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. Any number of venues outside of downtown have some great events, 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, May 11
- Shffflett and Hannah (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, Noon, Free
- Greg Horne Band, Barley’s, 8:00 PM, Free
- Spamalot, Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 PM, $15 – $30
- Spamalot, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30, $15 – $30
- Upstairs Underground, Open Mic Comedy, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM, Free
Monday, May 12
- WDVX Blue Plate Special, Justin Kaleb Driggers (Singer/Songwriter)/Alex Kates (Singer/Songwriter), Visitors’ Center, Noon, Free
- Cinema Hola, “Fresa y Chocolate/Strawberry and Chocolate,” Spanish w/English sub., 6:30 PM, Emporium, Free
- Tennessee Shines with Subtle Clutch (See them!), Poet Susan O’dell Underwood, Visitors’ Center, 7:00 PM, $10
- Gojirafest, Celebrating the Release of the new Godzilla film, Movies in Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 PM, Free, but donations benefit the Knoxville Horror Film Festival
- Iron and Wine, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $32
- Uptown Stomp, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Skunk Ruckus, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, May 13
- WDVX Blue Plate Special, Ian McFeron (Americana/Folk)/Stephen Lee Rich, Visitors’ Center, Noon, Free
- An Evening with Author and Harpist Laura Underwood, Gallery Nuance, 6:00 PM, Free
- K-Town Showdown, Singer-Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub, 7:00 – 10:00 PM
- Hal and Phil Off the Record (Hallerin Hill and Phil Williams), Bijou, 7:30, $21.50
- Jazz on the Square, Market Square, 8:00 PM, Free
- Alex Kates, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Koa, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, May 14
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special, Sean Ashby (Americana/Roots)/Big Country’s Empty Bottle, Visitors’ Center, Noon, Free
- Business Social Networking, Preservation Pub, 5:30 PM, Free (Free Pizza included – on the Moonshine Roof)
- Nick Swoffard Trio (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM, Free
- Rebecca Frazier and the Hit and Run, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
- Sean Ashby, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 8:00 PM, Free
- Random Movement, NV Nightclub, 9:30, $5
- The Big Pink, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Thursday, May 15
- Southern Food Writing Conference, May 15 and 16, $450
- WDVX Blue Plate Special, Martin Harley (Blues/Rock)/Sam Lewis (Singer/Songwriter), Visitors’ Center, Noon, Free
- The Knoxville Community Band, Market Square Stage, 7:00 – 8:00 PM, Free
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra performs Beethoven’s Piano Concerto #4, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $11 – $83
- Chastity Brown and Laith Keilany, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
- Jstorm S, Jack Cellar Whiskey and Blues Bar, 25 cent wings, 8:30 PM, $5
- Captain Midnight Band, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- The Reigns Band, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Dave Eggar and Deoro (RAVE REVIEWS FROM RHYTHM AND BLOOMS), Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
Friday, May 16
- Bike to Work Day, Market Square (free Biscuit from Petes and Coffee from Trio) or other locations, 7:30 – 8:30 AM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special, The Yanks (Celtic)/Duane Cliatt (Country/Singer-Songwriter), Visitors’ Center, Noon, Free
- Chef Bryan Fonokus discusses and signs his new cookbook: New Southern Flavors from the Blue Ridge Mountains, Union Avenue Books, 5:00 – 7:00 PM
- Biscuit Bash featuring Holly Williams with Emi Sunshine, Food by Knox Mason, Recipe books with Authors, The Standard, 6:00 – 10:00 PM, $75 ($10 for music only)
- Andy T – Nick Nixon Band with Jenna and Her Cool Friends, Knoxville Museum of Art, North Garden, 6:00 – 9:30
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra performs Beethoven’s Piano Concerto #4, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $11 – $83
- Paul Edleman Band, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
- Kalya Scintilla, NV Nightclub, 9:00 PM, $10 – $15
- Band-Eat-Band Semi-finals (Justin Kalk Orchestra, Juke Joint Drifters, DixieGhost, Cornbread), Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM
- Vance Thompson (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM, Free
- The Love Language, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $6
- Strung Like a Horse, Barley’s, 10:00 PM, $5
- The DanBerrys, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM, Free
- Deadringers, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Saturday, May 17
- Yard Sale-a-palooza, Proceeds to Henry’s Fund, The Birdhouse, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, Market Square, 9:00 – 2:00
- International Biscuit Festival Street Fair, 9:00 – 2:00 PM
- 10th Annual Children’s Festival of Reading, World’s Fair Park, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Blackberry Farm Biscuit Brunch, Krutch Park, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM, $85
- WDVX Blue Plate Special, Runaway Home (Americana/Folk)/Tim and Jodi Harbin (Americana/Bluegrass)
- Writing Funny: Humor and Comedy Writing Workshop, 125 E. Glenwood St., 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- Kenny Rogers, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $57 – $175
- Portugal the Man, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $25
- The Yanks, Square Room, 8:00 PM, $15 – $30
- Chuck Mullican (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM, Free
- Rachel Baiman, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM, Free
- Husky Burnette, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Knoxville Comedy Cruise with Jake Head, Tennessee Riverboat, 10:00 PM, $10
- The Biscuitheads, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Vibraslaps, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
Bonus Coverage:
Sunday, May 18
An Evening With Tyler Florence, Tennessee Theatre, Sunday, 8:00 PM, $34 – $122
and
Food Truck Extravaganza, 6:00 PM outside the Tennessee Theater beginning at 6:00 PM – Open to the Public
(Final Events for the Biscuit Festival)
also concluding the Biscuit