10-Day Downtown-ish Planner: October 18-27

Welcome to the 10-Day Planner! If you want your event included, please create a Facebook event, invite editor Leslie Wylie Bateman via the “invite” button on the event page, and it will be included. We need enough lead time that the list can be put together the Wednesday before you want your event included.

Sunday, October 18

• Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours
• Cool Cats Scavenger Hunt, Downtown Knoxville, through Oct 31
• Sunday Morning Cartoons, Kern’s Food Hall Lawn, 8:00 am – 11:00 am
• Early Bird Paddle, Ijams Nature, Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, 9:00 am – 11:00 am, RSVP
• Yoga at Sonny’s Brewery, 2300 N. Central St., 11:00 am – noon
• Weekly Yoga, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 11:00 am – noon
• Old City Market, W. Jackson Avenue, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
• Emerging Makers Tent @ Old City Market, 123 W. Jackson Ave, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
• Rescheduled! Sidewalk Sale, Fall Edition, Retrolocal, 717 Winona St, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
• Brunch with Michaela, Kaizen, 11:00 am
• AudaTours Knoxville Audio Tour: Hoops, Heritage & Hidden Stories, start at Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, noon (daily through Dec 31), RSVP
• Tennessee Hockey: D2 vs Alabama, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, noon
• Can You Dig It? 2026, UT McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park, noon – 4:00 pm, RSVP
• Final Day: 11th Board Game Days, The Mill and Mine, noon – 6:00 pm, RSVP
• Candle Making Class, Kern’s Bakery, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, RSVP
• Fall Fungi ID: Beginner Workshop, Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, RSVP
• Community Fall Festival & Plant Sale, Knoxville Botanical Gardens, 2743 Wimpole Ave, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Rolling Pin Woodturning Class, Able Trade, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, RSVP
• Kern’s Fall Festival, Kern’s Bakery, 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
• Final Performance: The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane, UT Clarence Brown LAB Theatre, 1714 Andy Holt Ave, 2:00 pm (open captioning), RSVP
• East Tennessee Bluegrass Association Monthly Jam, Mead’s Quarry, 3518 Island Home Ave, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Pup-o-Ween with Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm, RSVP
• Bijou Imagination Series: The Snowy Day and Other Stories, Bijou Theatre, 2:30 pm
• DCHA Presents: Public Books Circle, UT’s Denbo Center, 2:30 pm
• Bluegrass Jam with Jack Hatfield, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 pm, RSVP
• Bastards & Bards – an OPEN Open Mic Crafty Brewery, 6 Emory Place, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Roots of Appalachia with Daniel Kimbro, Knoxville Museum of Art, 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm, RSVP
• Wind Ensemble Concert, UT Alumni Memorial Building, Cox Auditorium, 4:00 pm
• Wagon Wheel Live, Wagon Wheel, 4:00 – 7:00 pm
• Greg Horne, Trailhead Beer Market, 4:00 pm
•  All-Levels Acro Yoga Class, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm, donation-based
• Showing: An American Werewolf in London (4K Digital Encores), Central Cinema, 5:30 pm
• Blind House, Chris McGinnis, Birdhouse Neighborhood Center, 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
• The Sunday Get Down — October 18th! *New Time*, Maple Hall, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Liquid Velvet Acoustic Duo, Ale’ Rae’s, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Crafty Jazz Night with Chris Canada at Crafty Bastard – Emory Place, 7:00 pm
• Open Mic Songwriter Night with Colleen D’Aleio, Scruffy City Hall, 7:30 pm
•  Showing: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2, Central Cinema, 7:40 pm
• Richie with Alla Prima and Peace Pursuers, Pilot Light, 8:00 pm
• Alma Russ, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm
• DJ Old Skööl, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

Monday, October 19

• Early Voting, Downtown Knoxville: City-County Building, Small Assembly Room (other locations available), 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
• Online: Imagination Library Photo Contest, submit entries to [email protected], through Oct 31
• Feature Exhibition: “Lines Were Drawn: The Treaty of the Holston and Its Legacy,” East Tennessee History Center, 9:00 am – 8:30 pm (9:00 am – 8:30 pm, Mon-Tue / 9:00 am – 5:30 pm, Wed-Fri / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sat / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm), through Feb 27, 2027
• October Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
• October Show: Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibit: Aliya Edoo Alewine, HoLa Hora, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat
• Merrell Footwear Helps Provide Food for Kids with Every Pair Purchased, Mast General Store, 402 S. Gay St, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm (daily through Oct 25)
• Little History Lessons: Broom Making, East Tennessee History Center, 10:30 am – 11:30 am, RSVP
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
• Auditions for Junie B. Jones: Toothless Wonder, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
• Ashe Lecture Featuring Rose Gottemoeller – New Era of Security: Nuclear Threats and Beyond, UT Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, Toyota Auditorium, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
• Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm
• Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, RSVP
• Drop-In Figure Drawing, KMA, 1050 World’s Park Dr, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
• Showing: An American Werewolf in London (4K Digital Encores), Central Cinema, 6:30 pm
• Gunfight on Gay Street Downtown Walking Tour, hosted by Patrick Hollis, executive director of Mabry-Hazen House, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
• UTK Jazz Jam hosted by Sam Adams, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Rooted Mondays: Osteo Thai Yin Yoga, Printshop Beer, 7:00 pm, RSVP
• Adult Rhythm Tap Class, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts, 7:00 pm, RSVP
• Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Creative Writing Series: Emily Nemens, UT Hodges Library, Lindsay Young Auditorium (Room 101), 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
• Union Ave Book Club, Fred’s Around the Corner, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm, RSVP
• Knoxville Contra Dance, Laurel Theater, 7:30 pm
• Jeopardy Bar League Trivia at Scruffy City Hall, 32 Market Sq, 8:00 pm
• Showing: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2, Central Cinema, 8:40 pm
• E.T. and Decide Today with Tru Cru, Pilot Light, 9:00 pm
• Uberserker, Blunt Mansion and Elseetoss, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm
• Earthquake @ Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

Tuesday, October 20

• Early Voting, Downtown Knoxville: City-County Building, Small Assembly Room (other locations available), 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
• Story Thyme, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Ave, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
• No-Man’s Land @ the Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Tue-Sat / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Sun (through Nov 8)
• CBE Seminar: Sanaz (Monirosadat) Sadati – Harnessing Non-Equilibrium Chiral Self-Assembly for Functional Materials Design, UT Academic Resources Building, RM 302, 1412 Circle Park, 11:20 am
• October Exhibit: Claire J. Bodnaruk / Ron Williams, Art Market Gallery, 11:30 am – 6:00 pm, Tue-Sat / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Sun 
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Garrison Starr, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
• Mini Tarot Readings w/East S.M., New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods, 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm
• Old City Fall Cookout at Old City Community Gardens, 300 E. Depot Ave, 5:30 pm
• AMBC Social Ride – Baker Creek, Baker Creek Preserve, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
• Unshakable Integrity by Tennessee Holocaust Commission, East Tennessee History Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE! But RSVP
• Knox Bingo supporting local organization CASA of East Tennessee, Kern’s Bakery, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
• Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
• Weekly Comedy Open Mic, Printshop Beer, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Ijams Sunset Social: Spooky Poetry Night at Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, RSVP 
• Ballroom and Partner Dancing, Broadway Academy 0f Dance, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm, RSVP
• Soup Activists with Cd Club and Optics and Design, Pilot Light, 8:00 pm
• Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm
• Showing: Box Office Comedy Live feat. Derek Sheen!, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm
• Half Ivory with Vin Honey and Luckproof, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

Wednesday, October 21

• Early Voting, Downtown Knoxville: City-County Building, Small Assembly Room (other locations available), 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
• Chamber Briefing Breakfast, Knoxville Chamber, 17 Market Square, Ste 201, 9:30 am – 10:30 am
• Market Square Farmers Market, Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Nature Nuggets – 10/21/26, Ijams Early Learning, 4920 Prospect Rd, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, RSVP
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Sam Hatmaker, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
• Astrology Readings, New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods, 1520 N. Central St., 12:15 pm – 2:15 pm
• Meditation at the Museum, UT McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
• Anthropology’s Annual Visiting Lecture Series – Legacies of War, UT Art and Architecture Building, McCarty Auditorium, RM 111, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
• Knoxville Nonprofit After Hours, Kern’s Bakery, 5:30 pm, RSVP
• AIM Creative Recovery Session, The Bottom, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, RSVP
• Playing ‘Possum: Animal Ambassador Meet & Greet, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, RSVP
• Maker Mingle at The Museum of Infinite Outcomes, 2345 Dodson Ave, 6:00 pm, RSVP
• Hispanic Film Festival, UT Hodges Library, RM 101, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
• Movie On The Lawn: Hocus Pocus, Kern’s Bakery, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
• Weekday Movie Massacre – Pet Sematary, Xul Beer, 213 E 5th Ave, 6:30 pm
• Improv in the Wild with Manatee Vanity Improv (October 21), Ijams Nature Center – Visitor Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, 7:00 pm, RSVP
• Autumnal Vibes with the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Level 1 Swing Series / Level 2 Swing Series, Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave, 7:00 pm 
• Charleston – Level 1 Swing Series, Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave, 7:00 pm
• Hear Here Wednesday Songwriter Night, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 101 S. Central St., 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Chess Night, Fred’s Around the Corner: Kitchen + Bar, 421 Union Ave, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Showing: Tennessee Terrors Regional Filmmaking Program, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
• Open Jam w/ Roger Hay, Ale Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Open Mic at Alliance Brewing, Alliance Brewing Co, 7:00 pm
• Women’s Volleyball: Tennessee Volunteers vs. Kentucky Wildcats, Thompson Boling Arena, 7:00 pm 
• Halloween Murder Mystery Dinner, Barley’s Taproom and Pizzeria, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• John by Annie Baker, Borderland Playhouse, 7:30 pm
• Molly McGuire with Field Trip and Banquet, Pilot Light, 8:00 pm
• Scruffy City Comedy Open Mic w/ Host Justin Chavez, Scruffy City Hall, 32 Market Square, 8:00 pm
• Horror Book Club @ Crafty with Carson, Crafty Brewery, 6 Emory Place, 8:00 pm
• Weekly Boot Scootin’ Wednesday, Wagon Wheel, 8:15 – 11:00 pm
• Silent Disco at Bernadette’s, 26 Market Square, 9:00 pm
• Leo Lovechild Band @ Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

Thursday, October 22

• Early Voting, Downtown Knoxville: City-County Building, Small Assembly Room (other locations available), 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
• Spooky Season Curio Swap, Amulet Parlor, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, RSVP
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Libby Dale / Kelly and Sarah, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
• Dr. Blake Hudson, Dean and Professor of Law, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University: Radically Rethinking National Forest Management…and How, UT Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, Toyota Auditorium, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
• Dr. Natalie Kruse Daniels, Ohio University: “Building Flood Resilience in Central Appalachia,” UT Strong Hall, RM B1, 4:05 pm – 5:05 pm
• Vinyl Night, Crafty Brewery, 6 Emory Place, 5:00 pm
• HUSTLE Knoxville Entrepreneur Networking Event, Monkey’s Bar, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
• Monsters Made with Love, Kern’s Bakery Food Hall, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, RSVP
• Fall Tree Walk, UT Gardens, Knoxville, Main Entrance, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
• Jack Neely: Town with a Dozen Accents at James White Fort, 205 E. Hill Ave, 6:00 pm, FREE!
• Circles with Dizzy: Beginner Hooping Workshop, Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, RSVP
• Midwest Unrest: 1960s Urban Rebellion and the Black Freedom Movement, UT Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, Toyota Auditorium, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
• Cigar Social + Beer Pairing w Bomber Jacket Cigars, Crafty Brewery, 6 Emory Place, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, RSVP
• Kinetic Core, Sauna House, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, RSVP
• Candlelight: Halloween Classics, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:30 pm
• Koe Wetzel: The Night Champion World Tour, Thompson Boling Arena, 6:45 pm 
• Honky Tonk Thursday: Rosy Nolan With Tony Hannah, Barley’s Knoxville, 7:00 pm
• Max Subar & Minor Moon, Retrolocal, 717 Winona St, 7:00 pm
• Double Shot of Whiskey, Ale Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Bachata Thursdays with BBK, Square Dancers, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, RSVP
• Sunset Paddling Adventure, Knoxville Adventure Collective, 900 Volunteer Landing Ln, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Thu/Sat through Nov 14), RSVP
• Silas House in conversation with Bishop Brian Cole, St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
• SAFTA Presents an LGBTQIA+ History Month Reading, Pretentious Beer, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Scottish Session with David Pickens, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm – 10:15 pm
• Old City New Laughs — Comedy Open Mic, Old City Sports Bar, 7:30 pm – 11:30 pm
• John by Annie Baker, Borderland Playhouse, 7:30 pm
• Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 7:30 pm, RSVP
• Willow Avalon: Pink Pocket Pistol Tour with Abbie Callahan and Kady Zadora, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm
• The Diary of Anne Frank by the Wordplayers, Erin Presbyterian Church, 7:30 pm
• Sophie’s Body with Glad I Didn’t Get My Stupid Wish and Run40, Pilot Light, 8:00 pm
• Open Practice / Office Hours, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
• Rawk-A-Oke (Live Band), Scruffy City Hall, 8:30 pm
• CHROMA: Hour of the Wolf (Ingmar Bergman) / Hands of Purple Distances (Sava Trifković), St. James Episcopal Church, 8:30 pm, FREE!
• Candlelight: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac, Knoxville Museum of Art, 8:45 pm
• Showing: Boorman and the Devil, Central Cinema, 9:00 pm
• Admiral at Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

Friday, October 23

• Southeastern Renaissance Conference, Hilton Downtown, 9:00 am (continues Oct 24), RSVP
• East Tennessee Roots & Resources by East Tennessee History Center, 9:30 am – 3:45 pm (continues Oct 24), RSVP
• Early Voting, Downtown Knoxville: City-County Building, Small Assembly Room (other locations available), 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
• WDVX Big Plate Special: Tony Hannah / Rosy Nolan, Barley’s Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
• New Play Readings: 14 Exceptions, Lawson McGhee Library meeting room, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Animal Communication w/Afton Hughes, New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods, 1520 N. Central, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• LMU Doctor of Occupational Therapy White Coat Ceremony – Class of 2029, Knoxville Convention Center, 4:00 pm
• Spooky Streets, Old Sevier, 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
• DJ Old Skööl at Scruffy City Hall, 5:00 pm
• Zeno’s Paradoxes Series – Video Works by Darwin Estacio, Gallery 1010, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Tavern Notes: Soul Power with DJ Soularia, Maker Exchange, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE!
• Showing: Boorman and the Devil, Central Cinema, 5:45 pm
• Midwest Unrest: In Conversation with Ashley Howard, The Bottom, 2340 E. Magnolia Ave, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
• UTKNPHC Presents: The 5th Annual Crossover Step Show, UT Student Union, 6:00 pm, RSVP
• Get Glowing: The Glowing Body x Sauna House, Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 711 Irwin St, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Julius Caesar, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, RSVP
• Free Music Friday with Villaphonic, Crafty Brewery, 6 Emory Place, 7:00 pm
• Grassroots Gringos, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 7:00 pm
• Rodney Lee & Corey Kimbro, Trailhead Beer Market, 7:00 pm
• Reunited Duo, Calhoun’s on the River, 7:00 pm
• Tinca Tinca, Lonesome Dove Knoxville, 7:00 pm
• Sam Hatmaker, Addison’s Bookstore, 7:00pm
• Cole Graham & Whiskey River, Ale Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Cattywampus Fall Ball @ Knoxville Botanical Gardens, Dogwood Center, 7:00 pm, RSVP
• Ijams After Dark: Mischief Night, Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, 7:00 pm, RSVP
• Gavin Adcock, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 7:00 pm
• Candlelight Compline, St. John’s Episcopal, 7:30 pm – 8:15 pm
• Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 7:30 pm, RSVP
• Die Fledermaus, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, RSVP
• The Diary of Anne Frank by the Wordplayers, Erin Presbyterian Church, 7:30 pm
• John by Annie Baker, Borderland Playhouse, 8:00 pm
• Asher Humphrey Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• Sooflay with Rude Television, Vin Honey, and The Loinettes, Pilot Light, 8:00 pm
• Black Magic, Eros Knoxville, 815 S. Central St, 8:00 pm
• The Friday Salsa Party at Sonny’s Brewing, 2300 N. Central St., 8:00 pm
• Tarot Costume Party, Amulet Parlor (enter at 105 W. Jackson Ave), 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Jeremy Porter and The Tucos / Jah Phuzion, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm
• Andrew Fetch, The Pink Cactus, 8:00 pm
• Milk Man & the Big Band @ Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
• Libby Dale, Laurel Theater, 8:00 pm
• Showing: Box Office Comedy feat. Sarah Love, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm
• SOLD OUT: An Evening With The Dirty Guv’nahs: 20th Anniversary Tour, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm
• Lil Wayne: 20 Years of Carter Classics, Thompson Boling Arena, 8:30 pm 
• DJ Andres Tapia at Bernadette’s, 26 Market Square, 9:00 pm 
• Lee Rod and the Heart Attackers Live, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm
• Barleyween with Diamond Dogs, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm
• October Live Music, The Kennedy, 430 S Gay St, 10:00 pm 
• Bubbles & Bravos, hosted by the Knoxville Opera Camerata in the Tennessee Theatre’s new Everly Lounge, 10:30 pm, RSVP

Saturday, October 24

• Early Voting, Downtown Knoxville: City-County Building, Small Assembly Room (other locations available), 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
• Tails on Trails: Hike to Save Pets, Baker Creek Preserve, 8:00 am – 11:00 am, RSVP
• Market Square Farmers Market, Market Square, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Pink Dress Run, World’s Fair Park, 9:00 am – noon, RSVP
• The 5 Love Languages Family Conference, First Baptist Church, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm, RSVP
• Two-Day Woven Shaker Stool Class, Able Trade, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (continues Oct 31), RSVP
• Acting class (Saturdays) by beacting.com, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts, 10:00 am – noon, RSVP
• Storytime at the Ijams Nature Playscape: Fairy Tales, 3518 Island Home Ave, 10:00 am – noon, RSVP
• Zeno’s Paradoxes Series – Video Works by Darwin Estacio, Gallery 1010, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Apple Orchard Week – Tasting, The Spice & Tea Exchange of Knoxville, 522 S. Gay St, 10:00 am
• War Up Close, a free virtual-reality exhibition on the war in Ukraine, UT’s Strong Hall, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
• Knox-ILL 2026, Printshop Beer, 1532 Island Home Ave, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
• Weekly Yoga by Rigazzi, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, RSVP
• Weekly Yoga, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 11:00 am – noon
• October Stained Glass Workshop (October 24), Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Kill The Lights Beer Fest, Covenant Health Park, 11:00 am, RSVP
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Holler & Crow, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
• Julius Caesar, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 pm, RSVP
• Harvest Fest, CAC Beardsley Community Farm, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• The Bottom’s Pie + Party, Caswell Park, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm, RSVP
• Ijams Enchanted Forest, Mead’s Quarry @ Ijams Nature Center, 3526 Island Home Ave, 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
• Knoxville Halloween Bar Crawl, Local Smokey, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm, RSVP
• Do The Halloween Pub Crawl in Knoxville! Suttree’s High Gravity Tavern, 4:30 pm – 9:00 pm, RSVP
• Alicia Harvey, Barrelhouse, 621 Lamar St, 5:00 pm
• Knoxville Creature Gathering Donation Event, supporting Helping Mamas Knoxville, Market Square, 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm
• Tavern Notes, Maker Exchange, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE!
• Sunset Paddling Adventure, Knoxville Adventure Collective, 900 Volunteer Landing Ln, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Thu/Sat through Nov 14), RSVP
• Out After Dark: A Masquerade Fundraiser benefiting the Appalachian Equality Chorus, Mabry-Hazen House, 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm, RSVP
• Redd & The Paper Flowers Album Release Party, Laurel Theatre, 7:30 pm
• Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 7:30 pm, RSVP
• Knoxville Ice Bears: KPOP Night vs Fayetteville, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 7:30 pm
• The Diary of Anne Frank by the Wordplayers, Erin Presbyterian Church, 7:30 pm
• John by Annie Baker, Borderland Playhouse, 7:30 pm
• Jeanine Fuller, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
• Thoon with Tabula Rasa, Punish, and Unresponsive, Pilot Light, 8:00 pm
• Gothic Glamour, Eros Knoxville, 815 S. Central St, 8:00 pm, RSVP
• Loveshyne with Anastasia Elliott & the Lost Sound Department, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm
• Connor Kelly with the Natural Heat, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
• BOO BASH 2026 by All Heart Gunner Foundation, The Standard, 8:00 pm – 11:30 pm, RSVP
• Nick Shoulders: Apocalypse, Never! Tour, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm
• Corey James Clifton Band Live, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm
• DJ Andres Tapia at Bernadette’s, 26 Market Square, 9:00 pm 
• Chicos Lot, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm
• October Live Music, The Kennedy, 430 S Gay St, 10:00 pm
• Riot Ten with Doomsayer, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 10:00 pm, RSVP
• Lady Ice Vols Hockey vs Georgia, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 10:30 pm

Sunday, October 25

• Downtown Knoxville Vendors / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours 
• Cool Cats Scavenger Hunt, Downtown Knoxville, through Oct 31
• Sunday Morning Cartoons, Kern’s Food Hall Lawn, 8:00 am – 11:00 am
• Final Day: Merrell Footwear Helps Provide Food for Kids with Every Pair Purchased, Mast General Store, 402 S. Gay St, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (daily through Oct 25)
• Weekly Yoga, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 11:00 am – noon
• Yoga at Sonny’s Brewery, 2300 N. Central St., 11:00 am – noon
• 2nd Annual Scruffy Roots Music Festival, Kern’s Food Hall Lawn, 11:00 am – 9:00 am
• Self Care Sunday Yoga Class with Hope Irwin (October 25), Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, 11:30 am – 12:30, RSVP
• AudaTours Knoxville Audio Tour: Hoops, Heritage & Hidden Stories, start at Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, noon (daily through Dec 31), RSVP 
• Lady Ice Vols Hockey: Fall Senior Night vs Georgia, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, noon
• Pre-Opera Brunch, KoPita Authentic Mediterranean, upstairs at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 507 S. Gay St, noon, RSVP
• Harvest Festival, St. John’s Lutheran Church, 544 N. Broadway, 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
• Turn Your Own Candlestick Holders, Able Trade, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, RSVP
• Women’s Volleyball: Tennessee Volunteers vs. Vanderbilt Commodores, Thompson Boling Arena, 1:00 pm 
• Knoxville Buddy Walk for Down Syndrome Awareness, World’s Fair Park, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Koby’s Halloween Paint N Chill, Printshop Beer, 1:00 pm, RSVP
• Howl-O-Ween Pooch Parade & Pet Expo, UT Gardens, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, FREE!
• Plants & Puppies, Kern’s Bakery Food Hall, 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
• Online: October Poetry Xfit by Sundress Academy for the Arts, 2:00 pm
• The Crossword Play, Ijams Nature Center, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, RSVP
• Die Fledermaus, Tennessee Theatre, 2:30 pm, RSVP
• The Diary of Anne Frank by the Wordplayers, Erin Presbyterian Church, 2:30 pm
• Julius Caesar, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 pm, RSVP
• Stained Glass Workshop @ Hi-Wire, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 3:00 pm, RSVP
• Spirits of Old Gray at Old Gray Cemetery, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm  
• Leonela Alejandro, Knoxville Classical Guitar, The Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan, 3:00 pm
• Wagon Wheel Live, Wagon Wheel, 4:00 – 7:00 pm
• The Lonetones, Trailhead Beer Market, 4:00 – 7:00 pm
• All-Levels Acro Yoga Class, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm, donation-based
• Romance Novel Dramatic Reading Contest, Crafty Brewery, 6 Emory Place, 5:00 pm
• Night Meowket: Shopping Rescues Cats! Scruffy’s Cafe, 1015 N. Broadway, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Full Moon Hike: Celebrating the Hunter Moon, Ijams Nature Center, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
• Spooky Trunk or Treat on Central Street, Sonny’s Brewings, 2300 N. Central, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Full Moon Paddle: Celebrating the Hunter Moon, Ijams Nature Center, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP 
• Crafty Jazz Night with Frog and Toad Duo at Crafty Bastard – Emory Place, 7:00 pm
• Best If Used By, Borderlands Playhouse, 7:00 pm
• Open Mic Songwriter Night with Colleen D’Aleio, Scruffy City Hall, 7:30 pm
• Mvtant, Pink Stiletto with New Romantics, Pilot Light, 8:00 pm
• Benjamin Tod and Lost Dog Street Band, The Mill & Mine, 8:00 pm
• DJ Old Skööl, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

Monday, October 26

• Early Voting, Downtown Knoxville: City-County Building, Small Assembly Room (other locations available), 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
• Online: Imagination Library Photo Contest, submit entries to [email protected], through Oct 31
• Feature Exhibition: “Lines Were Drawn: The Treaty of the Holston and Its Legacy,” East Tennessee History Center, 9:00 am – 8:30 pm (9:00 am – 8:30 pm, Mon-Tue / 9:00 am – 5:30 pm, Wed-Fri / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sat / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm), through Feb 27, 2027
• October Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
• October Show: Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibit: Aliya Edoo Alewine, HoLa Hora, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
• Distinguished Lecture Series: “Authenticity in AI Times,” UT’s Denbo Center, 3:30 pm
• Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm
• Fall Woodwind Chamber Music Concert, UT Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
• Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, RSVP
• Drop-In Figure Drawing, KMA, 1050 World’s Park Dr, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
• Showing: Boorman and the Devil, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm
• Skull Planter Workshop #2 with The Plant Trolley, Barley’s Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, RSVP
• ‘The Black Spider’ by Jeremias Gotthelf with Knoxville Classics Book Club, Next Level Brewing Company, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
• David Feldhaus, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Rooted Mondays: Osteo Thai Yin Yoga, Printshop Beer, 7:00 pm, RSVP
• Adult Rhythm Tap Class, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts, 7:00 pm, RSVP
• Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
• Creative Writing Series: Anna Marie Tendler, UT Hodges Library, Lindsay Young Auditorium (Room 101), 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
• Knoxville Contra Dance, Laurel Theater, 7:30 pm
• Jeopardy Bar League Trivia at Scruffy City Hall, 32 Market Sq, 8:00 pm
• Showing: Skate Video Night, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm
• Rossdafareye @ Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

Tuesday, October 27

• Early Voting, Downtown Knoxville: City-County Building, Small Assembly Room (other locations available), 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
• Perseverance Through Primary Sources: Teaching Washington’s World through Stories & Source Analysis, East Tennessee History Center, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, RSVP
• Story Thyme, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Ave, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
• No-Man’s Land @ the Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Tue-Sat / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Sun (through Nov 8)
• Micropolitan America Exhibition, UT Art + Architecture Bldg, Ewing Gallery, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Wed, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm / Thu, 10:00 am – 7:30 pm / Fri, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm), through Nov 13
• October Exhibit: Claire J. Bodnaruk / Ron Williams, Art Market Gallery, 11:30 am – 6:00 pm, Tue-Sat / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Sun
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
• Deaf Night at the KMA, 1050 World’s Fair Park Dr, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
• Small Batch Brewing Class, Able Trade, 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm, RSVP
• City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Ardnamurchan Whisky Tasting, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
• Women’s Variety Mic Night, The Pirate Tavern & eVape Dispensary, 6:30 pm, RSVP
• Business After Hours Knoxville: The Rooftop Experience, Five Thirty Lounge, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, RSVP
• October 2026 Monthly Meeting: Appalachian Mountain Bike Club, Southside Garage, 7:00 pm
• Women’s Basketball: Tennessee Volunteers vs. Florida A&M Rattlers, Thompson Boling Arena, 7:00 pm 
• Weekly Comedy Open Mic, Printshop Beer, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Ben Garnett Trio Feat Daniel Kimbro, Trailhead Beer Market, 7:00 pm
• Halloween Themed Trivia, Xul Beer, 213 E 5th Ave, 7:00 pm
• A Night of Scary Stories with Smoky Mountain Storytellers, Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, RSVP
• Last Tuesdays, The Pink Cactus, 1147 Sevier Ave, 7:30 pm, RSVP
• Ballroom and Partner Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 7:30 pm, RSVP
• Buddy Guy 90, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm Magoo w/ Suns of Stars, Barley’s Knoxville, 8:00 pm
• Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm
• Showing: The Thing (1982), Central Cinema, 8:45 pm
• Rossdafareye @ Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm