Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (9/8 – 9/17/2024)

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(Planner provided weekly by contributing writer Scott McNutt)

Sunday, September 8 

• Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours 
• International Nuclear Air Cleaning Conference Business, Marriott Knoxville Downtown, 525 Henley St, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm (daily through Sep 10), from $1,000, RSVP
• Sunday. Jazz. Brunch, Stir, 217 Willow Ave, 10:00 am
• 11th Knox Asian Festival, World’s Fair Park, 10:30 am – 6:30 pm, free – $3.48
• Summer Bash @ YeeHaw Brewing! 11:00 am – 9:00 pm, $10, RSVP 
• Weekly Yoga, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 11:00 am – noon, $10
• Old City Market, 100 Block of W Jackson Ave, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
• Emerging Makers Tent @ Old City Market, 123 W Jackson Ave, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
• Smoky Mountain Orchid Society Show, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 2817 Boyds Bridge Pike, 11:00 am, $5
• LUCID LOUNGE – Rooftop Pool Party, Radius Rooftop Lounge, noon – 4:00 pm
• Second Sunday Art Activity, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Eastside Sunday Market, Dr. Walter Hardy Park, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (weekly through September)
• Second Sunday Community Sing, Knoxville Visitors Center, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
• “Knoxville,” the Musical, Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 pm, $24 – $44
• PigFest 24 at Trailhead, 1317 Island Home Ave, 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Pig Fest 24, Crafty Brewery – Baker Creek, 3726 Sevier Heights Rd, 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• 16 year Anniversary Celebration!, Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 711 Irwin St, 2:00 pm, $16
• Friendship Orientation with New2Knox, Crafty Bastard-Baker Creek & 71 South, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Second Sunday Docent Tour, Knoxville Museum of Art, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, FREE!
• Wagon Wheel LIVE ft. Will Shephard, Wagon Wheel, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• TKD Presents “The Revolutionists” by Lauren Gunderson, 800 S. Central St, 3:00 pm, $20
• Drink and Draw at South Coast Pizza, 3:00 pm 
• SMBS presents Blues Cruise with Ray Beltran & Bluemax, Tennessee Riverboat, 3:15 pm, $20 – $25
• Roger Wallace, Corner Lounge, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Resilient Smiles Community Dinner, UT Student Union, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm, $23.18, RSVP
• Weekly: A Stand Up Comedy Open Mic, The Pirate Tavern, 5:30 pm
• FUNDRAISER: Twilight at Ijams Presented by Clayton, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, from $175
• Showing: Farewell to Raven Records, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm, FREE!
• Ritu Tirthani Live @ Laugh Alive Comedy Show, Ale’ Rae’s GastroPub, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
• Gavin Kattesh with Siren Sounds, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm

 

Monday, September 9 

• A Better Place by Ame Houston, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm)
• Cyclical Nature by Megan Lingerfelt, Dogwood Arts, 123 W Jackson Ave, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri
• September Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
• The History Parlor: A Book Club for History-Minded Individuals, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S Gay St, 9:30 am – 10:30 am, FREE! But RSVP
• Cecelia Condit Exhibition, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery, A+A 115, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm), through Oct 27
• Frutos Latinos, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Glenn Thomas, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• “Surface Mining – A Sequel” with Anthony Titus, UT Art and Architecture Building , McCarty Auditorium, A+A 109, 5:30 pm
• Drop-in Figure Drawing, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $12 – $15
• 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
• All Over the Page – “How to Stop Time: a Novel,” Lawson-McGhee Library, 6:30 pm
• September neighborhood meeting, Cansler Family YMCA, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
• UTK Creative Writing Series: Jose Hernandez Diaz, UT John C Hodges Library, Auditorium, A+A 109, 7:00 pm
• 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
• Writers ‘Round Knoxville – Hosted at Barley’s Knoxville, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, FREE!
• Primordial Soup Jazz / The Vertical Birds, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, September 10 

• LOSS Team Information Session, Contact Care Line, 318 North Gay Str, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, FREE! But RSVP
• Weekly Preschool Story Thyme, Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (through October), RSVP
• Jack Retterer and Linda Sullivan, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
• Print Palooza / 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)
• Kelly Hider – Impasse / Christina Renfer Vogel and Angie To – You (Understood), Tri-Star Arts, Candoro Marble Building, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through Oct 23, FREE!
• Indoor Family Fun Day, Marble City Market, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Andy Sydow / The Lone Canary, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Intuitive Tarot Readings w/Josh Hinkin, New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods, 1520 N. Central St. #101, noon – 3:00 pm, donation-based
• Monty’s Craft Circle, UT McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
• Exhibit by Abigail Gibson, Printshop Beer Co., 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Tue-Thu (noon – 9:00 pm, Fri-Sat / noon – 5:00 pm, Sun)
• Annual HBG Picnic, Suttree Landing Park, 5:00 pm
• Pick Up and Drop Off with Goodwill Knoxville, 3726 Sevier Heights Rd, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Direct from Nature: Interdisciplinary exploration of 19th century art captures environmental change, UT McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Dr, 5:30 pm, FREE!
• Kerns Konnections – Networking Nights at Kerns Food Hall, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
• Public Meeting on Consolidated Plan, City of Knoxville Public Works Complex, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Scenes of the Seventies by The Knoxville History Project, Maple Hall, 6:00 pm, FREE!
• FERD, Barley’s Knoxville, 6:00 pm, FREE!
• Tuesday Family Movie Nights: Despicable Me 1 & 2, Yee-Haw, 745 North Broadway, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Beverly Spirits Launch Party in Peter Kern Library, 407 Union Ave, 6:00 pm, $82.45, RSVP
• Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
• Showing: Knoxville Poetry Slam – September Open Mic, Central Cinema, 6:45 pm, $7 – $12
• Fly Fishing Film Fund Raiser (Guide Rocky Cox), Relix, 7:00 pm
• Weekly Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm (through Dec 31)
• Make Your Own Tea Blend, The Spice & Tea Exchange of Knoxville, 522 S. Gay St, 7:00 pm, $70, RSVP
• Knoxville Casino Rueda Progressive Beginner, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm (weekly through Sep 24), $20
• Jazz on the Square: Matt Coker, Market Square, 7:00 pm
• Patti LaBelle, Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 pm, $80 – $150
• “Knoxville,” the Musical (Deaf Night), Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $24 – $44
• KAULed to Vote: Presidential Debate Watch Party & Voter Education, 1514 E 5th Ave, 7:30 pm, FREE!
• Weekly Open Mic Hosted by Brownman at The Pirate Tavern, 8:00 pm – 11:55 pm (through Dec 17)
• Presidential Debate Watch Party by Knox Dems, Marble City Market, 8:00 pm
• Big Ears Presents Marc Ribot: Songs of Resistance (feat. Shahzad Ismaily), Regas Square Events, 8:00 pm, $36.91, RSVP
• Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
• Prince of the Burning Sands, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

Wednesday, September 11 

• Patriot Day – Knoxville National Cemetery, 939 Tyson St, Knoxville, 9:30 am
• Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Black Women of Print Exhibition, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Wed-Fri, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm / Sat, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm), through Oct 17
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Clarence Brown Theatre (with a preview of the new musical “Knoxville”), Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Astrology Readings, New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods, noon – 2:30 pm, starting at donation-based to $33
• The Dangers of Modern-Day Disinformation and Propaganda, Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, Toyota Auditorium, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
• Social Networking, Kern’s Food Hall, 2201 Kerns Rising Way, 5:30 pm
• Spanish & Salsa, Ebony & Ivory Brewing, 5:45 pm – 9:00 pm
• Prints + Pints, Fly by Night, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $25, RSVP
• Online: Radical Revisions: One Poem, Infinite Possibilities by Sundress Academy for the Arts, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• knoxville’s best real estate investor meetup, The Press Room, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Knox Music Coalition Music Panel: Marketing Your Music, Pretentious Beer Co, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE! But RSVP
• Sazerac Bourbon Dinner at Oliver Royale, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, SOLD OUT!
• Showing: T/, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm, $7 – $12
• Weekly Crafty Grenade Race, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
• Open Mic Night with Cullen Kehoe, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Nov 6, 2024)
• Good Vibes Wednesdays: Presented in Partnership with the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• The Unlikely Trio: Trisha Gene Brady, Brandy Robinson & Ryan Sheley, Maple Hall, 414 South Gay St, 7:00 pm, $19.50
• WDVX Summer Nights – Amanda Anne Platt and the Honeycutters and Sam Quinn’s Cartwright Brothers, Yee-Haw Brewing Co, 7:00 pm – midnight
• Learn Country Swing and Line Dancing, Local Smokey, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Open Jam w/ Roger Hay, Ale Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• “Knoxville,” the musical, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $24 – $44
• Movie Night | Clueless, Kern’s Food Hall, 2201 Kerns Rising Way, 8:00 pm
• Sun Mantra with Valley Of The Sun and Wyndryder, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $15
• SPRINGBOARD open mic comedy night, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm, FREE!
• Silent Disco, Bernadette’s Rooftop, 9:00 pm
• Prince of the Burning Sands @ Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
• Dirty Words: An Uncensored Late Night Comedy Experience, The Pirate Tavern, 10:00 pm, FREE!

 

Thursday, September 12 

• Google Business Profile Secrets: Downtown Networking Kickoff – Networking and Marketing Skills, Kern’s Food Hall, 8:30 am – 10:00 am, FREE! RSVP 
• Tapping Party: Sunsphere Wheat! Balter Beerworks, 11:00 am 
• Blue Plate Special: Tom Proctor / Wilder Things Than Us, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
• School Night, 6 Emory Place, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Jan 30, 2025)
• Jeep Cruise-in, Kern’s Food Hall, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Finding Higher Ground with Jack Neely and Stephen Wicks, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Dr, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, FREE!
• Design AF Anniversary and Football Party, 9 Emory Place, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Bendy B*stards Yinyasa, Crafty Brewery – Baker Creek, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (weekly through Nov 28), $10 – $13
• 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)
• Harvesting Hope: A Fundraising Dinner for Battlefield Farms, Mabry-Hazen House, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $50 – $75
• Real Men Wear Pink – Mixer & Media Event, Barley’s Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
• Showing: /, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:15 pm, $7 – $12
• Paint + Sip Workshop with Lydia May, Maker Exchange, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
• Knoxville Sci-Fi Club Monthly Meeting, Kern’s Food Hall, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Alicia Harvey, solo, Suttree’s High Gravity Tavern, 7:00 pm
• September Reading Series, Pretentious Beer Co, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Hootie & the Blowfish – Summer Camp with Trucks Tour, Thompson-Boling Arena, 7:00 pm, $25 – $131
• River & Rail Theatre Presents: OUR TOWN by Thorton Wilder – Preview Night! Old City Performing Center, 111 State St, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm, $16.88-$54.20, RSVP
• Symphony on the Square, Historic Market Square, 7:30 pm, FREE!
• Mark Boling TRIO LIFE, Five Thirty Lounge, 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm (weekly through Oct 24)
• “Knoxville,” the Musical, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $24 – $44
• TKD Presents “The Revolutionists” by Lauren Gunderson, 800 S. Central St, 7:30 pm, $20
• The Red Scare with Dion Lunadon and Millipede, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $15 – $20
• The 502s – Great American Road Trip with Special Guest hey, nothing, The Mill & Mine, 8:00 pm, $32.90 – $97.79
• Listen Up – Open Mic Night @ Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
• Rae and the Ragdolls @ Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
• Willia Mae with HiDAZE, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm, $12
• Transcendent Cabaret Drag Show, Bernadette’s, 10:00 pm

 

Friday, September 13

• Yoga at the Museum, UT McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Dr, 9:30 am – 10:30 am 
• Homeless Feeding Outreach Event by Juniper Church, CareCuts of Knoxville, 11:45 am – 1:30 pm
• WDVX Big Plate Special: Blake Christiana (frontman for YARN), Barley’s Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
• Fun Film Friday / Jam Band Fridays, O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St, 1:00 pm (weekly through Apr 4, 2025)
• Challenging Preconceptions, Celebrating Authenticity: Deaf Lived Experiences, UT Claxton Education Building, RM 206, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, RSVP
• Tavern Notes: Live Music with Hannah and Smith at Maker Exchange, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• A Launch Party with Emily B. Riddle, Union Ave Books, 517 Union Ave, 6:00 pm, FREE! But RSVP
• Evening Paddle, Ijams Nature Center, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $45, RSVP
• TELL ME LIES: The Fleetwood Mac Experience, Yee-Haw Brewing Co, 6:30 pm, $25.32, RSVP
• Showing: /, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm, $6
• Magic Tree House: Dinos Before Dark, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
• 2024 NAMMBA Awards Soiree, The Emporium Center, 7:00 pm, $35 – $50, RSVP
• Tenn Pan Alley, Ale Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Live Music | Corey James Clifton, Kern’s Food Hall, 2201 Kerns Rising Way, 7:00 pm
• Masc 4 Masc Show, South Press, 7:00 pm, $5
• Alicia Harvey, solo @ Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm
• Boy Named Banjo at Pretentious in The Old City, 7:00 pm
• Rossdafareye, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm 
• September Rooftop Music, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 2020 Barber St, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Sep 27)
• MOVIES UNDER THE STARS: Friday the 13th Part 3, Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $12
• “Knoxville,” the Musical, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $24 – $45
• River & Rail Theatre Presents: OUR TOWN by Thorton Wilder, Old City Performing Center, 111 State St, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm, $16.88-$54.20, RSVP
• TKD Presents “The Revolutionists” by Lauren Gunderson, 800 S. Central St, 7:30 pm, $20
• Jamie Lissow Live, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $34 – $64
• Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• Antadie with Finger Foods, Serial Baby, and Glad I Didn’t Get My Stupid Wish, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• CJ’S One-Man-Band Show, Courtyard by Marriott Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
• The End of Brat Summer, Marble City Market, 333 West Depot Ave, 8:00 pm – midnight
• Dynamic Panic Band Live at Hilton Downtown Knoxville, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
• The Analog Kids / DJ Sterl the Pearl, Lunaverse Knoxville, 8:00 pm, $5
• Andy Sydow / Vivid Display @ Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:00 pm, $5
• Smooth Sailor, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm, $5
• Showing: The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Ijams Member Event: All About Bats, Ijams Nature Center, 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm, free – $75
• Phantum Sun (Louisiana) with GRAMPHIX, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm, FREE!
• Weekly Salsa Party at Kern’s Food Hall, 9:00 pm – 1:00 am, $10
• Meredith Cabe, Harold Nagge & Bob Knapp at the Kennedy, 9:00 pm
• Mike McGill and the Refills Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight
• Sully at Barrelhouse Knoxville, 9:00 pm, from $30.83
• Renée Maggart at Pour Taproom, 9:00 pm – 11:59
• Phillip-Michael Scales, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $5
• Andres Tapia DJ Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm

 

Saturday, September 14

• Early Morning Paddle, Ijams River Landing, 8:00 am – 10:00 am, $45
• Early Morning Birding: Fall Migration, Ijams Nature Center, 8:00 am – 10:00 am, $15, RSVP
• Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Knox Pride & South Press Present: Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser for Youth Action Board, South Press, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, $10 donation
• WDVX: KidStuff LIVE with Roger Day, Visit Knoxville, 10:00 am
• Super Hero Beer Yoga, Abridged Beer Co, 10:00 am, $30 donation
• Eco Print Workshop, Artisan Woodworking & Design Gallery, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, $185, RSVP
• Real Good Kitchen Monthly Open Tour, Real Good Kitchen, 10:00 am – 11:30 am, FREE! But RSVP
• Jammin’ Launch Party, The Spice & Tea Exchange of Knoxville, 522 S. Gay St, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
• Fall Fungi ID: Beginner Workshop, Ijams Nature Center, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, $15, RSVP
• Tea & Treasures 2nd Saturday Marketplace & 17 Year Celebration, 4104 W Martin Mill Pike, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
• Weekly Yoga, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 11:00 am, $8
• Weekly Explore Knoxville Bike Ride, Printshop Beer Co., 11:00 am – 12:15 pm
• SEC Trivia, Marble City Market, 333 West Depot Ave, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
• Ninja Mountain Bike Clinics, Knoxville Urban Wilderness Trail, 11:45 am – 7:00 pm (continues Sep 15), from $389, RSVP
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Micah H and the Appalachians, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Fall Wildflower Walk, Ijams Nature Center, noon – 1:30 pm, $15
• Pickle Fest, Printshop Beer, 2020 Barber Street, noon – midnight, $35, RSVP
• College Football: Tennessee Volunteers vs. Kent State University Golden Flashes, Neyland Stadium, noon, $114 – $482
• Queer & Trans Yoga, Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm (weekly through Sep 28), donation-based
• Lady Moon Dragon Tarot Reading, Barrelhouse, 1:00 pm
• Magic Tree House: Dinos Before Dark, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 pm / 5:00 pm, $12 – $15
• Auditions for “My Three Angels,” 800 S. Central St, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Finding True Happiness (Free Event), Knoxville Baha’i Center, 1323 Hannah Ave, 3:00 pm
• Showing: Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut, Central Cinema, 4:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Jazz at Ijams – Fall Festival, Ijams Nature Center, 4:00 pm – 7:30 pm, $10
• DJ Kevin, Hilton Knoxville, 4:30 pm
• Sassafras Awards and Fundraiser, 2649 Boyds Bridge Pike, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $40, RSVP
• Queer Matchmaking, Morningside Park, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $25, RSVP 
• Kerbela Temple Luau Dance, Kerbela Shriners of Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $10 
• The Dinner Detective: Interactive True Crime Dinner Show! Hilton Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $61, RSVP
• Cinema in the Cemetery: Sinister @ Historic Old Gray Cemetery, 6:45 pm – 10:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
• The Griefers, Ale Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• River & Rail Theatre Presents: OUR TOWN by Thorton Wilder, Old City Performing Center, 111 State St, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm, $16.88-$54.20, RSVP
• TKD Presents “The Revolutionists” by Lauren Gunderson, 800 S. Central St, 7:30 pm, $20
• Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• Movie Soundtrack Night Bingo! Barrelhouse, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $11.63, RSVP
• The BQs with Eat’n’Out and Stupid Future, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Stacked Actors with Vivid Display @ Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm, $5
• Showing: The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Promotion Showcase, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm, $5
• Rockstead / Andres Tapia International Dance Night at LunaVerse, 8:00 pm / 11:00 pm, $10
• Bats & Moths: Ijams After Dark, Ijams Nature Center, 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm, $15
• Roman Reese and the Cardinal Sins Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight
• Josi J & Dessert, Hilton Knoxville, 9:00 pm – midnight
• Dynamic Panic Band Live at Marriott Downtown Knoxville, 10:00 pm – midnight
• Joslyn & The Sweet Compression, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $5

Sunday, September 15

• Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
• Self Massage & More: Hip Focus, Glowing Body Yoga, 711 Irwin St, 10:00 am – noon, $60, RSVP
• Weekly Yoga, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 11:00 am – noon, $10
• portrait mini sessions by Madison Cooper, World’s Fair Park, noon – 2:00 pm, from $10
• Stroops and Brews, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 2020 Barber St, noon – 3:00 pm
• Eastside Sunday Market, Dr. Walter Hardy Park, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (weekly through September)
• H.A.L.T. Adoption Event #2, Ijams Nature Center, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
• Daytime Docs Film Series – Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It, Lawson McGhee Public Library, 500 W Church Ave, 1:30 pm
• Online: September Poetry Xfit by Sundress Academy for the Arts, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, free, but donations welcome
• “Knoxville,” the Musical (with “Talk Back” after matinee), Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 pm, $24 – $44
• East Tennessee Bluegrass Association Monthly Jam, Ijams Nature Center, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm, FREE!
• River & Rail Theatre Presents: OUR TOWN by Thorton Wilder, Old City Performing Center, 111 State St, 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm, $16.88-$54.20, RSVP
• Wagon Wheel LIVE ft. Jason Ellis at Wagon Wheel, 3:00 pm
• Beat Breast Cancer Rally by Coach Cre’s Just Juice, Marble City Market, 333 W Depot Ave, 3:00 pm
• Magic Tree House: Dinos Before Dark, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm, $12 – $15
• Celtic Jam for Beginners with Tim Worman, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm 
• Symphony Orchestra, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Cox Auditorium, 4:00 pm
• “The Last Stop” Knox Brew Tours Farewell Party, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 4:30 pm – 9:30 pm
• Showing: Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut, Central Cinema, 5:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Weekly: A Stand Up Comedy Open Mic, The Pirate Tavern, 5:30 pm
• Laugh Alive Comedy Show, Ale’ Rae’s GastroPub, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
• James McMurtry, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $34 – $46
• Jonas Van Den Bossche, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Shane Smith & The Saints, The Mill & Mine, 8:00 pm, $26 – $136
• DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm

 

Monday, September 16 

• Smoky Mountains Computational Sciences & Engineering Conference, Marriott Knoxville Downtown, continues through Sep 19
• GNU Radio Conference 2024, Knoxville Convention Center, continues through Sep 20
• A Better Place by Ame Houston, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm)
• September Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
• Cyclical Nature by Megan Lingerfelt, Dogwood Arts, 123 W Jackson Ave, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri
• Cecelia Condit Exhibition, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery, A+A 115, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm), through Oct 27
• Frutos Latinos, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Kirsty Lee Akers / Mackenzie Roark and the Hotpants, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Monday Nerd Night w/ DND Pickup Games, Crafty Brewery Emory Place, 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm (through Feb 10, 2025)
• Panel Discussion: Black Women of Print, UT School of Art, 5:30 pm
• Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
• Drop-in Figure Drawing, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $12 – $15
• 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: Priest vs Priestess, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm, FREE!
• 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
• Showing: O.V.A. Extreme Series, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, $7
• Bunny Tonight with Discotelle and Day And Age, The Pilot Light, 9:00 pm, $10
• Mackenzie Roark and the Hotpants, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, September 17 

• Marketing to Humans, 17 Market Sq, # 201, 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)
• Weekly Preschool Story Thyme, Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (through October), RSVP
• Jack Retterer and Linda Sullivan, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
• Print Palooza / 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)
• Kelly Hider – Impasse / Christina Renfer Vogel and Angie To – You (Understood), Tri-Star Arts, Candoro Marble Building, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through Oct 23, FREE!
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Call Me Spinster, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Ribbon Cutting for The Davy, 222 E Blount Ave, 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
• Exhibit by Abigail Gibson, Printshop Beer Co., 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Tue-Thu (noon – 9:00 pm, Fri-Sat / noon – 5:00 pm, Sun)
• Originalism, the Roberts Court, and the Future of Constitutional Interpretation, UT Student Union, RM 180, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
• City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Tuesday Family Movie Nights: Horton Hears a Who & The Lorax, Yee-Haw, 745 North Broadway, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
• Showing: Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm, $7 – $12
• Legit Music Bingo at the HUB, 421 Union Ave, 7:00 pm
• Jazz on the Square: Shawn Turner, Market Square, 7:00 pm
• Full Moon Paddle, Ijams River Landing, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $45
• Tea-Tasting & Tea-Making Workshop, The Spice & Tea Exchange of Knoxville, 522 S. Gay St, 7:30 pm, $30, RSVP
• Weekly Open Mic Hosted by Brownman at The Pirate Tavern, 8:00 pm – 11:55 pm (through Dec 17)
• ;3 with Car Becomes Airplane, Nephewcube, and Online, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
• Mackenzie Roark and the Hotpants, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm