The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (2/12/2017 – 2/21/2017)

View from the Sunsphere, Knoxville, February 2017

If you want to be certain your event is 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 write the post.

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, February 12

  • Knoxcentric: Powered by Inside of Knoxville, Knoxville Urban Guy interviews the Lonetones with Cuts from their New Album, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
  • Jazz Brunch, Five Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
  • Press Forward Fundraising Lunch with Yassin’s Falafel, The Central Collective, Noon, $25
  • 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
  • Second Sunday Docent Tour, Knoxville Museum of Art, 2:00 PM (English)/3:00 PM (Spanish)
  • Outside Mullingar,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 PM, $15 – $32
  • Mojo Tweed, Red Beans and Rice Provided, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
  • Knoxville Opera presents Puccini’s “La Boheme,” Tennessee Theatre, 2:30 PM, $13 – $99
  • Go! Contemporary Dance presents, “The Barbarosa: The Story of the Legendary Pirate Anne Bonny,” Bijou Theatre, 3:00 PM, $17 – $30
  • Showcase of Talent, Skybox/Mirage, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
  • Good Sport Night, The Central Collective, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, $24
  • Pale Root, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
  • Schwizz, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

Monday, February 13

Tuesday, February 14

  • Valentines Day Dinner, Old City Wine Bar, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $32 (Reservations Required)
  • City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 PM
  • Valentine’s Dinner with Rebel Kitchen, The Central Collective, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM, $75 (BYOB)
  • 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
  • Improvised Music by Matt Nelson, Garrit Tillman and Jake Edward Smith, Pilot Light, 6:00 PM, Free
  • Knoxville Jazz Orchestra presents Jazz is for Lovers with Carmen Bradford, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $17 – $36
  • Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 PM
  • DJ No Sex/Persona La Ave/Mondo Trasho Drag Show/Dance Party w/Tyar Chanel Von Shade/Veronica Foxx/Shaydaa Lea/Dasia Brooks, Pilot Light, 8:30 PM, $5
  • Polestar – Stevie Wonder Tribute, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
  • Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Urban Boy’s First Trip into the Sunsphere, Knoxville, February 2017

Wednesday, February 15

  • Dine and Discover, “The Men of Candoro Marble,” Knoxville Museum of Art, Noon – 1:00 PM
  • Downtown Design Review Board, Small Assembly Room, City County Building, 4:00 PM
  • Arts Advocacy Party, The Emporium, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
  • Southern Literature Book Group discusses Ann Pancake’s, Strange as This Weather Has Been, (Can’t get much more timely than that!), Union Avenue Books, 6:00 PM, New Members Welcome
  • Yoga & Art: Be Your Own Valentine, Basement Community Art Studio, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM, $20 – $25
  • Tennessee Shines presents Sam Lewis, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM, $10
  • Casey Green Trio (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Comedy Night at Scruffy, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Outside Mullingar,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $26
  • Withered/Immortal Bird, Pilot Light, 8:00 PM, $8
  • Isaiah Rashad, The Concourse at the International, 8:00 PM, $15 – $65
  • Let’s Play Videogames in Real Life LIVE at Modern Studio, 9:00 PM – Midnight, Donations Accepted
  • Cam Duffy Band, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

Thursday, February 16

Friday, February 17

Saturday, February 18

Old City Java, Knoxville, February 2017

Sunday, February 19

  • Knoxcentric: Powered by Inside of Knoxville, Knoxville Urban Guy Inviews Jimmy Buckner and Announces Throw Deep for Hunger, 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
  • Chicago,” Broadway at the Tennessee Series, Tennessee Theatre, 1:30 PM, $38 – $98
  • Outside Mullingar,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 PM, $15 – $32
  • Clybourne Park,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
  • Sunday Sushi Post Valentines Night at Nama, Fundraiser for Friends of Literacy, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Chicago,” Broadway at the Tennessee Series, Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 PM, $38 – $98
  • Barefoot Sanctuary, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
  • Blackwater Mojo, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

Monday, February 20

Tuesday, February 21

  • Nuno Felting Adult Workshop, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, (Two Consecutive Days)
  • Wild Kratts, Tennessee Theatre, 6:30 PM, $25 – $100, SOLD OUT
  • An Evening with Eva Schloss, Step-Sister of Ann Franke, “A Story of Triumph,” Civic Auditorium, 7:00 PM, $35 – $125
  • 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
  • Lady Parts- Basic Care, DreamBikes, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM, Free
  • Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 PM
  • Sally and George, Barley’s, 10:00 PM