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Sunday, August 24
- Planning Meeting for Moving Forward (Sustainable Foods Discussion), Three Rivers Co-op, 1:00 PM
- Hungry Otter Festival with Bark, Daddy Don’t, Surrogates, The Bar Stool Romeos and Big Bad Oven, Pilot Light, 2:00 PM, $5
- Summer Movie Magic presents “Dirty Dancing,” Tennessee Theatre, 2:00 PM, $6 – $8
- Martha Woodruff reads from and signs her novel, Small Blessings, Union Avenue Books, 2:00 PM
- Crafty Kids in the Gallery, Children 5 and Up, Paulk and Company, 510 Williams Street, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM, $20 or $10 each for siblings
- City People Pot Luck Dinner, James White Fort, 5:00 PM
- Open Mic Comedy, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
- The Mumbles, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, August 25
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Sunshine Station / Hillary Reynolds Band (Folk/Pop), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Horror Triple Feature, Scruffy City Hall, 6:00 PM
- Jim Lauderdale, Tennessee Shines, Visitor Center, $10, 7:00 PM
- Washed Out, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $18 – $20
- The Mumbles, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
- The Blue Print with special guest Donald Brown, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, August 26
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Mutts / Sampson, Mack, and Smeed, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Glenn Meade reads from and signs his novel, The Last Witness, Union Avenue Books, 6:00 PM
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic Night, Preservation Pub, 7:00 PM
- Lyle Lovett and Hist Large Band, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $55 – $70
- Jazz on the Square, Market Square, 8:00 PM, Free
- 9th Street Stompers, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Tim Easton, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, August 27
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Bruce Balmer (Singer-Songwriter) / David & Valerie Mayfield (Bluegrass), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- KSDA Dance to the Uptown Stomp, Laurel Theater, 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM, $3 – $7
- The First Walk, Religious Concert, World’s Fair Park Amphitheater, 8:00 PM
- Knox Country Jug Stompers, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Joybang, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
Thursday, August 28
- WDVX Blue Plate Special Joe’s Truck Stop (Honky-Tonk/Country) / Rachel Brooke (Country/Blues), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Save the Ta Tas Bachelor Auction, Scruffy City Hall, 6:00 PM
- Design Slam, Volume 1, The Standard, 6:15 PM, Free
- Tauk, The Concourse, 8:00 PM, Free
- Ramajay’s Castaways, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
- Mr. F, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Wooden Wand, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM
Friday, August 29
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Ancient Warfare / Bear Medicine (Folk), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Ironwood Art Fair, 30 Artists, Music and More, Ironwood Studios, 119 Jennings Ave., 5:00 PM – Until
- Shaking the Sphere, Next Level Wrestling presents wrestling on the World’s Fair Park, 5:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Mark Hummel and the Blues Survivors, Grammy Nominated Blues Artist, Square Room, 7:00 PM, $18 – $28
- Salt-n-Pepa, Old City Courtyard, 7:00 PM, $15 – $75
- Owen Campbell, (Blues Champion), Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
- “The Irish Curse,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Mojo Flow, Calhoun’s on the River, 8:00 PM
- The Barry Hannah Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM, Free
- Midnight Voyage Live, The Concourse, 9:00 PM, $5
- Royal Bangs, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Lindsey Lou, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM
- Chamomile and Whiskey, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Kansas Bible Company, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
- Jamie Cook, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
Saturday, August 30
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Erica Blinn & the Handsome Machine (Americana/Rock) / The New Good Old Boys (Bluegrass), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Salvage Your Jewelry with Sarah Brobst, Ijams Nature Center, 1:00 – 3:00 PM, $10-$15
- Boomsday, Fireworks/3 Bands/Food, 2:30 – 10:00 PM, Viewing on Neyland Free, After Party Concert at Thompson-Boling with Rodney Atkins, $20
- “The Irish Curse,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Larry Vincent, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM
- Allman Brothers Tribute Band, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Erica Blinn, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM
- Gamenight (with Madre and Marina Orchestra), Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
- Shark Week, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
- Vinyl iPod, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM