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Sunday, August 7
- Jazz Brunch @ 5 Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Knoxcentric: Powered by Inside of Knoxville, Radio Show on WUTK 90.3 FM (Listen online, Follow the Podcast), 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
- Shifflett’s Jazz Benedict, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Live Jazz, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
- Carolina in Crisis: Cherokees Colonists, and Slaves in the American Southeast, 1756-1763 | Special Sunday Lecture with Daniel J. Tortora, East TN History Ctr., 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
- History of Knoxville with Jack Neely, A Four Week Series (each Sunday), 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Church Tours/ 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Lecture, Free
- “Cabin Fever: A Texas Tragicomedy,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
- Tennessee Stage Company/Shakespeare on the Square presents, “Merry Wives of Windsor,” Market Square, 7:00 PM, $10 Suggested Donation
- Upstairs Underground Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Pale Root, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
- Candace/A Certain Zone, Pilot Light, 9:30 PM, $5
- No Need, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, August 8
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Margo Cilker/Leiper’s Fork Bluegrass Band, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Somm vs. Somm, 8 wines/4 courses, Old City Wine Bar, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM, $75
- On the Mic with Mike, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 PM
- Green Party of Knox County monthly meeting, Barleys, 7:00 PM
- Crowbar, The Concourse at the International, 8:00 PM, $15
- Early Disclaimers/Psychic Baos/Criswell Collective/Headface/Peppers the Clown, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
- Walker Lukens, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Soggy Po Boys, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, August 9
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: 2 Country 4 Nashville/Paper Wings, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
- Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
- Jazz on the Square, Market Square, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Einstein Simplified, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Castle/Mountain King/White Stag, Pilot Ligth, 9:00 PM, $6
- MVT/Nash Funk Fusion, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Tara Terra, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, August 10
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- KAMA Luncheon: Knoxville Film Festival, Knoxville Convention Center, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, $20 – $35
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Tara Terra/Joe Kaplow, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Hands-on Cheesemaking Workshop, The Central Collective, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM, $32
- Tennessee Shines presents Four Leaf Peat and Jack Neely, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM, $10
- Casey Green Trio (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Public Cinema, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Jelly Roll with Whitney Peyton, The Concourse at the International, 9:00 PM, $10
- Cam Duffy Band, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Heaters, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
Thursday, August 11
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Roy Bookbinder/Outlaw Ritual, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- WUOT 2016 Annual Open House, Live Music/Food/Massage/Much More, 209 Communications Bldg UT, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- 6 O’ Clock Swerve with Wayne Bledsoe presents Quartjar, Barley’s, 6:00 PM, $5
- Tennessee Stage Company/Shakespeare on the Square presents, “Merry Wives of Windsor,” Market Square, 7:00 PM, $10 Suggested Donation
- Scottish Jam, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
- Madball, The Concourse at the International, 7:30 PM, $12
- Knoxville Hero Night, Sugar Mama’s, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- “Cabin Fever: A Texas Tragicomedy,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Vietjam, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM
- Crumbsnatchers/Behold the Brave/Waterfall Wash/Groundhog, Pilot Light, 9:30 PM, $5
- Downright Band, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Whiskey Shivers, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Friday, August 12
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Michael Reno Harrell/Unspoken Tradition, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Alive After 5 presents Ori Naftaly & Southern Avenue, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM, $15
- Jim Gaffigan (comedy), Civic Auditorium, 7:00 PM, $48 – $58
- Movies in the Park- Disney’s Robin Hood, Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 PM, $5 ($15 for family)
- Tennessee Stage Company/Shakespeare on the Square presents, “King Lear,” Market Square, 7:00 PM, $10 Suggested Donation
- Summer Movie Magic presents “Psycho,” Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $7/$9
- “Cabin Fever: A Texas Tragicomedy,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Woody Pines, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
- Jocelyn and Chris Arndt, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Oneida/Nest Egg/Ex-Gold/Headface and the Congenitals, Pilot Light, 8:00 PM, $8
- 10 Years, The International, 8:00 PM, $22
- Johnny Monster Band, Clancy’s Tavern, 8:00 PM
- Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Jim Gaffigan (comedy), Civic Auditorium, 9:30 PM, $48 – $58
- Dead Ringers/The Burnin’ Hermans, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Shifty and the Headmasters, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Unspoken Tradition, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM
Saturday, August 13
- Market Square Farmers’ Market, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Knoxville Fire Department Open House, Downtown Headquarters, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- Kidstuff with Sean McCollough presents the Badd Hatters, Visitor Center, 10:00 AM, Free
- 2016 Tomato Tasting, Contest Between Farmers, Market Square Farmers’ Market, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Free
- Authors Michael Grant/Jim Hartsell/Eva Wike sign books in front of Union Avenue Books, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jordan Bennett, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Old Time Slow Jam, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 4:00 PM
- Irish Fest on the Hill, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Karthick Iyer, Bijou Theatre, 5:00 PM, $5/$15/$25
- Oneida/Royal Bangs/Shriek Operator/Black Atticus, Knoxville Museum of Art, 7:00 PM, $8
- Tennessee Stage Company/Shakespeare on the Square presents, “Merry Wives of Windsor,” Market Square, 7:00 PM, $10 Suggested Donation
- “Cabin Fever: A Texas Tragicomedy,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Live at Sugar Mama’s!!! ERIC CALDWELL and ROSSDAFAREYE, 8:30 PM, Free
- The Chuck Mullican Jazz Bonanza, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Lady D and Souljam/Intello Rhythm Eclectic, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Coveralls, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
- Same As It Ever Was, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Michaela Anne, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM
Sunday, August 14
- Jazz Brunch @ 5 Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Knoxcentric: Powered by Inside of Knoxville, Radio Show on WUTK 90.3 FM (Listen online, Follow the Podcast), 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
- August Event, Mid-Mod Collective and Wild Love Bakehouse, Noon – 5:00 PM
- Shifflett’s Jazz Benedict, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Live Jazz, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
- History of Knoxville with Jack Neely, A Four Week Series (each Sunday), 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Church Tours/ 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Lecture, Free
- Summer Movie Magic presents “Psycho,” Tennessee Theatre, 2:00 PM, $7/$9
- Book Signing and reading with poet Judith Duvall, Union Avenue Books, 2:00 PM
- “Cabin Fever: A Texas Tragicomedy,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
- Tennessee Stage Company/Shakespeare on the Square presents, “King Lear,” Market Square, 7:00 PM, $10 Suggested Donation
- Upstairs Underground Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
- Jason D. Thompson, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
- Thieves of Sunrise, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, August 15
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Kelcy Mae/Val and the Southern Line, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Paint Nite, Paint and Drink, Scruffy City Hall, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- On the Mic with Mike, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 PM
- Belladonna/Kelcy Mae Trio, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Gangstagrass, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, August 16
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Gus Moon/Tim Pepper, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- City Council Meeting, City County Building Main Assembly Rm, 6:00 PM
- Farm and Forage Dinner with Lost Creek Farm, The Central Collective, 7:00 PM, $75 (BYOB)
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
- Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
- Jacob Whitesides, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $17.50/$20
- Jazz on the Square, Market Square, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Einstein Simplified, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Two Cow Garage, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Grizzly Goat, Barley’s, 10:00 PM