the Living Drag, Civic Auditorium, 8:00 pm, $37 – $97
• Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
• Baby Faced Buskers, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm