The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (7/19 – 7/28/2015)

Casey Driessen, Barley's, August 2013
Casey Driessen, Barley’s, August 2013

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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.

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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
Casey Driessen, Barley's, August 2013
Casey Driessen, Barley’s, August 2013

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

Saturday, July 25

Casey Driessen, Barley's, August 2013
Casey Driessen, Barley’s, August 2013

Sunday, July 26

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