Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/9 – 4/18/2023)

Thayer Family, Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk, Market Square and Krutch Park, Knoxville, April 2023

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Sunday, April 9

 

Monday, April 10

  • Photography by Emily McTyre, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm (M-F) / 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (Sat) / 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • Lights! Camera! East Tennessee! East Tennessee History Center, Mon-Fri, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm / Sat, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (through July 3, 2023)
  • Converge: Coming Together, Embracing Balance, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
  • April Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri) 
  • Landfall Press: Five Decades of Printmaking, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Fri) / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sun), through Apr 30, FREE!
  • April Exhibition, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (through Apr 29)
  • UT MFA Thesis Exhibitions: Delaney Bal, Hanna Seggerman, and Danqi Cai, Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture, A+A 115, 10:00 am, through Apr 10
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jeff BearCat Bunch / Cass Jones, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Advance Knox – Priorities Week, Cansler YMCA, noon
  • 2hr CE – Top 10 Red Flags in a home inspection, Lighthouse Knoxville, 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm, RSVP
  • Live taping of the Appalachia Sessions! Presented by East Tennessee Historical Society, Bijou Theatre, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, RSVP
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Tzu-Jung Peng; Piano, Senior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • Albright Grove x Harvest Beer Dinner, Harvest – Land, Sea, & Vine, 141 S Gay St, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $75, RSVP
  • Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10 – $12, RSVP
  • All Over the Page with Maurice Manning reading poems from his book “Bucolics,” Lawson McGhee Knox County Public Library, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
  • Showing: Paris Is Burning / Vampire’s Kiss, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Ladies Learn Latin Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $20 – $64
  • Mimi Terry Quartet, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Out Series: UT Electroaacoustic Ensemble, Matt Nelson, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Around the World: Collaborative concert among student organizations in UT’s School of Music, Alumni Memorial Building, Room 32, 7:30 pm
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Abbey Elmore Band, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • Some Kind of Nightmare, Bad Idols @ The Pilot Light, 9:00 pm, $10

 

Tuesday, April 11

Sun Ra Arkestra, Mill and Mine, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, April 2023

Wednesday, April 12

 

Thursday, April 13

  • Irish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Cats (Touring), Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $50 – $95, RSVP
  • Trumpet Studio Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
  • Dale Mackey Performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm, free – $40, RSVP
  • Nightjar, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm, FREE!
  • The Cancellations / Afton Wolfe, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm / 11:00 pm
  • David Cross – Worst Daddy In The World Tour, Bijou Theatre, 9:00 pm, $41.50
  • Showing: How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Central Cinema, 9:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP

 

Friday, April 14

  • Capitol Connections – April 2023, Knoxville Chamber, 8:00 am – 9:00 am, FREE! but RSVP
  • MFA Thesis Exhibition, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture: A+A 115, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (continues through Apr 21)
  • Get Yourself Tested for FREE! UT Student Health Center, 1800 Volunteer Blvd, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, FREE!
  • Knoxville Botanical Gardens Tour, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum 10:30 am – noon, $14 – $20, RSVP
  • Ritterfest Armored Combat at Schulz Bräu Brewing Co, 11:00 am (continues through Apr 16)
  • Wild Blue Yonder / The Crossjacks, Schulz Bräu Brewing Co, 11:30 am / 4:00 pm
  • WDVX Big Plate Special: Red Mountain Boys, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!

 

Saturday, April 15

  • Saturday Morning Yoga, Knox Pride, 9:00 am – 10:00 am
  • Yu-Gi-Oh: PHHY Regional Qualifier – Dragon Duel, Knoxville Convention Center, 10:00 am, FREE!
  • River Rescue with the Tennessee RiverLine, UT Gardens, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Yoga in the Park, Caswell Park, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
  • Autism Acceptance Day, hosted by Autism Society East Tennessee, World’s Fair Park, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
  • Glowing Body Yoga in the Yee-Haw Grove, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, RSVP
  • Hair of the Dog Yoga, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10 – $12, RSVP
  • Ink Motion, Gallery 1010, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Hunter Loken Parcel / UT Stringband,  Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Concord Brass, Schulz Bräu Brewing Co, noon
  • Moon Market, New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods, noon – 5:00 pm
  • UT Arab Fest with CFAAPI, Market Square, Downtown Knoxville, noon – 6:00 pm
  • Adoption Event #4: H.A.L.T: Humans and Animals Learning Together, Elst Brewery, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
  • The Surprising Story Of The Three Little Pigs, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 pm / 5:00 pm
  • Cats (Touring), Tennessee Theatre, 2:00 pm, $105, RSVP
  • Bread to Tap, Printshop Beer Co. 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
  • Martha Harms Performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm, free – $40, RSVP
  • Showing: How to Blow Up a Pipeline / Encino Man, Central Cinema, 2:30 pm / 4:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Sarah Buzalewski; Violin, Graduate Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 3:30 pm
  • Julien Riviere; Viola, Graduate Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • Bark After Dark: Dog Rave, The Bark, 6:00 pm
  • Dinner in the Dogwoods, Mabry-Hazen House, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $65, RSVP
  • Showing: How to Blow Up a Pipeline / Encino Man, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:40 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • 7th Anniversary Party with 45/Rpm at Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Low Speed Chase, Ale’ Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Leanne Morgan: Just Getting Started, Civic Coliseum, 7:00 pm, $38 – $63
  • Rica Chicha, Pretentious Beer Co, 7:00 pm
  • Mt. Olive Pleasure Club at Trailhead Beer Market, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Andy Grotelueschen Performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm, free – $40, RSVP
  • Jonathan Bradshaw; Tuba, Senior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
  • The Mockingbirds, old-time string band, Laurel Theater, 8:00 pm, $14 – $20
  • Kris Killingsworth Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
  • The Concert: A Tribute To ABBA, Civic Auditorium, 8:00 pm, $44 – $105
  • The Crossjacks, Schulz Bräu Brewing Co, 8:00 pm
  • Jimmie Vaughan and The Tilt-A-Whirl Band, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $40 – $55, RSVP
  • Okapi with Good Vibes Only, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • High Heat / Jive Talk /  Starchild, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 10:00 pm / 11:00 pm
  • Cats (Touring), Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $89 – $105, RSVP
  • Similar Kind / Crumbsnatchers, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm / 11:45 pm
  • The Goldenrods Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight, FREE!
  • Billy Allen & The Pollies, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $10
  • Andres Tapia – Latin Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm
Christian McBride’s New Jawn, Civic Auditorium, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, April 2023

Sunday, April 16

 

Monday, April 17 

  • Photography by Emily McTyre, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm (M-F) / 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (Sat) / 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • Lights! Camera! East Tennessee! East Tennessee History Center, Mon-Fri, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm / Sat, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (through July 3, 2023)
  • April Exhibitions, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
  • April Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
  • Landfall Press: Five Decades of Printmaking / Mythical Landscape: Secrets of the Vale, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Fri) / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sun), through Apr 30 / through May 28, FREE!
  • April Exhibitions, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat (through Mar 31)
  • Little History Lessons: Archaeology, East Tennessee History Center, 10:30 am, free – $10
  • Downtown Knoxville Alliance Board Meeting, Knoxville Area Chamber offices, 17 Market Square, #201, 11:30 am – 12:30 am
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Eliza Mary Doyle / Tidalwave Road Bluegrass Band, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10 – $12, RSVP
  • Knox Brew Stories LIVE! Knox Brew Hub, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Drop-in Figure Drawing, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Showing: How to Blow Up a Pipeline / O.V.A.: Extreme Anime Series, Central Cinema, 6:15 pm / 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by Flying Pints, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • UTK Jam hosted by Braden Jones, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Ladies Learn Latin Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $20 – $64
  • Queer Cinema Club hosted by Big Gay James, Knox Pride, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
  • summer like the season (detroit synth pop), megamoon x (chiptune scramz), and duck butter (lowercase house band), lowercase books, 7:00 pm, $10 
  • Walter Cronkite Is Dead hosted by The WordPlayers, The Square Room, 7:00 pm, free, but donations welcome
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets From Monique Osorio / Majid Araim and Lucifer Arias / Pricilla Smith / Ray Swinn, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Ethan Booher; Percussion, Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
  • Meredith Cabe & Harold Nagge at Harvest – Land, Sea, & Vine, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Monica Brashears reading, UT Lindsay Young Auditorium, Hodges Library 101, 8:00 pm, FREE!
  • Eliza Mary Doyle, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, April 18

  • Knox County Workforce Summit, Jackson Terminal Events, 7:30 am – 11:10 am, FREE! but RSVP
  • The Sculpture of William Edmondson: Tombstones, Garden Ornaments and Stonework / Repatriation of Archaeology & the Native Peoples of Tennessee, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through May 13 / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through Aug 2023
  • Rockin Creations, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • Cynthia Markert: Tallulah Dearest and Her Coterie, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Runaway Grooms, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Artist Trading Cards, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm (continues Apr 25), $45
  • Dogwood Afternoon Tea Time, The Spice & Tea Exchange of Knoxville, 522 S. Gay St, 5:00 pm
  • Austin Holritz; Jazz Saxophone, Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • Haines-Morris Lecture: “Reception ex nihilo: Doubling, improvisation, metatheater in Plautine comedy and Seinfeld” by T.H.M. Gellar-Goad, UT College of Law, Room 132, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
  • City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Drink Beer. Save Turtles.® with Terrapin Beer Co. at Barley’s Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Newcomer/Beginner Social Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm (weekly through June 27), $20
  • Adult Lyrical Ballet/Jazz, 4WK Session, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm (weekly through May 9), $50, RSVP
  • Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
  • Showing: Live Comedy Featuring Rivers Langley, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Tuesday Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, weekly through Aug 29
  • UT Saxophone Ensemble and Quartets, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
  • The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge UK in concert, St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 7:30 pm, $20
  • Octavio Solis Performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm, free – $40, RSVP
  • Dreamwell with Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir, Gramphix, and Glad I Didn’t Get My Stupid Wish, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Wilder Woods: The Fever/Sky Tour, The Mill & Mine, 8:30 pm, $31
  • Eliza Mary Doyle, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm