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Sunday, June 15
- Reading Appalachia: Voices from Children’s Literature Opening Reception (Reading/Music with Emi Sunshine/Dale’s Fried Pies), East Tennessee History Center, 2:00 PM, Free
- George Singleton reads from and signs “Between Wrecks,” Union Avenue Books, 2:00 PM, Free
- Summer Movie Magic presents “Thunder Road,” Tennessee Theatre, 2:00 PM, $11
- Tennessee Valley Players Present “West Side Story,” Carousel Theatre, 3:00 PM, $18
- Terry Phillips, Barley’s, 8:00 PM, Free
- Smoky Mountain Blues Society Blues Cruise, Star of Knoxville, 8:00 PM, $13 – $18
- Fine Penduncle, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
Monday, June 16
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Alex Krug Combo (Folk/Rock) / Ask Your Folks, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Tennessee Shines: Nora Jane Struthers and the Party Line/R.B. Morris, Visitor Center, 7:00 PM, $10
- Alex Krug Combo with Ask Your Folks, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, June 17
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Fustics (Americana/Rock) / Redleg Husky (Americana/Folk), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Jazz on the Square, Market Square, 8:00 – 10:00, Free
- The Fustics, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM, $3
- Marina Orchestra Acoustic with Marisa Ireland and Amen Lucy, Amen, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
- Pale Root, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, June 18
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Larry Stephenson (Bluegrass/Gospel) / Little Chief (Folk), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Adrian Cottier (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM, Free
- Psychic Baos with Wooden India Burial Ground, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
Thursday, June 19
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Sanctum Sully (Bluegrass/Folk) / This Frontier Needs Heroes (Folk), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Kuumba Festival Kick-off and Lunch, Krutch Park, Noon
- Community Cinema Screening for “The New Black” (Shifts in African American attitudes toward Gay Rights), Scruffy City Hall, 6:00 PM, Free
- Variety Thursday Concert with Baseball the Band, Market Square, 7:00 PM, Free
- Circle Modern Dance Presents “New Terrain,” The Standard, 7:30 PM, $12 – $15
- Homemade Wine, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM
- The Mutations with Vacation Club and Ex Gold, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
- Sanctum Sully, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Friday, June 20
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Hoots & Hellmouth (Folk Rock) / Caleb Stine (Singer-Songwriter), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- World Refugee Day 2014 Program, Light food, Cultural Displays, Guest Speaker Drocella Mugorewera (former cultural minister of Rwanda, Segues into the Circle Modern Dance presentation (see below), The Standard, Free, 5:00 – 7:30 PM
- Kuumba Festival Parade, Gay Street, 6:00 PM (Music to follow on the Square)
- Alive After Five Presents Vance Thompson with the Marble City Five, Lance Owen and Blueprint, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 PM, $10
- Screening of PBS’ “Freedom Summer,” East Tennessee History Center, 6:30, Free
- Circle Modern Dance Presents “New Terrain,” The Standard, 7:30 PM, $12 – $15
- Tennessee Valley Players present “West Side Story,” Carousel Theatre, 7:30 PM, $18
- Elvis Costello, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $47 – $77
- Pamela Klicka (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM, Free
- Zeds Dead with David Heartbreak, The International, 9:00 PM, $20 – $50
- Knoxville Comedy Cruise with Tony Boswell, Tennessee Riverboat, 10:00 PM, $10
- Wreckless Eric with Bark, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM
- Hoots and Hellmouth, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Devon Jones and the Uptown Stomp, Boyd’s, 10:00 PM
Saturday, June 21
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Rob Kronen (Singer-Songwriter) / Skunk Ruckus (Country/Punk), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Knoxville Pridefest Parade, Gay Street, Noon
- Big Kahuna Wing Festival, World’s Fair Park Festival Lawn, Noon – 8:00 PM
- Pridefest, Indigo Girls/Beer/Other Entertainment, World’s Fair Park, 1:00 – 8:00 PM, Free
- Songwriters Getting Scruffy, Nashville Singer/Songwriters, Fundraiser, Scruffy City Hall, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Parkridge Summer Solstice Street Fair, Potluck, Olive Street, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Goodwin House Concert with Irene Kelly, Beaumont Street, 7:00 PM Potluck, 8:00 PM Show, $15 Suggested Donation
- Southeastern Championship Wrestling, Knoxville Coliseum, 7:00 PM, $10 – $12
- Tennessee Players present “West Side Story,” Carousel Theatre, 7:30 PM, $18
- “Left of Center” Variety and Burlesque Show, The Bowery, 8:00 PM, $10 Adv.
- RB Morris Band featuring Hector Qirko, Barley’s, 9:00 PM
- The Chuck Mullican Jazz Bonanza, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM, Free
- King Super and the Excellents, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM, $5