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(Planner provided weekly by contributing writer Scott McNutt)
Sunday, February 18
- Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
- The Great Outdoor Market at Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Til Ragnarok Axe Throwing, Barrelhouse, noon
- WOZO Merch and coffee sale at South Coast Pizza, noon – 3:00 pm
- Lovers & Friends Brunch, Emporium Center, noon – 4:00 pm, starting at $40
- Beard and Mustache Competition and Benefit, Barrelhouse, 1:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- An Afternoon to Honor Voices of Courage with the YWCA Knoxville & Tennessee Valley’s Clothesline Project, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, RSVP
- Japanese Outreach Program – Setsubun, East Tennessee History Center, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm, $5
- Documentary: Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, Lawson McGhee Library, 1:30 pm, FREE!
- Online: February Poetry XFit by Sundress Academy for the Arts, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, free, but donations welcome
- Auditions for ”Art'” by Yasmina Reza, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 2:00 pm
- The Giver, Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 pm, $$24 – $45, RSVP
- Open Bluegrass Jam with ETNBA, Ijams Nature Center, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm, FREE!
- Knoxville Opera: Verdi’s ‘La Traviata,’ Tennessee Theatre, 2:30 pm, $25 – $115
- Showing: Off The Hill Film Screening by Highlander Center, Central Cinema, 2:30 pm, FREE!
- Disney’s Aladdin Jr., Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Sunday Class + Practica, The Double S Wine Bar, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (weekly through June 30)
- Rus’ Romper Room February Edition, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 4:00 pm
- Winter Jam 2024, Thompson-Boling Arena, 5:00 pm, $15 donation
- Weekly: A Stand Up Comedy Open Mic, The Pirate Tavern, 5:30 pm
- Showing: Amelie / The Honeymoon Killers, Central Cinema, 5:45 pm / 8:15 pm, $7 – $12
- Crafty Jazz Sunday with Sam Adams, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Dine In Dark by Inov8 Studios, Mirage Knoxville, 7:00 pm, $65 – $90, RSVP
- Liquid Velvet Acoustic @ Yeehaw Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Laugh Alive Comedy Show, Ale’ Rae’s GastroPub, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
- Yvie Oddly presents Strange Love Tour 2024, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $32 – $37
- Glad I Didn’t Get My Stupid Wish with Escort Mission, Carry Ripple, and Ghost Blanket, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
- An Evening with Matt Woods, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm, $20 – $25
- DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm
Monday, February 19
- Peyton Tolleson exhibition, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm)
- Featured Artist: Sonia Jackson Summers, Bijou Art Gallery, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Mar 31
- February Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
- Latin Love, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, Mon-Fri / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat
- 77th Annual Student Art Competition, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery of Art – Room 115, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (daily through Mar 3)
- Drop-in Figure Drawing, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – noon, $12 – $15
- Downtown Knoxville Alliance Board Meeting, 17 Market Square, #201, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Jackie Robinson Steals Home by The WordPlayers, Pellissippi State – Magnolia Campus, 1610 E Magnolia Ave, 11:30 am, FREE!
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Mt LeConte Jug Band / Jay Rin, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- “Computational Recognition of Narratives” – with Fulbright Scholar Mari Hatavara, UT Hodges Library, 3:30 pm
- President’s Day, Craft Axe Throwing- Downtown Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
- Neographic Fun! Knoxville Arts Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $36, RSVP
- Home Dairy: Cheese-Making, Knoxville Arts Center, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $40, RSVP
- Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm weekly through Dec 30), $10 – $12, RSVP
- SKNBC & SKA Sponsored County Candidate Meet & Greet, South High Senior Living, 6:00 pm
- Showing: Amelie / Tammy and the T-Rex, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:30 pm, $7 – $12
- Yoga – Mindful Mondays at the Birdhouse Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (weekly through Feb 26), $20
- Fiction Reading by Venita Blackburn, The University of Tennessee Press, Hodges Library, 7:00 pm
- UTK Jazz Jam hosted by Margherita Fava, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Latin Dance Lessons, Flynn Dance Center, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm (weekly through Feb 26), starting at $10
- The Speakeasy at the Barrel Room, Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 7:00 pm – midnight (Mondays and Thursdays)
- Open Mic Night! Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Feb 26)
- Nerd Night: DnD, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (Weekly through Mar 25)
- Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm
- Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra, Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 pm, free – $8
- Tennessee Songwriters Week Knoxville Showcase, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 pm, $25
- West Coast Swing at Double S, The Double S Wine Bar, 7:15 pm (weekly through Feb 26), $10
- The Talismen @ Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
Tuesday, February 20
- Small Business Startup 101, Knoxville SBDC on Market Square, 9:00 am – 10:00 am, FREE! but RSVP
- Coming Into View Exhibit, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm / Sun, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, through Dec 8)
- Carmen Winant, A Brand New End: Survival and Its Pictures, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – 7:30 (Tue-Sat, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, through Apr 14), FREE!
- Month of Love – Valentine Themed Art, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
- One Solitude Speaking by Mandy Cano Villalobos / A Drawing of a Lion Shaped By Fear by Andrew Scott Ross, Tri-Star Arts, Candoro Marble Building, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (11:00 am – 5:00 pm, Tue-Sat, through Mar 30), FREE!
- Mike C. Berry, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Daniel Miller / Harmonious Wail, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Let Her Invest | Women Building Wealth Meet-up, Aught Co-working Downtown, 520 West Summit Hill Dr, #Ste 601, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, RSVP
- Introduction to Beekeeping Class, Pellissippi State Magnolia Avenue Campus, 1610 E Magnolia Ave, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $75, RSVP
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
- Knoxville Habitat for Humanity Presents: UT Basketball Watch Party at Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 7:00 pm
- Showing: The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, FREE!
- Tweejy with Megam00n X and Bomb Pulse, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
- Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
- Rigometrics, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
Wednesday, February 21
- Homeschool Art: Contour Still Life, Knoxville Arts Center, 10:30 am – noon, $15, RSVP
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jack McKeon / The Turkey Buzzards, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Flaming Moderate: A Riveting Journey and Quest to Save Democracy with Bo Roberts, East Tennessee Historical Society, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
- NE Colloquium with Todd Allen on Net Zero Economy: What’s Up With That (and Nuclear)? Zeanah Engineering Complex, 123, 1:30 pm
- Puzzled, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 4:00 pm (weekly through Mar 29)
- PLMP Biz Social Networking sponsored by Rob Johnson of Wallace Real Estate at Tommy Trent’s Sports Saloon, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, RSVP
- Wednesday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
- Anne Templeton Campaign Kickoff, Central Flats & Taps, 5:30 pm
- February Neighborhood Association Meeting by Old City Knoxville, Awaken Coffee, 5:30 pm
- RB Morris and the New Band at Folk@Fourth’s kickoff concert! Fourth United Presbyterian, 6:00 pm, $10
- Earthtalk & Knoxville Regenerative Co-Op Meetup, SouthSide Garage, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
- Rotaract Social, Xul Beer Company, 6:00 pm
- Online: Decolonizing the Diagram: An Experimental Poetry Workshop by Sundress Academy for the Arts, 6:00 pm
- Cooperative Care Class – Grooming Basics & Teeth Brushing, The Bark, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, RSVP
- Mysterious Mosses, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, free – $5
- 71 South and Crafty B*stard Beer Dinner, 71 South, 3726 Sevier Heights Rd, 6:30 pm, RSVP
- Lovesick at Ijams Nature Center, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, $10
- Oliver Royale Wine Dinner with Taub Family Selections, Oliver Royale, 6:30 pm, $153.56
- Queer Youth Writing Workshop w/ Knoxville’s Youth Poet Laureate, Knox Pride, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
- Open Mic Night with Cullen Kehoe, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Nov 6, 2024)
- Learn Salsa Dancing @ the Double S wine bar, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Feb 28), $10
- Weekly Open Jam w/ Roger Hay, Ale’ Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Wed Night Hop, Laurel Theater, 7:15 pm – 11:00 pm, $5
- Showing: Knox Comedy Roast Battle, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $10
- The Giver, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $$24 – $45, RSVP
- Edition Redux, a new quartet from Chicago featuring Ken Vandermark (sax/clarinet), Erez Dessel (keys), Lily Finnegan (drums), and Beth McDonald (tuba + electronics), The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $15
- SPRINGBOARD open mic comedy night, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm, FREE!
- Year of October, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
- Silent Disco, Bernadette’s Rooftop, 9:00 pm
Thursday, February 22
- “In the Room” Advanced Business and Investor Series! Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 8:00 am – 10:00 am, RSVP
- Planning for Growth, Knoxville Chamber, 8:30 am – 9:30 am, FREE! but RSVP
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Becca Tremmel / Lovesick, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
- Bi-Monthly Real Good Kitchen Tours, Real Good Kitchen, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm, RSVP
- Beginner-Intermediate Watercolors, Knoxville Arts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm, $40, RSVP
- Artist Lecture with Alonzo Pantoja, UT Art and Architecture Building, Room 109, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
- The Value of a Man: Wiley Mabry and His Mark on Knoxville, Mabry-Hazen House, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, FREE!
- Bendy B*stards Yinyasa, Crafty Brewery – Baker Creek, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (weekly through June 27), $10 – $12
- From London to Knoxville: An Exploration of East TN Furniture and Its Conservation, Blount Mansion, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $25, RSVP
- More Beautiful Community Group, Sustainable Future Center, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
- Double Helix (Jason & Braden Wilson), Ale’ Rae’s, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
- Showing: Annie Sing-Along Event, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $17 – $20
- Meredith Cabe & Harold Nagge at Harvest Downtown, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Weekly Residency: Frog & Toad’s Dixie Quartet, The Speakeasy at the Barrel Room, Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Irish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm, FREE!
- Pigeons Playing Ping Pong with Underground Springhouse, The Mill & Mine, 7:15 pm, $120
- Wind Ensemble Concert, UT Alumni Memorial Building, James R. Cox Auditorium, 7:30 pm
- The Giver, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $$24 – $45, RSVP
- Beethoven Violin Concerto, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $22.50 – $92
- Fat Ham, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm, $7 – $45
- 10th Anniversary “Band Eat Band” $25,000 Competition Quarterfinals, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
- Last Chance, Louise Performs at Band Eat Band ROUND 2 @ Scruffy City Hall
- Vagabon Brew, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm
- Milkshake Fatty with LVNDR, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm, FREE!
- Showing: Stopmotion, Central Cinema, 9:00 pm, $7 – $12
Friday, February 23
- WDVX Big Plate Special: TBA, Barley’s Taproom, noon, FREE!
- Animal Communication w/Afton Hughes, New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, $50 – $85
- Some Faces: gazing indefinitely, Gallery 1010, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm (continues Feb 24, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm)
- SEUSS FLIC Annual Conference, UT Art and Architecture Building, Room 113, 5:00 pm
- Steph Cabell, Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- The Ladies of Soul Tribute, Vol. II, The Concourse, 6:30 pm, $15
- Showing: Lady Bird / Stopmotion, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:00 pm, $7 – $12
- Disney’s Aladdin Jr., Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
- Vinyl Countdown, Ale’ Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Micah Dearstone @ Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Virginia Sweet @ Frank & George’s at Marble City Market, 7:00 pm
- Vogan Thompson, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- The Giver, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $24 – $45, RSVP
- Beethoven Violin Concerto, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $22.50 – $92
- Riley Green “Ain’t My Last Rodeo Tour,” Thompson Boling Arena, 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm, starting at $62.25
- Fat Ham, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm, $7 – $45, RSVP
- Fight Night / ETSU Night with the Knoxville Ice Bears / Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Pensacola Ice Flyers, Civic Coliseum, 7:35 pm, $10 – $48
- David Zavracky, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
- FwF Karaoke Night @Skybox Sports Bar & Grill, 8:00 pm
- BCMC (Drag City) with Holly Briggs, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
- The Old City Ho’Down, The Double S Wine Bar, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $10
- Blue Ridge Gathering, Laurel Theatre, 8:00 pm, $14 – $20
- The Copper Children / Joey’s Van, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm / 11:00 pm
- Fountain City Ramblers Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm, FREE!
- Vern / The Garden of Eden, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm / 10:00 pm
- Gyasi, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $10 – $15
- Andres Tapia DJ Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm
Saturday, February 24
- Southeast Pre-Qualifier JVA Junior Volleyball Tournament, World’s Fair Exhibition Hall, 7:00 am (continues Feb 25), $20 – $25
- Volunteer State Cubing 2024, Knoxville Convention Center, 7:30 am – 6:30 pm, starting at $25
- UT Brass Day, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, 9:15 am
- Some Faces gazing indefinitely, Gallery 1010, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
- Winter Farmers’ Market, Market Square, Union Avenue, & Market Street, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm (weekly through Mar 30)
- Hair of the Dog Yoga, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am (weekly through Apr 27), $10 – $12, RSVP
- Clothing Swap! Cansler Family YMCA, 616 Jessamine St, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Chris Long / Matt Byrd Band, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Houseplant Swap, SouthSide Garage, noon – 4:00 pm
- Literature as Liberation: A Black History Month Event, thebottomknox, noon – 3:00 pm, $15, RSVP
- Southern Spirit, Mast General Store, noon – 2:00 pm
- February Community Workday/ Spring Seed & Tool Swap, CAC Beardsley Community Farm, 1741 Reynolds St, noon – 3:00 pm / 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Disney’s Aladdin Jr., Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
- Workshop: Beginning Genealogy, East Tennessee History Center, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, FREE! But RSVP
- Darted Cups, Knoxville Arts Center, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $36, RSVP
- 2024 Knoxville Shakespeare Season Auditions, First Presbyterian Church, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, RSVP
- GO! Contemporary Dance Works presents The Barbarosa, Bijou Theatre, 2:00 pm, $30 – $35
- United Through Art and Music: Charity Art Auction ft. Marki by koloHUB and Restore Ukraine, The Emporium Center, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, free, but donations welcome
- Showing: Lady Bird / Stopmotion, Central Cinema, 4:00 pm / 6:00 pm, $7 – $12
- Chili Supper, Drag+ Show & Dessert Auction for Eli’s Top Surgery, Knox Pride Center, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm, $10
- Disney’s Aladdin Jr., Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 5:00 pm, $12 – $15
- The Dinner Detective: Interactive Murder Mystery Dinner Show! Hilton Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $61, RSVP
- Pop-Up Opera Party: A Marble City Opera Benefit, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 6:00 pm, $500 – $10,000
- Hope Persists: An Extinction Prevention Panel, Remedy Coffee, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Dauntless SchulzBrawl! Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 6:00 pm
- Cale Charney, Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- GO! Contemporary Dance Works presents The Barbarosa, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 pm, $30 – $35
- Ayca Yayman Band, Ale’ Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Mt. Olive Pleasure Club, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm
- Southern Sunrise @ Frank & George’s at Marble City Market, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Laylat Raqs with Fadi El Saadi & Safiya Nawaar at Mirage Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, RSVP
- The Speakeasy at the Barrel Room, Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 7:00 pm – midnight (Mondays and Thursdays)
- Fat Ham, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm, $7 – $45, RSVP
- Diana Krall, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $85 – $125
- The Giver, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $$24 – $45, RSVP
- Preds Night / West High School Band Fundraiser / Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Pensacola Ice Flyers, Civic Coliseum, 7:30 pm / 7:35 pm, $22 – $48
- Mark Boling Trio Life, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
- Showing: Mean Streets, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, $17 – $20
- Burnt Toast Farewell Show! With Duck Butter, Mister Disaster, and Tough Luck, Kid, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
- Dom Flemons, Laurel Theater, 8:00 pm, $30 – $35
- Men’s Basketball: Tennessee Volunteers vs. Texas A&M Aggies, Thompson-Boling Arena, 8:00 pm, $37 – $221
- Saucy Llama / Rossdafareye, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm
- The Griefers / Ransackery, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm / 11:00 pm, $5 – $10
- Blind House Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight, FREE!
- Drew Foust & The Wheelhouse, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $5
- Andres Tapia – Latin Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm
Sunday, February 25
- Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
- Ijams Annual Seed and Plant Swap, Ijams Nature Center, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm, FREE!
- Women’s Basketball: Tennessee Lady Volunteers vs. LSU Tigers, Thompson-Boling Arena, noon, $16 – $31
- Flora: Observing Spring Ephemera Through Illustration, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm, $75
- UT Ready for the World Music Series: Turkey, UT College of Music, 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm, free – $25
- Self Care Sunday Yoga Class with Hope Irwin, Ijams Nature Center, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Old Sevier January Market, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- GO! Contemporary Dance Works presents The Barbarosa, Bijou Theatre, 2:00 pm, $30 – $35
- 2024 Knoxville Shakespeare Season Auditions, First Presbyterian Church, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, RSVP
- The Giver, Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:30 pm, $$24 – $45, RSVP
- Final Performance: Fat Ham, Old City Performing Arts Center, 2:30 pm, $7 – $45, RSVP
- An Author Event with Alan Gratz, Union Ave Books, 3:00 pm
- Nathan Morgan Live! at the Wagon Wheel, 3:00 pm
- 2024 East Tennessee Chinese New Year Festival, UT Alumni Memorial Building, Cox Auditorium, 3:30 pm, $6 – $10
- GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT Knoxville Premier Screening, Central Cinema, 3:30 pm, FREE!
- Weekly: A Stand Up Comedy Open Mic, The Pirate Tavern, 5:30 pm
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Scotch & Strings, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 5:30 pm, free – $85
- Dinner and a Movie – Sideways, Zero/Zero & Central Cinema, 5:30 pm / 6:30 pm, $54.48, RSVP
- Showing: Lady Bird / Sideways, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm, $7 – $12
- A Jazz Experience Featuring Rod McGaha, Barley’s Knoxville, 7:00 pm, $30 – $35
- Crafty Jazz Night with Frog & Toad Duo, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Laugh Alive Comedy Show, Ale’ Rae’s GastroPub, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
- The Black Experience (Hip-Hop Show), The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
- DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm
Monday, February 26
- Peyton Tolleson exhibition, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm)
- Three Minute Thesis 2024 Heats, UT Student Union 169, 9:00 am – 11:00 am
- Featured Artist: Sonia Jackson Summers, Bijou Art Gallery, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Mar 31
- February Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
- Latin Love, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat
- 77th Annual Student Art Competition, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery of Art – Room 115, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (daily through Mar 3)
- Drop-in Figure Drawing, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – noon, $12 – $15
- Homeschool Art: Still Life with Vincent, Knoxville Arts Center, 10:30 am – noon, $15, RSVP
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Lance Cowan / Erik Stucky, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Ready for the World Series-Turkey: Lecture, UT Hodges Library, Lindsay Young Auditorium, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
- Ready for the World Series-Turkey: Reception, UT Hodges Library Galeria, 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
- Ready for the World Series-Turkey: Film and Panel Discussion, Lindsay Young Auditorium, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
- County Commission – Vote on Growth Policy, event by Advocates for Balanced Growth, City County Building, 5:00 pm
- Joy Ride Happy Hour by AMBC Joy Ride SouthSide Garage, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
- Tortellini with Terra, Wild Love Bakehouse, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $76.48, RSVP
- Lecture: “Ultralight” with Laurel Schwulst, UT Art and Architecture Building, Room 109, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
- Chiasmus Reading and Open Mic, Union Ave Books, 6:00 pm
- Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (weekly through Dec 30), $10 – $12, RSVP
- Yoga – Mindful Mondays at the Birdhouse Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (weekly through Feb 26), $20
- Showing: Lady Bird, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm, $7 – $12
- Latin Dance Lessons, Flynn Dance Center, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, starting at $10
- Noor Chang, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- The Speakeasy at the Barrel Room, Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 7:00 pm – midnight Open Mic Night! Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Feb 26, 2024)
- Nerd Night: DnD, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (Weekly through Mar 25)
- Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm
- West Coast Swing at Double S, The Double S Wine Bar, 7:15 pm (weekly through Feb 26), $10
- MANIA: The ABBA Tribute, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $28 – $65
- Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
- Showing: OVA Extreme Anime, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm, $5
- Venus Twins with Duck Butter, The Pilot Light, 9:00 pm, $10
- Cam Duffy Moore at Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
Tuesday, February 27
- Three Minute Thesis 2024 Heats, UT Student Union 169, 9:00 am – 11:00 am
- Coming Into View Exhibit, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm / Sun, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, through Dec 8)
- Carmen Winant, A Brand New End: Survival and Its Pictures, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – 7:30 (Tue-Sat, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, through Apr 14), FREE!
- AUP Book, Jacket, and Journal Show, UT Art + Architecture Building, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Month of Love – Valentine Themed Art, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
- One Solitude Speaking by Mandy Cano Villalobos / A Drawing of a Lion Shaped By Fear by Andrew Scott Ross, Tri-Star Arts, Candoro Marble Building, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (11:00 am – 5:00 pm, Tue-Sat, through Mar 30), FREE!
- Mike C. Berry, 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 Pleasures, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- RAM Free Telehealth Clinic, Steps House Inc., 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Sensationalized News? Patterns of Language Use on the Terrorism News Beat, UT Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, Toyota Auditorium, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
- Lecture: Dr. Alison Damick, “Eastern Mediterranean Micro-ecologies,” McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 6:00 pm
- Showing: Mean Streets, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm, $5 – $30
- Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
- Concert & Symphonic Bands, UT Alumni Memorial Building, James R. Cox Auditorium, 7:30 pm
- Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
- Showing: Skate Video Night, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm, $5
- The Pleasures at Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm, $5