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Sunday, January 31
- Jazz Brunch @ 5 Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Shifflett and Hannah (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Live Jazz, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
- Roots, Beer and Floats Workshop, Build Your Float for 2/6 Mini-Mardi Gras Parade/Bob Marley B-Day Party, 2:00 PM
- Sunday Savasana, Gentle Yoga with Leslie Ellingburg, The Central Collective (923 N. Central), 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM, $12
- Reception & Book Signing for Bill Pryor’s memoir: A Good Life, Laurel Church of Christ (3457 KPike), 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- Sara Crewe: A Little Princess, Knoxville Children’s Theater, 3:00 PM, $12
- Jazz Jam at the Emporium, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
- An Evening of Scotch and Strings, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 5:00 PM, $35/$40
- Upstairs Underground Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- The Brockefellers, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
- Reverend Horton Heat, The Concourse at the International, 8:00 PM, $20
Monday, February 1
- Adult Workshop – Clay Sculpture, Mask Making and Face Jugs, (3 Consecutive Mondays), 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, $90/$110
- Yoga with Andrea Cartwright, Knoxville Museum of Art, 11:00 AM – Noon, $10/$12
- Mighty Musical Monday, Wurlitzer Consert/Kathryn Frady Marvel, Tennessee Theatre, Noon, Free
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Alex Guthrie /Mountains Like Wax, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- The Drawn Drapes, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Jack and the Bear, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, February 2
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Christiane & The Strays / Cranston Dean, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Mississippi River Kings, Civic Coliseum, 7:00 PM, $8 – $34
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Bldg., 7:00 PM
- Movies at Pilot Light: “The Royal Road,” Earl Grae” and Others, 7:30 – 10:30, Free
- Public Cinema’s Flicker and Wow Series, Screening: The Royal Road, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, Free
- Einstein Simplified, Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Lost Fiddle String Band, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Freddie Bunz/Ace One/Black Atticus/Mr. Ill/Earl Grae, Pilot Light, 10:30 PM, $5
- Andrew Leahey and the Homestead, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, February 3
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Wallace Coleman /Caroline Doctorow, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Dine and Discover: Jack Neely on the Knoxville 7, Knoxville Museum of Art, Noon – 1:00 PM
- Downtown Design Review Board, City County Bldg Small Assembly Rm, 4:00 PM
- Pints and Poses, Beer and Yoga, Hops and Hollers, 6:30 PM, $5
- Football Signing Day Celebration, Join Coach Butch Jones, Tennessee Theatre, 6:30 PM, $20
- Gershon Baskin: Facing The Absence of Peace – Israeli / Palestinian Strategic Options, UTK Law School, Rm 132, 7:00 PM
- Tennessee Shines presents Red Shoes and Rosin/Stan Sharp, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM, $10
- Preston Shires (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Knox Horror Film Fest, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Universal Sigh, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Thursday, February 4
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Calen Perkins, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Here for Her Heart, Massages/Health Screening/Speakers/Swag/Nails and More, Downtown YMCA, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Free
- 6 O’Clock Swerve with Wayne Bledsoe presents Jordan Hull, Scruffy City Hall, 6:00 PM, $5
- Sara Crewe: A Little Princess, Knoxville Children’s Theater, 7:00 PM, $12
- Knoxville Writers’ Guild presents Black Atticus, Central United Methodist Church, 7:00 PM, $2 Donation Requested
- Marley’s Memory Birthday Celebration: Roots of a Rebellion/Jahlistic/Copious Jones, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
- The Fritz, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Mammabear, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
- The Jonny Monster Band, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Friday, February 5
- UT-Knoxville Geography Symposium 2016, Panhellenic Bldg Suite 404, Suite 404, 8:00 AM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Tune Junkies / Susan Rose, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- The Alley Cat Art Show, Broadway Studios and Gallery, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- First Friday Artist: Larry Brown, UT Gallery, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- HeART-2-heART Valentine Member Exhibit, Juried Valentine Themed Exhibition, Art Market Gallery, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Knox County Democratic Party First Friday Pot Luck, 311 Morgan St., 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- A Darlin’ Cute Down-Right Adorable Miniature Show, Rala, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Lance Pettiford Photography Exhibition, Armada, 6:00 PM
- OCDC, Zach Searcy Projects, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Past and Future Conditions Exhibition, A1 Lab Arts, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- “Fictitious Additions” by Jason Bige Burnett and Nick DeFord, The Central Collective, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Alive After Five presents “Fat Friday Mardi Gras” with Roux Du Bayoux, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM, $10
- Art Show with Saul Young, Music with Jubal/Blond Bones, Sales of Art Benefit Breaststrokes, Flow, 6:00 PM –
- Sara Crewe: A Little Princess, Knoxville Children’s Theater, 7:00 PM, $12
- WDVX First Friday Live presents Ira Wolf, Visitor Center, 7:00 PM, Free
- First Friday Comedy presents Mo Arora and Brian Emond, Saw Works Brewing Company, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Louisiana IceGators, Knoxville Coliseum, 7:30 PM, $8 – $34
- RB Morris, Laurel Theater, 8:00 PM, $12
- Vanessa Carlton, The Concourse at the International, 8:00 PM, $15
- Badlands, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM
- Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Spacetrain/Automagik, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Yarn, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Misery and Gin, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM
Saturday, February 6
- UT-Knoxville Geography Symposium 2016, Panhellenic Bldg Suite 404, Suite 404, 8:00 AM
- Winter Farmers’ Market, Central United Methodist Church, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Gin Workshop #1, Knox Whiskey Works, 11:00 AM, $35 SOLD OUT
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Chris Long / Southern Cities, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- February Work Day at Abbey Fields, Noon – 3:00 PM
- Sara Crewe: A Little Princess, Knoxville Children’s Theater, 1:00 PM, $12
- Mardi Gras and Bob Marley’s Birthday Party, Natti Lovejoys/Josiah Atchley/Ross Da Fareye, Two Parades, Bar Marley, 5:00 PM (First Parade) to 3:00 AM
- Sara Crewe: A Little Princess, Knoxville Children’s Theater, 5:00 PM, $12
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Louisiana IceGators, Knoxville Coliseum, 7:30 PM, $8 – $34
- KSDA Presents: Moonshine Rhythm Club live from Nashville, Flynn Dance Center, 8:00 PM, $7 – $18
- Wallace Coleman, Laurel Theater, 8:00 PM, $12
- “In the Shadows of Pine Mountain,” Go! Contemporary Dance, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $17 – $27
- Soul Mechanic/Urban Soil/Oh Grandpa, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
- Lady D and SoulJam, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM
- Will Yager Trio (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Whitey Morgan & the 78s, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Kelsey’s Woods, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM
Sunday, February 7
- Jazz Brunch @ 5 Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Shifflett and Hannah (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Live Jazz, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
- “In the Shadows of Pine Mountain,” Go! Contemporary Dance, Bijou Theatre, 3:00 PM, $17 – $27
- SAFTA Reading Series & Pen to Podium Present Kristen Gipson and Sam Slaughter, Lawson McGhee Library, 3:00 PM
- Sara Crewe: A Little Princess, Knoxville Children’s Theater, 3:00 PM, $12
- Super Bowl 50 Bash, All You Can Eat Buffet and Bottomless Coors Light, Sky Bar, 6:30 PM, $25
- Upstairs Underground Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Those Manic Seas/Kerchief/Welcome to Hoonah, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM
Monday, February 8
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Swamp Brothers /Adrien Reju & Elijah Wolf, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- 12 Hours Until Now! presented by QED (Comedy), Pilot Light, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM, Pay What You Want
- Butcher Babies, The Concourse at the International, 8:00 PM, $15
- Marbin, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, February 9
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Nathan Fox, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Laura Kildare for 2nd District County Commission Campaign Kickoff, Central Flats and Taps, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Macon Mayhem, Knoxville Coliseum, 7:00 PM, $8 – $34
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
- Knoxville Jazz Orchestra with Rene Marie, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $15 – $33
- Einstein Simplified, Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Hadley Kennary, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Party with Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Howlin Brothers, Barley’s, 10:00 PM