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Sunday, April 30
- Knoxcentric: Powered by Inside of Knoxville, with River and Rail Theatre, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
- Jazz Brunch, Five Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Dogwood Arts Festival, Market Square, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Jazz Brunch with Shifflet’s Jazz Benedict, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Jazz Brunch, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
- Golden Press Card Awards Banquet, UT Welcome Center, 2712 Neyland Dr SW, 1:00 PM, $16 – $20
- CALL for ART: Bread & Circuses, A1LabArts, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
- SOUTHbound Bikes & Blooms Scenic Rides, Suttree Landing Park, 2:00 PM
- “Around the World in 80 Days,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 PM, $15 – $32
- “Stone Stories” Lecture with Marble Sculptor Julie Warren Conn, East Tennessee History Center, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM, Free
- Knoxville Opera presents Donizetti’s “Mary Queen of Scots,” Tennessee Theatre, 2:30 PM, $13 – $99
- The Brockefellers, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
- T.I. – Hustle Gang Tour, The Concourse at The International, 9:00 PM, $45 – $289
- Day and Age with All Hell, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
- Evan Stone, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, May 1
- Drop-In Figure Drawing, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, $10
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Lorie Jo Bridges and Mark ‘PORKCHOP’ Holder & MPH, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Mighty Musical Monday with The Akima Singers, Tennessee Theatre, Noon, Free
- No 287g! No Deportations! Marcha y Acción en Knoxville, City County Building, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra Spring Concert, Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 PM, Free
- Yellow Rose Productions presents staged Reading of “Moonshine”: Henley Rose 2nd Place Winner, Modern Studio, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM, Free
- Pierce The Veil / Sum 41 / Emarosa / Chapel, The Concourse, 7:00 PM, $32 – $60
- Friendlytown Comedy Show, 7:30 PM, Free
- Blond Bones & Moccasin Cowboy, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM, $3
- Monday Blues Jam, Bar Marley, 9:00 PM – Midnight
- Hammond Eggs, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, May 2
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Drugstore Ghost / The Steel Wheels, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Public Arts Committee, Knoxville Museum of Art, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- “Chasing the Dragon: The Life of an Opiate Addict,” Knox County Health Department, 6:30 PM – 8:30
- Concerts on the Square Kickoff Event: Youth Orchestra / Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Market Square, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM / 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Upon a Burning Body / Within the Ruins / Kublai Khan / Coldcasket, The Concourse at the International, 6:30 PM, $15 – $20
- Off the Record IV with Hal & Phil, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 PM, $24
- 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
- Riverdance – The 20th Anniversary Tour, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $38 – $78
- Chevelle with Aeges and Dinosaur Pile-Up, Mill & Mine, 7:30 PM, $32 $35-
- Special Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 PM – 10:30 PM
- The Steel Wheels, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, May 3
- Market Square Farmer’s Market, Market Square, Market Street, Union Ave , 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Kylie Odetta / East Tennessee’s Own Barstool Romeos, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Bourbon and Cigars Fundraiser for Second Harvest, Club LeConte, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $25
- I Prevail / Starset / Vamps / Cover Your Tracks, The International, 7:00 PM, $20 – $25
- Tennessee Shines presents Peter Cooper & Friends with Eric Brace and Thomm Jutz, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, $7 – $10
- Machine Gun Kelly, Mill & Mine, 8:00 PM, SOLD OUT!
- Daniel Ryan Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Comedy Night at Scruffy, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- “Around the World in 80 Days,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $26
- Riverdance – The 20th Anniversary Tour, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $38 – $78
- Lions with Narra / Sea Monsters and TBA, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
- Bourgeois Mystics, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Thursday, May 4
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: John Nemeth / The Hummingbyrds, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Exhibition Preview, Gathering Light: Works by Beauford Delaney from the KMA Collection, Knoxville Museum of Art, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
- WDVX’s Six O’Clock Swerve featuring Adeem the Artist and Daje Morris, Barley’s, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Adopt a Golden Knoxville’s 6th Annual Goldens in the Gallery & Art Auction, The Emporium, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $25
- Derby Week Horse Selection Party & Second Harvest Benefit, Crown & Goose, 6:00 PM
- Rebel Kitchen Presents: The Farmer’s Table Dinner, Central Collective, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM, $69.50, BYOB
- Zentangle Club – May, The Basement Community Art Studio, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM, $15
- Concerts on the Square – Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Market Square, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Free
- What Do Editors Want?, Knoxville Writers’ Guild, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- “Around the World in 80 Days,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $26
- Riverdance – The 20th Anniversary Tour, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $38 – $78
- “Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Pretentious Comedy hosted by Aaron Chasteen, with Fray Forde, Pretentious Beer Co., 8:00 PM
- Zack Rowden and Matt Nelson, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
- Heathen Sons, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Dirk Quinn Band, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Friday, May 5
- Junior Docent Day, James White Fort, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Ordinary Elephant / Time Sawyer, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Framing Choice Photography Show, Central Collective, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Gracie Smith & Belle Meade Bourbon, Sapphire A Modern Bar and Restaurant, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- The City People Downtown Home Tour, Downtown Knoxville, 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM, $25 (Advance), $35 (Day of Tour)
- First Friday-May / Plum Print Kid’s Art Collection Event, The Basement Community Art Studio, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM / 6:00 PM – May 12, 5:30 PM
- First Friday Cinco de Mayo, The Red Brick Market, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- New Roots Live Reggae, Bar Marley, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- CTE Goes Live! – Knox County High School student talent show, Market Square, 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM
- The Moth Flock Presents: Fearsome Critters, Mary Boyce Temple House, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM, Free
- WDVX 1st Friday Live Series presents: Robby Hecht, Visitor Center, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
- Time Sawyer, Modern Studio, 7:00 PM, $8 – $10
- “The Island of Dr. Libris,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 PM, $10 – $12
- “Around the World in 80 Days,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $32
- “Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Martina McBride and Stars on Stage Gala, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $60 – $250
- Jim Breuer, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $30
- Goatwhore / Summoner’s Circle / Cemetery Filth / Warclown, The Concourse at The International, 9:00 PM, $10 – $15
- Matt Nelson Sound, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Kukuly & The Gypsy Fuego, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM
- 2nd Chances/1st Confessions presented by The Ooh Ooh Revue, Modern Studio, 9:30 PM – 11:55 PM, $10 – $20
- Funk You, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- White Gregg with Criswell Collective, Shovels and Baos, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
- Thomas Cassell Project, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 10:00 PM, Free
- 90.3 The Funhouse Presents Dexateens, Barley’s, 10:00 PM, $5
Saturday, May 6
- LEAP 5K and Kids Mile + Vendor Expo, Volunteer Landing, 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM
- “As One” Prayer Walk, Mary Costa Plaza at Civic Coliseum, 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- MindfulnessTN Symposium, Knoxville Convention Center, 8:15 AM – 1:00 PM, Free – $10
- Sugar Mama’s One Year Anniversary Bash!, Sugar Mama’s, 9:00 AM – 11:00 PM
- Market Square Farmer’s Market, Market Square, Market Street, Union Ave , 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Retropolitan Craft Fair, Jackson Terminal, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- JDRF One Walk fundraiser for Type 1 Diabetes research, World’s Fair Park, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
- Jubilee Board Game Morning, Central Collective, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, $5
- Intro to Abstract Painting with Meredith C. Bullock, The Hive, 10:00 AM – Noon, $150
- Dogwood Arts Art Detour, Multiple Locations, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Patrick Coman / Brad Austin, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- The City People Downtown Home Tour, Downtown Knoxville, Noon – 4:00 PM, $25 (Advance), $35 (Day of Event)
- “The Island of Dr. Libris,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 PM / 5:00 PM, $10 – $12
- Beginning Genealogy, East Tennessee History Center, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
- Derby Day in The Drawing Room at The Tennessean, 531 Henley St, 3:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Free
- Pinot & Poses, Carleo’s, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM, $5
- Carolina Story with Taylor Corum, Pretentious Beer Co., 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $13.65 – $16.82
- “Around the World in 80 Days,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $32
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra – Blood, Sweat & Tears, Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 8:00 PM, $36 – $92
- Video premiere by Hudson K! with Br’er and Teach Me Equals, Pilot Light, 8:00 PM, $5
- “Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Brian Wilson presents Pet Sounds, the Final Performances, with special guests Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $60 – $120
- Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives with Sean McConnell, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $35
- Supatight & Chew, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM
- Will Yager Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- “Good Hair the Movie and Comedy,” Modern Studio, 9:00 PM – 11:30, $7.50
- Glow Paint and Hot Lasers (Slip and Slide Season Kickoff Party), Bar Marley, 10:00 PM – 3:00 AM, $10
- K Camp / Trop Blanco / Skewb / Alexx Stone, The International, 10:00 PM, $20 – $60
- Electric Darling / Crumbsnatchers, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM / 11:30 PM
- Scruffy City Syncopators, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 10:00 PM, Free
Sunday, May 7
- Knoxcentric: Powered by Inside of Knoxville, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
- Jazz Brunch, Five Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Dogwood Arts Art Detour, Multiple Locations, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Jazz Brunch with Shifflet’s Jazz Benedict, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Knoxville Food & Wine Yard Party, Mill & Mine, Noon, $60
- Jazz Brunch, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
- “Around the World in 80 Days,” Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 PM / 7:30 PM, $15 – $32
- Sundress Reading Series: May, featuring Jennifer Jackson Berry, Kathy Fagan, & Danielle Hanson, Bar Marley, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- “The Island of Dr. Libris,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 PM, $10 – $12
- “Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
- Poets in Pajamas #14 presents Sarah Nichols, sponsored by Sundress Publications, free live event on Poets in Pajamas Facebook page, 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM
- Knox Horror Film Fest, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- In Flames / Avatar / Kataklysm / Drayton Road, The International, 7:25 PM, $25 – $30
- Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $40 – $105
- Jon Whitlock Trio, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
- Jesus Vio with a Certain Zone, The Pigeos and Poetry by Kate Wiggeringloh, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
Monday, May 8
- Drop-In Figure Drawing, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, $10
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Mary Bragg, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Public Hearing on Draft Annual Action Plan, John T. O’Connor Center, 611 Winona Street, 5:30PM to 6:30PM
- Friendlytown Comedy Show, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, Free
- Yellow Rose Productions presents staged reading of 1st Place Winner Beth Henley, “The Flora and the Fauna,” Clarence Brown’s Lab Theatre, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM, Free
- Aaron Lebos Reality, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- O Ryne Warner, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, May 9
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Anthony Wayne, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- “How Did I Get Here? A Life in Art,” Cocktails & Conversation with Artist Andrew Saftel, 5:30 PM -7:00 PM
- SoKno Taco Trash Run, SoKno Taco Cantina, 3701 Sevierville Pike, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
- Improvised music by: Matt Nelson, Garrit Tillman, Jake Edward Smith / King Of Herrings with Piper Harrow and Forced Into Femininity, Pilot Light, 6:00 PM / 9:00 PM, Free / $5
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- FOZZY / Kyng / Sons of Texas, The Concourse at the International, 7:00 PM, $15 – $20
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic / Truett & Cortez Garcia, Preservation Pub, 7:00 PM – 9:30 / 9:30 PM
- Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
- Cards Against HumaniTuesday, Bar Marley, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Spoon with Tennis, Mill & Mine, 8:00 PM, $25 – $30
- Jazz Tuesdays with Keith Brown Quartet Featuring Greg Tardy, Market Square, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- The Parlor Series with Matt Monta, Maple Hall, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Jimmy & the Jawbones, Barley’s, 10:00 PM