If you want to be certain to be included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a FB event and invite me – two weeks in advance. My FB “events” are the one place I’ll go to every time – if you invite me before I post.
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, January 25
- Shifflett and Hannah, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- “Harvey” presented by the Tennessee Stage Company, Southern Railway Station, 2:00 PM, $15
- Ching Yun-hu (pianist), Haslam Music Center, 2:30 PM (ticketed event)
- Lucy Brown and Ben McClendon, SAFTA Reading Series, Birdhouse (800 N. 4th Ave.), 3:00 PM
- “Daddy’s Dyin’: Who’s Got the Will?,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $13
- Jazz Jam, Emporium, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
- Doug Gibson, Clancy’s Tavern, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Mushroom Head/Like Monroe/The Family Ruin, The International, 8:00 PM, $15 – $20
- Tedeschi Trucks Band, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $35 – $79.50
- Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Lonetones, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
- Daddy Don’t/Nervous Rex, Pilot Light, 10:00, $5
Monday, January 26
- Rally to Ask Jimmy Duncan to Acknowledge Climate Change, Rep. Duncan’s Office, 11:30 AM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Thomm Jutz & Craig Market, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- CBID Board Meeting, Chamber of Commerce, 5:30 AM
- Tennessee Shines presents The Hello Strangers, Visitor Center, 7:00 PM, $10
- Old Time Jam, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 PM
- Singer/Songwriter Night, The Square Room, 7:30 PM, $5
- QED Comedy Lab, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, Free
- UT Wind Enemble/Pacific University Wind Ensemble, Cox Auditorium, 8:00 PM
- The Blueprint, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, January 27
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Greg Horne / Josiah Atchley, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Emily Roberts, Clancy’s Tavern, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Wine and Chocolate Pairing Class, Blue Slip Winery, 6:00 PM, $20
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
- Hotshot Freight Train, Southern Station, 7:30 PM, $10
- Marble City Five, Emporium, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
- Knoxville Jazz Orchestra presents An Evening with Bobby Watson, Square Room, 8:00 PM, $15 – $32.50
- Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Today’s Hits (a band, not the actual current top 40)/The Sniff, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
- Evan Stone/Realm/Yak Strangler, Fundraiser for Spears Family (home burned), 20% of total sales +
100% of door and donations to the family, Preservation Pub, All Evening - Greg Horne Band, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, January 28
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Tarlatans (Roots/Rocks), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Q Series Lunch, Square Room, Noon, $15/$20
- An Evening of Scotch and Strings, Scotch/Heavy hors d’oeuvres/KSO quartet, Symphony Fundraiser, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 5:30 PM, $35/$40
- Dustin and Jared’s Open House, Rock Paper Salon, 6:30 PM
- Scruffy City Comedy Showcase, Southern Railway Station, 7:30, $10
- Carl Anderson, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 8:00 PM
- Barry Roseman, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Red As Blook/White Gregg, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
Thursday, January 29
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Seryn / Cary Morin (Blues), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Community Design Center reception for new director Wayne Blasius, Patrick Sullivan’s, 5:00 PM
- Contemporary Focus, Opening Art Exhibition for Regional Contemporary Artists, Knoxville Museum of Art, 5:30 – 7:30
- Soul Mechanic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 6:00 PM
- Danita McCartney, Remedy Coffee, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
- Waynestock, Subtle Clutch/Brandon Fulson and the Realbillys/Matt Woods/Whitechapel, Benefits WUTK, Relix Theatre, 7:00 PM – Midnight
- Umphrey’s McGee, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $27.50/$30
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Fayetteville Fire Antz, Knoxville Coliseum, 7:30 PM, $10 – $30
- City People Do the Ice Bears (In a PG-13 sort of way), For group discount and details: megpierce78@gmail.com
- “Harvey” presented by the Tennessee Stage Company, Southern Railway Station, 8:00 PM, $15
- Sturgill Simpson, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $20 SOLD OUT
- The New Orleans Suspects/SIMO, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
- Dank Sinatra, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Derek Poteat/Joseph Allred, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
- Seryn, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- The Mantras/Tree Tops, Concourse at the International, 11:00 PM
Friday, January 30
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Wallace Coleman w/ Billy Crawford (Blues) / JD & the Straight Shot (Folk/Rock), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Alive After Five presents Soul Connection, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM, $10/$15
- Waynestock, Blueprint/Plunderphonics/Madre/Hudson K/Bobby Bare, Jr/Big Bad Oven, Fundraiser for WUTK, Relix, 7:00 PM, $5
- Ron White, Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 PM, $50/$60 SOLD OUT
- “Harvey” presented by the Tennessee Stage Company, Southern Railway Station, 8:00 PM, $15
- “Extremeties,” Play presented as part of UT Sex Week, 8:00, Free (But tickets must be secured through the link)
- Gaelic Storm, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $21.50
- Cary Morin, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Kevin Class (piano)/Wesley Baldwin (cello), Faculty Duo Recital, UT Haslam Center, 8:00 PM
- Buku/Willy Joy/Gutta Kick, The Concourse at the International, 9:00 PM, $10/$15
- Tom Johnson, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – Midnight
- Guy Marshall, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
- Annabelle’s Curse/Great Barrier Reef, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Adia Victoria/Jamie Cook, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $6
- Johnny Campbell and the Bluegrass Drifters, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM
- Crumbsnatchers, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Saturday, January 31
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Mt. Leconte Jug Band / Tyler Alderson (Singer-Songwriter), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- “Extremeties,” Play presented as part of UT Sex Week, 2:00, Free (But tickets must be secured through the link)
- The Almost $3 Pub Crawl, Cystic Fibrosis Fundraiser, Eight Downtown Pubs – Starts at Sapphire, 7:00 PM, $10 wrist band
- Waynestock, Relix, Bark/Run,Jump and Throw Like a Girl/Cutthroat Shamrock/Marina Orchestra, Neil Young Tribute, Fundraiser for WUTK, 7:00 PM, $5
- Ron White, Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 PM, $50/$60
- Zach Joseph, Clancy’s Tavern, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- The Carmonas, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- “Harvey” presented by the Tennessee Stage Company, Southern Railway Station, 8:00 PM, $15
- “Extremeties,” Play presented as part of UT Sex Week, 8:00, Free (But tickets must be secured through the link)
- Follies Girls Present “Coming on Strong,” Concourse at the International, 8:00 PM, $10/$15
- The Wallace Coleman Band, Laurel Theater, 8:00 PM
- Will Yager Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – Midnight
- Kamber/The Enigmatic Foe/Stryplepop, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
- The Uptown Stomp, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
- The Burnin Hermans, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Wayne “The Train” Hancock, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Four Leaf Peat, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM
Sunday, February 1
- Shifflett and Hannah, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- “Harvey” presented by the Tennessee Stage Company, Southern Railway Station, 2:00 PM, $15
- “Extremeties,” Play presented as part of UT Sex Week, 2:00, Free (But tickets must be secured through the link)
- Katie Johnson (horn), Faculty Recital, UT Haslam Center, 6:00 PM
- Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Marbin, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, February 2
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Ken Waldman & Brian Vollmer (Old-Time) / Matt Phillips (Singer-Songwriter), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Mighty Musical Monday with Liz Peterson and David Church, Tennessee Theatre, Noon, Free
- WDVX Tennessee Shines: Thomm Lutz and Craig Market, Visitor Center, 7:00 PM, $10
- Singer/Songwriter Night, The Square Room, 7:30 PM, $5
- “American Voices,” Cecily Nall (soprano)/Judith Bible (piano), UT Haslam Center, 8:00 PM
- Orison performs “Compline for Candlemas,” St. John’s Cathedral, 8:00 PM
- The Brothers Landreth, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – Midnight, $5
- Relentless, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Marbin, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, February 3
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Oarsman (Folk/Pop) / The Bros Landreth (Americana/Roots), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Renee is a Zombie, Southern Railway Station, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM, $5
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
- City Council Meeting, City County Bldg. Large Assembly Hall, 7:00 PM
- Art Talk: Jessica Wohl, UT Art and Architecture Bldg, Rm 109, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Marble City Five, Emporium, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
- “Chants, Saints and Mystics,” Jerome Reed (piano), UT Haslam Center, 8:00 PM
- Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Polestar, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Oarsmen, Barley’s, 10:00 PM