Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (5/7 – 5/16/2017)

Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Market Square, Knoxville, May 2017
Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Market Square, Knoxville, May 2017

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Sunday, May 7

Monday, May 8

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
  • May Green Drinks, Center for Urban Agriculture at Knoxville Botanical Garden, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM, BYOB
  • 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 PM / 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
Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Market Square, Knoxville, May 2017
Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Market Square, Knoxville, May 2017

Wednesday, May 10

Thursday, May 11

Friday, May 12

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special:  Whiskey Bent Valley Boys and the River Valley Rangers, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
  • PAWS Among the Blooms 2017, 7th Annual Benefit Event for Knox PAWS, Stanley’s Greenhouse, 3029 Davenport Rd., 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
  • New Roots Live Reggae, Bar Marley, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Kick-off to Summer Featuring the Atlanta Showstoppers Band, Knoxville Museum of Art, 7:00 PM – Midnight, $125
  • The Island of Dr. Libris,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 PM, $10 – $12
  • “Every Brilliant Thing” hosted by River & Rail Theatre Co., Emerald Academy, 7:30 PM,  $18 – $25
  • A Night of Shorts 2017 hosted by Tiger Lily Theatre, Modern Studio, 8:00 PM, $12 – $15
  • Hazel / Peak Physique, Ittle War Twins & Night Colors, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM / 9:00 PM
  • Naughty Professor and Ajeva, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM
  • T. Michael Branner Conceptet, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
  • Big Bad Oven with Ex-Gold and Dirty Lungs, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
  • Scruffy City Syncopators, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 10:00 PM, Free
  • No Need, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
  • Caution, Barley’s, 10:00 PM, $5

Saturday, May 13

Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Market Square, Knoxville, May 2017
Kelle Jolly with the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Market Square, Knoxville, May 2017

Sunday, May 14

  • Knoxcentric: Powered by Inside of Knoxville, with Aram Demirjian, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Director, 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
  • Mother’s Day Sugar Social, The Drawing Room at The Tennessean, Noon – 3:00 PM, $25
  • Jazz Brunch, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
  • Second Sunday Art Activity Day, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
  • Second Sunday Docent Tour, Knoxville Museum of Art, 2:00 PM (English) / 3:00 PM (Spanish)
  • A Night of Shorts 2017 hosted by Tiger Lily Theatre, Modern Studio, 2:00 PM, $12 – $15
  • “Every Brilliant Thing” hosted by River & Rail Theatre Co., Emerald Academy, 2:30 PM / 6:30 PM,  $18 – $25
  • Robert Randolph & The Family Band with Luke Wade, The Concourse at The International, 8:00 PM, $25 – $28

Monday, May 15

  • Drop-In Figure Drawing, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, $10
  • Central Business Improvement District (CBID), Knoxville Chamber, 17 Market Square, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
  • Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, Riverside Veterinary Clinic, LLC, 1111 Sevier Ave., 11:30 AM – Noon
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Ryan Hutchens / The Royal Hounds, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
  • Friendlytown Comedy Show, 7:30 PM, Free
  • NoKno Cinematheque Presents: “The Shawshank Redemption,” Central Collective, 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM, Free
  • July Talk & Irontom, The Concourse at The International, 8:00 PM, $5
  • Relentless Blues Band, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
  • Matt A. Foster, Barley’s, 10:00 PM

Tuesday, May 16

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