Calendar of Events
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Ijams Nature Center: Upcoming Events
Category: Classes, workshops, Kids, family, Meetup and Science, nature
11/16 • Ijams Junior Naturalist
11/16 • Paint with an American Kestrel Workshop
11/17 • Self-Care Sunday Yoga
11/17 • Monthly Bluegrass Jam with ETNBA
Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. Visitor Center open daily 10-6; grounds and trails open daily from 8 AM - dusk. Information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center: Holiday Handcrafters Fair
Category: Festivals, special events, Fine Crafts and Kids, family
Show date: Saturday November 16th (10-4)
Details TBA
865-448-0044 or https://gsmheritagecenter.org
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center | 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend, TN 37882
Spark: 4th Annual Fun Run & Roll
Category: Festivals, special events, Fundraisers and Kids, family
Join Spark for their 2024 annual Fun Run & Roll! November 16th at the UT Cherokee Farm Amphitheater. Different distance run & rolls available. 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM.
Register at: https://sparktn.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/sparktn/eventRegistration.jsp?event=2
https://www.sparktn.org/Spark Center, 116 Childress Street, Knoxville, TN 37920. Information: 865-219-0130
Market Square Farmers' Market
Category: Culinary arts, food, Exhibitions, visual art, Festivals, special events, Free event, Health, wellness, Kids, family and Meetup
Every Wednesday, May 1 – November 20, 10 am – 1 pm
Market Square in downtown Knoxville
Every Saturday, May 4 – November 23, 9 am – 1 pm
Market Square, Union Avenue, and Market Street in downtown Knoxville
The Market Square Farmers’ Market is an open-air farmers’ market managed by Nourish Knoxville. Everything at the Market Square Farmers’ Market is grown, raised, and/or made by our vendors within a 150-mile radius of Knoxville, Tennessee. Products vary by season and include fresh fruits & vegetables, eggs, honey, pasture-raised meats, edible & ornamental plants, cut flowers, bread & baked goods, jams & jellies, coffee, artisan crafts, and more! We offer SNAP & SNAP Doubling services every Wednesday and Saturday, and Nourish Kids – a free kids activity on the 2nd Saturday of each month.
https://www.nourishknoxville.org/market-square-farmers-market/
WDVX: Blue Plate Special & The Big Plate
Category: Free event, Kids, family and Music
The WDVX Blue Plate Special is a live performance radio show held at noon at Visit Knoxville (301 S. Gay Street) every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with your host Red Hickey… and on Saturday with host Sean McCollough. On Fridays WDVX takes the Blue Plate Special to Barley’s Taproom & Pizzeria (200 E Jackson Ave) for “The Big Plate”. Make yourself at home as part of the WDVX family at this this daily free concert series. From blues to bluegrass, country to Celtic, folk to funk, rockabilly to hillbilly, local to international, it’s all part of the live music experience on The WDVX Blue Plate Special.
All seats are free, and visitors may come and go as they please.
Info: 865-544-1029, http://www.wdvx.com
