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Sunday, July 19
- Jazz Brunch @ 5 Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Shifflett and Hannah (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Plant and Garden Photography lecture with Susan Hamilton, McClung Museum, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM, Free
- Jazz Jam, Emporium, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
- Blues Cruise with Slow Blind Hill, Star of Knoxville, 5:00 PM, $16
- Cold Fusion Highly Experimental Free Beer Event, Vote Isaac Privett’s new beer up or down, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 5:00 PM, Free
- Don Linde, Clancy’s Tavern, 6:00 PM
- Jazz at Ijams, Old City Buskers/Swing 39, 6:00 PM, $2
- Shakespeare on the Square presents “Macbeth,” Market Square, 7:00 PM ($10 Suggested Donation)
- Dan Montgomery/Robert Mache, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
- Upstairs Underground, Open Mic Comedy, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Powerdove, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
- The Punknecks, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, July 20
- WDVX Blue Plate Special Bryan Hayes (Americana/Country), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Mea Culpa/Derek Poteat/Nude Tayne, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
- The Radio Birds, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Freddy Jones Band, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, July 21
- WDVX Blue Plate Special Jamie Lin Wilson (Singer-Songwriter) / Mike & the Moonpies (Country), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Knoxville Hip Hop Forum, Discussion: Does Rioting Help or Hurt the Cause?, Beck Cultural Center, 6:00 PM
- Singer Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
- City Council Meeting, City County Bldg. Large Assembly Rm, 7:30 PM
- Einstein Simplified, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Jared Logan/Kara Klenk (comedy), Pilot Light, 8:00 PM, $5
- Jazz on the Square, Market Square, 8:00 – 10:00 PM
- Cold Cold Sweats/Zolopht, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Mike and the Moonpies, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, July 22
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Beth McKee (Singer-Songwriter) / The Band Concord (Folk/Pop), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Natural Forces, Clancy’s Tavern, 6:00 PM
- Tennessee Shines presents Bombadil, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM, $10
- Scruffy City Film Festival, Film Features, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 PM
- Larry Vincent Group, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM
- Maradeen, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- GT, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
Thursday, July 23
- WDVX Blue Plate Special:: Albatross (Singer-Songwriter) / Union Specific (Americana/Rock), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Shakespeare on the Square presents “Macbeth,” Market Square Stage, 7:00 PM, $10 Suggested Donation
- Cullen Kehoe’s Radio Show, Rumble Seat Riot/Charlie and the Foxtrots, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 PM
- The Juantee, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Great Peacock, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Friday, July 24
- Yoga Nidra with Jamie Blessinger, McClung Museum, 11:30 AM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special:: Daniel Miller (Singer-Songwriter) / Mountain Soul (Americana/Folk), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Alive After Five presents RJ Mishcho with Devan Jones and the Uptown Stomp, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 PM, $10
- Jim McKairnes reads and signs, he Sheep Is What Makes It Funny: From Philadelphia to CBS, How I Found Myself In Television, Union Avenue Books, 6:00 PM
- Shakespeare on the Square presents “The Taming of the Shrew,” Market Square Stage, 7:00 PM, $10 Suggested Donation
- “Mary Poppins,” Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM (doors at 7:00 PM), $9/$7
- Joseph LeMay Secret Show, Concert Location Revealed Day Before the Show to Ticket Holders, 8:00 PM
- Texas Tony and the Tornado Ramblers/The Coveralls, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Skunk Ruckus, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Appetite For Destruction (Guns n Roses Tribute Band), The International, $5/$10, 8:00 PM (doors)
- Spoofed Up, Concourse at the International, 9:00 PM (Doors), Free
- Mic Harrison and the High Score/Big Country’s Empty Bottle, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM
- Keith Brown Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM
- Dixieghost’s “Wine and Spirits” Album Release Party, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Union Specific, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM
Saturday, July 25
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- July Beginner Swing Dance Bootcamp, Remedy Coffee Back Room, 11:00 AM, $45/$50
- WDVX Blue Plate Special:: Justin Kaleb Driggers (Singer-Songwriter) / Caleb Warren & the Perfect Gentlemen (Country/Swing), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Paint Night Knoxville, Drink and Paint, Scruffy City Hall, 4:00 PM
- Tennessee Blues – Knoxville Style, Flynn Dance Center (828 Tulip Ave.), Workshop and Dance, 5:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $25/$30
- Terror in the Woods, Ijams, 6:00 PM, $15
- Shakespeare on the Square presents “Macbeth,” Market Square Stage, 7:00 PM, $10 Suggested Donation
- Authintensity, Contemporary Dance Movement w/ Circle Modern Dance, A1LabArts (23 Emory Place), 7:00 PM, $5 Suggested Donation
- Jessica Lee Wilkes, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Electric Darlings/The Big Pink, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM
- State Street Rhythm Section, Clancy’s Tavern, 9:00 PM
- Mark Boling, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM
- Mountain Soul/Daniel Miller, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Sun-dried Vibes/Treehouse (Sublime Tribute Set), Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Pat Baker and Friends, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM
Sunday, July 26
- Jazz Brunch @ 5 Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Shifflett and Hannah (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- “Mary Poppins,” Tennessee Theatre, 2:00 PM (doors at 1:00 PM), $9/$7
- Traditional Irish Sessions, Clancy’s Tavern, 2:00 PM
- SAFTA Reading Series presents Chris Petruccelli/Stephanie Lee Phillips/Luke Marinac, Birdhouse (800 N. Fourth), 3:00 PM, Free
- Celebrity Black Tie Dinner for The Wounded Warrior Project, The Foundry, 5:30 PM, $150
- Shakespeare on the Square presents “The Taming of the Shrew,” Market Square Stage, 7:00 PM, $10 Suggested Donation
- Jake E. Lee’s Red Dragon Cartel/Year of the Locust/Cheri Bomb Squad, The Concourse at the International, 7:30 PM (Doors), $15/$20
- Anjelah Johnson presents Bon Qui Qui, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $35/$50
- Upstairs Underground, Open Mic Comedy, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Locust Honey/Voo Davis, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Brockefellers, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Monday, July 27
- WDVX Blue Plate Special:: J Shogren / Misty Mountain String Band (Americana/Folk), Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Diana Krall, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $65/$85
- Misty Mountain String Band, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Blueprint, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, July 28
- WDVX Blue Plate Special:: The Revelers (Cajun) / Emily Ann Roberts, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Singer Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
- Whitechapel, The Concourse at the International, 7:00 PM (Doors), $17/$20
- The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $20
- Einstein Simplified, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Jazz on the Square, Market Square Stage, 8:00 PM, Free
- Spectrum Jazz Fusion, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego, Barley’s, 10:00 PM