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Sunday, June 21
- Eat Out with Pride, Brunch, Cru Bistro, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Shifflett and Hannah (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Summer Movie Magic presents Raiders of the Lost Ark, Tennessee Theatre, 2:00 PM, $7/$9
- SAFTA Reading Series presents Andra Watkins and Darren Jackson, Birdhouse, 3:00 – 4:30, Free
- Jazz Jam at the Emporium, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
- We Are Talking Now of a Summer Evening, Music and Reading, James Agee Park, 5:00 – 7:00 PM
- Jazz at Ijams, Art/Music/International Food, Ijams Nature Center, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM, $2
- Upstairs Underground Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Justin Kalk Orchestra, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Cymbals Eat Guitars/Forth Wanderers/Mare Vita, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $10
- Man Man, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Monday, June 22
- CBID Board Meeting, 17 Market Square, 11:30 AM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Elijah Ocean (Folk/Rock) / B. Snipes (Singer-Songwriter), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Scruffy Cinepub: Apollo Badhair, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 PM
- The QED Catwalk! A Comedic Fashion Show, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, Pay What You Want
- The Good Graces/Wesley Cook, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Pale Root, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, June 23
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Joshua Powell & the Great Train Robbery (Indie Folk) / Shawn Taylor (Singer-Songwriter), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room City County Bldg, 7:00 PM
- Einstein Simplified, Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Jazz on the Square with the Marble City Five, Market Square, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM, Free
- Jonah Parzen-Johnson, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
- Matt A. Foster, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- New Radio Dialect, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, June 24
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Cloudship (Americana/Rock), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Tennessee Shines presents This Mountain/Poet Susan Underwood, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM, $10
- Barry Roseman (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Johnny Monster, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Thursday, June 25
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Greyhounds / Muddy Ruckus (Americana), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Concerts on the Square presents Kelsey’s Woods, Market Square, 7:00 PM, Free
- The Greyhounds, The Bowery, 7:00 PM, $10/$12
- Cullen Kehoe’s Radio Show with Boss Awesome/The Broadcast, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 PM
- Live at the Fillmore: A Tribute to the Allman Brothers, Concourse at the International, 8:00 PM, $5
- Ghostwriter/Blaine Band/Haley Wojcik, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
- Muddy Ruckus, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Captain Ivory, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Friday, June 26
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Sinners and Saints (Folk) / Heyday Revival (Bluegrass/Pop), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Alive After Five presents “A Tribute to the Classic R&B Hits with Evelyn Jack and Donald Brown,” Museum of Art, 6:00 PM, $15
- OUTSpoken, Presentations of LGBTQ Literary Works, Emporium, 7:00 PM, $12/$15
- Summer Movie Magic presents “The Birds,” Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $7/$9
- The Spacetwins/Will Azada/Rick Styles/BORG, The Concourse at the International, 9:00 PM (Doors), $5
- Heyday Revival/Don’t Fear the Satellites/TreeHouse, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM
- Hudson K/Tina Tarmac and the Burns/Little War Twins/Amythyst Kiah, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM
- Larry Vincent (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Purple 7/Big Bad Oven/Tangles, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
- Tyler Nail Trio, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM
Saturday, June 27
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Beginner Swing Dance Boot Camp, Remedy Coffee, 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM, $45/$55
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Northerners / Bill & Eli Perras (Americana), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Meadow Lark Music Festival, Pokey LaFarge/Scott Miller and many more, Ijams Nature Center, 1:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $20
- Valarie Budayr and Marilyn Scott-Waters read from and sign A Year in the Secret Garden, Union Ave. Books, 2:00 PM
- Hard Knox Roller Girls, Knoxville Coliseum, 5:00 PM/7:00 PM, $8 – $12
- OUTSpoken, Presentations of LGBTQ Literary Works, Emporium, 7:00 PM, $12/$15
- Mac Comer, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Yelawolf/Hillbilly Casino, The International, 9:00 PM (Doors), $15 – $99
- Faun Fables, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $8
- Mark Boling (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Roman Reese and the Cardinal Sins, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- CBDB/Backup Planet, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
- Whiskey Shivers, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- The Bearded, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM
Sunday, June 28
- Shifflett and Hannah (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Summer Movie Magic presents “The Birds,” Tennessee Theatre, 2:00 PM, $7/$9
- Blues Cruise with Devan Jones and the Uptown Stomp, Star of Knoxville Riverboat, 5:00 PM, $16
- Upstairs Underground Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- The Brockefellers, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
- Monk Parker/Sunshine Station, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, June 29
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Pat Beasley Band (Americana), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Fountainsun, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $6
Tuesday, June 30
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: North Sea Ramblers (Celtic), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
- Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Jazz Tuesdays with the Marble City Five, Market Square, 8:00 PM, Free