Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (11/17 – 11/26/2024)

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(Planner provided weekly by contributing writer Scott McNutt)

Sunday, November 17 

• Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours 
• Take Action! Winter Wreath Making Workshop, Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, 10:00 am – noon, $40, RSVP
• Weekly Yoga, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 11:00 am – noon, $10
• Share the Warmth Coat Collection at Mast Store Knoxville, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (10:00 am – 8:00 pm, Mon – Thu / 10:00 am – 9:00 pm, Fri – Sat), daily through Nov 30
• Mimosa Brunch, Saint Lucille’s, 8 Emory Place, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
• Cider Jazz Brunch with David & Ayca @ Barrelhouse Gypsy Cider, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
• World Day of Remembrance for bicyclists lost to road crashes, Market Square, noon
• Self Care Sunday Yoga Class with Hope Irwin, Ijams Nature Center, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, $5, RSVP
• Final Day: Pop-Up Sauna Experience at Trailhead, 1317 Island Home, 1:00 pm – 8:00 pm (daily through Nov 15), $42, RSVP
• TheSpot4Dogs Pack Walk at Ijams Nature Center, 1:00 pm
• Daytime Docs Film Series -Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Lawson McGhee Public Library, 500 W Church Ave, 1:30 pm
• Knoxville Vegans Monthly Meetup: Brunch with Breezy’s, Ebony & Ivory Brewing, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
• Benefit for Farmer Veteran Coalition, Marble City Market, 333 West Depot Ave, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Auditions for “Dancing at Lughnasa!” 800 S. Central St, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Online: November Poetry Xfit, by Sundress, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, free, but donations welcome
• Take Action! Winter Wreath Making Workshop, Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $40, RSVP
• The Search for Gen. John Sevier’s Head & Hand Begins! East Tennessee History Center, 601 S Gay St, 2:00 pm, FREE! But RSVP
• East Tennessee Bluegrass Association Monthly Jam, Ijams Nature Center, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm, FREE!
• Competitive Romance Novel Reading, 6 Emory Place, 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm (weekly through Nov 24)
• Showing: Heretic, Central Cinema, 2:30 pm, $7 – $12
• A Poetry Reading with Didi Jackson, Linda Parsons, & Gabriel Antonio Reed, 517 Union Ave, 3:00 pm, FREE! But RSVP
• Wagon Wheel LIVE featuring Will Shepard, 115 South Central St, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Tennessee Volunteers Men’s Basketball vs. Austin Peay Governors Men’s Basketball, Thompson-Boling Arena, 3:00 pm, $12.10 – $59
• Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice Afternoon Tea Party, The Spice and Tea Exchange, 522 S. Gay Street, 3:00 pm, $55, RSVP
• Master Arts Series: Orgiano Duo, Church Street United Methodist Church, 900 Henley St, 3:00 pm
• Bluegrass Jams, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00
• Soulful House & R&B Sunday: BrewHouse Session at Ebony & Ivory Brewing, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Drink and Draw at South Coast Pizza Knoxville, 3:00 pm
• Rus’ Romper Room November Edition, Corner Lounge, 842 Central St, 4:00 pm
• Sal Vulcano: Everything’s Fine Tour, Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 5:00 pm, $48.15
• Friends ‘N Family Drag Dinner Show, Pour Taproom, 207 West Jackson Ave, 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm, FREE! But RSVP
• Showing: Heretic, Central Cinema, 5:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Weekly: A Stand Up Comedy Open Mic, The Pirate Tavern, 5:30 pm
• “Collectively Speaking” – Poetry Open Mic Night, Barrelhouse, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $15
• The Sunday Get Down — November 17th!, Maple Hall, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $10
• Theory of a Deadman, Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 pm, from $37.90
• Crafty Jazz Night with Chris Canada, 6 Emory Place, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• NGW Presents: X!, The Mill & Mine, 7:00 pm, $20 – $30
• Will Reagan & Ivan Thea, Pink Moon, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $28.52, RSVP
• Showing: Heretic, Central Cinema, 7:25 pm, $7 – $12
• Jordan B Live @ Laugh Alive Comedy Show, Ale’ Rae’s GastroPub, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
• The Lone Bellow – BY REQUEST ONLY Tour, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $37 – $48
• IV and The Strange Band + Wayne Hancock, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm, $20 – $25
• Thirdface with Bare Your Teeth, DYI, Pressure Point and Spiral, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Papadosio, The Standard, 8:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
• DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm
• Final Day: Call for Entries: National Juried Exhibition, The Emporium Center, deadline11:55 pm, from $25

 

Monday, November 18 

• Fragile, Dogwood Arts, 123 W Jackson Ave, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri
• November Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
• Regional Globalism in the Tennessee Valley, UT Art & Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm), through Dec 4
• Charlie Pogue X Exhibition, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat
• Food for the Mountains – a Partnership with Merrell and Mast Store Knoxville, 402 South Gay St, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm (10:00 am – 8:00 pm, Mon – Thu / 10:00 am – 9:00 pm, Fri – Sat / 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Sun), daily through Nov 24 
• Little History Lessons: Baskets & Beads, 601 S Gay St, 10:30 am – 11:30 am, $8 – $10, RSVP
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Nick Taylor / Crimson Calamity w/ Skylet Gunner, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Support LGBTQ Community & Freedom to Read, City County Building, 5:00 pm
• String Chamber Music Showcase, UT Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
• BCM Charms & Chronicles: Storytelling Through Object, The Bottom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, free or pay what you can, 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
• A Book Launch with Daniel Wiseman, 517 Union Ave, 6:00 pm, FREE! But RSVP
• The Ballad of the Sad Cafe – Knoxville Classics Book Club, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:00 pm
• Showing: Priest vs Priestess: Projection, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, FREE!
• “The Urn and the Chamber Pot” with Mark Lee, UT Art and Architecture Building, Room 109, 6:30 pm
• Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Terry Washington, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Showing: Heretic, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $7
• CREATING an Underground Speakeasy Show called “My Voice,” The Amused Life, 1400 N. 6th Avenue, Suite B1, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
• Tricky Youth with Whit3corset, Calla Burke, and Dozibrion, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Full Service with Thomas Hinds @ Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, November 19 

• Opportunities in Energy by Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council, Crowne Plaza Knoxville Downtown, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, from $81.88, 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)
• Photo Expo: Lens and Light, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue – Sat, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm / Sunday, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm), through Dec 15
• Charlotte Brindley, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
• The Haunted Art Show – Curated by Esther Sitver, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
• Liquid Blackness Exhibition, The Bottom, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tue-Sat (through Dec 6)
• Pink Noise: An Audio Visual Experience / Stairfall / Greetings From Vestal IV, Tri-Star Arts, Candoro Marble Building, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through Oct 23, FREE!
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Thomas Hinds / Frank Critelli, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Mini Tarot Readings w/East S.M., New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, $5 – $25
• Exhibit by Dan DeRidder, Printshop Beer Co., 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Tue-Thu (noon – 9:00 pm, Fri-Sat / noon – 5:00 pm, Sun)
• Paint Party at Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm, $15
• Growth & Grit | Celebrating East TN’s Inc. 5000 Listed Companies, Relix Variety Theatre, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE! But RSVP
• Knox Pride Presents: Life Skills Resumè & Interviewing, Knox Pride, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm, FREE!
• Write It Out with Shade Tree Therapy: Celebrating Success and Acknowledging Growth, The Bottom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, pay what you can, RSVP
• Tuesday Family Movie Nights, Yee-Haw, 745 North Broadway, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Showing: Sign Painters, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm, FREE!
• Home For Your Gnome – Book Signing, Last Days of Autumn, 808 E Magnolia, 6:00 pm 
• 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)
• The Plot In You: North American Tour 2024, The Mill & Mine, 7:00 pm, $29.50 – $35
• Concert Percussion Ensemble, UT Haslam Music Center, Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
• Live at Lucille’s: Jon Hamar Quartet, Regas Square Events, 7:30 pm, $17.85 – $49.87
• Justin Timberlake at Thompson-Boling Arena, 7:30 pm, from $49.03
• Showing: Heretic, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Weekly Open Mic Hosted by Brownman at The Pirate Tavern, 8:00 pm – 11:55 pm (through Dec 17)
• Ken Mujo With Counterfeit Twenties, Stupid Future, and Kudzu Municipal, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
• Open Mic Comedy Night at the Hub // hosted by Andrew McAffry, 421 Union Ave, 9:00 pm (through Apr 29, 2025)
• Open Mic Comedy Night at the Hub // hosted by Andrew McAffry, 421 Union Ave, 9:00 pm (weekly through Apr 29, 2025)
• Horatio Monroe at The Kennedy, 9:00 pm
• Full Service, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

Wednesday, November 20 

• Giving Machines in Knoxville TN!, 524 S Gay St, 8:00 am (continues daily through Dec 3, 11:00 pm)
• Sunsphere Welcome Center Grand Opening, Sunsphere, World’s Fair Park, 9:00 am
• Budweiser Clydesdales at the Sunsphere, World’s Fair Park, 9:00 am
• Final 2024 Wednesday Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Opening Reception: Art Exhibition: Seed Library & Art 214, UT Hodges Library, Dixie Marie Wooten Commons West, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm (daily through Dec 2)
• William Downs Solo 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 Dec 12
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Michael Johnathon – (Woodsongs Instrument Drive), Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Astrology Readings, New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods, 1520 N. Central St. #101, noon – 3:00 pm, donation-based to $33
• Showing: Heretic, Central Cinema, 4:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Gift Wrapping by Young Professionals of Knoxville @ Emerald Youth Foundation, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
• Wednesday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
• Knoxville Regenerative Co-Op & Earthtalk Meetup, SouthSide Garage, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, donation-based, RSVP
• Knox Pride Presents: Sourdough Beginner Class, 4028 Chapman Highway, 6:00 pm, $20
• Bubbles and Brine Wine Dinner, The Brass Pearl, 24 Market Square, 6:00 pm, $125, RSVP
• Bottom Book Club: Sip N’ Read at Peter Kern Library, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $10 – $50, RSVP
• Rutledge Memorial Lecture: Dr. Susan Rotroff, “Ritual at the Crossroads: A Shrine in Ancient Athens,” UT McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 6:00 pm
• East Tennessee Pinball Tourney at Suttree’s High Gravity Tavern, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $3
• Knox Music Coalition Music Meet Up + Pint Night, Pour Taproom, 6:00 pm, FREE!
• Cars at Kern’s, Kern’s Food Hall, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
• Knoxville Launch Party! by Giving Machine Knoxville to Birmingham, East Tennessee History Center, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
• Weekly Chess Club at the Hub, 421 Union Ave, 7:00 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
• Wed Night Hop, Laurel Theater, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Sep 24, 2025), from $5
• Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville Charity Event for JMF, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm
• Addison’s Presentation Series: Knoxville Literary Guide with Jack Neely, 7:00 pm, $5
• Showing: Roast Champs: An Audience Interactive Open Mic, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $14.64
• Jess Kerber with Nightjar and Will Orchard, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• SPRINGBOARD open mic comedy night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm – 11:59 pm, FREE!
• Showing: Heretic, Central Cinema, 9:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Silent Disco, Bernadette’s Rooftop, 9:00 pm
• Full Service @ Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm, $3 – $10

 

Thursday, November 21 

• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Dusty Bo / Kitty Steadman, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
• School Night, 6 Emory Place, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Jan 30, 2025)
• Holidays for Heroes Card Signing Party, Corner Lounge, 4:00 pm
• Real Good Gathering, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, from $85, RSVP
• Wreaths: A Make Along, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, $50, RSVP
• Naturalist Bookmaking, Knoxville Arts Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $40, RSVP
• Paints + Pints Workshop, Printshop Beer Co, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, RSVP for price
• Bendy B*stards Yinyasa, Crafty Brewery – Baker Creek, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (weekly through Nov 28), $10 – $13
• Showing: Heretic, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm, $7 – $12
• Bald Twin Brothers, Ale Rae’s, 6:30 pm
• November Reading Series by Sundress Academy for the Arts, Pretentious Beer Co, 7:00 pm
• Collage class by Spellbound Vintage and Art, The Holistic Connection Basement, 716 S Gay St, 7:00 pm, $25, RSVP
• BaseVOL Night! Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs, Civic Coliseum, 7:05 PM, $14 – $45
• Irish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm – 10:15 pm
• Compline by Candlelight by Orison at St. John’s Cathedral, 413 Cumberland Ave, 7:30 pm
• Concert Band/Symphonic Band Concert, UT Alumni Memorial Building, Cox Auditorium, 7:30 pm
• Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, Pay What You Can
• Daryl Hall & Howard Jones, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $105 – $431
• Hurricane Helene Aid Benefit Show (Tri-Cities Mutual Aid) Featuring Omfu and The Scrapers, Weird Ian (Solo Set), Suburban Detour, and Lan Line, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Outlaws and Aliens Country Pop Dance night, Lunaverse, 8:00 pm, $5
• Showing: Heretic, Central Cinema, 9:00 pm, $7 – $12
• TBA at Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
• Loco Local Thursdays: King Ghoul & Rossdafareye, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm, $5
• Transcendent Cabaret Drag Show, Bernadette’s, 10:00 pm

 

Friday, November 22

• Thai Herbal Compress One Day Course, 711 Irwin St, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm, $175 
• WDVX Big Plate Special: Fiddles and Flatpicks, 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)
• Animal Communication w/Afton Hughes Dixon, New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods, 1520 N. Central St., #101, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm, $30 – $85
• Tavern Notes: Blue Ridge Gathering, Maker Exchange Knox, 710 Clinch Ave, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Another Reading at the Muse by Awareness Library, The World’s Fair Park, 5:00 pm
• Lobster Dogs at Ebony & Ivory Brewing, 5:00 pm
• The Phoenix Presents: Select Works From Issues 68 & 69, Gallery 1010, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Ukrainian Angel Tree: Potluck & Jam, Architectural Antics, 5:00 pm – 11:30 pm, free, but donations welcome
• Real Men Wear Pink Celebration, Marble City Market, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, RSVP
• Art For Hope 2024, 202 Randolph St, 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
• An Author Event with A.R. Johnson, East Tennessee History Center, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, FREE!
• Tennessee Volunteers Volleyball vs. Arkansas Razorbacks Volleyball, Thompson-Boling Arena, 6:30 pm, $12.10 – $34
• Showing: Heretic, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm, $7 – $12
• Tiny Bookshop Concert: An Evening with Hazi, The Bottom, 7:00 pm
• Voodoo Cadillac, Ale Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Alicia Harvey – solo, Suttree’s High Gravity Tavern, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $10, RSVP
• Virginia Sweet @ Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm
• Mr. & Miss SoKno Pride Pageant, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm, $10 – $15
• Battle Cage 360, Knoxville, World’s Fair Exhibition Hall, 7:00 pm, from $27, RSVP
• Love Drunk & Friends @ Pretentious Beer Co., 7:30 pm, from $12.51
• UT Opera Presents Cimarosa’s II matrimonio segreto, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $29.70
• Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $24 – $55
• Shifflett/Smith/Hannah/Deacon, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• Jake Xerxes Fussell with Forest Floor, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• UT Appalachian Strings, Laurel Theater, 8:00 pm, $14 – $20
• Chew at Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm, $5
• Oh No It’s Margaux’s Birthday, Sassy Ann’s, 8:00 pm
• TBA / DJ Sterl the Pearl, Lunaverse Knoxville, 8:00 pm, $5
• TBA @ Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm, $10
• Redd & The Paper Flowers, The Kennedy, 8:00 pm
• Flannel & Flirt a kinky queer dance party benefit for Suede AVL, Birdhouse Knoxville, 8:00 pm – midnight, free, but $15 – $20 donation suggested
• Weekly Salsa Party at Kern’s Food Hall, 9:00 pm – 1:00 am, $10
• Renée Maggart at Pour Taproom, 9:00 pm
• Civil Strife & Peace Pursuers: Live @ Corner Lounge, 9:00 pm
• Darren Nicholson Band Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight
• Showing: Heretic, Central Cinema, 9:00 pm, $7 – $12
• DANKSGIVING X: Marvel Years & Vincent Antone, Barrelhouse by Gypsy, 9:30 pm, $30.61
• Andres Tapia DJ Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm
• Michigander w/ Cece Coakley, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $5

 

Saturday, November 23

• Gameday Breakfast and Early Open at the Hub, 421 Union Ave, 8:00 am
• Intro to Navigation, Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, 10:00 am – 11:30 am, $15, RSVP
• Weekly Yoga by Rigazzi, Printshop Beer, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10 – $13, RSVP
• Weekly Yoga, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 11:00 am, $8
• Weekly Explore Knoxville Bike Ride, Printshop Beer Co., 11:00 am – 12:15 pm
• Santa Saturdays, 524 S Gay St, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Fall Book & Art Swap, The Bottom, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, RSVP
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Trow Breslow / Chris Myers, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Bouldering for Beginners, Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm, $30, RSVP
• Knoxville’s 6th Annual Cranksgiving, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, FREE! But RSVP
• Tennessee Volunteers Football vs. UTEP Miner Football, Neyland Stadium, 1:00 pm, from $76
• UT Opera Presents Cimarosa’s II matrimonio segreto, Bijou Theatre, 2:30 pm, $29.70
• Bike With a Naturalist, Ijams Nature Center, 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm, RSVP
• Showing: Heretic, Central Cinema, 4:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Birdhouse Holiday Hang – Free Show, Birdhouse Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm
• The Dinner Detective: Interactive Murder Mystery Dinner Show! Hilton Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $61, RSVP
• Live Music with Nate Christakis, Fiori Bar and Lounge, 111 E. Jackson Ave, Ste 103, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Showing: Heretic, Central Cinema, 6:25 pm, $7 – $12
• Bingo Night, Hi-Wire, 2020 Barber St, 7:00 pm
• Boogie Knights, Ale Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Weekly Salsa & Bachata Party at Knoxville Sports Bar & Lounge, 7:00 pm – 3:00 am, $10
• Chilly’s Teddy Bear Chuck: Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Fayetteville Marksmen, Civic Coliseum, 7:05 PM, $14 – $45
• UT Opera Presents Cimarosa’s II matrimonio segreto, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $29.70
• Denin Slage-Koch, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• Olive Klug with Jaqhoney, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Chew @ Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm, $5
• The Smuggler’Z Live at Firefly! Hilton Knoxville, 8:00 pm
• Gypsy Queens – Golden Girls Night (21+), Barrelhouse, 621 Lamar Street, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $15, RSVP
• TBA / Ms. Nikki and The UpTown Players, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm, $5
• Armored Combat: Fight Night!, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 8:00 pm, FREE!
• TBA / Andres Tapia International Dance Night at LunaVerse, 8:00 pm / 11:00 pm, $5
• Home Alone: Film + Orchestra, Civic Auditorium, 8:00 pm, $57 – $170
• Four Leaf Peat Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight
• Showing: Heretic, Central Cinema, 9:00 pm, $7 – $12
• The Burnin Hermans, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm

Sunday, November 24

• Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
• Asana Atelier : Yin + Cupping, 711 Irwin St, 9:30 am – 11:30 am, $70, RSVP
• Share the Warmth Coat Collection at Mast Store Knoxville, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (10:00 am – 8:00 pm, Mon – Thu / 10:00 am – 9:00 pm, Fri – Sat), daily through Nov 30
• Dirty Dozen Hill Climb Challenge: Knoxville’s 4th Edition, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 11:00 am, $10
• Final Day: Food for the Mountains – a Partnership with Merrell and Mast Store Knoxville, 402 South Gay St, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm 
• The Retropolitan Craft Fair – Holiday Market, The Mill & Mine, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
• Cider Jazz Brunch with David & Ayca @ Barrelhouse Gypsy Cider, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
• Gingerbread Decorating Event supporting Lonsdale Elementary PTFO, Second Harvest Food Bank, and FISH Pantry, Three Rivers Market, 1100 N Central St, noon – 3:00 pm, from $2
• Self Care Sunday Yoga Class with Hope Irwin, Ijams Nature Center, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, $5, RSVP
• Santa Paws Pictures, Ebony & Ivory Brewing, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm, free, but donations appreciated
• Behind-the-Scenes-Sunday: Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 pm, $24 – $55
• Beginner/Intermediate Fiddle Workshop, Laurel Theater, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $14, RSVP
• Women’s College Volleyball: Tennessee Volunteers vs. University of South Carolina Gamecocks, Thompson-Boling Arena, 2:00 pm, $9.90 – $34
• Tarot Reading with Lady Moon Dragon, 621 Lamar St, 2:00 pm
• UT Opera Presents Cimarosa’s II matrimonio segreto, Bijou Theatre, 2:30 pm, $29.70
• Final Competitive Romance Novel Reading, 6 Emory Place, 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm 
• Wagon Wheel LIVE ft. Nathan Morgan at Wagon Wheel, 3:00 pm
• Bluegrass Jams, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00
• Tellabration 2024: A Celebration of Storytelling for All Ages, Ijams Nature Center, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $10
• Sherry Barrett Line Dancing, 621 Lamar Street, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Rise, My Soul: A Choral Concert, First Presbyterian Church Knoxville, 5:00 pm
• UTK R&B Ensemble, UT Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
• Weekly: A Stand Up Comedy Open Mic, The Pirate Tavern, 5:30 pm
• Showing: Heretic, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm, $7 – $12
• nightjar with Roland Dixon at the Birdhouse, 6:30 pm, $15
• Laugh Alive Comedy Show, Ale’ Rae’s GastroPub, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
• Crafty Jazz Night with Frog & Toad, 6 Emory Place, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Jackson Alderman Graduate Recital, UT Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, 7:30 pm
• Wind Ensemble Concert, UT Alumni Memorial Building, Cox Auditorium, 7:30 pm
• Antadie with Beau Burnette, Baby’s First Cigar, and Goodluck Shaman, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Showing: Heretic, Central Cinema, 9:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Artists You Should Know Live at Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 9:00 pm 
• DJ Old Skööl – All your favs chosen by you! Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm 

 

Monday, November 25 

• Giving Machines in Knoxville TN!, 524 S Gay St, 8:00 am (continues daily through Dec 3, 11:00 pm)
• November Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
• Fragile, Dogwood Arts, 123 W Jackson Ave, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri
• Charlie Pogue X Exhibition, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat
• Regional Globalism in the Tennessee Valley, UT Art & Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm), through Dec 4
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: TBA, 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)
• Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
• Embroidered Ornaments, Knoxville Arts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $50, 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
• Chiasmus Reading Series, Union Ave Books, 6:00 pm
• Showing: Heretic, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm, $7 – $12
• Sylas Good Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Small Jazz Ensembles Concert, UT Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, Powell Recital Hall, 7:00 pm
• Knoxville Contra Dance, Laurel Theater, 8:00 pm, $5 – $10
• Showing: Skate Video Night, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm, $7
• Keegan & Justin’s “Not Birthday” Birthday Party, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm, FREE!
• TBA, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, November 26 

• Kerns Coffee Club – Free Morning Networking with BizGrow Networking, Kern’s Food Hall, 8:30 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)
• Photo Expo: Lens and Light, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue – Sat, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm / Sunday, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm), through Dec 15
• Charlotte Brindley, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
• The Haunted Art Show – Curated by Esther Sitver, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
• Pink Noise: An Audio Visual Experience / Stairfall / Greetings From Vestal IV, Tri-Star Arts, Candoro Marble Building, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through Oct 23, FREE!
• Liquid Blackness Exhibition, The Bottom, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tue-Sat (through Dec 6)
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Naomi McMahan, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
• Mini Tarot Readings w/East S.M., New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, $5 – $25
• Monty’s Craft Circle, UT McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
• Exhibit by Dan DeRidder, Printshop Beer Co., 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Tue-Thu (noon – 9:00 pm, Fri-Sat / noon – 5:00 pm, Sun)
• Men’s College Basketball: Tennessee Volunteers vs. UT-Martin Skyhawks, Thompson-Boling Arena, 4:00 pm, $12.10 – $59
• Knox Pride Presents: Life Skills Home & Car Maintenance, Knox Pride, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
• 2024 Gala Among The Trees benefiting East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Knoxville Convention Center, 5:00 pm, from $150
• Vegan Thanksgiving Dinner, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 2649 Boyds Bridge Pike, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $35, RSVP
• City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Knox Pride Presents: November Craft Night (Pumpkin Cake Decorating), Knox Pride, 6:00 pm
• Tuesday Family Movie Nights, Yee-Haw, 745 North Broadway, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Showing: Heretic, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm, $7 – $12
• A Night of Entertainment, a benefit for Hurricane Helene Disaster Relief, featuring Queer in Sevier Variety Performers, South Press, 6:00 pm, $10 suggested donation
• Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
• Jazz at the Emporium: Ken Brown Quintet, The Emporium Center, 7:00 pm
• Scandinavian Dance Night, Laurel Theater, 7:00 pm
• Autopilot with Serial Baby, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
• Weekly Open Mic Hosted by Brownman at The Pirate Tavern, 8:00 pm – 11:55 pm (through Dec 17)
• TBA, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm
• Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
• Open Mic Comedy Night at the Hub // hosted by Andrew McAffry, 421 Union Ave, 9:00 pm (weekly through Apr 29, 2025)
• Showing: Heretic, Central Cinema, 9:00 pm, $7 – $12