Inside of Knoxville

Holistic Connection and Basement Location of Spellbound Close on Gay Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 25, 2025

This is coming to you a few weeks after the fact, in a sense, but The Holistic Connection has remained open as they’ve sold inventory with plans to vacate the building at 716 S. Gay Street...

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/23 – 4/1/2025)

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 23, 2025

If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me via the “invite” button on the event page (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me), and it will be included. I need...

Friday Tidbits: Gay Street Bridge Funding and More

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 21, 2025

Lots of news bits slip out and around the city every day. We deliver some of them in full-length stories, while others fit better in a list of sorts. Early this month several hit that fit...

Saint Patrick’s Day Parade Brightens Downtown Streets

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 17, 2025

Knoxville’s Saint Patrick’s Day Parade took to the streets on Saturday and the city turned green in every direction. Several groups turned out decent floats while some of the members of the crowd made for the...

Anat Cohen, Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, March 2025

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/16 – 3/25/2025)

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 16, 2025

If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me via the “invite” button on the event page (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me), and it will be included. I need...

Baseball: Promotions, Parking, and Ticket Info

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 13, 2025

It’s almost professional baseball time in Tennessee. The Knoxville Smokies will see the first ball of the season and the first ever in their new stadium tossed in just under five short weeks. Rampant baseball fever...

Knox Forest School Hosts Benefit with Ben Sollee

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 12, 2025

I heard about this event last week and immediately had lots of questions. First, what the heck is Knox Forest School and how did I not know that such an interesting thing was happening right under...

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 9, 2025

If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me via the “invite” button on the event page (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me), and it will be included. I need...

The Sanitary Laundry Building Comes Back to Life

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 7, 2025

A life-force permeates old buildings. From the materials made by forgotten hands to the lives and labor that existed within its walls, the air swirls with stories. All the old buildings and, with them, their stories,...

Mardi Growl 2025

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 3, 2025

In a howling, growling, group-sniffing beginning to festival season, Mardi Growl paraded from Regas Square down Gay Street to Jackson Ave. and through to the World’s Fair Park. Colors streaming, beads sparkling, and owners proudly presenting...

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/2 – 3/11/2025)

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 2, 2025

If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me via the “invite” button on the event page (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me), and it will be included. I need...

2025 Festival (And Other Big Events) Planner

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 28, 2025

With the Mardi Growl Parade and Festival this coming Saturday, Festival Season officially (IMHO) begins in Knoxville. There may be a city that hosts more and larger festivals, but for its size, Knoxville has to be...

The Changes to Downtown Parking Set to Begin

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 25, 2025

“Don’t follow leaders, watch the parkin’ meters!” ∼ Bob Dylan Last November I detailed the Kincannon administration’s parking plan which came in response to the parking report commissioned by the city government. The plan called for...

Centro Hispano: New Headquarters, New Challenges

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 24, 2025

Seven years have passed since I first interviewed Claudia Caballero and learned of the work of Centro Hispano. In that time, many things have changed for the group, while others have remained constant. The central mission...

Holistic Connection and Basement Location of Spellbound Close on Gay Street

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/23 – 4/1/2025)

Friday Tidbits: Gay Street Bridge Funding and More

Saint Patrick’s Day Parade Brightens Downtown Streets

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/16 – 3/25/2025)

Baseball: Promotions, Parking, and Ticket Info

Knox Forest School Hosts Benefit with Ben Sollee

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner

The Sanitary Laundry Building Comes Back to Life

Mardi Growl 2025

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/2 – 3/11/2025)

The Changes to Downtown Parking Set to Begin

Centro Hispano: New Headquarters, New Challenges

10-Day Downtown-ish Planner: Nov. 15-24

Your Field Guide to FILM FEST KNOX 2026

Ghost Walking the 200 Block of Gay Street, Part 2: Sweeping Changes in the 1970s

And the 2026 Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid Awards Go To …

Among the Trees of Old Gray Cemetery with W. Jim Cortese