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, April 6
- Rhythm and Blooms (Caleb Hawley, Mutlu, Ben Sollee, Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott, Black Lillies and Brett Dennen), Knoxville Botanical Gardens, 1:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- “Wrens,” Clarence Brown Lab Theatre, 2:00 PM, $15
- Upstairs Underground Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM, Free
- Dixie Ghost, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
- House Scruffian TV Night (On the giant High Def TV), Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
- Yaddatu (world jam), Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Ex-Cult, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM
Monday, April 7
- WDVX, Blue Plate Special: Amy McCarley / New Country Rehab (Americana/Country), Knoxville Visitors’ Center, Noon, Free
- Mighty Musical Monday (Wurlitzer Organ Concert), Tennessee Theatre, Noon, Free
- Laura Treacy Bently reads from and signs Silver Tatoo, Union Ave. Books, 5:00 PM
- Tennessee Shines, Robby Hecht and The Sea The Sea, with Wordplay guest RB Morris, Visitors’ Center, 7:00 PM, $10
- Cabaret-Style Belly Dance, Sizemology (221 Cumberland Ave.), 7:00 PM
- Fatstacks and the Fun Guy (rock), Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Horror Flix Night (on the Monster TV), Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, April 8
- WDVX, Blue Plate Special: Nikki Talley (Folk) / William Wild Band, Knoxville Visitors’ Center, Noon, Free
- Lisa Curtis of the Heritage Foundation, UT Student Center Auditorium, 7:00 PM
- Volumes, Bowery, 7:00 PM
- Robert Cray, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $30
- K-Town Showdown Open Mic (for $2,000), Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
- Misery and Gin, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Band Eat Band Competition (for $3,000), Biscuitheads vs. Tree Tops, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, April 9
- WDVX, Blue Plate Special: Whitherward (Americana) / Todd Day Wait’s Pigpen (Folk/Country), Knoxville Visitors’ Center, Noon, Free
- The re-birth of Civil War Era east Tennessee Baseball, East TN History Center, Noon, Free
- Amanda Ripley, Bijou, 7:00 PM, Tickets Free but Reservations Required
- Ann B. Ross reads and signs Miss Julia’s Marvelous Makeover, Union Ave. Books, 7:00 PM
- “Wrens,” Clarence Brown Lab Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15
- Cirque du Soleil,: Varekai, Thompson-Boling Arena, 7:30, $35 – $150
- Split Family, Bowery, 9:00, $3
- Zach and Kota’s Sweet Life (Thrash), Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Thursday, April 10
- WDVX, Blue Plate Special: The Howlin’ Brothers (Old-time/Blues) / Sammie Suggitt (Country/Gospel), Knoxville Visitors’ Center, Noon, Free
- Lost and Found Luncheon with Jack Neely, Historic Westwood, 11:30, Free, Reservations Required
- Tax Time at Preservation Pub, Tax Help with Reida Gillespie, 3:30 – 10:00 PM, $35 gets most people’s taxes filed on the spot
- Hip Hop for Hunger, Jack Cell at Skybox (5:00 PM), Scruffy City Hall(8:00 PM) and Lattitude 35 (10:00 PM), Fundraiser for Meals on Wheels, 5:00 PM, $5 Suggested Donation
- John Emison reads and signs Martin Luther Kin, Jr. Congressional Cover-up, Union Ave. Books, 6 PM
- The California Celts, UT University Center, 7:30, Free
- Wanderlust – Live Art Fashion Show (Fundraiser for American Brain Tumor Association), Sapphire, 7:30, Event Free but Table Reservation $25
- “Wrens,” Clarence Brown Lab Theatre, 7:30, $15
- Cirque du Soleil: Varekai, Thompson-Boling Arena, 7:30, $35 – $150
- “Ordinary People,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00, $10
- John Mark McMillan, Square Room, 8:00 PM, $15 – $35
- Brad Mehldau Trio, Bijou, 8:00 PM, $25
- If Birds Could Fly, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- We Are the Walrus (Beatle’s Covers), Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Friday, April 11
- WDVX, Blue Plate Special: Michael Johnathon (Singer-Songwriter) / Chatham County Line (Americana/Bluegrass), Knoxville Visitors’ Center, Noon, Free
- “Wrens,” Clarence Brown Lab Theatre, $15
- Cirque du Soleil: Varekai, Thompson-Boling Arena, 7:30, $35 – $150
- Channing and Quinn, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
- “Ordinary People,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00, $15
- T. Michael Branner Conecptet (jazz), Bijou at the Bistro, 9:00 PM, Free
- Caspa, NV Nightclub, 9:00 PM, $15 – $20
- Gamenight (indie), Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Spaceface, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
Saturday, April 12
- Third Annual Skill Share and Plant Sale, Beardsley Farm, 9:00 AM
- Kidstuff with the Knoxville Opera, Visitors’ Center, 10:00 AM, Free
- Winter Farmers’ Market, Southern Railway Station, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Rossini Festival, Gay Street, 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
- Taoist Tai Chi Open House, 1205 N. Central, 11:00 AM, Free
- WDVX, Blue Plate Special: Year of October (Rock/Blues) / Vagabond Philosophy (Folk/Rock), , Knoxville Visitors’ Center, Noon, Free
- Gordon Belt and Traci Nichols – Belt read and sign John Sevier: Tennessee’s First Hero, Union Ave. Books, 2:00 PM
- Poets for Preservation featuring Linda Parsons Marion and Laura Still, Historic Westwood, 3:00 PM, Free
- “Wrens,” Clarence Brown Lab Theatre, 7:30, $15
- Cirque du Soleil: Varekai, Thompson-Boling Arena, 7:30, $35 – $150
- “Ordinary People,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00, $15
- Demetri Martin, Bijou, 8:00 PM
- Rossdafareye (one-man reggae), Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
- Sheila Kay Adams, Laurel Theatrer, 8:00 PM, $12
- Angela Perley and hte Howlin’ Moons, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM, Free
- Marc Higgins and the Chainsaw Bears (Americana), Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Shifty and the Headmasters, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00