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Sunday, August 6
- Knoxcentric: Powered by Inside of Knoxville: Clarence Brown Theatre’s Cal Maclean discusses the upcoming season & Michael Gill talks about Alive After Five’s new season, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
- Jazz Brunch, Five Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Layover Sunday Brunch, The Concourse at the International, Noon, Free
- 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
- Shakespeare on the Square presents “Two Gentlemen of Verona,” Scruffy City Hall, 2:00 PM, $15
- “9 to 5,” Tennessee Theatre, 2:00 PM, $7 – $9
- “Greater Tuna,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
- Paddlin’ Pups Benefit for Ijams Nature Center and Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee, Ijams Nature Center, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. $15 – $25
- Fiber Wrapped Necklace Workshop with Smart + Becker, Rala, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $25
- Shakespeare on the Square presents “The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged),” Market Square, 7:00 PM, Free – $15
- “Julius Caesar” hosted by David Ratliff, Modern Studio, 7:15 PM, $10
- Kimbro Brothers, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
- Jahilistic- Reggae Mon, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, August 7
- Body-Positive Workout w/ MOXIE, proceeds benefit Modern Studio Community Space, Modern Studio, 7:00 AM – 7:30 AM / 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM (through August 11), $5 – $25
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Tim Fast / Soggy Po Boys, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Mighty Musical Monday with Dr. Bill Snyder and Freddie Brabson and special guest, K-Town Sound, Tennessee Theatre, Noon, Free
- 2nd Annual East Tennessee PBS KIDS Day, Rita’s Italian Ice Market Square, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Free
- Fall Wardrobe Series: Sewing Skirts, Modern Studio, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, August 7, 14 & 21, $150
- Will Carter with Ryan Sheley, The Parlor at Maple Hall, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Free
- Friendlytown Comedy Show, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, Free
- Pareidelic, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Soggy Po Boys, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, August 8
- Women in Entrepreneurship Coffee, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM, Free
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Studio le Bradshaw / Dylan LeBlanc, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Matt Nelson, Garrit Tillman and Jake Edward Smith, Pilot Light, 6:00 PM, Free
- Sewing 101, Modern Studio, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, August 8, 15 & 22, $150
- Getting Down to the Truth: Diagnosing Health Information, Knox County Public Library, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM, Free
- Beck Cultural Exchange Center’s Eighth of August Red Carpet Jubilee, Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $10 – $50
- Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
- 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:o0 PM
- Wild Change CD Release Knoxville with Alex Bradshaw / Linka / Kalo, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM / 10:00 PM / 11:45 PM, $3
- Albert Murrian and The Common Creatures / Southern Cities, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, August 9
- Market Square Farmer’s Market, Market Square, Market Street, Union Ave , 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Van Wagner / Drop Dead Dangerous, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- “East Tennessee History Day” Brown Bag Lecture with Award-winning Documentaries by Student Winners, East Tennessee History Center, Noon – 1:00 PM
- NoKno Cinematheque presents “Memento,” Central Collective, 7:30 PM, Free
- Anna Helms Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Comedy Night at Scruffy, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- FDC Surprise Improv Show! Modern Studio, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM, Free
- Ira Wolf with Zack Miles, Pretentious Beer Co, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $9.39 – $11.49
- Cam Duffy Moore hosts Improv Night, Preservation Pub, 11:00 PM
Thursday, August 10
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Ben Rabb / Lost Hollow, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- American Impressionism: The Lure of the Artist’s Colony Preview Reception, KMA, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
- WDVX’s Six O’Clock Swerve featuring Eli Fox, Barley’s, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Shakespeare on the Square presents “The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged),” Market Square, 7:00 PM, Free – $15
- Scruffy City Orchestra: Summer Reading Orchestra, First Baptist Church, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Free
- Top Hat Recording Studio presents “T for Texas, T for Tennessee”: Seela Misra & Hudson K, Pilot Light, 7:00 PM, $5
- Katy Free, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- The Melvins, The Concourse at The International, 8:00 PM, $18 – $20
- Electric Pheasant Poetry Slam – Ethan Palmer hosts, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Allen Thompson Band, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- A-1 Hundo, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Friday, August 11
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Michael Reno Harrell, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Alive After Five presents The Streamliners, KMA, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM, $10 – $15
- Shakespeare on the Square presents “Two Gentlemen of Verona,” Market Square, 7:00 PM, Free – $15
- “Titanic,” Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 PM, $7 – $9
- Secret Showgirl Workshops: Charm the Chair, Modern Studio, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $20 – $30
- Will Carter and Trisha Gene Brady with With Eli Fox, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $21.50
- Tamgucci presents Summer Distortion, vol.2: The Verns, Tha Ave, Dee Smiff, GHSTFCV, Notty Taylor, Errybody Jones, Tyriove Shahmir, Thelo-Que, Vkamea, Cherokee Ghost, Pilot Light, 8:00 PM, $5
- Buddy Honeycutt Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- “The Big Lebowski,” The Concourse at The International, 9:30 PM, Free
- Badlands, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Great Peacock & The High Divers, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
- New Town, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Matt Haeck, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 10:00 PM, Free
Saturday, August 12
- Market Square Farmer’s Market, Market Square, Market Street, Union Ave , 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Bookmaking 101 with The Gilded Leaf Bindery’s Cheryl Prose, The Hive, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM, $90
- Fundraiser for Knox County School Music Department, Entrepreneur Center, 17 Market Square, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- 5K/10K Butterfly Dash & Burger Bash to benefit East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, World’s Fair Park, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM, $5 – $100
- WDVX Kidstuff Live’s 6th On-Air Anniversary hosted Sean McCollough with Chibi Kodama, Visitor Center, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Hiroya Tsukamoto, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Civil War Genealogy on the Internet, East Tennessee History Center, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
- Emancipation Day: Annual Eighth of August Jubilee Festival, Beck Cultural Exchange, 3301 E. Magnolia Ave, 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $10 – $50
- 10th Annual Irish Fest on the Hill, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 414 West Vine Ave., 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM, Free – $5
- Shakespeare on the Square presents “The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged),” Market Square, 7:00 PM, Free – $15
- 1964 – The Tribute, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $28 – $39
- Lions with Gamenight, the Most and Invalids, Pilot Light, 8:00 PM, $5
- Cinema Novo / Tractorhead & Mass Driver, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM / 11:00 PM, $5
- The Lonetones with Ben Maney and Jake Smith, Modern Studio, 8:00 PM
- Emily’s Power for A Cure benefit, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
- Harold Nagge/Alan Wyatt, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Jerry Garcia Band Cover Band, The Concourse at The International, 10:00 PM, $7 – $10
- The Burnin’ Hermans, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- “Julius Caesar” hosted by David Ratliff, University of Tennessee Campus, 10:30 PM, Free
Sunday, August 13
- Knoxcentric: Powered by Inside of Knoxville: Asian Festival’s Rachel Rui discusses their upcoming event, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
- Jazz Brunch, Five Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Knoxville Pink Bride Wedding Show, Knoxville Convention Center, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM, $12 – $15
- Layover Sunday Brunch, The Concourse at the International, Noon, Free
- 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
- “Titanic,” Tennessee Theatre, 1:00 PM, $7 – $9
- Second Sunday Art Activity Day, KMA, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Second Sunday Docent Tour, KMA, 2:00 PM (English) / 3:00 PM (Spanish)
- Shakespeare on the Square presents “Two Gentlemen of Verona,” Market Square, 7:00 PM, Free – $15
- “Julius Caesar” hosted by David Ratliff, Modern Studio, 7:15 PM, $10
- Sheer Inspiration presents: Summer Love, A Pole Spectacle, The Concourse at The International, 8:00 PM, $10 – $18.33
- Hermann & The Monday Movement, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM
- “Julius Caesar” hosted by David Ratliff, University of Tennessee Campus, 10:30 PM, Free
Monday, August 14
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Switchback / Megan Golden, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- Friendlytown Comedy Show / Height, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM / 9:00 PM, Free / $5
- Something Like Seduction, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, August 15
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Matt Minchew & Heavy Water / Rachel Solomon, Visitor Center, Noon, Free
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Adeem the Artist, The Parlor at Maple Hall, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
- Jazz on the Square featuring the Marble City 5, Market Square, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- New Pornographers with Ought, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $28
- Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Ben Stalets / Community Center, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM / 10:00 PM