The Downtown Week Ahead (12/16 – 12/21/2013)

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. The Well and The Shed have some great events, for example, but I have to draw a line somewhere. If you want to add those in a comment, that’s fine.

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What I’ve got my eye on:

Sunday, December 15

  • Book Signing with Jack Neely, (new book, Knoxville: Green by Nature), Union Avenue Books, 2:00, Free
  • “A Christmas Carol,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 PM, $15 – $30
  • “Greetings,”Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $10 – $15
  • Knoxville Nativity Pageant, Knoxville Coliseum, Free
  • Preview Screening of Downton Abbey, Season Four, Episode One, Regal Cinema, 5:00, Free
  • Charlie Parr, Barley’s, 8:00 PM, Free
  • Upstairs Underground Stand-up Comedy Show, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
  • Cypriots with Moonlight Company, Preservation Pub, 10:00, $3
  • R. Stevie Moore with Wife Pile, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $8

Monday, December 16

  • Blue Plate Special, Charlie Parr (Folk/Blues) Graybyrds (Folk), Noon, Free
  • Tennessee Shines, Over the Rhine, 7:00 PM, $10
  • Knoxville Nativity Pageant, Knoxville Coliseum, 7:00, Free
  • Big Gene and Daddy Lee’s Loudpack j(blues), Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM, $3

Tuesday, December 17

  • Blue Plate Special, Walden / Seth Abram (Singer-Songwriter), Noon, Free
  • Sam Venable Book Signing (Warning: This Product Contains Nuttiness), Gallery Nuance, 6:00, Free (Also includes wine and snacks)
  • Knoxville Jazz Orchestra: A Swingin’ Christmas, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $15 – $36.50
  • Paper Bird, Barley’s, 10:00 PM, Free
  • Robert Fortune (New Orleans Rock), Preservation Pub, 10:00, $3

Wednesday, December 18

  • Blue Plate Special, Jodie Manross (Singer-Songwriter) Casey Jones (Singer-Songwriter), Noon, Free
  • Nick Swofford Trio (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM, Free
  • Christmas with Rober Williams, Bijou, 7:00 PM, $12
  • Southern Cities (local folk), Speakeasy at Preservation Pub, 8:00, Free
  • Harry Potter Roast presented by Knox Comedy Live, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $8
  • Frog and Toad’s Dixie Quartet (Jazz), Crown and Goose, 9:00 PM, Free
  • Captain Midnight (Nashville Glam Rock), Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM, $3

Thursday, December 19

  • Blue Plate Special, Delnora (Singer-Songwriter) Les Kerr (Blues), Noon, Free
  • Daylight Nights, Block Party on the 500 Block of Union Avenue, Food Trucks, Neighbors, Party, Shop!, 5:00 – 8:00 PM
  • “A Christmas Carol,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30, $15 – $30
  • Casey Jones and the Jodi Manross Trio, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM, Free
  • Modern Dance Primitive Light, Laurel Theater, 8:00 PM, $8.50 – $15
  • Behold the Lamb of God, Square Room, 8:00 PM, Free
  • Woody Pines (Americana), Barley’s, 10:00 PM, Free
  • Bliss on Tap (reggae), Preservation Pub, 10:00, $3

Friday, December 20

  • Blue Plate Special, Roger Alan Wade & Sparkle Motion (Country) / Leah Gardner, Noon, Free
  • Modern Dance Primitive Light, Laurel Theater, 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM, $8.50 – $15
  • Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Holiday Concert, Civic Auditorium, 7:30, $14 – $45
  • Miracle on 34th Street, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $6 – $8
  • “A Christmas Carol,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $30
  • Greg Brown with RB Morris, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $25 – $29
  • The Dirty Things (Nashville Rock), Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM, Free
  • Magmablood, NV Nightclub, 9:00 PM, $5
  • Vance Thompson (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM, Free
  • Mountain Soul, Barley’s, 10:00 PM, Free
  • The Green Boys, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM, Free
  • The Coveralls, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM, $5

Saturday, December 21

  • Storytime at Union Avenue Books with Ms. Caryn, 11:00, Free
  • Blue Plate Special, Battlefield Collective (Americana/Folk) / Seldom Paid Bluegrass Band, Noon, Free
  • Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Holiday Concert, Civic Auditorium, 3:00 and 7:30 PM, $14 – $45
  • SantaCon Knoxville 2013, Santa and Bad Sweater Convention, Holiday Music from the Market Square Stage sponsored by Pres. Pub, (“Homegrown for the Holidays” on sale for $10 with proceeds to KARM), 5:00 PM (Music may start at 6:00 PM), Free
  • Modern Dance Primitive Light, Laurel Theater, 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM, $8.50 – $13
  • “A Christmas Carol,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30, $15 – $30
  • Miracle on 34th Street, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $6 – $8
  • Devan Jones and he Upown Stomp, Boyd’s, 10:00 PM, Free
  • James Brown’s Funky Christmas, Local Tribute to Mr. Brown’s Christmas Music, Barely’s, 10:00
  • Tuatha Dea Winter Solstice Celebration, Preservation Pub, 10:00