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(Planner provided weekly by contributing writer Scott McNutt)
Sunday, April 14
- Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
- Beginning Yoga Workshop by Thai Yoga Knox, 711 Irwin St, 9:00 am – 11:00 am, $20
- 5 Star Preps K-Town Throwdown Presented by KnoxHoops, 9:00 am – 8:00 pm (through Apr 21), $20
- 2nd Annual Knoxville Black Maternal Health Conference, Pellissippi State Community College: Magnolia Avenue Campus, 9:30 am – 5:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
- Yoga & Meditation in Art Gallery, Lilienthal Gallery, 23 Emory Place, 10:00 am, $30, RSVP
- Yoga – BYOM, Barrelhouse, 10:30 am – 11:30 am, $15
- Old City Market, West Jackson Ave in the Old City, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Coffee Cupping at Craft Axe Downtown, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, $35, RSVP
- Final Day: RITTERFEST 2024: The Medieval Faire, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Scottie Lynn Pottery at Ritterfest 2024, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 11:30 am – 6:00 pm
- Pints for Purpose & Knox Vintage Market benefitting X-Hunger, XUL Beer Company, noon – 5:00 pm
- Jazz Brunch by Community School of the Arts, Church Street United Methodist Church, 12:15 pm, RSVP
- Final Day: Carmen Winant, A Brand New End: Survival and Its Pictures, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, FREE!
- SoulFire Shaman Talks, Old City, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm, $25 suggested donation, RSVP
- Second Sunday Art Activity, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, FREE!
- The Phat Life Astrolo-Tea Party, South Press, 1:00 pm, $39, RSVP
- Laurel Theater on the Road Fundraiser, Trailhead Beer Market, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Adoption Event by Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee at Merchants of Beer, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Cosmos Festival 1, Bijou Theatre, 2:30 pm, $19 – $41
- Celtic Jam for Beginners with Tim Worman, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- Nathan Morgan Live at the Wagon Wheel, 3:00 pm
- Sunday Class + Practica, The Double S Wine Bar, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (weekly through June 30)
- Showing: Arcadian / Trainspotting, Central Cinema, 4:15 pm / 6:20 pm, $7 – $12
- Weekly: A Stand Up Comedy Open Mic, The Pirate Tavern, 5:30 pm
- The Sunday Get Down, Maple Hall, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $5 – $10
- Laugh Alive Comedy Show, Ale’ Rae’s GastroPub, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
- D-I-M with Water Is the Sun and Crystal Shrine, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
- Daniel Markham with Claire Morales, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm, FREE!
- Showing: Arcadian, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm, $7 – $12
- DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm
Monday, April 15
- Karma Month: Pick Your Price at Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 711 Irwin St, daily through April, starting at $10
- Mural Exhibition, Maker Exchange, 6:30 am – 11:00 pm, (Mon-Sat, 6:30 am – 11:00 pm / Sun, 6:30 am – 10:00 pm), through May 24
- Lyndsey Ullom, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm)
- Black & Gifted Exhibition, Dogwood Arts, 123 W Jackson Ave, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri
- March Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
- Todd Ethridge Photo Exhibit, Birdhouse Knoxville, 9:00 am – midnight, Mon – Sun
- Stephanie Villagran, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat
- MFA Thesis Exhibition – Group 3, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Wed, Fri, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm / Thu, 10:00 am – 7:30 am / Sun, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm), through Apr 22
- Little History Lessons: Tennessee Trees, East Tennessee History Center, 10:30 am – 11:30 am, free – $10, RSVP
- Olivia White Exhibit, Hummingbird South, 3726 Sevier Heights Rd, 11:00 am – 10:00 pm, Mon-Fri / Sun, noon – 8:00 pm
- Works by Cicely Hill Exhibition, The Bottom, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Mon-Fri (through Apr 30)
- Downtown Knoxville Alliance Board Meeting, Knoxville Area Chamber, 17 Market Square, #201, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Chuck Melchin / Wish Queen, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- RWL Speaker Series: Roxanne Mountford on Reinvigorating Civic Agency in General Education: Lessons from the Past and Present, UT McClung Tower and Plaza, Room 1215-1216, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
- UTHC Distinguished Lecture Series: “A Counterhistory of Data Visualization” with Lauren Klein, UT Hodges Library, 3:30 pm
- Barbara Enloe Exhibit, Printshop Beer Co., 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Tue-Thu (noon – 9:00 pm, Fri-Sat / noon – 5:00 pm, Sun)
- Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
- Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm weekly through Dec 30), $10 – $12, RSVP
- Knoxville Classics Book Club: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm
- Showing: DEFILADA (THE PARADE), Central Cinema, 6:00 pm, FREE!
- Yoga – Mindfulness at the Birdhouse Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (weekly through Dec 23), starting at $15
- Mimi Terry Quartet, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- The League of Youth by The WordPlayers, The Square Room, 7:00 pm, free, but donations welcome
- Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm
- West Coast Swing at Double S Wine Bar, 7:15 pm – 10:00 pm, $10
- Showing: Arcadian, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $7 – $12
- Knoxville Contra Dance, Laurel Theater, 8:00 pm, $5 – $10
- Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
- The Mallet Brothers, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm – 1:00 am
Tuesday, April 16
- How To Write a Business Plan Workshop, Knoxville Small Business Development Center, 17 Market Square, #201, 9:00 am – 11:00 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)
- Weekly Preschool Story Thyme, Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, RSVP
- Beverly Burdette, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
- Cynthia Market Show, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
- Dusk by Shahnaz Lighari / Extended Materiality, Tri-Star Arts, Candoro Marble Building, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (11:00 am – 5:00 pm, Tue-Sat), FREE!
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Kuf Knotz & Christine Elise / Mason Marcus Turner, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Let Her Invest | Women Building Wealth Meet-up, Aught Co-working Downtown, 520 W Summit Hill Dr, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, RSVP
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Showing: Trainspotting / Arcadian, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:15 pm, $7 – $12
- Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
- Adult Theatrical Jazz Dance Classes, The Amused Life, 1400 N. 6th Avenue, Suite B1, 6:30 pm – 7:15 (continues Apr 23), $20 – $50, RSVP
- Argentine Tango Progressive Series, UT International House, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (weekly through Apr 30), FREE!
- ETSU Chorale: Church Street UMC Master Arts Series, Church Street United Methodist Church, 7:00 pm
- Adult Hip Hop / Street Jazz Chair Dance for All Bodies, The Amused Life, 1400 N. 6th Avenue, Suite B1, 7:30 pm – 8:15 pm, starting at $20
- Tyler Childers at Thompson-Boling Arena, 7:30 pm, from $97.88
- Weekly Open Mic Hosted by Brownman at The Pirate Tavern, 8:00 pm – 11:55 pm (through Dec 17)
- Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
- The Mallet Brothers, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm
Wednesday, April 17
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Domino Lewis / Cam Cool, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- The Thompson Streetcar Track Installation Photographs, East Tennessee Historical Society, noon – 1:00 pm, RSVP
- “Photorealism: Yigal Ozeri,” Lilienthal Gallery, noon – 6:00 pm, Wed – Sun, through June
- Break the Stigma Day, UT Student Union, Rm 169, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Reception for the General Shale Lecture, UT Art and Architecture Building, Atrium, 4:00 pm
- General Shale Lecture: “The Life of Buildings” with Sandy Attia, UT Art and Architecture Building, Rm 109, 5:30 pm
- Blue Wave Fundraiser supporting Matthew Park & Shane Jackson! 2104 Island Home Blvd, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm, $50 – $500, RSVP
- Bottom Book (and Movie) Club: Erasure, Ebony & Ivory Brewing, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, pay what you can, RSVP
- Stag And Doe April Speed Dating Party! Maple Hall, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $31.16, RSVP
- Black Creatives Meetup: The Art of Storytelling with Küf Knotz & Christine Elise, The Bottom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $10 suggested donation, RSVP
- Open Mic Night with Cullen Kehoe, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Nov 6, 2024)
- Wed Night Hop, Laurel Theater, 7:15 pm – 11:00 pm, $5
- Showing: Knox Comedy Roast Battle, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $15
- Kinky Boots, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, pay what you can, RSVP
- Summer Like the Season with Hidaze and Cam Cool, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm
- SPRINGBOARD open mic comedy night, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm, FREE!
- Silent Disco, Bernadette’s Rooftop, 9:00 pm
- Year of October, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm – 1:00 am
Thursday, April 18
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Old Sap / Orbital Planes, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
- Stone Fruit Pruning Workshop, Beardsley Farm, 1741 Reynolds St, 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm, FREE!
- Charging ahead: a research agenda on electricity markets, integrated gas-grid systems, and cross-border electricity geopolitics, UT Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, Toyota Auditorium, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
- Knoxville Creatives First Mixer, Landing House, 5:00 pm
- Class: Taking Better Food Pics with Your Phone, Real Good Kitchen, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, $20 – $30, RSVP
- Archaeology lecture: The Late Bronze Age Uluburun Shipwreck, UT Student Union, Room 362A-B, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
- The Six O’clock Serve Featuring Tennessee Sheiks @ Barley’s Knoxville, 6:00 pm
- Online: Knoxville History Project Presents Divas! 6:00 pm, RSVP
- Bendy Bastards Yinyasa, Crafty Brewery – Baker Creek, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (weekly through June 27), $10 – $12
- Weekly Pedal for Alzheimer’s Thursday Night Group Ride! Meet at Suttree’s Landing, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
- Girl Talk, Inc. presents The PINK Table Talk! 4 Market Square, 6:00 pm, FREE! But RSVP
- Paints + Pints Workshop, Printshop Beer Co., 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $50, RSVP
- An Author Event with Melissa Ferguson, Union Ave Books, 6:00 pm
- B & R Acoustic, Ale’ Rae’s, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Babe, The Sheep Pig, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Weekly Residency: Frog & Toad’s Dixie Quartet, The Speakeasy at the Barrel Room, Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- “Bow River” UK Country – with Adrian Withers @ Schulz Brau, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Sundress Reading Series April ’24, Pretentious Beer, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Bubbles and Bloom, Vida, 531 S Gay St, 7:00 pm, starting at $95, RSVP
- Korean Pop Dance Association Spring Fling, UT Student Union, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, RSVP
- Showing: The People’s Joker / Arcadian, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:15 pm, $7 – $12
- Irish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm, FREE!
- Bailemos Bachata Thursdays! Double S Wine Bar, 7:30 pm – 11:30 pm, $5 – $10
- UT Saxophone Ensemble & Quartets, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
- Kinky Boots, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $25 – $50, RSVP
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: The Planets, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $22.50 – $92
- Dei Xhrist with Dektol, Dying in Space, and Dark Matters, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
- Houndmouth, Future Killer, The Mill & Mine, 8:00 pm, $37.02
- Rossdafareye / Dance Night at Asylum 801, 904 Blackstock Ave, 8:00 pm
- Brad Heller with the Fustics, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
- DJ Loor at Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm
- Captain Midnight Band, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm, FREE!
- Season 2 Premiere with TRANScendent Cabaret, Bernadette’s, 9:30 pm
Friday, April 19
- Apache Memorial Showcase, Knoxville Convention Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (through Apr 21), $15 – $70, RSVP
- Forest Bathing Workshop, Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am – noon, $30, RSVP
- Hats in Bloom Fundraiser, Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum, 10:30 am – 2:00 pm, RSVP for price
- WDVX Big Plate Special: Andrea & Mud, Barley’s Taproom, noon, FREE!
- UT Translation Symposium, UT Hodges Library, 5:00 pm (continues Apr 20)
- What Is Left Behind, Collection by Hannah Jun Langer, Gallery 1010, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Continues Apr 6, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm)
- MFA Thesis Exhibition Reception – Group 3, UT Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Lobster Dogs at Ebony & Ivory Brewing, 5:00 pm
- Mike Snodgrass, Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Mikki Norwood Band @ Ale’ Rae’s, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame, The Foundry on the Fair Site, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $100 – $750, RSVP
- Knox Pride Bingo @ South Press, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Pickin’ on Nature Bluegrass, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, $8 – $10
- Friday Night Live! with Mt. Olive Pleasure Club, The Concourse, 6:30 pm, $10 – $15
- Babe, The Sheep Pig, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Grady Milligan Returns, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm
- Taylor Swift Trivia, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Canon Tyler @ Schulz Brau, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Taylor Swift Silent Disco Tortured Poets Department Party at Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
- TTPD Listening Party for Swifties, Ebony & Ivory Brewing, 7:00 pm
- THOR @ Fanatic Brewing, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Showing: The People’s Joker / The People’s Joker, Central Cinema, 7:15 pm / 9:30 pm, $7 – $12
- “Art” by Yasmina Reza, Theatre Downtown Knoxville, 7:30 pm, $20, RSVP
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: The Planets, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $22.50 – $92
- UT Opera Presents Massenet’s Cinderella, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $25
- Kinky Boots, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $25 – $50, RSVP
- Buddy Honeycutt, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
- Ben Donaldson with You Just Don’t and Melissa Hale, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
- Ashlee Watkins & Andrew Small, Laurel Theater, 8:00 pm, $14 – $15
- Flight Attendant at Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
- Dance Night at Asylum 801, 904 Blackstock Ave, 8:00 pm
- Chew with Worn Out Soles, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm
- Mo Alexander at Ale’ Rae’s, 8:30 pm
- R&B Kick back, Birdhouse Knoxville, 9:00 pm – 1:00 am
- Randy Steele Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm
- Laugh Alive Comedy Show @ Ale’ Rae’s, 10:00 pm – 11:00 pm
- Andres Tapia DJ Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm
Saturday, April 20
- 76th Fifth District Meeting Community 5k Run and Walk, Neyland Greenway Trail, 7:00 am – 11:00 am, FREE! but RSVP
- Early Morning Birding: Spring Migration, Ijams Nature Center, 8:00 am – 10:00 am, $15, RSVP
- Walk MS: Knoxville, World’s Fair Park, 8:00 am, RSVP
- Old North Knoxville Community Yard Sale, Old North Knoxville, 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Ijams Mead’s Quarry Hike, 3518 Island Home Ave, 9:00 am, FREE! but RSVP
- What Is Left Behind, Collection by Hannah Jun Langer, Gallery 1010, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
- Saturday Story Thyme, Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum, 10:00 am, RSVP
- Earth Day Event, Caswell Park, 10:00 am – noon
- Rossini Festival, Market Square, 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
- Painting Around at the Rossini Festival 4/20, Market Square, 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
- Hair of the Dog Yoga, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am (weekly through Apr 27), $10 – $12, RSVP
- Weekly Yoga, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 11:00 am, $8
- Earth Day Festival, Baker Creek Bottoms, 11:00 am, free to $40
- Community Yoga Class in the Garden, Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum, 11:00 am, donation-based
- Weekly Explore Knoxville Bike Ride, Printshop Beer Co., 11:00 am – 12:15 pm
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Goldenrods / The Late Shifters, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- April Moon Market, New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods, noon – 4;00 pm
- Tennessee Pop up – Plant Sale, SouthSide Garage, noon – 6:00 pm
- Beach Glass Wind Chimes, Crafty Brewery – Baker Creek, 1:00 pm, $60
- Decorative Platters, Knoxville Arts Center, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $50, RSVP
- Beardsley Community Farm Plant Sale, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Babe, The Sheep Pig, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 pm / 5:00 pm, $12 – $15
- UT Opera Presents Massenet’s Cinderella, Bijou Theatre, 2:30 pm, $25
- CBT Season Subscription OPEN HOUSE, Clarence Brown Theatre, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm, FREE!
- Jeanine Fuller at the Rossini Festival, Market Square Stage, 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
- Showing: The Late Show Up All Night, Central Cinema, 4:20 pm, $44.19 – $52.19
- 2024 Gluttony Mile, Ale’ Rae’s, 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Pasta with a Purpose, St. John’s Lutheran Church, 5:30 pm, $20 – $25
- Youth Poetry Open Mic Night, Birdhouse Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE!
- LaCalyaJ.Runway Fashion Show, Knoxville Convention Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $32.78, RSVP
- Steph Cabell’s Corndog Revival, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 6:00 pm
- Knoxville Symphony League’s Symphony of Spies: License to Trill, The Mill & Mine, 6:00 pm, $350 – $15,000, RSVP
- Knox Pride Presents: An Evening w/ Kinky Boots @ South Press, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, free, but food donation requested
- Brownman Live at The Pirate Tavern, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
- MDL Performs at The Rossini Festival, Intersection of Gay St and Clinch Ave, 6:30 pm – 7:15 pm
- Mister Disaster with Failure 2 Conform, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Canon Tyler @ Schulz Brau, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- The Speakeasy at the Barrel Room, Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 7:00 pm – midnight, RSVP
- Piano Studio Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
- Pretend Friends Comedy Improv Show, Barrelhouse, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
- “Art” by Yasmina Reza, Theatre Downtown Knoxville, 7:30 pm, $20, RSVP
- UT Opera Presents Massenet’s Cinderella, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $25
- Jeanine Fuller, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
- Salsa Saturday @ Marble City Market, 8:00 pm – midnight, $10
- Lost Sound Department with Blind Feline and Marigold Thieves, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
- Hi-Jivers / Natchez Tracers, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 10:45 pm
- Jay Clark, Laurel Theater, 8:00 pm, $14 – $15
- Pretty Tied Up with New Paragraph and Vivid Display, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
- SPANK at Asylum 801, 940 Blackstock Ave, 8:00 pm
- Ashley McBryde: The Devil I Know Tour, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $35 – $75
- Laugh Alive Comedy Show @ Ale’ Rae’s, 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm, $15
- The Goldenrods Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight
- Blaze & Glitter – Themed Drag Show, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 9:00 pm – 11:30 pm, $5 – $10
- New Speedway Honkers, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $5
Sunday, April 21
- Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
- Tri Delta Run benefiting East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, UT Gardens, 10:00 am – noon, $30, RSVP
- Yoga – BYOM, Barrelhouse, 10:30 am – 11:30 am, $15
- A Swift Flow • The Tortured Poets Department, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 11:00 am – noon, $10
- Tennessee Pop up – Plant Sale, SouthSide Garage, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Film and Food – The Breakfast Club By Maker Exchange Knox, Marriott Knoxville Downtown, 11:30 am, $60.31, RSVP
- Syrup ’N Sequins THROWBACK EDITION! Pour Taproom, noon, $13.67 – $31.16, RSVP
- Campus Walk by American Foundation for Suicide Prevention – Tennessee Chapter, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, noon, RSVP
- Painting Around at the Rossini Festival 4/21, Market Square, noon – 6:00 pm
- Knoxville Vegans Meetup, Marble City Market, 1:00 pm
- Daytime Docs Film Series: in honor of Autism Awareness Month, “Life, Animated,” will be shown, Lawson-McGhee Public Library, 1:30 pm
- East Tennessee Bluegrass Association Monthly Jam, Ijams Nature Center, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm, FREE!
- Online: April Poetry Xfit by Sundress Academy for the Arts, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, free, but donations welcome
- Kinky Boots, Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 pm, $25 – $50, RSVP
- Youth Violence Prevention Week Kick Off, Caswell Park, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- UT Opera Presents Massenet’s Cinderella, Bijou Theatre, 2:30 pm, $25
- Final Performance: Babe, The Sheep Pig, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm, $12 – $15
- Free yoga with Dai Wellness in Caswell Park, 3:00 pm
- Bluegrass Jam with Perry Cooper, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- “Art” by Yasmina Reza, Theatre Downtown Knoxville, 3:00 pm, $20, RSVP
- Wagon wheel LIVE ft. Marley and Hudson, 115 South Central St, 3:00 pm
- April Scottish Country Dancing, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm
- Rus’ Romper Room April Edition, Corner Lounge, 4:00 pm
- Evensong for Good Shepherd Sunday, St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 4:45 pm
- Showing: The People’s Joker, Central Cinema, 5:00 pm, $7 – $12
- Weekly: A Stand Up Comedy Open Mic, The Pirate Tavern, 5:30 pm
- Fleurish 2024 – A Sustainable Fashion Event, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $30, RSVP
- Small Jazz Ensemble, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm
- Scruffy City Sings, Pretentious Beer, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $10 – $30, RSVP
- MercyMe: Always Only Jesus Tour, Thompson-Boling Arena, 7:00 pm, $28 – $83
- Tennessee Stifflegs, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm, FREE!
- DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm
Monday, April 22
- Karma Month: Pick Your Price at Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 711 Irwin St, daily through April, starting at $10
- Mural Exhibition, Maker Exchange, 6:30 am – 11:00 pm, (Mon-Sat, 6:30 am – 11:00 pm / Sun, 6:30 am – 10:00 pm), through May 24
- Lyndsey Ullom, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm)
- April Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
- Todd Ethridge Photo Exhibit, Birdhouse Knoxville, 9:00 am – midnight, Mon – Sun
- Stephanie Villagran, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat
- Final Day: MFA Thesis Exhibition – Group 3, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Olivia White Exhibit, Hummingbird South, 3726 Sevier Heights Rd, 11:00 am – 10:00 pm, Mon-Fri / Sun, noon – 8:00 pm
- Works by Cicely Hill Exhibition, The Bottom, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Mon-Fri (through Apr 30)
- Tennessee Commission of the US Semiquincentennial Meeting, East Tennessee Historical Society, 601 S Gay St, 11:00 am
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Raquel & The Wildflowers / Boogertown Gap, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- One Knox Collective Earth Day, Harriet Tubman Park, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- UT Chamber Percussion Ensemble, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
- Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (weekly through Dec 30), $10 – $12, RSVP
- Showing: The People’s Joker, Central Cinema, 6:15, $7 – $12
- Yoga – Mindfulness at the Birdhouse Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (weekly through Dec 23), starting at $15
- UT Jazz Jam w/Margherita Fava, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm
- Nature Nerd Hike, Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $15, RSVP
- Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra Spring Concert, Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 pm, free – $5
- West Coast Swing at Double S Wine Bar, 7:15 pm – 10:00 pm, $10
- Ensemble KnoxConcert, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
- Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
- Showing: OVA Extreme Anime Series, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm, $5
- TBAAbbey Elmore Band, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
- Funny Story Midnight Release Party, Union Ave Books, 10:00 pm – 1:00 am, $20 – $45, RSVP
Tuesday, April 23
- 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)
- Weekly Preschool Story Thyme, Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, RSVP
- Beverly Burdette, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
- Cynthia Market Show, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
- Dusk by Shahnaz Lighari / Extended Materiality, Tri-Star Arts, Candoro Marble Building, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (11:00 am – 5:00 pm, Tue-Sat), FREE!
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Willi Carlisle / The Gypsy Fuego, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
- Marc Archer Exhibit, Printshop Beer Co., 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Tue-Thu (noon – 9:00 pm, Fri-Sat / noon – 5:00 pm, Sun)
- Social Hour with the Democrats @ Alliance Brewing Co., 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble Concert, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
- Perfectly Pressed Plants, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $15
- STLCA Knoxville Meetup, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Life Skills Class (Self Care & Basic Cleaning), Knox Pride, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, FREE!
- Showing: Blood Simple, Central Cinema, 6:20 pm, $7 – $12
- Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
- Argentine Tango Progressive Series, UT International House, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (weekly through Apr 30), FREE!
- Adult Theatrical Jazz Dance Classes, The Amused Life, 1400 N. 6th Avenue, Suite B1, 6:30 pm – 7:15 (continues Apr 30), $20 – $50, RSVP
- Full Moon Paddle, Ijams Nature Center, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, SOLD OUT!
- Hayes & The Heathens, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $30 – $35
- Kinky Boots, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, pay what you can, RSVP
- The Heavy Heavy with Sugadaisy at Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm, from $29.76, RSVP
- Weekly Open Mic Hosted by Brownman at The Pirate Tavern, 8:00 pm – 11:55 pm (through Dec 17)
- Kevin Coleman with Bare Trees, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
- Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
- Showing: The People’s Joker, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm, $7 – $12
- Abbey Elmore Band at Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm