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Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (9/4 – 9/13/2022) – Inside of Knoxville

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Frothy Monkey, 419 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, August 2022

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Sunday, September 4

Monday, September 5 

  • Artist Reem Arnouk, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm (Mon-Fri) / 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (Sat) 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • “You Should’ve Been There!” 40th Anniversary of the 1982 World’s Fair, East Tennessee Historical Society, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Mon – Fri / 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, Sat / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Sun (through Oct 9), $8 – $10
  • September Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Labor Day Sunflower Project, Knoxville Botanical Gardens & Arboretum, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • Thrift Store Scores play Labor Day Sunflower Project, Knoxville Botanical Gardens & Arboretum, 9:30 am 
  • “Two Sides” by Carl Gombert, Dogwood Arts, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Sept 16
  • From Then to Now: works by Diane Solomon Kempler, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery, Room 115, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (daily through Sept 14)
  • Mighty Musical Monday, Tennessee Theatre, noon – 1:00 pm
  • A1LabArts’ Art Show at Scruffy’s Cafe, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm (daily through Sept 27)
  • The Plant Trolley, Barrelhouse, 5:00 pm
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Legacy Parks Trail Ale Launch Party, Sunspot, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $30 – $60, RSVP
  • Showing: Funny Pages / Mind Game, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:oo pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Monday Night Yoga with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by Flying Pints, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • UT Jazz Jam hosted by Sam Adams, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets with Matt Nelson, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • MJ Lenderman / Friendship / What’s on TV? The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • Dirk Quinn Band, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Cam Duffy Moore, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

Tuesday, September 6

  • Medal of Honor Celebration, Knoxville Convention Center, (continues Sept 7-10)
  • Radcliffe Bailey: Passages, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tues – Sat) / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sat), through Nov 6, FREE!
  • Ed Lewis and Carole Stoiber, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun), through Aug 31
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Damn Tall Buildings / Liquid Velvet, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Behind the Blue Doors Tour, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley, 967 Irwin St, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
  • City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Support the “Abortion Is Healthcare” Resolution, City County Building, 6:00 pm
  • 30th Anniversary Garden Party and Silent Auction, Mabry-Hazen House, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $30
  • Big Fun Tuesdays at Mead’s Quarry, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
  • Showing: Tiny Stage Comedy, Central Cinema, 6:00, FREE!
  • Learning Series – The Negative, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60 – $150, RSVP
  • Songwriter Open Mic! at Next Level Brewing 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 Dec 27), $20
  • Tuesday Gypsy Mutt Club with SBRET, Barrelhouse, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
  • Charitable Juice Tuesdays benefiting Fourth & Gill Neighborhood Organization, Barrelhouse, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (weekly through Sep 27)
  • Legit Music Bingo with Cassie: Swifties, Knox Brew Hub, 7:00 pm
  • Concerts on the Square Jazz Tuesdays: Matt Coker’s Hammond Organ Trio, Historic Market Square, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
  • Pass the Mic: Las Cafeteras with Making Movies, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $20 – $40
  • Sarina / Cam Duffy Moore, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
Frothy Monkey, 419 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, August 2022

Wednesday, September 7

  • Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Victor Wainwright, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Resting Peacefully in the Smokies: Documenting the Veterans Buried in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Brown Bag 2022 Lecture Series with Joe Emert, Marilyn Childress, and Sheila Evans, East Tennessee History Center, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • 2022 Anthropology Visiting Lecture Series: “The Human Rights of Ancestors,” Shannon O’Loughlin (Choctaw), Association on American Indian Affairs, UT Haslam Business Building, RM 103, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Wednesday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Learning Series – The Print, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60 – $150, RSVP
  • Gelli Printed Postcards, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $25, RSVP
  • Bench – Bar Celebration, Knoxville Convention Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
  • Showing: Funny Pages / Funny Pages, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Victor Wainwright and The Train, The Concourse, 6:00 pm, $25 – $30
  • Wednesday Yoga with Florals & Flows Yoga @ Suttree Landing Park, 6:30 pm, $5
  • Dream Interpretation with Jofa M. Kauffman, Infinite Light Center, 6:30 pm, $30, RSVP
  • The Baldtwin Brothers, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm
  • Artist in Residence: Robinella with Ashton Browne, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Dawes & Bahamas, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $40 – $55, RSVP
  • Built To Spill, The Mill & Mine, 8:00 pm, $27, RSVP
  • Springboard Open Mic Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm
  • Anne Elise Hastings and her Revolving Cast of Characters, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

Thursday, September 8

  • Nonprofit Coffee & Conversations (Sept), hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits, Likewise Coffee, 8:30 am – 9:30 am
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Erin Coburn / Mean Mary, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • September COA Presentation: “Slips, Trips, and Falls Prevention” with Dr. Alaina Marino, O’Connor Senior Center, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
  • Tim McCall, associate professor of art history and director of the Art History Program at Villanova University, presenting “On Brilliant Bodies,” UT Art and Architecture Building, Room 109, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Beginner Crochet Bag, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $45, RSVP
  • Sarah Kitts & Amanda Fintak; soprano, Joint Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm
  • Travis Bigwood and The Lonesome Doves, Central Flats and Taps, 6:00 pm
  • Showing: Funny Pages / Funny Pages, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Youth Meet & Greet, Change Center, 6:00 pm
  • Learn Latin Dancing – Thursday Techniques with HaCha Latin Dance Company @ Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Sept 29), $10 – $16

Friday, September 9

  • The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till, UT Student Union Auditorium, 10:00 am – noon
  • WDVX Big Plate Special: Michael Reno Harrell, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Online: Net Zero by 2050: Can we get there? hosted by UT Science Forum, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • A look inside the complicated, controversial, and contentious Electoral College, hosted by UT Political Science Department, 1:00 pm, FREE!
  • Milk + Honey Scoop Shop Neighborhood Pickup, Real Good Kitchen, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm (Fri-Sat through the end of the year)
  • Reception: You Look a Lot Like MEE, Works by M.E.E., Gallery 1010, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm (Sat, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm)
  • Friday Night Live: Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues, The Concourse, 6:00 pm, $17.44 – $20
  • Foamy Fridays Foam Party at The Bark, 601 Lamar St, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, starting at $12
  • Jonah Tran, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm
  • The Merlin’s Nest @ Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Puzzle Night, Hi-Wire Brewing, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $5, RSVP
  • Showing: Scooby-Doo, Central Cinema, 7:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Glory Denied presented by Knoxville Opera, UT Alumni Memorial Building, 7:30 pm, $15 – $50, RSVP
  • Sam Adams Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
  • The Savannah Sipping Society, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 pm, $20, RSVP
  • Erin Coburn / Jon Worthy and the Bends, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm
  • Zoso: the Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $25 – $30, RSVP
  • The Barefoot Movement Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight
  • J Mo & Friends Ft. Abrakapokus & Magmablood, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 9:00 pm
  • Showing: Drive, Central Cinema, 9:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Skankbanger, Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm
  • Creature Comfort, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm
  • FIESTA Friday, Mirage Knoxville, 11:00 pm – 3:00 am, $10 – $100, RSVP

Saturday, September 10

Asian Festival, World’s Fair Park, Knoxville, August 2022

Sunday, September 11

Monday, September 12

  • Artist Reem Arnouk, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm (Mon-Fri) / 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (Sat) 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • “You Should’ve Been There!” 40th Anniversary of the 1982 World’s Fair, East Tennessee Historical Society, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Mon – Fri / 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, Sat / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Sun (through Oct 9), $8 – $10
  • September Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • “Two Sides” by Carl Gombert, Dogwood Arts, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Sept 16
  • From Then To Now: works by Diane Solomon Kempler, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery, Room 115, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (daily through Sept 14)
  • A1LabArts’ Art Show at Scruffy’s Cafe, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm (daily through Sept 27)
  • African American Equity Restoration Task Force, Pellissippi Campus on Magnolia, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • The Plant Trolley, Barrelhouse, 5:00 pm
  • Yoga at Ijams, Ijams Nature Center, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, $10, RSVP
  • Monday Night Yoga with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Knox Storytellers Performance, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $8 – $12, RSVP
  • Showing: The Birds / Drive, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • U.S. Navy Band Country Current, Market Square, 6:00 pm – 9:00 p
  • David Zavracky, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • RB Morris & Florence Dore, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm – 10:15 pm, $10
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets with Matt Nelson, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Mandi Strachota, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • Matt Nelson Trio, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm

Tuesday, September 13