The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/19 – 4/28/2015)

If you want to be certain to be included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a FB event and invite me – two weeks in advance. My FB “events” are the one place I’ll go to every time – if you invite me before I post.

If you see an event I’ve missed and you’d like to plug, please comment below or e-mail me (knoxvilleurbanguy@gmail.com) and I’ll try to add it. The list may, accordingly, be expanded through the week. Staying true to the scope of the blog, I’ll only list downtown or near-downtown events. Any number of venues outside of downtown have some great events, but I have to draw a line somewhere. If you want to add those in a comment, that’s fine. Please : “Friend” me (Alan Sims) on Facebook and invite me to your events. Look over to the right of this post and not only “friend” me, but “like” Inside of Knoxville. Subscribe (also to the right) to make sure you catch all the posts.

Sunday, April 19

• 2015 Encore Dance Competition Regional Event, Knoxville Civic Auditoriuum, 8:00 AM – 5:15 PM
• Market Square Art Fair (Dogwood Arts’ Marquis Event), Market Square/Krutch Park/Union Ave., 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
• Marble City Opera presents music from local composers, Market Square Stage, Noon –  1:00 PM
• Shifflett and Hannah, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
• Poet Dawn Coppock reads from and signs As Sweet As It’s Going to Get, Union Ave. Books, 2:00 PM
• World Music Series: East Asia, Featuring Sharon Cheng and Chih-Long Hu, Haslam Music Center, 2:00 pm
• Crafty Kids in the Gallery, Craft Project for Children w/ Local Artist, Paulk and Co. 510 Williams St., 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, $20
• “Three Penny Opera,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 PM, $15 – $32
• “An Inspector Calls,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $13
• Jazz Jam, Emporium, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
• UT Spring Small Jazz Ensembles Concert, Haslam Music Center, 6:00 PM
• Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
• Billy Burr: The Billy Bible Belt Tour, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $36 – $44
• Bradford Lee Folk and the Bluegrass Playboys, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
• Preston Leatherman, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

Monday, April 20

• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Up the Chain / Old Man Kelly (Folk), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
• Movie Night, 4:20 Themed Movies :-), Scruffy City Hall, 5:00 PM
• Ten Years CD Release Party, The Concourse at the International, 6:00 PM, Free
• Aer, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $14/$17
• Mutations/Terror Pigeon, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM
• The Dawn Drapes, Barley’s, 10:00 PM

Tuesday, April 21

• Knoxville Cannabis Hemp Rally, Market Square, 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
• Turnstone Roadshow, Market and Union, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: New Country Rehab / Smith & Weeden (Americana/Rock), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
• Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub, 7:00 PM
• Marble City Five, Emporium, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
• Einstein Simplified (Comedy Improv), Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
• New Country Rehab, Barley’s, 10:00 PM

Wednesday, April 22

• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Matt Prater (Singer-Songwriter) / Front Country (Bluegrass), Noon, Visitor Center, Free
• TN Bike Summit, Scruffy City Hall, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
• Motionless in White, The Concourse at the International, 6:00 PM (Doors), $18/$20
• Tennessee Shines presents Bill Mize and storyteller Jan Headrick, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM, $10
• Vine Street Rag, Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong Celebration w/ TN Sheiks/Jack Neely, Remedy Coffee, 7:00 PM, $20
• “Three Penny Opera,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $26
• K-Town Showdown Semi-Final Round, Pt. 2, Singer/Songwriter Play-off, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
• Mostly True Stories: A Story-telling Event followed by Headface and the Congenitals/Big Blaine Band/Criswell Collective/Persona LA Ave/Wife Pile, Pilot Light, 8:00 PM, $5
• Barry Roseman (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 PM
• Charlie and the Foxtrots/Radio Birds, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

Thursday, April 23

• Tennessee Bike Summit, Convention Center, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Tim Grimm (Singer-Songwriter) / Andrew Scotchie & the River Rats (Rock), Noon, Visitor Center, Free
• Knoxville Transportation Authority, City County Bldg. Main Assembly Room, 3:00 PM
• Creating Vibrant Cities: An Eveving with Gil Penalosa, Cash for food: Good Golly Tamale/ Oli Bea, The Standard, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Free
• “Three Penny Opera,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $26
• Cullen Kehoe’s Scruffy City Radio Show featuring Firekid/The Ragbirds, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM, $5
• Home Free, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $30/$100 SOLD OUT
• “An Inspector Calls,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
• Taylor/Br-ndn/Benjamin iii/GhstFcV, Square Room, 8:00 PM, $5
• UT Spring Chamber Concert, Natalie Haslam Music Center, 8:00 PM
• Cattywampus Puppet Council (puppet show), Pilot Light, Time Not Given, Price Not Given
• The Gee Bees, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
• Front Country, Barley’s, 10:00 PM

Friday, April 24

• Tennessee Bike Summit, Convention Center, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Lee & the Federation / The Get Right Band (Funk/Rock), Noon, Visitor Center, Free
• 2015 Celebration Talent Regional Competition!, Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 5:00 PM, (Price Not Given)
• Volapalooza, Lupe Fiasco/Cold War Kids and more, World’s Fair Park Performance Lawn, 5:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $35/$40
• Strangers and Stand-ins: Sunita Prasad, UT Downtown Gallery, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
• Testament/Exodus/Shattered Sun, The International, (Doors) 6:00 PM, $22/$25
• Alive After Five presents SoulfulSounds Revue, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 PM, $10
• World of Wrestling: 2015 Flo Eastern Worlds Championhips, Knoxville Colliseum, 7:30 PM (Price Not Given)
• “Three Penny Opera,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $32
• Knoxville Opera presents Il Trovatore, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $18 – $95
• Leroy Troy, Laurel Theater, 8:00 PM, $13
• “An Inspector Calls,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
• The Monday Movement, The Square Room, 8:00 PM, $10/$12
• Norwegian Wood, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM
• Random Rab/Saqi, The Concourse at the International, 9PM (doors), $8/$12
• The Get Right Band/Josiah Atchley and the Greater Good, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
• River Rats/Baseball, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
• Linear Downfall, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
• King Super and the Excellents, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
• City Hotel, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM

Saturday, April 25

• JDRF One Walk, Fundraiser for Type 1 Diabetes Research, World’s Fair Park, 8:30 AM
• Bubbles of Love, Family Event to Raise Awareness of Parental Alienation, World’s Fair Park, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• World of Wrestling: 2015 Flo Eastern Worlds Championhips, Knoxville Colliseum, 9:00 AM (Price Not Given)
• 2015 Celebration Talent Regional Competition!, Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 9:00 AM, (Price Not Given)
• Outdoor Knoxfest, Outdoor Adventure Center/Volunteer Landing, 10:00 PM – 4:00 PM
• 14th Annual Rossini Festival, Gay Street/Market Square, 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM
• 2015 SkillShare Workshop and Annual Plant Sale, Beardsley Farm, 1719 Reynolds St., 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Pinhole Photography Workshop, A1-Lab Arts (Emory Place), 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM, $75 (pre-reg. required)
• Marble City Comic Con, Convention Center, 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM, $25 (one day)/$35 (two day)
• Rossini Festival, Gay Street/Market Square/Krutch Park, 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Fossil Creek (Bluegrass) / John D’Amato (Blues/Rock), Noon, Visitor Center, Free
• Taste of France: Wine, chocolate, and poetry!, Historic Westwood, 2:00
• Orange and White Game, Neyland Staudium, 2:00 PM
• Strangers and Stand-ins: Sunita Prasad, UT Downtown Gallery, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
• Comedy Booze Cruise Featuring Ahmed Bharoocha, Star of Knoxville, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $10
• “Three Penny Opera,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $32
• Jay Clark and Jeff Barbra, Laurel Theater, 8:00 PM, $11
• Christopher Titus, “Born with a Defect,” Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $27/$37
• “An Inspector Calls,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
• Hey Day Revival, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
• Five40/Treehouse/Sun-Dried Vibes/Roots of a Rebellion, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
• Mark Boling (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM
• Marble City Comicon After Part, The Concourse at the International, 9:00 PM (doors), $5
• Jackson Edwards/The Stagger Moon Band/Roman Reese & The Cardinal Sins, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
• Eddie Spaghetti, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
• Jennifer Nicely, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM

Sunday, April 26

• Marble City Comic Con, Convention Center, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM, $20 (one day)/$35 (two day)
• Shifflett and Hannah, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
• Celebrate Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, A1 Lab Art, Emory Place, Noon  – 4:00 PM, $5 Donation Suggested
• Brunch on the Patio with Psychonaut/St. Thomas LeDoux/Slow Nasty, The Concourse at the International Noon – 5:00 PM
• 25th Anniversary 4th and Gill Tour of Homes, Central United Methodist 201 3rd Ave., 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Under 12 Free/$10/$12
• Center for Urban Agriculture Open House, 2649 Boyd’s Bridge Pike, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
• “Three Penny Opera,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 PM, $15 – $26
• Tour de Knox, Bike Ride around UT and Downtown, Neyland Stadium Start, 2:00 PM – 4:15 PM, Free/$10/$15
• Knoxville Opera Presents Il Trovatore, Tennessee Theatre, 2:30 PM, $18 – $95
• “An Inspector Calls,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $13
• 2015 Celebration Talent Regional Competition!, Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 5:00 PM, (Price Not Given)
• Ahmed Bharoocha (Comedy Central), Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
• The Brockefellers, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
• The Empty Pockets, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

Monday, April 27

• WDVX Blue Plate Special: My Graveyard Jaw / Jmac & Junior (Americana), Noon, Visitor Center, Free
• CBID Board Meeting, Chamber of Commerce on Market Square, 5:30 PM
• Dark Waters/Blue Velvet, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
• Cure for the Common Cold, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
• The Blueprint, Barley’s, 8:00 PM

Tuesday, April 28

• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Low Cut Connie (Rock) / Jacob Augustine, Noon, Visitor Center, Free
• Open House, Book Signing and Talk with Jack Neely, Tennessee Theatre, 5:00 PM, Free
• Film Score and the Scruffy City Film & Music Festival, Scruffy City Hall, 6:00 PM, $10 Night/$50 Festival Pass
• In This Moment/Burning Bodies/Butcher Babies, The International, 6:00 PM (doors) $20/$25
• Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub, 7:00 PM
• City Council Meeting, City County Bldg. Main Assembly Rm, 7:00 PM
• Marble City Five, Emporium, 7:30 – 9:30, Free
• Hal (Hallerin Hill) and Phil (Williams) Off the Record, Round 2, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $21.50
• Low Cut Connie, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM
• Clay Rendering/Travis Morgan/Oostanaula, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, 45
• Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego, Barley’s, 10:00 PM