The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (10/16 – 10/25/2016)

Girl at a Drum Circle, Krtuch Park, Knoxville, July 2016
Crowd for a concert at the Mill and Mine, Knoxville, August 2016
Crowd for a concert at the Mill and Mine, Knoxville, August 2016

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Sunday, October 16

  • Knoxcentric: Powered by Inside of Knoxville, Radio show on WUTK, 90.3 FM (and streamed here) , 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (podcasts posted later)
  • Jazz Brunch @ 5 Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
  • Faith Promise Church Funfest, World’s Fair Park, 11:00 AM – 2:30 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
  • Alan Gratz reads and signs Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II, Union Avenue Books, 2:00 PM
  • The Crucible, Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 PM, $15 – $32, SOLD OUT
  • Sundress Reading Series: Karen Craigo, Jessie Janeshek, & Chris Rosales, Bar Marley, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
  • Lineage & Legacy, One-Act Play and More, Mabry-Hazen House, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
  • Knoxville Community Band, World’s Fair Amphitheater, 3:00 PM, Free
  • Earth and Sky,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
  • Walking Tour with Jack Neely, The Central Collective, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM, $16
  • Final BLUES Cruise with The Blues Sessions, Star of Knoxville, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM, $16/$20
  • The Crucible, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $32
  • Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
  • Ben Rector, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $30/$40, SOLD OUT
  • Upstairs Underground Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
  • Lara Hope and the Arktones/Belle of the Fall, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
  • Daikaiju/Roacheaters, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5

Monday, October 17

  • Drop-in Figure Drawing Workshop, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, $10
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Muddy Ruckus/Lara Hope and the Ark Tones, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
  • Public Meeting on Ft. Dickerson Park and Quarry Improvements, Kern’s Bakery Bldg., 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
  • Cynthia Graubart discusses and signs Chicken: a SAVOR THE SOUTH® Cookbook, Union Avenue Books, 6:00 PM
  • Hatebreed/DevilDriver/Devil You Know, The International, 7:00 PM, $20/$25
  • Friendlytown Comedy Show, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, Free
  • Sang Sarah/Billy Widgets and the Harakiris, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM
  • Muddy Ruckus, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
  • Swamp Candy, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Drum Circle, Krtuch Park, Knoxville, July 2016
Drum Circle, Krtuch Park, Knoxville, July 2016

Tuesday, October 18

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Doug E. Rees/The Matt Fassas Group, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
  • Public Meeting on Short-term Rentals Regulation, Central United Methodist, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
  • Pumpkin Carving Party, The Central Collective, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM, $12 (Everything Provided) or $5 (Bring Your Own Pumpkin)
  • Book Club Night, 10% off Books/Random House Rep to talk about hot new books, Union Avenue Books, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
  • Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
  • Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
  • The Babadook” Screening, The Central Collective, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM, Free
  • Einstein Simplified, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
  • El Silver Cabs/Paperwork/Cheese and the Worms, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
  • Jonny Grave, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
  • Strahan and the Good Neighbors, Barley’s, 10:00 PM

Wednesday, October 19

  • Market Square Farmers’ Market, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
  • Books Sandwiched in with Mayor Tim Burchett, discussion of I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank ‘The Irishman’ Sheeran and the Inside Story of the Mafia, the Teamsters,and the Last Ride of Jimmy Hoffa by Charles Brandt, East TN History Ctr., Noon
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Doug Strahan and the Good Neighbors/Bill Mize, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
  • Downtown Design Review Board, Small Assembly Room, City County Bldg, 4:00 PM
  • Southern Writers Book Club discusses Daniel Woodrell’s Winter’s Bone, Union Avenue Books, 6:00 PM
  • Tennessee Shines presents Malcolm Holcomb, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM, $10
  • William Mahaffrey presents Scruffy Cinepub, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 PM, Free
  • Casey Green Trio (jazz), Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Omni, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $6
  • Bellas Bartok, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

Thursday, October 20

  • Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School, Civic Auditorium, 9:45 AM, Free for K-5 students who have read the book, Ticket Required
  • Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School, Civic Auditorium, 11:45 AM, Free for K-5 students who have read the book, Ticket Required
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Shimmy and the Burns/Mary Ellen Kirk and Ruth Acuff, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
  • Dine and Discover with Erin Corrales-Diaz, Curator of the Johnson Collection, Knoxville Museum of Art, Noon
  • KAT Transit on Tap Listening Session, Alliance Brewing, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
  • Food Truck Park, Southern Railway Station, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Director of Paris “Friends of Beauford Delaney,” Knoxville Museum of Art, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
  • ETCDC 2016 Awards Gala, The Foundry, 5:30 – 8:30 PM, $150
  • 6 O’Clock Swerve with Wayne Bledsoe presents Barstool Romeos, Barley’s, 6:00 PM
  • Knoxferatu: an evening of silent horror films, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $10
  • HearthScares Tour, Ghostly Tales on a 1 1/2 mile downtown Walk, James White Fort, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $6/$10
  • Meeting on Updating South Waterfront Codes, South Knoxville Elementary, 7:00 PM
  • Earth and Sky,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
  • David Sedaris, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $60
  • Blue October, The International, 8:00 PM, $25 – $50
  • CBDB, The Concourse at the International, 9:00 PM, $5/$10
  • Step Sisters, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
  • The Whistles and the Bells, Barley’s, 10:00 PM

Friday, October 21

Saturday, October 22

Girl at a Drum Circle, Krtuch Park, Knoxville, July 2016
Girl at a Drum Circle, Krtuch Park, Knoxville, July 2016

Sunday, October 23

  • Knoxcentric: Powered by Inside of Knoxville, Radio show on WUTK, 90.3 FM (and streamed here) , 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (podcasts posted later)
  • Jazz Brunch @ 5 Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
  • HowlOWeen Pooch Parade and Pet Expo, UT Gardens, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Free ($10 to enter parade)
  • Buddy Walk Knoxville, World’s Fair Park Festival Lawn, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
  • Rita Sims Quillen reads from and signs her new poetry collection, The Mad Farmer’s WifeUnion Avenue Books, 2:00 PM
  • Public Cinema Series, Knoxville Museum of Art, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
  • Homecoming & Chili Supper, Knox County Jug Stompers, Candoro Arts and Heritage Center, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
  • Knoxville Opera presents “Pirates of Penzance,” Tennessee Theatre, 2:30 PM, $13 – $99
  • Kids Sewing, Ages 8 and up, Basement Community Art Studio, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM, $25
  • Earth and Sky,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
  • Upstairs Underground Comedy Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 8:00 PM
  • Richard Buckner, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $10
  • Stoop Kids, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

Monday, October 24

  • Drop-in Figure Drawing Workshop, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, $10
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Gracie Day/The Speedbumps, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
  • CBID Board Meeting, 17 Market Square, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
  • HearthScares Tour, Ghostly Tales on a 1 1/2 mile downtown Walk, James White Fort, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $6/$10
  • Trailer Park Boys, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $35 – $57
  • Friendlytown Comedy Show, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, Free
  • Ohtis, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
  • Speed Bumps, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
  • The Hooten Hallers, Barley’s, 10:00 PM

Tuesday, October 25

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Mark Mandeville and Raianne Richards, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
  • Cocktails and Conversation, “Art and the Brain,” Knoxville Museum of Art, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
  • City Council Meeting, Large Assembly Room, City County Bldg., 6:00 PM
  • HearthScares Tour, Ghostly Tales on a 1 1/2 mile downtown Walk, James White Fort, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $6/$10
  • Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub Speakeasy, 7:00 PM
  • Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
  • Bonnie Raitt, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $70 – $100, SOLD OUT
  • Willie Watson/Aoife O’Donovan, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $21
  • Einstein Simplified, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
  • Oozing Wound, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM
  • Twiztid, The Concourse at the International, 10:00 PM, $24/$27
  • Greyhounds/The Cerny Brothers, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM