Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (7/7 – 7/16/2024)

The Mighty Wig, 3726 Sevier Heights Road, Knoxville, June 2024 (Photo by Luke Frazier)
The Mighty Wig, 3726 Sevier Heights Road, Knoxville, June 2024 (Photo by Luke Frazier)

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(Planner provided weekly by contributing writer Scott McNutt)

Sunday, July 7

 

Monday, July 8

  • 3 Dames 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)
  • July Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
  • Street Medicine Outreach, Downtown Knoxville, 9:00 am – 11:30 am
  • Menagerie by Gared Luquet, Dogwood Arts, 123 W Jackson Ave, 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: Billy Jones / June Star, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Intuitive Tarot Readings w/Josh Hinkin, 1520 N. Central St. #101, noon – 3:00 pm, donation-based
  • Over There: Tennessee and Her Allies in World War Two, East Tennessee History Center, 1:00 pm (continues through July 10), $20 – $100, RSVP
  • Shark Bar Pop Up in the High Proof Loft, 2110 Chapman Hwy, 4:00 pm – midnight (daily through July 17)
  • Everything Ballet Camp (EBC) July 8-11, Central United Methodist, 4:00 pm – 5:30 (daily through July 11), $25 – $75, RSVP
  • Sean Monett exhibition, Urban Bar and Corner Cafe, 5:00 pm – 2:30 am (daily through July 31)
  • 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
  • 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: MaXXXine, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:30 pm, $7 – $12
  • All Over the Page – “The Martian,” Lawson-McGhee Library, 6:30 pm
  • 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
  • Noor Chang, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Vance Thompson and Sam Adams Duo Concert, Church Street United Methodist Church, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Writers ‘Round Knoxville Hosted at Barley’s Knoxville, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Knoxville Contra Dance, Laurel Theater, 8:00 pm, $5 – $10
  • Chipster, The Kennedy, 9:00 pm – 11:59 pm
  • June Star w/ Billy Jones, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, July 9 

  • The Manufacturing Game, UT Conference Center, continues July 10, $1,100 – $1,200, 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
  • Safety City Summer Schedule, 165 S Concord St, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, Tue – Thu (weekly through July 25)
  • 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!
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Ashton Browne / Horatio Monroe, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Knoxville Business Growth Collaborative, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 17 Market Square, Ste 201, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Exhibit TBA, Printshop Beer Co., 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Tue-Thu (noon – 9:00 pm, Fri-Sat / noon – 5:00 pm, Sun)
  • Showing: MaXXXine, Central Cinema, 4:00 pm, $7 – $12
  • City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Candidate Forum Hosted by South Knoxville Neighborhood and Business Coalition, South High Senior Living, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Knox Pride Presents: Life Skills – Intro to Cooking, Knox Pride, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, FREE!
  • Explore New Investment Opportunities: Join Us for an Educational Event on Self-Directed IRAs! Kern’s Food Hall, 7:00 pm, RSVP
  • Brit Floyd: 2024 P-U-L-S-E WORLD TOUR, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $48 – $80
  • Weekly Open Mic Hosted by Brownman at The Pirate Tavern, 8:00 pm – 11:55 pm (through Dec 17)
  • Halloween with Way Below, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Showing: Knoxville Poetry Slam – July Open Mic, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm, $7 – $12
  • Redd & The Paper Flowers, The Kennedy, 9:00 pm – 11:59 pm
  • The Merlin’s Nest, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • Showing: MaXXXine, Central Cinema, 9:25 pm, $7 – $12
Smoky Mountain Muchies, 122 South Gay Street, Knoxville, July 2024

Wednesday, July 10 

 

Thursday, July 11 

  • Lunch & Learn: Borrowing for Small Business, 17 Market Sq, Ste 101, 11:30 am, RSVP
  • Blue Plate Special: Alice Wallace / Maygen & The Birdwatcher, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
  • Fight for Our Neighborhood, County Commission Meeting, 400 Main St SW, 1:30 pm
  • School Night, 6 Emory Place, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Showing: MaXXXine, Central Cinema, 4:00 pm, $7 – $12
  • Navigating the Farmer’s Market, The Bottom, 2340 East Magnolia Ave, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, free – $23.18, RSVP
  • 6 O’Clock Swerve: Castle Black (NYC) at Barley’s Knoxville, 6:00 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)
  • Adult Ballet Dance – Open Level, 1400 N. 6th Avenue, Suite B1, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm (weekly through Aug 1), $10 – $50
  • Knoxville Writers Guild: Open Mic Thursday, at Addison’s Bookstore, 126 S Gay Street, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $5 donation requested
  • Weekly Residency: Frog & Toad’s Dixie Quartet, The Speakeasy at the Barrel Room, Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Monthly Meeting Knoxville Sci-Fi Club, South Coast Pizza, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm, FREE!
  • Redd & The Paper Flowers, Kern’s Food Hall, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Showing: MaXXXine, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, $7 – $12
  • Dhana Jeera with Nathan Bowles Trio, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • Listen Up – Open Mic Night @ Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Jeremy Short, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm, FREE!
  • Castle Black / Civil Strife at Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm, $5
  • Transcendental Drag with DJ Stylez, Bernadette’s, 9:00 pm

 

Friday, July 12

 

Saturday, July 13

Hidden Cervantes, Willy’s Garden, New York City, June 2024

Sunday, July 14 

 

Monday, July 15

  •  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)
  • Menagerie by Gared Luquet, Dogwood Arts, 123 W Jackson Ave, 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
  • Little History Lessons: Blacksmithing, East Tennessee History Center, 10:30 am, free – $10
  • 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: Tristen Gressett / Soul-R Fusion, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Shark Bar Pop Up in the High Proof Loft, 2110 Chapman Hwy, 4:00 pm – midnight (daily through July 17)
  • Everything Cheer Camp (ECC), Central United Methodist, 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm (daily through July 19), $150, RSVP
  • Sean Monett exhibition, Urban Bar and Corner Cafe, 5:00 pm – 2:30 am (daily through July 31)
  • Tavern Notes: Live Music at Maker Exchange, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • 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
  • Chris Morel, Kern’s Food Hall, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Showing: MaXXXine, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 9:00 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
  • UTK Jazz Jam hosted by Joe Wilaniskis, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm
  • Beljavin with BXE, CPU Buddah, Dozibrion, and Plague Summer, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • Jake Byrd Trio, The Kennedy, 9:00 pm – 11:59 pm
  • Full Service, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, July 16 

  • 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)
  • Creating a Cybersafe Work Culture, 17 Market Square, #201, 9:00 am – 10:00 am, FREE! But RSVP
  • Weekly Preschool Story Thyme, Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (through October), RSVP
  • Safety City Summer Schedule, 165 S Concord St, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, Tue – Thu (weekly through July 25)
  • 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!
  • Let Her Invest | Women Building Wealth | July 2024 Meet-up, Maple Hall Upstairs, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, FREE! But RSVP
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jen Howard / Andrew Wakefield, 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)
  • Small Business Matters Suds Social – Free Networking Social, Fanatic Brewing Company, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
  • East Tennessee Pinball @ Suttree’s High Gravity Tavern, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $3
  • Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
  • Showing: MaXXXine, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 9:00 pm, $7 – $12
  • Weekly Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm
  • Knox Pride Presents: Life Skills – Budgeting and Couponing, Knox Pride, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, FREE!
  • Traditional Cuban Cooking Class – with family style dinner, The Spice & Tea Exchange of Knoxville, 522 S. Gay Street, 7:00 pm, $75, RSVP
  • Weekly Open Mic Hosted by Brownman at The Pirate Tavern, 8:00 pm – 11:55 pm (through Dec 17)
  • Glass Key Trio, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • 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
  • Full Service, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

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