Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (8/6 – 8/15/2017)

Urban Girl Enjoys the World's Fair Park Fountains, Knoxville, August 2017
Urban Girl Enjoys the World’s Fair Park Fountains, Knoxville, August 2017

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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, August 6

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

Urban Girl Feeds the Giraffe, Zoo Knoxville, August 2017

Wednesday, August 9

Thursday, August 10

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

Urban Girl Makes Chocolate with Mr. Brad, Knoxville Chocolate Company, Knoxville, August 2017

Sunday, August 13

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