Community Calendar

Enjoy a short naturalist ramble during prime elk mating season while learning about the species and its reintroduction to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Smokies Life Branch Out event. Oconaluftee Visitor Center, Cherokee, N.C. Cost: For Park Keepers, $45; to join and attend, $85 (Park Keeper basic membership $40 + event registration $45). Info – SmokiesLife.org/branch-out-events or email: membership@smokieslife.org.

We are excited to host our 2nd Annual “Clothed in Love” Winter Coat Blessing, which has been renamed this year in honor of our retiring pastor, Rev. Dr. Johnnie William Skinner, Sr.

Last year, we were blessed to distribute 352 coats to members of our community. This year, the response and generosity have been tremendous—we currently have approximately 1,200 coats in sizes for children and adults, and our prayer and goal is to give every coat away to someone who needs one.

The coat giveaway will be held on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at Mount Zion Baptist Church, 2714 Brooks Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37914. Coats are completely free. Each person may receive one coat, must be present, and must select a coat in his or her size.

We will also provide everyone attending with a free hot dog or hamburger, chips, and bottled water.

The public is invited to attend a Town Hall Meeting at Oak Forest Farm, where community members will have an opportunity to raise concerns, ask questions, and participate in an open discussion about issues affecting families and communities.
Following the Town Hall discussion, there will also be a B.Y.O.G. (“Bring Your Own Gun”) Second Amendment rally. If we are going to talk the talk, we walk the walk.
All attendees are expected to comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws, as well as any safety requirements or rules established for the event venue. Attendees should ensure they understand and comply with Tennessee law regarding the possession and carrying of firearms.

Traditional Irish Arts of Knoxville is excited to present Bohola, from Chicago, in concert at 8pm on October 20 at The Laurel Theater.

Irish music accordion virtuoso Jimmy Keane and the remarkable bouzar player and vocalist Pat Broaders, comprise Bohola, Irish music's newest "supergroup" as penned by The Irish Herald. Bohola play a driving, muscular, and yet very emotive style of Irish music with deep roots in the 'pure drop' tradition, infused with the raw and gritty urbanized musical vernacular of the Irish and Irish-American experience.

For more information, please email tradknox@gmail.com.

Amadeus Concert Ensemble is delighted to invite everyone to PIANO PASSIONS, its first FREE concert of the new season on Sunday, October 11, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (711 S. Northshore Drive, Knoxville, TN). The program includes Vivaldi’s Concerto for Strings in D minor, Falla’s Pantomine and Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo, a movement from Granados’ Piano Quintet, and the Knoxville premiers of Koželuch’s Keyboard Concerto for Four Hands, Turina’s Rapsodia Sinfónica, and Marcello’s Introduction, Aria, and Presto. The featured soloist is the internationally acclaimed pianist Dr. Chih-Long Hu, Professor of Piano at UT Knoxville, whose brilliant musicianship has earned him significant competition awards in Italy, Japan, Taiwan, Andorra, and California. Maestro Brian Salesky will join Dr. Hu at the keyboard for the duo concerto.

Free reservations may be made starting on September 21st at
www.shcathedral.org/cathedral-concert-series/

New Food Pantry now available to neighborhood and surrounding areas twice a month. Every 2nd Thursday of each month we will be giving away non-perishable goods and personal care items. On the 4th Thursday of each month we will be serving a hot meal.

Join Transformance Art for Wings of Light, a free community evening of remembrance, hope, and healing in recognition of Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day.

Guests are invited to arrive beginning at 5:00 PM at New Harvest Park Pavilion to create a complimentary keepsake remembrance craft. At 7:00 PM, the community will join families around the world for the International Wave of Light with a candle-lighting ceremony.

The evening will include a women’s choir, poetry, visual art, and quiet moments of reflection, creating space to remember and honor babies lost through miscarriage, stillbirth, or during infancy. Whether you have experienced a loss, are supporting someone who has, or simply wish to stand alongside families in our community, you are warmly invited.

Please RSVP so we can prepare enough remembrance craft supplies and candles for everyone attending.

Discover what life in the Cove is like for its inhabitants—past and present. Great Smoky Mountains National Park ranger-led program. Cable Mill Historic Area in Cades Cove, Tenn. Free. Info and confirm details: nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/calendar.htm or 865-436-1200.

Keep Knoxville Beautiful's October Saturday Spruce Up will be on October 17th from 10am-12pm! We will be removing litter from the area around the North Knoxville City Recycling Center.

We highly recommend wearing long pants, and all volunteers must wear closed-toed shoes for the event. Additionally, we recommend bringing your own water!

KKB will be providing all other supplies that are needed.

Please contact KKB at programs@keepknoxvillebeautiful.org or (865) 521-6957 with any questions you may have.

Sign up here: https://app.betterunite.com/keepknoxvillebeautiful-octobersaturdayspruceup2026

Moon Valley Nurseries is hosting their Harvest Moon Event with seasonal pumpkin patches, expert insight from landscape designers, and the chance to enter and win a $25,000 yard makeover.

RSVP to your nearest Moon Valley Nurseries at moonvalleynurseries.com/harvest-moon#rsvp