The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/5 – 3/14/2017)

Women in Jazz Jam Festival Band, WDVX, Visitor Center Grand Re-Opening, Knoxville, March 2017
Women in Jazz Jam Festival Band, WDVX, Visitor Center Grand Re-Opening, Knoxville, March 2017

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Sunday, March 5

  • Knoxcentric: Powered by Inside of Knoxville with guests Four Leaf Peat, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
  • Jazz Brunch, Five Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
  • Jazz Brunch with Shifflett’s Jazz Benedict, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
  • Jazz Brunch, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
  • The Busy Body,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 PM, $15 – $32 SOLD OUT
  • The Busy Body,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $32
  • Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Jr.,” Children’s Theatre, 3:00 PM, $12
  • Clybourne Park,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
  • Fundraising with Friends (for Tree Tops’ Debut LP) featuring David Webb’s Burning Bush/Eric Caldwell/Moccasin Cowboy/Maps Need Reading/Rossdafareye/Blond Bones/Tree Tops, Scruffy City Hall, 6:30-9:30 PM
  • WUTK’s Ya’llternative presents Webb Wilder, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
  • Cash’d Out: A Tribute to Johnny Cash with the Heiskell Howlers, The Concourse at the International, 8:00 PM, $10
  • Zoe Nutt/Roanoke, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 9:00 PM
  • Sweet Lillies, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

Monday, March 6

Tuesday, March 7

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Steven Pellend/7 Mile Mushroom, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
  • Cocktails & Conversation with artist Paul Harrill, “How to Build an Empathy Machine,” Knoxville Museum of Art, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
  • 2017 Orchid Awards, The Standard, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM, $85
  • Author Michael Knight reads from and signs, Eveningland, his new collection of short stories, Union Avenue Books, 6:00 PM
  • Hands-On Cheesemaking: Mozzarella, The Central Collective, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM, $37
  • Public Cinema film screen: “Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present,” Pilot Light, 7:30, Free
    18+ $Free/$10
  • Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
  • Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 PM
  • Lady Parts- Flat Change, Female Bike Repair Class, DreamBikes, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM, Free
  • The Busy Body,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $26
  • That 1 Guy, The Concourse at the International, 8:00 PM, $10
  • Captured by Robots/Criswell Collective/Steaks, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $10
  • High Waisted/Lawrence Trailer/Edison, Preservation Pub, 9:30 PM
  • Circus No. 9, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
The Jenkins Twins, WDVX, Visitor Center Grand Re-Opening, Knoxville, March 2017

Wednesday, March 8

  • The Historic Tennessee Theatre: A New Light on a Historic Icon, Tennessee Theatre, 11:30 AM, $10-35
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jennifer ‘Jay Mac’ Jones and Kevin Dalton & The Tuesday Blooms, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
  • The Lonetones at Folk at Fourth, 4th United Presbyterian Church, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $10 (incl. dinner)
  • NoKno Cinematheque Presents: Hoosiers, The Central Collective, 7:00 PM
  • Tennessee Shines Presents Darrell Webb Band, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM, $10
  • Jeremy Wright Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 – 9:00 PM
  • Comedy Night at Scruffy, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • The Busy Body,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $26 SOLD OUT
  • Caleb Hawley, Modern Studio, 8 PM, $10-12
  • Pink Mexico with Nude Party, Pilot Light, 9:30 PM, $6
  • Cam Duffy hosts Improv Night, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

Thursday, March 9

Friday, March 10

Saturday, March 11

  • Neighborhood Conference, Knoxville Convention Center, Cumberland Concourse, 8:30 AM-2:30 PM, Free
  • Kid’s Stuff Live with Sean McCollough presents Robinella, 10:00 AM, Visitor Center, Free
  • Winter Farmer’s Market, Central United Methodist, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
  • Improv Dance & Contact Improv Jam with Yogini is a Dancer, Modern Studio, 11 AM
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jimmy Andrew Adkins and Bri Murphy, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
  • Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Jr.,” Children’s Theatre, 1:00 PM, $12
  • Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Jr.,” Children’s Theatre, 5:00 PM, $12
  • Women in Jazz Jam Festival Concert presents Katy Free, Shayla Mc Daniel and The 5th Woman, Liz Brasher, Scruffy City Hall, 5:30 PM, $15-20
  • Candy Durman with Ian Davidson and Exit 65, Pilot Light, 6 PM, $5
  • The Busy Body,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $32
  • Rewind, The Concourse at The International, 8 PM, $5
  • Knoxville Symphony Orchestra – Music of Journey, Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 8 PM, $36-$92
  • Rent, Tennessee Theatre, 2 PM & 8:00 PM, $58-98
  • The Nearly Final, Almost Posthumous Play of the Not-Quite-Dead Sutton McAllister,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
  • Harold Nagge/Alan Wyatt, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00   PM
  • The Dread Scots, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10 PM
  • The Burnin’ Hermans, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
  • The Streamliners Swing Orchestra, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
  • Warband/Headband, Pilot Light 10 PM, $5
  • JD Wilkes, Barley’s, 10 PM
Roxie Randel, WDVX, Visitor Center Grand Re-Opening, Knoxville, March 2017

Sunday, March 12

Monday, March 13

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Kelley McRae, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
  • Friendlytown comedy show, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, Free
  • Joe Jack Talcum with Daddy Don’t and George Miller, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $6
  • The Evening News with Pat Baker, Barley’s, 10 PM
  • Ben Ricketts, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

Tuesday, March 14

  • Clay and Fauna Workshop, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10 AM – Noon, $125 (Members)/$150 (Non-members) – 4 week class
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Ryan Gregory Floyd, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
  • Matt Nelson, Garrit Tillman, Jake Edward Smith, Pilot Light, 6 PM, Free
  • City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 PM
  • Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Preservation Pub, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
  • Carnifex, Fallujah, Rings Of Saturn, Lorna Shore, She Must Burn, The Concourse at the International, 7:30, $17-20
  • Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
  • Brad Parsons, Barley’s, 10 PM
  • The Voodoo Fix, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM