Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (5/21 – 5/30/2017)

Neyland Stadium, UT Campus, Knoxville, May 2017
Neyland Stadium, UT Campus, Knoxville, May 2017

If you want to be certain your event is included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a FB event and invite me – two weeks in advance. My FB “events” are the one place I’ll go to every time – if you invite me before I write the post.

If you see an event I’ve missed and you’d like to plug, please comment below. I am no longer able to add to the list events about which I was not informed in advance – it’s just gotten too big, and that’s a good thing. Staying true to the scope of the blog, I’ll only list downtown or near-downtown events. Any number of venues outside of downtown have some great events, but I have to draw a line somewhere. If you want to add those in a comment, that’s fine. Please “Friend” me (Alan Sims) on Facebook and invite me to your events. Look over to the right of this post and not only “friend” me, but “like” Inside of Knoxville. Subscribe (also to the right) to make sure you catch all the posts.

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Sunday, May 21

  • Knoxcentric: Powered by Inside of Knoxville, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
  • Jazz Brunch, Five Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 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
  • Open Streets Knoxville, Along Magnolia Ave. from Randolph St. to North Chestnut St., 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
  • Appalachian Puppet Pageant Parade, starting at corner of Magnolia and Chestnut, 2:00 PM
  • “The Island of Dr. Libris,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 PM, $10 – $12
  • “Every Brilliant Thing” hosted by River & Rail Theatre Co., Emerald Academy, 2:30 PM / 6:30 PM,  $18 – $25
  • Blues Cruise 2 with Few Miles On, Tennessee Riverboat, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM, $16 – $20
  • All That Remains, The Concourse at The International, 7:30 PM, $18 – $20
  • Pale Root, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
  • Jahman Brahman, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

Monday, May 22

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Will Payne Harrison / Darlingtyn, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
  • Friendlytown Comedy Show, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, Free
  • Air Sex Championships Knoxville hosted by comedian Chris Trew, Modern Studio, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
  • Darlingtyn, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
  • Kevin Maines & The Volts, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Sugar Mama’s, 135 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, May 2017

Tuesday, May 23

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Yahuali / Diva & Black Tie Affair, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
  • City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
  • Singer/Songwriter Open Mic / Community Center, Preservation Pub, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM / 10:00
  • Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
  • Jazz Tuesdays with Marble City 5 , Market Square, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
  • Brad Lauretti of This Frontier Needs Heroes, Barley’s, 10:00 PM

Wednesday, May 24

Thursday, May 25

  • Special Events Community Meeting, Civic Coliseum Ballroom, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Bridge 19 / Sammie Suggitt, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
  • WDVX’s Six O’Clock Swerve featuring Beth Snapp, Barley’s, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
  • Beginner Belly Dance Class, Mirage, 6:30 PM -8:00 PM, $12
  • Concerts on the Square – Jonathan Sexton, Market Square, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Free
  • Balboa Swing Night, The Phoenix Pharmacy and Fountain, 418 S Gay St SW,  7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Sound & Silence: Heart & Bones Concert, Central Collective, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM, $12 – $15
  • Jubal / CD Release Celebration, Pretentious Beer Co, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $10
  • Sugar High w/Max Fine, Sugar Mama’s, 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Justin Little hosts Improvisations, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM
  • Deception Past, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
  • Joshua Powell & The Great Train Robbery, Barley’s, 10:00 PM

Friday, May 26

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special:  Martha Bassett / MIPSO, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
  • Wine tasting fundraiser, St. John’s Cathedral, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $25
  • Film Screening: “Secrets of the Nolichucky River, A1LabArts, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
  • John Myers Band at the Firefly Sessions, Hilton Courtyard, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Lady D & Souljam & The Halfway Hearts, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM
  • Dead Ringers, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM
  • Jeanine Fuller, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
  • Dance Oddity & Skin Tight Appreciation Night! with DJ sets by: Persona La Ave, Djonnaise and Orb Wielder, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
  • The Onlies, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 10:00 PM, Free
  • Cordovas, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
  • Magmablood / Spooky Jones / Cuddlefish / P3riph3ral, The Concourse at the International, 10:00 PM – 2:45 AM, Free

Saturday, May 27

Ayres Hall, UT Campus, Knoxville, May 2017

Sunday, May 28

  • Knoxcentric: Powered by Inside of Knoxville, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
  • Jazz Brunch, Five Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
  • Jazz Brunch with Shifflet’s Jazz Benedict, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
  • Monthly Craft Fair, Modern Studio, Noon – 5:00 PM
  • Jazz Brunch, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
  • Beer and Hymns hosted by David Clifton / Misty Mountain String Band, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 PM / 10:00 PM
  • The Brockefellers present Black Sabbath, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
  • Hollis Brown with The Howling Tongues / The Sunday Assembly, The Concourse at the International, 8:00 PM / 10:45 PM, $10 – $12 / Free
  • Yak Strangler with Titanos and The Fill-Ins, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
  • The Art of House on the Beach, Bar Marley, 9:00 PM, Free
  • Misty Mountain String Band, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

Monday, May 29

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Skribe / The Casanova Sisters, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
  • Friendlytown Comedy Show / Kate Woods with Taivishi, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM / 9:00 PM, Free / $5
  • 90.3’s The Mothership presents The Blueprint, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
  • Garrit Tillman Odyssey, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

Tuesday, May 30

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Dark Waters Project / The Travelin’ Kind, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
  • Singer/Songwriter Open Mic / Jonny Grave,  Preservation Pub, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM / 10:00 PM
  • Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
  • Christopher Paul Stelling, Modern Studio, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $12 – $15
  • Jazz on the Square featuring the Marble City 5, Market Square, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM
  • Strahan & The Good Neighbors, Barley’s, 10:00 PM