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.
Sunday, February 23
- DreamMakers Sunday Brunch and Purse Sale, Benefits Alzheimer’s TN, Sapphire, Noon
- Tom Lombardo reading and book signing, from his new book What Bends Us Blue, Union Avenue Books, 3:00 PM, Free
- Winter Olympics on the 8′ X 14′ High Def Screen, Scruffy City Hall, 5:00 PM
- Sunday Dinner: “Mountain Justice and Black History,” Storytelling by Carpet Bag Theater, 6:00 – 9:00, $5
- Upstairs Underground Comedy, Open Mic, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
- The Hermaleighs (Nashville Folk), Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, February 24
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Sara Jean Kelley (Singer/Songwriter) / Shady Banks (Americana/Folk), Visitor’s Center, Noon, Free
- Tres Daugherty Piano Recital, (Bach, Chopin, Daugherty) St. John’s Cathedral, Noon, Free
- Tennessee Shines: The Grassroots Gringos + Wordplay guest Susan Underwood, Visitor’s Center, 7:00 PM, $10
- An Evening with “Trip to Bountiful” cast members plus author Gerald Wood discussing his book Voice of an American Playwright: Horton Foote, Union Avenue Books, 6:00 PM
- The Blue Print (Keith Brown) featuring Kenneth Whalum III, Barley’s, 10:00 PM, Free
- The Big Pink (Dylan and Band Covers), Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, February 25
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jonathan Gilbreath, Visitor’s Center, Noon, Free
- K-Town Throw Down $2,000 Competition, Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub, 7:00 PM
- Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Tuesdays, 7:00 PM, $5
- Randy Rogers Band, Bijou, 8:00 PM, $20 – $25
- UT Concert Band, Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble, UT Alumni Building, 8:00 PM, Free
- Sons of Fathers, Barley’s, 10:00 PM, $5
- Band Eat Band $3000 Competition, Sidecar Symposium vs. Crumbsnatchers, Preservation Pub, 10 PM
Wednesday, February 26
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Marisa Ireland (Country) / Ben Maney (Jazz/Folk), Visitor’s Center, Noon, Free
- Barry Roseman Trio (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM, Free
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Square Room, 7:30, $5
- “The Trip to Bountiful,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30, $5 – $40
- St. Paul and the Broken Bones (AWESOME BAND), Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $16.50
- Knox Comedy Live Presents: The Roast of Mario!, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5.50 Advance, $8 Door
- Afro (Nashville Jazz/Soul/Jam), Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Thursday, February 27
- WDVX Blue Plate Special Shantell Ogden (Singer-Songwriter) / Ma Crow & the Lady Slippers (Bluegrass), Visitor’s Center, Noon, Free
- Wayne’s World, Beer, Bingo, Blasius Fundraiser, One ticket gets a beer, chili and bingo card, Remedy Coffee, 6:30
- The U.S. Navy Concert Band, UT Alumni Building, 7:00 PM
- “The Trip to Bountiful,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $5 – $40
- Scottish Music Jam Session (join in or listen), Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:30
- “The Dixie Swim Club,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $10 – $15
- The Broadcast (soul/funk/classic rock), Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Friday, February 28
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: AMIGO / Jake Lewis & the Clergy (Indie/Folk), Visitor’s Center, Noon, Free
- Jake Lewis and the Clergy (indie rock), Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
- Todd Snider (AWESOME SINGER/SONGWRITER), Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $19.50
- Tennessee Children’s Dance Ensemble, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $30
- “The Trip to Bountiful,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30, $5 – $40
- “The Dixie Swim Club,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $10 – $15
- Tamera Brown (jazz vocalist), Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM, Free
- This Mountain, Barley’s, 10:00 PM, $5
- Tim Lee’s Birthday Rock and Roll Extravaganza, Tim Lee 3, Amigo, Barstool Romeos, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Dan Gallardo (Nashville Singer/Songwriter), Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM, Free
- Tree Tops (Prog), Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
Saturday, March 1
- Mardi Growl, Begins at 11:00 AM at the Downtown Dog Park and concludes at Market Square, Pet-centric booths and activities continue there until 2:00 PM, Registration for the Parade is required, $15 Advance and $20 Day of Event
- Urban Gypsy Popup Resale Clothing Shop, 119 E. Fifth Avenue, 12:00 – 8:00 (Also Sunday, 12:00 – 7:00), use back entrance off King Street
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Grant Peeples (Americana/Roots) / Adam Marsland (Singer/Songwriter), Visitor’s Center, Noon, Free
- “Spring Swing” for the Cure, Brad Walker and his Orchestra, For Cystic Fibrosis, Dinner Included, Black Tie Requested, Club LeConte, 6:00 – 10:00, $45
- Knoxville Opera Bachanalia or TOGA! TOGA! TOGA!, Heavy Hor’doeurves, Two Drinks included, Wear a Toga, $75 ($50 tax deductable), The Standard, 7:00 PM
- Knoxville Choral Society Young Classical Musicians Concert, Knoxville Convention Center, 7:30, $15
- “The Trip to Bountiful,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30, $5 – $40
- “The Dixie Swim Club,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $10 – $15
- “Swingin’ Saturday Night” with the Streamliners Swing Orchestra, Relix, 8:00 PM
- Adam Marsland (Indie Pop), Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
- The Drunk Uncles, Barley’s, 8:00 PM, Free
- Andrew Ripp, Square Room, 8:00 PM, $12 – $22
- Don’t FOOG with our MOOG, Hudson K and more (recovery concert after the theft of all of Hudson K’s VERY EXPENSIVE equipment, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $7
- The Dusty 45s (bluegrass/Americana), Barley’s, $5
- Matrimony (Charlotte Indie Folk), Scruffy City Hall, 10:00