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Sunday, November 15
- Civil War History Weekend, Reenactors and more, Fort Dickerson Park, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Jazz Brunch @ 5 Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Anger to Action: Creating Change in the Wake of Amendment One, 1415 Elm Street, Noon – 4:30 PM
- Shifflett and Hannah (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Desserts and Beer Pairings with Sugar Mama’s Bakery, Crafty Bastard Brewery, Noon
- Live Jazz, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
- Calm Abiding Meditation, McClung Museum, 2:00 PM
- Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play, Clarence Brown Lab Theatre, 2:00 PM, $12 – $15
- UT Opera Theatre presents Menotti’s “The Consul,” The Bijou Theatre, 2:30 PM, $5/$15/$20
- Belizza’s 2015 Fashion Show: Once Upon a Fairy Tale, Hair Fashion Show benefiting the Dream Connection, Emporium, 6:00 PM, $35
- Scruffy City Comedy Festival, Scruffy City Hall/Market Square Locations, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM, $15 Day/$30 Festival
- Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play, Clarence Brown Lab Theatre, 7:30 PM, $12 – $15
- Upstairs Underground Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Paleroot, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
- Blue Ribbon Healers, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, November 16
- CBID Board Meeting, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Tony Furtado / Highbeams, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra Fall Concert, Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 PM
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Huntsville Havoc, Knoxville Coliseum, 8:00 PM, 48 – $34
- Tony Furtado/Jubal, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Deadbeat Scoundrels, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, November 17
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Shifty Drifters with Abby the Spoon Lady /ETSU’s Old Time Pride Band, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs. the Huntsville Havoc, Knoxville Coliseum, 7:00 PM, $16 – $34
- David Bromberg Quintet, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $32.50/$45.00
- Einstein Simplified, Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Intronaut, The Concourse at the International, 8:00 PM, $11
- The Fusticks, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Mark Schimick String Band, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, November 18
- Downtown Knoxville Holiday Pop-up Show, First Tennessee Bank Plaza Tower, 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Chamomile and Whiskey / Oh Jazz Duo, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Downtown Design Review Board, Small Assembly Room City Council Bldg, 4:00 PM
- Privatizing Tennessee Prisons: What’s Next, 1617 Dandridge Ave., 6:00 PM
- KARM Fundraiser with Armada and Painting with a Twist, Armada, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $35
- Charlie Lovett reads and signs The Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge, Union Avenue Books, 6:00 PM
- Tennessee Shines presents Kelley McRae, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM, $10
- Pints and Poses, Have a beer while doing yoga – what could go wrong?, Same time and day through Dec. 30, Hops and Hollers, 6:30 PM
- Wednesday Film Night, Flow: A Brew Parlor, 7:00 PM, Free
- “Roar,” Horror Film Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:30 PM, $10
- Pi Jacobs, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Great American Canyon Band/Patrick Kinsley, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Thursday, November 19
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Pat Reedy and The Longtime Goners / Clyde’s on Fire, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Celebrating Frances Hodgson Burnett | A Brown Bag Lecture by Penny Deupree with Remarks by Jack Neely, East Tennessee Historyy Center, Noon, Free
- Startup Day, Bijou Theatre, 2:30 PM, Free
- Preservation Awards Celebration, Tennessee Theatre, 5:00 PM, Free
- Food Truck Park Louisiana Style, Gumbo and more, Blue Slip Winery, 5:30 PM
- Charity Classic World Series of Sertoma Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament and Black Jack Tournament, Club LeConte, 6:00 PM, $50
- Swerve with host Wayne Bledsoe featuring the Bar Stool Romeos, Scruffy City Hall, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Dave Kennedy, Clancy’s Tavern, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $11 – $83
- Scruffy City Jazz Band/Ben Cosgrove, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Digg/Red Money, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Bearded, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Friday, November 20
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Way Down Wanderers / Jeremy Harrell, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Traveling Resale Clothing Trunk Show, Paulk and Company 510 Williams St., Noon – 8:00 PM
- WDVX-Travaganza, Jenna and Her Cool Friends, Fundraiser for WDVX, The Standard, $65
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $11 – $83
- Shakey Graves, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $20 SOLD OUT
- The Coteries, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- South Carolina Broadcasters, Laurel Theater, 8:00 PM, $13
- UT Ice Vols vs. University of Memphis, Knoxville Coiseum, 8:30 PM
- Spank, Clancy’s Tavern, 8:30 PM
- The Breakfast Club, The International, 9:00 PM, $10 – $20
- Wrangler Space, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Wild Things, Scruffy City Hall, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
- Linear Downfall/Ex-Gold/Day and Age, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM
- Derobert and the Half-Truths, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Midnight Voyage Live (DJ Set), The Concourse at the International, 10:00 PM
- The Way Down Wanderers, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM
Saturday, November 21
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Unity of the Community- Building Community through the Heart of Yoga, Downtown YMCA, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Free
- Storytime with Princess Anna, Union Avenue Books, 10:30 AM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Ben Cosgrove / Neo Tundra Cowboy, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Traveling Resale Clothing Trunk Show, Paulk and Company 510 Williams St., Noon – 8:00 PM
- UT Ice Vols vs. University of Memphis, Knoxville Coliseum, 2:00 PM
- WOZO Chili and Cornbread Cookoff, Benefits the Radio Station, Birdhouse, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $5 Donation Requested
- truTV Impractical Jokers, Knoxville Coliseum, 7:00 PM, $54 – $262
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Columbus Cottonmouths, Knoxville Coliseum, 7:30 PM, $13 – $34
- Ryan Sheley (of Homemade Wine), Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Emporers + Elephants, The Bowery, 8:00 PM (Doors), $5/$9
- Radio Birds/Cumberland Station, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM
- Temple, The Concourse at the International, 9:00 PM, $5
- The Brockefellers, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Patrick Sweany, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Secret Commonwealth, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM
Sunday, November 22
- Jazz Brunch @ 5 Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Shifflett and Hannah (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Traveling Resale Clothing Trunk Show, Paulk and Company 510 Williams St., Noon – 6:00 PM
- Live Jazz, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
- Donna the Buffalo/Peter Rowan, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $25
- Jon Whitlock Trio, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
- Upstairs Underground Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Kites, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, November 23
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jason Heath & the Greedy Souls, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Paint Nite, Scruffy City Hall, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Jason Heath and the Greedy Souls, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Lamplight Blues Session Featuring Devon Jones, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, November 24
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jay Clark & the Tennessee Tree Beavers, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
- Einstein Simplified, Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- McGill and the Refills Unplugged, Barley’s, 10:00 PM