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If you see an event I’ve missed and you’d like to plug, please comment below. I am no longer able to add events to the list about which I was not informed in advance – it’s just gotten too big, and that’s a good thing. 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.
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Sunday, January 3
- Jazz Brunch @ 5 Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Shifflett and Hannah (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Live Jazz, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
- Downton Abbey Advanced Screening, Tennessee Theatre, 2:00 PM, Free
- Jazz Jam, Emporium, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
- Lost Fiddle String Band, Clancy’s Tavern, 7:00 PM, Free
- Upstairs Underground Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Aether Realm/Wildrun/White Stag, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $6
Monday, January 4
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Sydni Stinnett / Jimmy Morris, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Mighty Musical Monday, Wurlitzer Organ/Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego, Tennessee Theatre, Noon, Free
- QED Comedy Lab, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM
- Big Bad Oven/Joey Molinaro/Criswell Collective (Acoustic Set), Pilot Light, 9:30 PM, $5
- Fireside Collective, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, January 5
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Courtney Holder / Trae Pierce & The T-Stone Band, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Bldg, 7:00 PM
- Einstein Simplified, Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Trae Pierce/The T-Stone Band, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, January 6
- Jazz Lunch, Kayley Farmer Sings Rodgers and Hart, Square Room, Noon, $15
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Danika Holmes feat. Jeb Hart / Steel City Jug Slammers, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Lemmy Tribute Night, Schlafly Tap Takeover/”Lemmy” documentary (2010), Flow A Brew Parlor, 6:30 PM, Free
- Tennessee Shines presents The Bearded, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM, $10
- Knox Horror Film Fest, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Paul Edelma/The Jangling Sparrow, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Thursday, January 7
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Maddison Grigsby /Jon Whitlock Trio, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Six O’Clock Swerve presents the Lonetones, Scruffy City Hall, 6:00 PM, $5
- Knoxville Writer’s Guild presents Laura Still and Brent Minchey of Celtic Cat Publishing, Central United Methodist 201 E. 3rd Ave., 7:00 PM, $2 Donation Requested
- Grant Garland Trio, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Charles Walker Band, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Spades Cooley, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
- Al Scorch, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Friday, January 8
- WW I Soldier Demonstration, Krutch Park Extention, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Ben Stalets / The Jank, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Kidnapping the Kaiser: Tennesseans in the Great War, Lecture, E. Tenn. History Ctr, Noon, Free
- Alive After Five presents Aftah Party, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 PM, $10
- “First” Friday: Un-False Land by Victoria Buck, Photographic and Sculpture Exhibition, Central Collective (923 N. Central), 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Elvis Birthday Celebration with Elvis Impersonator Alan Lemmons, Sweet P’s Downtown Dive, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
- “Rabbit Hole,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Kent Eugene Goolsby, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- The Dead Ringers, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Kyle Megna and the Monsoons/Deadbeat Scoundrels, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
- Afro-Disiacs, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Saturday, January 9
- Nourish Knoxville Winter Market, Central United Methodist (201 E. 3rd Ave.), 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Kidstuff presents the Hominy Mamas, Visitor Center, 11:00 AM, Free
- Taoist Tai Chi Open House, 1205 N. Central, 11:00 AM, Free
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Rye Baby / Hope Griffin, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Macon Mayhem, Knoxville Coliseum, 7:30 PM, $8 – $34
- “Rabbit Hole,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Claymation, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Tennessee Stiff Legs, Laurel Theater, 8:00 PM, $11
- “Doom in the Hills,” Realm CD Release Party, The Concourse at the International, 8:50 PM, $10
- X_X/Obnox, Pilot Light, 9:30 PM, $10
- Charge the Atlantic/Masseuse, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Time Sawyer, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Kate and Corey, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM
- Natty Love Joys, Bar Marley, 10:00 PM
Sunday, January 10
- Jazz Brunch @ 5 Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Shifflett and Hannah (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Live Jazz, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
- Second Sunday Art Activity Day, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Second Sunday Docent Tour, Knoxville Museum of Art, 2:00 PM
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra presents Principal Quartet, Bijou Theatre, 2:30 PM, $11 – $31.50
- Safta Reading series presents readings by poet George David Clark and author Jeni Wallace, Lawson-McGhee Library, 3:00 PM
- “Rabbit Hole,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $13
- Second Sunday Docent Tour (Spanish), Knoxville Museum of Art, 3:00 PM
- Upstairs Underground Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Kottonmouth Kings, The Concourse at the International, 9:00 PM, $15
- Height/Gavin Riley/David Dalton, Pilot Light, 9:30 PM, $5
- Gas House Gorillas/Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, January 11
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Hailey Whitters / Fireships, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Pint of Science TN: The Half-Life Chronicles, Radiation and Beer, Downtown Casual Pint, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Paint Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 PM
- Word Players present a Staged Reading of “Last Train to Nibroc,” Square Room, 7:30 PM, Free
- Villa*Nova, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Kernal, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, January 12
- “Reflections, Light and Music,” Adult Workshop with Bobbie Crews, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Chad Elliott / The Paisley Fields, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
- Einstein Simplified, Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Shen Yun, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $62 – $152
- The Paisley Fields, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
- My Brother the Bear Solo, Barley’s, 10:00 PM