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.
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Sunday, November 22
- Jazz Brunch @ 5 Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Shifflett and Hannah (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Traveling Resale Clothing Trunk Show, Paulk and Company 510 Williams St., Noon – 6:00 PM
- Live Jazz, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
- Humana Knoxville 5K, World’s Fair Park, 2:00 PM
- Sunday Chill Day with Singer/Songwriter Don Linde, Gonzo Food Truck, Crafty Bastard Brewery, 3:00 PM
- SFTV’s Fifth Annual Pie Contest, Ijams, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $7 or a pie
- Donna the Buffalo/Peter Rowan, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $25
- Jon Whitlock Trio, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
- Upstairs Underground Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- J. Bush with Black Atticus/Trishes/The Verns/Earl Grae, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
- Kites, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, November 23
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jason Heath & the Greedy Souls, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Paint Nite, Scruffy City Hall, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Jason Heath and the Greedy Souls, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Lamplight Blues Session Featuring Devon Jones, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, November 24
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jay Clark & the Tennessee Tree Beavers, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
- City Council Meeting, Large Assembly Room City County Building, 7:00 PM
- Einstein Simplified, Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- McGill and the Refills Unplugged, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Spectrum Electric Jazz Orchestra, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, November 25
- Fantasy of Trees, Knoxville Convention Center, 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Bonehart Flannigan / Darren Zancan Band, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Tennessee Shines presents Alex Leach Band, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM, $10
- Hunter Smith Trio (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- “A Christmas Carol,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $10 – $22
- Scruffy Science Cinepub, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM
- Dave Rawlings Machine, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $32/$37
- Day’s Brigade/Daphne Lee Martin and Frank Lombardi, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Thursday, November 26
- Regal Entertainment Group Autumnfest 5K and Little Gobbler Run, Depot Ave., 8:00 AM
- Fantasy of Trees, Knoxville Convention Center, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Guy Marshall Thanksgiving Tradition, Favorite Local Bands Blended on one Stage, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Friday, November 27
- Fantasy of Trees, Knoxville Convention Center, 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Crawdaddy and friends / Exit Glaciers, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Regal Celebration of Lights, Krutch Park/Market Square/Market Street, Lighting of the Christmas Tree (6:00 PM) and More, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- WDVX Ho-Ho-Hoedown with Robinella/Jessie Gregory with Matt Ledbetter/Pond Gap Elementary Choir/Knoxville Banjo Orchestra, Market Square, 6:30 – 10:00 PM
- Season’s Beatings, The Concourse at the International, 7:00 PM, $10
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Mississippi River Kings, Knoxville Coliseum, 7:30 PM, $8 to $34
- “A Christmas Carol,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $10 – $42
- Harmonica Howl: Brownie’s Black Friday Blues Bash, V.2, Knoxville’s Finest Harmonica Players on One Stage, Relix Theatre, 8:00 PM, $10
- “A Tuna Christmas,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Spectrum (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Big Country’s Empty Bottle/Mending Wall, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Woody Pines, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Danksgiving VI: The Crystal Method, The International, 10:00 PM, $20
Saturday, November 28
- Small Business Saturday – Indies First Day Support Small Businesses and Your Very Own Union Ave. Books
- Fantasy of Trees, Knoxville Convention Center, 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Gravel Road / Katie Lott, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- “A Tuna Christmas,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Annandale/Killing Abraham/Pivnet/Is That a Hawk, The Bowery, 9:00 PM, $5/$9
- Harold Nagge/Alan Wyatt (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Indighost/Jake and the Comet Conductors, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Pink Floyd Tribute Band/Wham Bam Bowie Band, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
- Blue Mother Tupelo, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Stone Jack Jones with Idle Bloom, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM
Sunday, November 29
- Jazz Brunch @ 5 Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Shifflett and Hannah (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Fantasy of Trees, Knoxville Convention Center, Noon – 6:00 PM
- Live Jazz, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
- The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra presents “Classical Christmas,” Bijou Theatre, 2:30 PM, $11 – $32
- “A Christmas Carol,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 PM, $10 – $32
- “A Tuna Christmas,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $13
- Keyboards at Christmas, Tennessee Theatre, 6:30 PM, $15
- Pete Clark and Gregor Lowrey, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM
- “A Christmas Carol,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $10 – $32
- Upstairs Underground Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Andrew Tufano Band, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Brockefellers, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Monday, November 30
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Cygne, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- The Blueprint, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, December 1
- Old Fashioned Christmas and Craft Show, Downtown YMCA, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Samuel Gleaves / Sara Syms, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
- Einstein Simplified, Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
And now, how about some free tickets. Wednesday night’s concert by the David Rawlings Machine (with Gillian Welch) at the Tennessee Theatre promises to be one of the best of the fall. Send me an email by midnight with the subject heading “David Rawlings Machine, Please,” and I’ll give you a shot at a pair of tickets. Midnight tonight is the absolute deadline. Good luck.