The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (10/18 – 10/27/2015)

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Sunday, October 18

• Jazz Brunch @ 5 Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
• Knoxville Fanboy Expo Comicon, Knoxville Convention Center, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM, $15 – $400
• Sunday Funday, Brunch Benefiting Positively Living, Sapphire, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM, $50
• Shifflett and Hannah (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
• “Of Mice and Men,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 PM, $15 – $32
• Lineage and Legacy, Music/Play/More, Mabry-Hazen House (1711 Dandridge Ave.), 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Free
• “Push,” by Go! Contemporary Dance Works, Clarence Brown Theatre, 3:00 PM, $12/$16
• “Jazz at Ijams,” Featuring Swingbooty and Jazzphonics, Egyptian/Vietnamese/Bolivian Cuisine, 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM, $2
• Upstairs Underground Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
• Gooch Palms/Criswell Collective/Burning Itch, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
• My Brother the Bear, Barley’s, 10:00 PM

Monday, October 19

• Junie B. Jones, Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM, $8
• Junie B. Jones, Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 11:45 AM – 12:45 AM, $8
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Charlie Whitten / Molly Parden, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
• Correct Me If I’m Wrong, Presented by QED Comedy Lab, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM, Pay What You Want
• Band and the Beat/Bark/Psychic Baos, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
• Ghost Town Blues Band/Reformed Whores, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
• Daniel Kimbro, Barley’s, 10:00 PM

Tuesday, October 20

• WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Coteries / Jon Dee Graham,Visitor Center, Noon, Free
• Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
• Einstein Simplified, Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
• Doyle, The Concourse at the International, 8:00 PM, $12
• Dustin Prinz/Ned and the Dirt, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
• Bath Salt Zombies, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
• The Hooten Hallers, Barley’s, 10:00 PM

Wednesday, October 21

• Market Square Farmers’ Market, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Dave Eggar and Mario Diaz / David Francisco,Visitor Center, Noon, Free
• Downtown Design Review Board, Small Assembly Room City County Bldg, 4:00 PM
• Taste and Toast for Breast Cancer with Yee Haw Brewery, Benefits American Cancer Society, Sweet P’s BBQ and Downtown Dive, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
• Tennessee Shines presents Wild Ponies and poet Susan O’Dell, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM, $10
• Casey Green Trio (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
• Ralphie May (comedy), Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $30
• Scruffy Science Cinepub 6000, Sci Fi Movies, 8:00 PM, Free (with popcorn!)
• Magnolia Motel/Electrochemical, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
• Uber You/Day and Age, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5

Thursday, October 22

• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Antonia Cove /Jimmy Davis / Leftover Salmon, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
• 2015 East TN Preservation Conference, East TN History Center, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, $85
• Mary M. Barrow reads from and signs Small Moments: A Child’s Memories of the Civil Rights Movement, Union Ave. Books, 6:00 PM
• Soulfly, The International, 6:45 PM, $25
• Concerts on the Square presents Knoxville’s Finest Band, Market Square Stage, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Free
• Knoxville Symphony Orchestra presents “Pines of Rome,” Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $89
• Dave Barnes, Bijou, 8:00 PM, $22/$24
• Locate Arts Knoxville Kickstarter Party, Striped Light, 8:00 PM, $10 Donation (Minimum)
• “Dial ‘M’ For Murder,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
• Cullen Kehoe’s Radio Show featuring Captain Midnight, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
• Falloir/Fragile Seeds, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
• Future Thieves, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
• The Lonely Biscuits, Barley’s, 10:00 PM

Friday, October 23

• 2015 East TN Preservation Conference, East TN History Center, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, $85
• Pop-up Boutique (The Hive Shoppe), The Hive (854 N. Central), 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Ashley Monical / 9th Street Stompers, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
• “Young Religion,” Art Exhibition by Paris Woodhull and Elijah Fredrick, Gallery 1010 (113 S. Gay), 6:00 – 9:00 PM, Free
• Alive After Five presents John Nemeth, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 PM –  8:30 PM, $15
• Intro to Needle Felting, Basement Community Art Studio (105 W. Jackson), 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM, $35
• Public Screening of “Pandora’s Promise,” Panel Discussion Afterward, Movie-type snacks provided, Knoxville Convention Center, 6:30 PM, Free But Registration Requested
• Knoxville Symphony Orchestra presents “Pines of Rome,” Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $89
• Diarrhea Planet/Big Bad Oven/Daddy Don’t, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $16.50
• Jenny and Tyler/Jillian Edwards, Secret Location (find out the day before the show), 8:00 PM, $15
• “Dial ‘M’ For Murder,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
• Joel Levi, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
• K Camp, The International, 8:00 PM, $20 – $80
• Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
• Crumbsnatchers/The Jeff Haskell Band, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
• Supatight/Baseball – the Band, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
• Stooges Brass Band, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
• Unlimited Gravity/Project Aspect/Cuddlefish, Concourse at the International, 10:00 PM, $5
• Devan Jones and the Uptown Stomp, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM

Saturday, October 24

• Autism Education Conference, UT Conference Center (Across from the Hilton), 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM, $45
• Race for the Cure, World’s Fair Park, 8:30 AM
• Market Square Farmers’ Market, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
• 2015 East TN Preservation Conference, Historic Westwood, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, $85
• Pop-up Boutique (The Hive Shoppe), The Hive (854 N. Central), 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
• Costumes and Classic Cartoons Open House, Tennessee Theatre, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Free
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Listener Appreciation Day The War and Treaty / Not A Planet, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
• Nuclear Science Week, Krutch Park Extension, Noon – 4:00 PM
• “Young Religion,” Art Exhibition by Paris Woodhull and Elijah Fredrick, Gallery 1010 (113 S. Gay), Noon  – 4:00 PM, Free
• “Quoth the Raven” Children’s Theatre of Knoxville (109 E. Churchwell), 1:00 PM, $12
• Fourth and Gill Artoberfest 2015, 201 3rd Avenue, 2:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $10
• Monsters of Knoxville Music Festival, Metal Bands, The Bowery, 4:00 PM – Late, $8/$10
• “Quoth the Raven” Children’s Theatre of Knoxville (109 E. Churchwell), 5:00 PM, $12
• Thrill the World, Join the Worldwide Event and Dance to the song, Market Square Stage, 6:00 PM, Free
• Southern Gothic Soiree, Fun Food and Performance with a dark southern twist, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts (706 N. Broadway), 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $5
• Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Columbus Cottonmouths, Knoxville Coliseum, 7:30 PM, $8 – $34
• Killing Abraham, The Bowery, 8:00 PM
• Hot Jazz Masquerade Ball with Moonshine Rhythm Club, Swing Dance, Flynn Dance Center (828 Tulip Ave.), 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM (Earlier for Lessons, $10), $15
• “Dial ‘M’ For Murder,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
• All Hallow’s Fellowship Benefit for Chris Scum with Didges Christ Superdrum/Todd Steed/Red as Blood, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
• That’s My Kid/Appalachian Surf Team w/Elora, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
• Twizted, The Concourse at the International, 9:00 PM, $23
• Will Yager Trio (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
• Not a Planet/Roman Reese and the Cardinal Sins, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
• Horcerer/Chewers/Coffinwomb, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
• Motel Mirrors, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
• The Punknecks, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM
• “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” Tennessee Theatre, 11:00 PM, $8/$10

Sunday, October 25

• Jazz Brunch @ 5 Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
• Shifflett and Hannah (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
• Pop-up Boutique (The Hive Shoppe), The Hive (854 N. Central), Noon – 5:00 PM
• Open Streets Knoxville, Every Kind of Imaginable Physical Activity (Almost), In the Middle of Central Street for 1 Mile stretching from the Old City to Happy Holler, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Free
• Trick or Treat Trail, Mary Costa Plaza at the Knoxville Coliseum, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Free
• Central Collective Open House, Take a look at Shawn and Dale’s Cool Building, 923 N. Central St., 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Ribbon Cutting with Mayor Rogero at 2:30 PM)
• Special Spaces Bed Race, World’s Fair Park, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
• Take Steps for Crohn’s and Colitis, Volunteer Landing, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
• “Quoth the Raven” Children’s Theatre of Knoxville (109 E. Churchwell), 3:00 PM, $12
• Take a Sentimental Journey: Historic Parkridge Home Tour, Starts at Ashley Nicole Park, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM, $10/$12
• “Dial ‘M’ For Murder,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $13
• “Ijams has the Blues” presents Slow Blind Hill/”Blue” Barry Faust & The Terraplane Drifters, Ijams Nature Center, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM, $5
• The Brockefellers/Christabel and the Jons, Barley’s, 7:00 PM
• Upstairs Underground Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
• Midnight Reruns, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

Monday, October 26

• WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Valley Opera / Christopher Bell , Visitor Center, Noon, Free
• CBID Board Meeting, Chamber of Commerce, 17 Market Square, 5:30 PM
• “Pilgrim’s Progress” Staged Reading Series by the Word Players (Musical Adaptation), Square Room, 7:30 PM, Free
• The Plain White T’s, The Concourse at the International, 8:00 PM, $18.50
• Susto, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
• The Blueprint, Barley’s, 10:00 PM

Tuesday, October 27

• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Christabel & Friends / David Langley, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
• Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
• City Council Mtg., Main Assembly Room, City County Bldg, 7:30 PM
• The Comeback Dinner, Chef Joe presents a multi-course dinner paired with beers, Flow, 7:30 PM, $25
• Einstein Simplified, Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
• The Oh Hellos, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $18/$20
• Shellshag/The Sniff, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
• Birch Street/A Brilliant Lie, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
• The 9th Street Stompers, Barley’s, 10:00 PM