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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
- Make a Miniature Coffin Shelf, Barley’s Knoxville, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, $28.52, RSVP
- An Author Event with Alan Gratz, Union Ave Books, 3:00 pm
- Nathan Morgan Live! at the Wagon Wheel, 3:00 pm
- Drink and Draw at South Coast Pizza Knoxville, 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!
- KATS Milonga! The Double S Wine Bar, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10
- 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
- Disney’s Aladdin Jr., Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 6:00 pm, $12 – $15
- 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
- Dan Alten Stand-Up Comedy Show, Ale’ Rae’s GastroPub, 7:00 pm, $10 – $15
- 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
- NSK9 Pack Walk – Longer Distance Hike, Mead’s Quarry, 3:30 pm – 5:30 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
- Beck Cultural Exchange Center Black History Month Celebration with Brian Clay & The Art Community, Bijou Theatre, 6:30 pm, FREE!
- 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
- PRSA Happy Hour, Xul Beer Company, 5:30 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
- The Kids’ Taproom Theatre Movie Night: Frozen and Frozen 2 at Yee-Haw Brewing, 6:00 pm – 10:00 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!
- Girlies Night Out – For Age 20-35 Girl Friends, Ebony & Ivory Brewing, 6:30 pm
- LPTN Volunteer Region Monthly Social, Next Level Brewing Company, 7:00 pm
- Dance Night, Laurel Theater, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- 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
Wednesday, February 28
- Volunteer Orientation, Knoxville Habitat for Humanity, 1501 Washington Ave, 8:30 am – 9:30 am, RSVP
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Too Easy, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Puzzled, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 4:00 pm (weekly through Mar 29)
- Stammtisch 2024 – Start a Conversation, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- UT College of Music’s Contemporary Music Festival: Alejandro Rutty (6-string bass), Jorge Variego (clarinets), The Emporium Center, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
- Wednesday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
- One Knox SC 2024 Away Kit Launch Event by One Knox SC, Sunsphere, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $5
- Write it Out with Shade Tree Therapy: Exploring Creative Outlets, The Bottom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, pay what you can, RSVP
- Maddy Bowling, Ale Rae’s, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Pints with Patriots Veterans Social, Printshop Beer Co., 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Showing: Stopmotion / Mean Streets, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:30 pm, $10
- Addison’s Classics Book Club: John Steinbeck’s East of Eden (1952), Addison’s Bookstore, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $7.84, RSVP
- 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, $10
- Weekly Open Jam w/ Roger Hay, Ale’ Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Men’s Basketball: Tennessee Volunteers vs. Auburn University, Thompson-Boling Arena, 7:00 pm, $16 – $111
- Stand Up Comedy @ Fly By Night, 7:00 pm, $8.24
- Wed Night Hop, Laurel Theater, 7:15 pm – 11:00 pm, $5
- An Evening with Asleep at the Wheel, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $40 – $60
- The Giver, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $24 – $45, RSVP
- Nightjar with Cloudbelly, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $15
- SPRINGBOARD open mic comedy night, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm, FREE!
- Jammers of the Apocalypse, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm, $3
- Silent Disco, Bernadette’s Rooftop, 9:00 pm
Thursday, February 29
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Alicia Harvey, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
- UT College of Music’s Contemporary Music Festival: Ian Dicke presentation, UT Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, Room 40, 12:55 pm – 2:10 pm
- Downtown Knoxville Boat Show, Knoxville Convention Center, 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm, starting at $15
- Specimens and Scones by UTK Herbarium, Temple Hall, 1818 Andy Holt Ave, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- World Ballet Series: Swan Lake performed with a live orchestra, Civic Auditorium, 4:00 pm, $55 – $115
- Damon Rawls Meet and Greet, Ebony & Ivory Brewing, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, FREE! But RSVP
- UT College of Music’s Contemporary Music Festival: Ian Dicke presents “Cowboy Rounds,” his debut album, UT Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
- Bendy B*stards Yinyasa, Crafty Brewery – Baker Creek, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (weekly through June 27), $10 – $12
- Quartjar plays Six O’clock Swerve, Barley’s Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Take a Leap Around Scotland, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm, $38, RSVP
- Online: Conversations & Cocktails: “Life, Death, and Faith Among Congolese Refugees” with Nicole Eggers, hosted by University of Tennessee Humanities Center, 7:00 pm, RSVP
- 2024 Wilma Dykeman Stokely Memorial Lecture Featuring Carolyn Finney, East Tennessee History Center, 7:00 pm
- Weekly Residency: Frog & Toad’s Dixie Quartet, The Speakeasy at the Barrel Room, Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Disney’s Aladdin Jr., Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Jenny Parrott in Knoxville at Suttree’s High Gravity Tavern, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm / 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Women’s Basketball: Tennessee Lady Volunteers vs. Texas A&M Aggies, Thompson-Boling Arena, 7:00 pm, $6 – $21
- A Leap Day Jazz Evening with Denin and Sheila, Harvest – Land, Sea, & Vine, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- 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 Giver, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $$24 – $45, RSVP
- Hoppy Leap Year / Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Huntsville Havoc, Civic Coliseum, 7:30 pm / 7:35 pm, $10 – $48
- 10th Anniversary “Band Eat Band” $25,000 Competition Quarterfinals, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
- Showing: Stopmotion, Central Cinema, 8:45 pm, $7 – $12
- 12Eleven, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
- Chris Morel Band, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm, FREE!
Friday, March 1
- UT Percussion Festival, Natalie Haslam Music Center, 8:00 am
- UT College of Music’s Contemporary Music Festival, UT Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, 9:10 am – 7:00 pm
- WDVX Big Plate Special: The Vertical Birds, Barley’s Taproom, noon, FREE!
- Illuminating the Brain: Raman Spectroscopic Methods for Neurochemical Sensing,” a presentation by Bhavya Sharma, UT Communications Building, 321, noon
- Distinguished Alumnus in Sociology Dr. Heith Copes: Photo-elicitation (PEI) is a technique for soliciting responses and insights from research participants using images as stimuli, UT McClung Tower and Plaza, Room 1215, 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
- Downtown Knoxville Boat Show, Knoxville Convention Center, noon – 8:00 pm, starting at $15
- Three Minute Thesis 2024 Heats, UT Student Union 169, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
- Emory Place First Friday, Crafty Brewery, 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- FURst Friday Craft, The Bark, 601 Lamar St, 4:00 pm, RSVP
- First Friday ArtWalk, Downtown Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 11:59
- First Friday: Reception and Exhibit Openings featuring music by Tinca Tinca, The Emporium Center, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- First Friday: Y’all Don’t Hear Me – The Black Appalachia, an Ode to Nikki, UT Downtown Gallery, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- First Friday Reception: Black & Gifted Exhibition, Dogwood Arts, 123 W Jackson Ave, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Smoky Mountain Quilters Members Downtown Exhibit, Emporium Center, 5:00 pm
- Gaudy Gold Frame Show Opens First Friday, Broadway Studios and Gallery, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- First Friday – Astrid Galindo Student Art Competition, HoLa Hora Latina, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Select Works from The Phoenix, Issue 67: Love and Torment, Gallery 1010, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm (continues Mar 2, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm)
- First Fridays by Foothills Craft Guild Inc, The Emporium Center, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- The Hirschhorn Collection’s “Paintings by Steve Keene,” RED Gallery, 5:00 pm
- First Friday – Derick Kenson at Hummingbird South, 3726 Sevier Heights Rd, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- First Friday: Knoxville Watercolor Society, Part II, the Arrowmont Gallery | 110 Gay St, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- First Friday featuring Lorna E Vela, Birdhouse Knoxville, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
- First Friday Social Hour @ the Knox Dems HQ, 311 Morgan St, 5:30 pm
- Exhibition Opening & Artist Talk for “Photorealism: Yigal Ozeri,” Lilienthal Gallery, 5:30 pm / 6:30 pm
- Opening Reception: Harriet Howell and Ron Williams, Art Market Gallery, 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
- Night Photo Walk with Knoxville Photography Friends, meet at Barley’s Knoxville, 6:00 pm, RSVP
- First Friday with Barbara Enloe, Printshop Beer Co., 6:00 pm
- March First Friday w/ Victoria May, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 112 W Jackson Ave, 6:00 pm
- First Friday – Sunset at the Sunsphere, Sunsphere Observation Deck, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10, RSVP
- March First Friday opening reception for artist Keerthana Duddu, Awaken Coffee, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- WDVX First Friday with Thrift Store Cowboys, Knoxville Visitor Center, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Underground @ Mirage 3.0, Mirage Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 2:00 am, FREE!
- Corey Clifton Band, Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Disney’s Aladdin Jr., Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Strawberry Jam Band, Ale’ Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Marble City Ballroom presents TGIF dance social, The Double S Wine Bar, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $10
- The Afternooners, Preservation Pub, 7:00 pm
- Akima Cabaret: ‘80s Mix Tape, The Mill & Mine, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $175, RSVP
- Godsmack, Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 pm, starting at $91
- The Giver, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $24 – $45, RSVP
- The Fab Four Performs The Beatles’ “Rubber Soul,” Civic Auditorium, 7:30 pm, $32.50 – $57.50
- Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
- Singer Songwriter Showcase w/ Bogues, Nancy Ann, and More! Pretentious Beer Co, 8:00 pm, $12.55 – $18.29
- Doom Night at The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
- Blakeley Burger and Nadia Raml, Laurel Theatre, 8:00 pm, $14 – $20
- TBA, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm / 11:00 pm
- Showing: Hundreds of Beavers, Central Cinema, 9:00 pm, $7 – $12
- Caleb Caudle Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm, FREE!
- Thriftstore Cowboys with Sarrenna, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $5
- Andres Tapia DJ Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm
Saturday, March 2
- UT Percussion Festival, Natalie Haslam Music Center, 8:00 am
- Donation Drive for Big Orange Pantry, UT Communications Building, 8:00 am
- Old North Knoxville Neighborhood Cleanup, Beth Ann Booker Park, 416 E Oklahoma Ave, 9:00 am – noon
- Saturday Networking Event at Wild Love Bakehouse! 9:30 am – 11:00 am
- Two Bikes x Mahalo Coffee Roaster: Ultimate Coffee Outside, Partial Coffee, 828 N Broadway, 9:30 am – noon
- Macrame Wall Planter, Knoxville Arts Center, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm, $50, RSVP
- Select Works from The Phoenix, Issue 67: Love and Torment, Gallery 1010, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
- Downtown Knoxville Boat Show, Knoxville Convention Center, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm, starting at $15
- Winter Farmers’ Market, Market Square, Union Avenue, & Market Street, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm (weekly through Mar 30)
- Tomorrow’s Engineers Today Spring 2024 by Society of Women Engineers – University of Tennessee UT Zeanah Engineering Complex, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, from $9.31, RSVP
- Hair of the Dog Yoga, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am (weekly through Apr 27), $10 – $12, RSVP
- Mardi Growl 2024, World’s Fair Park, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm, $15, RSVP
- 17th Annual Mardi Growl with Ann Barber and Photographers for Photo Group info sharing, World’s Fair Park, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Paintin & Paws @ Mardi Growl, World’s Fair Park, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm, $20
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Angela Easley / Darrell Wallace & Kevin Mahoney, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Disting Viking Festival, Barrelhouse, noon – 6:00 pm
- Disney’s Aladdin Jr., Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Crossjacks, Barrelhouse, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Make-A-Mug, Knoxville Arts Center, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $36, RSVP
- Taxing Time, Corner Lounge, 842 N Central, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm, starting at $50
- Solo Show Reception by Stacy Ratti Monday @ Ijams Nature Center, 2:00 pm
- Akima Cabaret: ‘80s Mix Tape, The Mill & Mine, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $75 – $175, RSVP
- VULTRS (Mardi Growl After-Party) at Merchants of Beer, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Last Days of Alex Celebration, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 4:00 pm – midnight
- Showing: Stopmotion, Central Cinema, 4:30 pm, $7 – $12
- Disney’s Aladdin Jr., Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 5:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Dave & Rico Stache Bash 2024, Barley’s Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Showing: Hundreds of Beavers, Central Cinema, 6:40 pm, $7 – $12
- Rossdafareye, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Heiskell Howlers, Ale’ Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- The Silver Doors, Red Zephyr and Field Trip at The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm
- PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour, Thompson-Boling Arena, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, starting at $44.54
- Listening Party, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Jose J & Dessert at Marble City Market, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- The Speakeasy at the Barrel Room, Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 7:00 pm – midnight
- The Giver, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $$24 – $45, RSVP
- Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
- 50/50 Salsa • Bachata Latin Dance Social, The Double S Wine Bar, 8:00 pm – midnight
- The BLUESHAMMA Drops in at Pour Taproom, 8:00 pm
- Steve Treviño: Good Life Tour, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $32.50 – $52.50
- Wickid Garden Stone Temple Pilots STP Tribute Band with Pretty Tied Up, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm / 11:00 pm, $5 – $10
- Fiddling Leona Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight, FREE!
- Aaron Carter Live at The Local Smokey, Local Smokey, 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Showing: Over The Top, Central Cinema, 9:15 pm, $17 – $20
- Laugh Alive Comedy Show, Ale Rae’s, 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm
- Starchild, Preservation Pub, 10:00 pm
- St Owsley, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $5
- Andres Tapia – Latin Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm
Sunday, March 3
- Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
- Final Day: 77th Annual Student Art Competition, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery of Art – Room 115, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Downtown Knoxville Boat Show, Knoxville Convention Center, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm, starting at $15
- Disting Viking Festival, Barrelhouse, noon – 6:00 pm
- Self Care Sunday Yoga Class with Hope Irwin, Ijams Nature Center, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
- Crossjacks, Barrelhouse, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Japan Outreach Initiative – Hinamatsuri (Girl’s Festival) to Pray for Girls’ Happiness, East Tennessee History Center, 1:00 pm
- SoulFire Shaman Talks, Old City, Knoxville, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm, $25 suggested donations
- Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live!: King For A Day, Tennessee Theatre, 2:00 pm, $29.50
- Final Performance: The Giver, Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 pm, $$24 – $45, RSVP
- Concert No. 2: Greg Hartmann, Pianist (YPS 2024), UT Haslam College of Music,· Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 2:30 pm
- KSO: Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony, Bijou Theatre, 2:30 pm, $19 – $41
- Japanese Green Tea Ceremony, East Tennessee History Center, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm, RSVP
- Disney’s Aladdin Jr., Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Bluegrass Jam with Perry Cooper, Event by Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm- 5:00 pm
- Sunday Class + Practica, The Double S Wine Bar, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (weekly through June 30)
- UT Symphony Orchestra: Concertos and Classics, UT Alumni Memorial Building, James R. Cox Auditorium, 4:00 pm
- Craft Axe’s 6th Birthday Bash, Craft Axe Throwing – Downtown Knoxville (5th Avenue), 5:00 pm (daily through Mar 9)
- Showing: Hundreds of Beavers, Central Cinema, 5:30 pm, $7 – $12
- Weekly: A Stand Up Comedy Open Mic, The Pirate Tavern, 5:30 pm
- What’s The Big Idea Pitch Competition – Finale, Scruffy City Hall, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm, RSVP
- FIRST Robotics Smoky Mountains Regional 2024, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (daily through Mar 6), $10
- Final Performance: Disney’s Aladdin Jr., Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 6:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Crafty Jazz Sunday with Sam Adams, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Laugh Alive Comedy Show, Ale’ Rae’s GastroPub, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
- Showing: Stopmotion, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, $7 – $12
- Knife Wound, Last Laugh, Extinct, and Shattered Self, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
- Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm, $15 – $20
- DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm
Monday, March 4
- Keerthana Duddu, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm)
- FIRST Robotics Smoky Mountains Regional 2024, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 7:45 am – 8:00 pm (daily through Mar 6), $10
- 28th Annual Maintenance and Reliability Conference (MARCON 2024), Knoxville Convention Center, 8:00 am (daily through Mar 7), $195 – $1,560
- Black & Gifted Exhibition, Dogwood Arts, 123 W Jackson Ave, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri
- Featured Artist: Sonia Jackson Summers, Bijou Art Gallery, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Mar 31
- March Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
- Astrid Galindo Student Art Competition, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, Mon-Fri / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat
- Little History Lessons: Transportation, East Tennessee History Center, 10:30 am – 11:30 am, free – $10
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- UTHC Distinguished Lecture Series: “Reading Medieval Song” with Ardis Butterfield, UT Hodges Library, 3:30 pm
- Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
- Lauren Goldston and Meredith Williams Joint Clarinet Recital, UT College of Music, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
- Lecture: “Scanners” with Clement Valla, UT Art and Architecture Building, McCarty Auditorium, Room 109, 5:30pm
- Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm weekly through Dec 30), $10 – $12, RSVP
- Showing: Hundreds of Beavers, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm, $7 – $12
- Homemade Beauty: Soap Making, Knoxville Arts Center, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $40, RSVP
- Creative Writing Series: Screenwriting Reading by Lorien McKenna and Sean Presant, UT Hodges Library, Room 101, 7:00 pm
- Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- The Speakeasy at the Barrel Room, Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 7:00 pm – midnight (Mondays and Thursdays)
- 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
- Amy LaVere with Will Sexton, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm, FREE!
- Showing: Over The Top, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm, $7 – $12
- TBA @ Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
Tuesday, March 5
- FIRST Robotics Smoky Mountains Regional 2024, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (daily through Mar 6), $10
- 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)
- Rise USA HQ Grand Opening, 418 S Gay St, Ste 204, 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
- Enhanced Homeschool: Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee, UT McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 9:30 am – 11:00 am
- 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!
- Harriet Howell and Ron Williams, 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!
- Victoria May Show, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Live Music, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG): More Than Finding Lost or Unknown Family Members, East Tennessee History Center 601 S Gay St, noon
- Engineering Expo, hosted by the UT Office of Engineering Professional Practice, Knoxville Convention Center, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- FREE Business Event: Building an Unbreakable Business from the Ground Up, Rise USA HQ, 418 S Gay St, Ste 204, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
- Embroidery 101, Knoxville Arts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $50, RSVP
- Skywarn Weather Spotter Class, Knoxville Public Works Service Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
- Getting Ready for Business Capital, 2425 Martin Luther King Jr Ave, 6:00 pm, $10
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Knoxville City Council Vote on Growth Policy Plan, Event by Advocates for Balanced Growth, Hardin Valley Planning Advocates and 2 others, City County Building, 6:00 pm
- Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
- Master Arts Series – Organist Edie Johnson, Church Street United Methodist Church, 7:00 pm, FREE!
- Showing: Tiny Stage Comedy Presents Comedy Night – Live!, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, FREE!
- Hadestown, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $65 – $138
- KJO: Down Yonder in New Orleans with Doreen Ketchens, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $40
- Joe Bonamassa Live, Civic Auditorium, 8:00 pm, $39 – $199
- Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
- TBA, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm