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.
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Sunday, March 30
- Knoxville Marathon, Road Closures Here, 7:30 AM
- Big Ears, (The Exciting Conclusion!), All Day, KMA and TN Theatre, $75
- “Wrens,” Clarence Brown Lab Theatre, 2:00 PM, $15
- UT Faculty Chamber Series, Haslam Center, 3:00 PM, Free
- Pop Up Food Tour, “Eat Me Two” (works of art and food by Denise Stewart-Sanabria), 5 – 8 PM, $30
- Hello City Festival, Pilot Light, 5:00 PM
- Upstairs Underground Comedy Show, Open Mic, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM, Free
- UT Spring Choral Concert, UT Alumni Bldg, 8:00 PM, Free
- JC and the Dirty Smokers, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Chamomile and Whiskey, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM, $3
Monday, March 31
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Dan Tedesco (Singer-Songwriter) / Urban Pioneers, , Visitors’ Center, Noon, Free
- Tennessee Shines, The Steel Wheels + Wordplay guest Dawn Coppock, Visitors’ Center, 7:00 PM, $10
- Bishop Gene Robinson (first – 2003- openly gay bishop in the Anglican Church) speaks, presented by the Issues Committee, UT Student Center, 7:00 PM, Free
- The Wordplayers: God’s Favorite, Square Room, 7:30, Free
- “Cheap Thrills” presented by the Knoxville Horror Film Fest, Scruffy City Hall, 9 PM, $10
- Blue Print (jazz), Barley’s, 10 PM
- Morgan O’Kane, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, April 1
- Grand Opening of Historic Westwood (and Knox Heritage’s 40th birthday), 10 AM – 2 PM, Free
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jack Rentfro & the Apocalypso Quartet (Spoken Word) / Mike Archer (Singer-Songwriter), Visitors’ Center, Noon, Free
- Doric String Quartet, UT Haslam Center, 7:00 PM, Free
- Humming House, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, April 2
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jimi & the Poor Valley Collective / Bill Griese (Singer-Songwriter), Visitors’ Center, Noon, Free
- Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Lunch, Square Room, Noon, $15
- Preston Shires (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM, Free
- “Wrens,” Clarence Brown Lab Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15
- Railroad Earth, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $21.50
Thursday, April 3
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Grits & Soul (Americana) / The Defibulators, Visitors’ Center, Noon, Free
- 500 Block of Jackson Avenue Public Forum and lanning Meeting, The Standard, 5:30 PM
- Twenty One Pilots, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 PM, $20
- “Wrens,” Clarence Brown Lab Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15
- Sam Quinn, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Dead Rider, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $6
- Livingstone (Paris garage blues rock), Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Friday, April 4
- AWDVX Blue Plate Special: Steff Mahan (Americana) / Donna Ulisse & the Poor Mountain Boys (Bluegrass/Country), Visitors’ Center, Noon, Free
- Rhythm and Blooms, Three Days of Stunning Music on Many Stages in the Old City, 6:00 PM – 2:30 AM, Weekend $60, Day Pass $30
- Surrealist Film Festival, UT Hodges Auditorium (library), 4:30 – 11:00 PM, Free
- Robert Tino (artist) showing at Rick Terry Jewelers (618 S. Gay), 5:00 – 7:00
- Art Door Slam: Live Art Competition, Artists decorate door panels with Sharpies (sponsor), Beneath the Jackson Avenue Viaduct, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
- Third Annual “Art on the Block,” Aerial Arts, Dance, Drums and more, 100 Block, 6 PM – 9 PM, Free
- Union Avenue Books First Friday, Art and Crafts all along the sidewalk at the 500 block of Union, 5:30 – 9:00
- First Friday at Gallery Nuance, Music, Art, Food, 6:00 – 9:00 PM, Free
- Pinnation, Recent Art by Allison Pickett, Chop Shop (Happy Holler), 6:00 – 9:00 PM, Free
- Beaumont Rocks (with Black Atticus and the Coveralls), Relix, 7:00 PM, $5
- “Wrens,” Clarence Brown Lab Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15
- Screening of “If You Build It,” Film about impoverished students and design in North Carolina, featuring q and a with Matt Miller (subject of the film), Square Room, 8:00 PM, Free (plus hors d’oeuvres and a cash-bar)
- The Oak Creek Band (Nashville Indie Band), Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
- UT Percussion Ensemble Concert, UT Haslam Center, 8:00 PM, Free
- The Buddy Honeycutt Trio (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM
- Styles and Complete, NV Night Club, $7 – $10
- The Burin’ Hermans, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Dixie Ghost, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
Saturday, April 5
- Chalk Walk, Market Square, 8:00 – 5:00
- The Great Llama Race (yes, actual Llama’s in the City), World’s Fair Park, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Natalie York / Another Roadside Attraction, Visitors’ Center, Noon, Free
- Rhythm and Blooms, Three Days of Stunning Music on Many Stages in the Old City, 1:00 PM – 1:30 AM, Weekend $60, Day Pass $30
- Permaculture Talk with Cliff Davis, Gypsy Hands Healing Art Center (707 N. Central), 4 – 6 PM, Free
- Surrealist Film Festival, UT Hodges Auditorium (library), 4:30 – 11:00 PM, Free
- The Lowdown Uptown Vintage Soiree, Music (Uptown Stomp), Vintage Vendors, Vintage Fashion Show, Cash Bar, Relix, 6:30 – 10:30, $6
- “Wrens,” Clarence Brown Lab Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15
- The South Carolina Broadcasters (old time string band), Laurel Theater, 8:00 PM, $12
- “Rain,” Beatles Tribute, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $39 – $59
- The Red Honey, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
- Cypher Saturday, The Birdhouse (800 N. 4th Ave.), Monthly Hip Hop Show, Knowledge Prophet, Caribbean Soul Food, BYOB with ID, 9 PM – 1 AM, Ladies Free, Men $5
- repeat Repeat, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Ben Gaines Band, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM