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. Please : “Friend” me 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.
What I’ve got my eye on:
Sunday, January 19
- Shakespeare Outloud, Monthly Participatory Shakespeare Reading, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lawson McGhee Library, 2:00 PM, Free
- “Proof” at Theatre Downtown Knoxville, 3:00 PM, $10 – $15
- Bill Cosby: Far From Finished Tour, Tennessee Theatre, 3:00 PM (Sold Out)
- Book Signing and Talk with Jack Neely: Signs new book, Knoxville: Green by Nature, Union Avenue Books, 4:00 PM, Free*
- A Night With the Arts in Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Knoxville Chamber Orchestra and Celebration Choir, Bijou Theatre, 6:00 PM
- Brandon Fulson with the Realbillys, Barleys, 8:00 PM, Free
- Priest with Criswell Collective, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
- The Theorizt MLK Day Hip-Hop Show: Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM, $5
Monday, January 20
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Harrison B (Progressive Soul) / Greg Horne, Knoxville Visitor’s Center, Noon, Free
- Tennessee Shines: Josh Oliver Band (featuring Sam Quinn, Jon Whitlock and Seth Hopper) with Susan Underwood, Knoxville Visitor’s Center, 7:00 PM, $10
- Brock Butler (former frontman for Perpetual Groove), Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Black Snake Moan – Tribute to the Blues, Davis Mitchell with Special Guests Musicians get their blues on, Preservation Pub, 10:00
Tuesday, January 21
- Commute for Coffee – Coffee and breakfast snacks for walking and biking commuters, 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM, Free
- Yasmin Flores and Melissa Walding (clarinet and oboe), UT Haslam Center, 6:00 PM, Free
- K-Town Showdown Open Mic Night, Preservation Pub, 7:00 PM, Free
- Jason Isbell, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, (Sold Out)
- 21st Century Trombone with the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra and Michael Dease, Square Room, 8:00 PM, $15 (students), $32
- KidDEAD’s Tour and Destroy with Black Atticus, DJ Wigs and OBA, Pilot Light, 8:00 PM, $5
- Paleroot, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Blackfoot Gypsies, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM, $3
Wednesday, January 22
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Brad Austin (Singer/Songwriter) / The Grahams (Americana/Folk), Knoxville Visitor’s Center, Noon, Free
- Mustaches and Wigs for the Cure – Wear a wig and/or mustache, Sapphire, $20 donation gets entrance, signature martini, drawings and parting gift, money to Cystic Fibrosis, 5:30 – 8:30
- Tedeschi Trucks Band, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $29.50 – $79.50
- Sugar Lime Blue (Nashville Soul), Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM, Free
Thursday, January 23
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Don Coyote (Country) / Reagan Boggs (Singer/Songwriter), Knoxville Visitor’s Center, Noon, Free
- Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Bijou, 8:00 PM, $25
- “Proof” at Theatre Downtown Knoxville, 8:00 PM, $10 – $15
- The Barefoot Movement (folk), Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Jason and the Punknecks, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM, $3
Friday, January 24
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Little Country Giants (Country/Folk) / Driftin’ Westward (Singer/Songwriter), Knoxville Visitor’s Center, Noon, Free
- Sixth Annual Snow Day, Beard Pageant, Soup Off, Silent Auction, Hudson K, Four Leaf Peat, Greg Horne, Barley’s, 7:00 PM, $10 (goes to Beardsley Community Farm)
- Million Dollar Quartet (Broadway at the Tennessee), Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $37 – $77
- Clyde Davenport and friends (92-year-old mountain fiddler), Laurel Theater, 8:00 PM, $12
- Robert Earl Keen, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, (Sold Out)
- Sidecar Symposium, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM, Free
- “Proof,” Theatre Downtown Knoxville, 8:00 PM, $10 – $15
- Devan Jones and the Uptown Stomp (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM, Free
- Vinegar Creek Constituency, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM, Free
- The Enigmatic Foe (Indie Rock), Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
- Stagolee with the Justin Kalk Orchestra, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM, $5
Saturday, January 25
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Sarah Morgan (Folk) / Jonathan Byrd (Americana), Knoxville Visitor’s Center, Noon, Free
- Real and Imagined Histories, For 13 to 20 year-olds, Birdhouse, 2:00 – 5:00, Potluck Afterward
- Craig Dilworth reads from and signs his Too Smart for Our Own Good: The Ecological Predicament of Humankind, Union Avenue Books, 2:00 PM
- Million Dollar Quartet (Broadway at the Tennessee), Tennessee Theatre, 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM, $37 – $77
- Mulefoot Fourcourse Dinner, The Standard, 7:00 PM, $50
- Jazzspirations with Brian Clay and his full band, 7:00, Cocoa Moon, $10
- “Proof,” Theatre Downtown Knoxville, 8:00 PM, $10 – $15
- The DuPont Brothers (Americana), Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM, Free
- Chris Jones and the Night Drivers (bluegrass), Laurel Theater, 8:00 PM, $14
- Emi Sunshine and the Rain, The Square Room, 8:00 PM, $10 – $12
- Swingbooty, Relix Theatre, 9:00 PM, $5
- Pamela Klicka (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM, Free
- Tim Lee 3, Itchy and the Hatertots, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Town Mountain (string band), Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM, Free
- Jonathan Sexton, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM, $5
* Our more astute readers may be asking themselves, “How did Urban Guy possibly have photographs of the Jack Neely signing posted BEFORE the event?” You might suspect it’s a different book, bookstore or a different Jack. No, it’s all the same. I’ve just gotten that good. Let me know when you have something going on and maybe I’ll post pictures before your event, as well.