The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (1/8/2016 – 1/17/2017)

Kelle Jolly with David Rawlston and Merry, Blue Plate Special, Visitors Center, Knoxville, November 2016
David Rawlston and Merry, Blue Plate Special, Visitors Center, Knoxville, November 2016

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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 to the list events 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 8

  • Knoxcentric: Powered by Inside of Knoxville, Interview with filmmakers Michael Jordan and Bridget Kurt, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
  • Jazz Brunch, Five Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
  • Jazz Brunch with Shifflett’s Jazz Benedict, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
  • Jazz Brunch, 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
  • Screening of Flannery O’Connor: Uncommon Grace, a film by Michael Jordan and Bridget Kurt, First in a Series of Month-long Flannery O’ Connor events, McGhee Lawson Library, 2:00 PM, Free
  • Second Sunday Docent Tour, Knoxville Museum of Art, 2:00 PM (English)/3:00 PM (Spanish)
  • The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged),” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
  • Sunday Art Sale – w Michael Jackson & Niki Myers, Downtown 211 (18 Market Square), 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
  • Wring in the New Year with Yoga, Yogi Leslie Ellingburg, Central Collective, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM, $12
  • The Ransom Notes, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
  • Skylar Gregg/Col Williams House Band, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

Monday, January 9

Tuesday, January 10

  • Modeling the Figure in Clay Workshop, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 AM – Noon, $125 (Members)/$150 (Non-Members) – 4 week class
  • Improvised Music by Matt Nelson, Garrit Tillman and Jake Edward, Pilot Light, 6:00 PM, Free
  • Uncommon Stories: Flannery O’Connor’s Short Fiction, First of a Four Week Series, Discussion of “Good Country People,” led by writer Edward Francisco, McGhee Lawson Library, 6:30 PM, Free
  • Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
  • Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 PM
  • Moonshine Rhythm Club, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
David Rawlston and Merry, Blue Plate Special, Visitors Center, Knoxville, November 2016

Wednesday, January 11

  • KAMA January Luncheon with Patricia Nash, The Foundry, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
  • Crafting an Education – Hop Revolution!, Pretentious Beer Company, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
  • Tennessee Shines presents Matt Woods, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM, $10
  • Comedy Night at Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Public Cinema Film Screening of “The Illinois Parables,” and “Methane Ghosts,” Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, Free
  • Deerhunter/Palm, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $20/$22
  • Ephemeral/El Americano/Milkmen, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5

Thursday, January 12

Friday, January 13

Saturday, January 14

Kelle Jolly with David Rawlston and Merry, Blue Plate Special, Visitors Center, Knoxville, November 2016

Sunday, January 15

  • Knoxcentric: Powered by Inside of Knoxville, Interview with Virginia Adams of the Smoky Mountains Outdoor Expo, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
  • Jazz Brunch, Five Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
  • Jazz Brunch with Shifflett’s Jazz Benedict, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
  • Jazz Brunch, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
  • Joint book signing with George Bove, author of Little Orange T, and Maria M. Cornelius, author of The Final Season: the Perseverance of Pat Summitt, Union Avenue Books, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
  • The Sedonas/Lavish Boars/Dylan McDonald and the Avians, Preservation Pub, 8:30 PM
  • Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Huntsville Havoc, 3:00 PM, $9 – $35
  • The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged),” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
  • Shiloh Hill, Barley’s, 8:00 PM

Monday, January 16

Tuesday, January 17