Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (7/28 – 8/6/24)

Knoxville Skyline at Sunset, October 2022
Knoxville Skyline at Sunset, October 2022

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(Planner provided weekly by contributing writer Scott McNutt)

Sunday, July 28 

 

Monday, July 29 

  • 3 Dames Exhibit, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm)
  • July Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters Exhibition, Birdhouse Knoxville, 9:00 am – midnight, Mon – Sun
  • Dialogues of Creativity, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat
  • Waldo Scavenger Hunt, Downtown Knoxville, 10:00 am – 11:00 pm (daily through July 31)
  • Tea Flights! The Spice & Tea Exchange of Knoxville, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm, $8.99
  • John Moses Exhibit, Hummingbird South, 3726 Sevier Heights Rd, 11:00 am – 10:00 pm, Mon-Fri / Sun, noon – 8:00 pm
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Elkmont Exchange Reunion, SouthSide Garage, 4:00 pm
  • Sean Monett exhibition, Urban Bar and Corner Cafe, 5:00 pm – 2:30 am (daily through July 31)
  • Open House, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 5:30 pm, FREE! But RSVP
  • Open Mic Night, Barrelhouse Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Jan 27, 2025)
  • Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (weekly through Dec 30), $10 – $12, RSVP
  • Showing: Longlegs, Central Cinema, 6:15 pm, $7 – $12
  • Yoga – Mindfulness at the Birdhouse Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (weekly through Dec 23), starting at $15
  • Chess Club at the Hub, 421 Union Ave, 7:00 pm
  • Carter Beucher, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm
  • Showing: OVA Extreme Anime, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm, $5
  • Admiral Radio with The Tennessee Troubadours, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, July 30 

  • Knoxville Habitat for Humanity and Knoxville Habitat for Humanity ReStore: Volunteer Orientation, 1501 Washington Ave, 8:30 am – 9:30 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 (through October), RSVP
  • Brenda Mills and Johnny Glass, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • Pippin Long Exhibit, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
  • Outta Time / Cien Años / Root, Tri-Star Arts, Candoro Marble Building, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (11:00 am – 5:00 pm, Tue-Sat, through August 28), FREE!
  • Final Day: Calling women who dare to dream and want to become part of a dance and variety arts organization! 1400 N. 6th Avenue, Suite B1, 11:15 am – 11:00 pm 
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jeff Batson, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Mini Tarot Readings w/East S.M., New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods, noon – 2:00 pm, $5 – $25
  • Exhibit by J Gervin, Printshop Beer Co., 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Tue-Thu (noon – 9:00 pm, Fri-Sat / noon – 5:00 pm, Sun)
  • Kerns Konnections – Networking Nights by BizGrow Networking at Kerns Food Hall, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, FREE!
  • 2024 NIM Nationals, Knoxville Convention Center, 6:00 pm, daily through Aug 3, from $75
  • Showing: Longlegs, Central Cinema, 6:15 pm, $7 – $12
  • Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
  • Weekly Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm (through Dec 31)
  • Knox Pride Presents: Life Skills Classes – Car & Home Maintenance, Knox Pride, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, FREE!
  • Freedom from Painful Minds by Meditation in Knoxville, 800 N 4th Ave, 7:15 pm – 8:30 pm 
  • Shrek The Musical, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $45 – $95
  • Weekly Open Mic Hosted by Brownman at The Pirate Tavern, 8:00 pm – 11:55 pm (through Dec 17)
  • BSK Pop-up Paint Day! Landing House, 8:00 pm, $20 minimum donation requested
  • Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Redd & The Paper Flowers, The Kennedy, 9:00 pm – 11:59 pm
  • Admiral Radio with The Tennessee Troubadours, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
Knoxville Skyline at Night, October 2022

Wednesday, July 31 

 

Thursday, August 1 

  • 2024 NIM Nationals, Knoxville Convention Center, 8:00 am – 9:00 pm (daily through Aug 3), from $75
  • World Breastfeeding Week Celebration 2024, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – noon, FREE!
  • Tranquility & Bliss, Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 11:00 am (daily through Aug 15), $200, RSVP
  • GKHA August 2024 Lunch & Learn, Marriott Knoxville Downtown, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • Blue Plate Special: Mason Via / Brian Dolzani, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
  • Introductory Reflexology Special with Becky Maze, Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, noon 
  • School Night, 6 Emory Place, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Band-Backed Wren at Kern’s Food Hall Taproom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Weekly FCP Thirsty Thursday Group Road Ride, F.C. Pedaler Bike Shop, 6:00 pm (weekly through Oct 31)
  • Weekly Pedal for Alzheimer’s Thursday Night Group Ride! Meet at Suttree’s Landing, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm (weekly through Oct 24)
  • Showing: Longlegs / Martial Arts Theatre, Central Cinema, 6:15 pm / 8:30 pm, $7 – $12 / $5
  • River & Rail Trivia Night 2024! Old City Performing Arts Center, 111 State St, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $53.65-$316.26, RSVP
  • Weekly Residency: Frog & Toad’s Dixie Quartet, The Speakeasy at the Barrel Room, Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Paint & Pour, Pour Taproom, 7:00 pm, RSVP for price
  • Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm, FREE!
  • XüL Beer Meetup by DrivenMarsh, 213 E Fifth Ave, 7:30 pm
  • Knoxville Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ijams Nature Center, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $15
  • TKD Presents “Packing Up Polly” by Leslie Kimbell, 800 S. Central St, 7:30 pm, $20, RSVP
  • M2A-Live at Kern’s Food Hall/Monday Night Proofing Company, 8:00 pm
  • Terror Pigeon with Plague Summer, Dozibrion, and Paper Fever, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • Listen Up – Open Mic Night @ Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Primordial Soup Jazz @ Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • Transcendental Drag with DJ Stylez, Bernadette’s, 9:00 pm

 

Friday, August 2

 

Saturday, August 3

Sunday, August 4

 

Monday, August 5 

  • Nourish Knoxville’s Restaurant Week 2024, see link for restaurant list, 12:01 am – 11:45 pm (daily through Aug 11)
  • August Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
  • Dogwood Regional Exhibition, Dogwood Arts, 123 W Jackson Ave, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri
  • “Sueños” by Sergio Martínez, Valeria Martínez, Estefano Martínez,, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat
  • Tea Flights! The Spice & Tea Exchange of Knoxville, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm, $8.99
  • Tranquility & Bliss, Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 11:00 am (daily through Aug 15), $200, RSVP
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: ISMAY / The Broken String Band, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Mighty Musical Monday with House Organist Freddie Brabson on the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ and special guest Corey James Clifton, Tennessee Theatre, noon, FREE!
  • Monday Nerd Night w/ DND Pickup Games, Crafty Brewery Emory Place, 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm (through Feb 10, 2025)
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Barbie Dance Party Camp (Ballet/Jazz/Tap), Central United Methodist, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm (daily through Aug 9), RSVP for price
  • Paint the Town Purple Kick-off Event! Yee-Haw Brewing Co, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Open Mic Night, Barrelhouse Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Jan 27, 2025)
  • Open Mic for Bad Dating Stories – SWIPE MIC, Kern’s Food Hall, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm weekly through Dec 30), $10 – $12, RSVP
  • Yoga – Mindfulness at the Birdhouse Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (weekly through Dec 23), starting at $15
  • Chess Club at the Hub, 421 Union Ave, 7:00 pm
  • Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Knoxville Contra Dance, Laurel Theater, 8:00 pm, $5 – $10
  • TBA, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, August 6 

  • 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
  • Rising Tide Knoxville – Financial Therapy: Tackle Your Finances with Confidence, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 10:00 am – 11:30 am, FREE!! but RSVP
  • Kathy Holland and Debbie Corley, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • Ryan Blair’s Appalachian Aquarium, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
  • Outta Time / Cien Años / Root, Tri-Star Arts, Candoro Marble Building, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (11:00 am – 5:00 pm, Tue-Sat, through August 28), FREE!
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Alma Russ, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Exhibit by Sarah Dempsey, Printshop Beer Co., 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Tue-Thu (noon – 9:00 pm, Fri-Sat / noon – 5:00 pm, Sun)
  • City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Book Discussion: Gay Science, Union Ave Books, 6:00 pm
  • Dog Friendly Knoxville Meet-Up, Pretentious Beer Co, 6:00 pm, FREE! But RSVP
  • Big Fun Tuesdays at Mead’s Quarry: End of Summer Blast!, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm, FREE! But RSVP
  • Adult Jazz Chair Dance Classes – For All Bodies, 1400 N. 6th Avenue, Suite B1, 6:30 pm (weekly though Aug 27), $10 – $50, RSVP
  • Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Showing: Tiny Stage Comedy Presents Comedy Night, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $7 – $12
  • Weekly Open Mic Hosted by Brownman at The Pirate Tavern, 8:00 pm – 11:55 pm (through Dec 17)
  • Yarhgang with Plague Summer, Lego Batman, and Everyone, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • TBA, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

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