If you want to be certain Your event is 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 (Alan Sims) 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 24
- HAPPY 74th BIRTHDAY BOB DYLAN!
- Shifflett and Hannah, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Davis Mitchell, Clancy’s Tavern, 6:00 PM
- Cages: An Anthology of New One Acts from SAFTA Stage, Emporium, 7:00 PM, $15
- Steel Panther/Like a Storm, The International, 7:00 PM (Doors), $24 – $150
- 3rd Annual All-White Affair, Eclectic Soul, NV Nightclub Courtyard, 8:00 PM, $15
- Upstairs Underground: Stand-up Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Laney Jones and the Lively Spirits, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
- Captain Green, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Megawave/The Sniff, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM
Monday, May 25
- Memorial Day
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Kirk Fleta / Marbin (Fusion), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- 5th Woman Poetry Slam and Fundraiser, Scruffy City Hall, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- The AQEDemy Awards, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, Pay What You Want
- Dave Eggar/Marbin, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Blueprint, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, May 26
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Sarah Morgan / Look Homeward (Folk), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Look Homeward, Preservation Pub, 7:00 PM
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
- City Council Meeting, City County Bldg. Main Assembly Rm, 7:00 PM
- Einstein Simplified, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Jazz Tuesdays with the Marble City Five, Market Square, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- The Brummy Brothers, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- The Fever, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, May 27
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Kelley Swindall / Gold Heart (Bluegrass), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Tennessee Shines presents Levon Helm Birthday Tribute to the Band featuring Sam Quinn and Friends w/ poet Jack Rentfro, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, $10
- Whiskey of the Damned, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Thursday, May 28
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Michael Martin Band (Country/Roots) / Sweet G.A. Brown (Singer-Songwriter), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Adam Whipple/Kyle Adem/Ethan Norman, Clancy’s Tavern, 6:00 PM
- SAFTA Reading Series presents Meagan Cass and Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick, Birdhouse (800 N. 4th Ave.), 7:00 PM
- WUOT Night at Suttree’s, Matt Shafer Powel in the House, Featured Beer, Raffle, % goes to WUOT, 7:00 PM
- Dr. Ralph Stanley/Dixieghost, The International, 7:00 PM, $31 – $65
- Variety Thursdays presents Jazz Time Swing Ensemble, Market Square, 7:00 PM, Free
- Songwriter Showcase with Pale Root/Handsome and the Humbles/Lyonn, Square Room, 8:00 PM, $5
- Bad Dudes/Yung Life/Big Bad Oven/New Romantics/Guy Marshall/Eric Griffin, Pilot Light, 8:00 PM, $5
- ROSSDAFAREYE, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM
- CBDB, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Bones Jugs N Harmony, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Friday, May 29
- Knoxville’s Largest Kid’s Party, World’s Fair Park, 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Natalie York / Gallows Bound (Bluegrass/Punk), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Rocky Top BBQ Fest, World’s Fair Park, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $5 – $100
- School of Hard Knox, Lindy Dancing and Music All Weekend, Various Venues, $115 – $150
- Steel Magnolias, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Tim Lee 3/RB Morris, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
- Lucidea/C2 the Brothers Read/Treetops, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM
- Mr. Bill/Psymbionic/Cosmoore/Pyschonaut, The Concourse at the International, 9:00 PM (Doors), $8/$12
- My So Called Band, The International, 9:00 PM (Doors), $1/$5
- Four Leaf Peat, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM
- Badlands, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Grand Shell Game, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Saturday, May 30
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Rocky Top BBQ Fest, World’s Fair Park, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM, $5 – $100
- WDVX Blue Plate SpecialWDVX Blue Plate Special: Will Overman Band (Americana/Folk) / Erin McLendon (Americana), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Hard Knox Rollergirls vs. Richland County Regulators, Pink in the Rink, Knoxville Coliseum, 5:00 PM, $5/$10
- Sean Patton (comedian), Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM, $10
- Ira Glass, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $30 – $50
- Steel Magnolias, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- RALF/Burnin’ Hermans, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Shriek Operator/Smoker/Shilpa Ray, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
- Cory Branan, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Lost Dog Street Band, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM
Sunday, May 31
- Blues Cruise with the Stella Vees, Tennessee Riverboat, Volunteer Landing, $16/$20, Boarding at 2:00 PM/Cruise from 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
- Cindy Henry MacMahon signs and reads from Fresh Water from Old Wells, Union Ave. Books, 2:00 PM
- Steel Magnolias, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $13
- Starship with Mickey Thomas, Knoxville Coliseum, 6:30 PM, $28
- Do You Wanna Be a Showgirl? Showgirl School, 722 S. Gay, Suite 221, 8:00 PM
- St. Vincent, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $35
- Upstairs Underground, Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
- Bleeth/Haochi Waves, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
- Jocelyn Arndt/Guy Marshall, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, June 1
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Ian Fitzgerald (Singer-Songwriter) / Jocelyn Ardnt (Indie Rock), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Mighty Musical Monday w/ Nostalgia, Tennessee Theatre, Noon, Free
- Allen Stone, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $20
- Susto/Caitlin Harnett, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Ryan Cavanaugh, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, June 2
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Reverend Freakchild / Susto (Americana), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Steve Inskeep, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 PM, Free
- Jazz Tuesdays with the Marble City Five, Market Square, 8:00 PM
- Spechlis, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Andrew Duhon Trio, Barley’s, 10:00 PM