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Sunday, January 21
- Knoxcentric: Powered by Inside of Knoxville: Focus on Feeding the Homeless, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
- Jazz Brunch, Five Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Jazz Brunch, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM
- Help for Knoxville Homeless, Hosted by Good People of Knoxville, The Salvation Army of Knoxville, 409 N. Broadway, 11:00 AM
- Spirited Yoga with Gary Runyon, PostModern Spirits, 11:30 AM, $12
- Jazz Brunch with Jake’s Jazz Hollandaise, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Women’s March 2.0 Knoxville, Krutch Park, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- The Gin Event: an immersive cocktail + distilling experience, PostModern Spirits, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, $54.92
- Book signing with Sparky and Rhonda Rucker, authors of Make a Change, Union Avenue Books, 2:00 PM
- Bridge Refugee Services Fundraiser (Helping Out New Americans), Crafty Bastard Brewery, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
- NFL Playoffs: Sunday Funday, Hops and Hollers, 3:00 PM
- “Moon Over Buffalo,” Theatre Central Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
- “Whatever Happened To Little Red Riding Hood,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 PM, $10 – $12
- Tennessee Stage Company’s 2018 New Play Festival Kickoff, Modern Studio, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, FREE
- Birdhouse Sunday Dinner January, Birdhouse Knoxville, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Elevate, The Concourse at The International, 8:00 PM – 1:30 AM, FREE
- John Kadlecik – Solo “Acousti’Lectric,” Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 11:30 PM, $10
- The Running Dogs – – Honky Tonk, Barley’s, 8:30 PM – 11:30 PM
- Charles Walker Band with Jazzmine, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM – 1:00 AM
Monday, January 22
- Opening Day: In the Footsteps of Sergeant York – Traveling Exhibition from the Museum of the American Military Experience, East Tennessee History Center, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Central Business Improvement District (CBID), Knoxville Chamber, 17 Market Square, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Hedgerow Folk / Stephen Evans, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Yoga with Origami Day Hosted by Urban Wild, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Writers in the Library Presents Jill Bialosky, Hodges Library, 7:00 PM, FREE
- FRIENDLYTOWN Comedy Show: Friendlytown Has an App for That! Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, FREE
- John Ford, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM – 11:30 PM
- Dirk Quinn Band, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, January 23
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Old City Buskers / Heather Maloney, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Google Grants & AdWords, Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, $25 – $225
- Renee Hoyos for Congress, Tennessee 2nd District, Campaign Kickoff, Historic Southern Railway Station, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
- Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
- Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 9:45 PM
- Bill Frisell, Mill & Mine, 8:00 PM, $15 – $36.50
- Reed Turchi, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- The Atomic Sound, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM – 1:00 AM, FREE before 8:00 PM / $3 After
Wednesday, January 24
- January Coffee for a Cause: The Arc Knox County, The Hive, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, $5
- Preschool Art Club, The Basement Community Art Studio, 9:30 AM, $85 per month for one day a week (additional day $40)
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Presents Very Young People’s Concerts: Symphonic Citizenship, Tennessee Theatre, 11:00 AM, Free / $8
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Ultrafaux / Alexa Rose, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- The Genome Factor: What the Social Genomics Revolution Reveals about Ourselves, Our History, and the Future – Books Sandwiched In with Dr. Jason Fletcher, East Tennessee History Center, Noon – 1:00 PM, FREE
- Wednesday Wine Down Hosted by Dametraus Jaggers for Knox County School Board District 1, Pete’s Coffee Shop, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
- Friends of Literacy Bachelor Auction’s Event, Painting with a Twist with Bachelors Mike and Rod! Painting with a Twist, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM, $35
- Pretentious / OliBea Beer Dinner, OliBea, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM, $75
- Tennessee Shines Presents Dom Flemons, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, $7 – $10
- Evan Burnett Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Full Disclosure Comedy Improv Show! Modern Studio, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
- Matt Monta Trio, Maple Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Comedy Night at Scruffy: Open Door Comedy Where Krish Mohan Returns Again, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Ultrafaux & Jared Grabb, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
- Alexa Rose with special guest TBA, The Birdhouse Knoxville, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Thursday, January 25
- Makers Donuts’ 2nd Birthday! Makers Donuts, 804 Tyson St, 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- Special Events Community Meeting, Civic Coliseum Ballroom, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
- Preschool Art Club, The Basement Community Art Studio, 9:30 AM, $85 per month for one day a week (additional day $40)
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Monkeyujnk / Evan Baker, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Kick off Event and Fundraiser Hosted by Griffin for Knox County Commission, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, 5:00 PM
- City Council Workshop, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
- WDVX’S Six O’Clock Swerve Presents Handsome and the Humbles, Barley’s 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM, FREE
- Zentangle Club – January, Basement Community Art Studio, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM, $15
- Burns Supper, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 PM, SOLD OUT!
- Greg Tardy, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- What’s in the box?! Dinner, Old City Wine Bar, 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM, $50
- The Carpetbag Theatre Presents: Nothin Nice, Square Room, 7:30 PM – 9:30, $15 – $100
- Knox: Krish Mohan & Andrew Frank’s Nationwide Comedy Takeover, LiterBoard, 1848 Cumberland Ave, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- The Monday Movement, Loose Leaves & The Holifields, Scruffy City, 9:00 PM
- Monkeyjunk, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Airshow, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM – 1:00 AM, FREE before 8:00 PM / $3 After
Friday, January 26
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Allen Thompson / Stephane Wrembel, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Hops & Hollers Bachelor Fundraiser for Friends of Literacy, Hops and Hollers, 2:00 PM – 11:59 PM
- DoTERRA Essential Oils Class, Juice Bar – Market Square, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
- Tennessee Valley Uncharted Viewing Party with East Tennessee PBS, Legacy Parks Foundation Headquarters, 900 Volunteer Landing Ln, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
- Alive After Five Presents Wallace Coleman, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM, $10 – $15
- Chocolate & Comedy with Leanne Morgan with SomeAntics to Benefit the Julia Barbara Foundation, Knoxville Convention Center, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $15 – $50
- Wine and Wheel Friday Night, Mighty Mud, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $45
- Friday Fun Run Hosted by 865 Running, Sugar Mama’s, 6:30 PM – 7:30
- “Whatever Happened To Little Red Riding Hood,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 PM, $10 – $12
- 10th Annual Snow Day to benefit CAC Beardsley Community Farm, featuring various bands and food vendors plus a silent auction, Mill and Mine, 7:00 PM – Midnight, $10 – $20
- Stephane Wrembel Hosted by From the Living Room and Knox Heritage, Historic Westwood, 7:00 PM – 10: 00 PM, $15
- Freedom Friday Ecstatic Dance before the Blue Moon, Knoxville Movement Collective, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 706 N Broadway St, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, FREE
- The Carpetbag Theatre Presents: Nothin Nice, Square Room, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM, $15 – $100
- Sawyer with Shayla McDaniel, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 PM, $10 – $12
- Ice Bears Away Game Watch Party, The Crown and Goose, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- “Cabaret”: Broadway at the Tennessee, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $44 – $84
- Songs, Dice, & Craft Beer Hosted by Adeem the Artist, Crafty Bastard Brewery, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Marquee Mayfield with the Allen Thompson Band, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM
- Spectrum, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Sauce, Birdhouse Knoxville, 9:00 PM – Midnight, FREE
- Electric Darling & Milkshake Fatty, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
- Ready for the Floor: Doctor Hollywood & Psychonaut, The Concourse at The International, 10:00 PM, FREE
- Wolves x4, See Monsters, and Henry Gibson, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
- The Old Five & Dimers, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 10:00 PM, FREE
Saturday, January 27
- Color Theory For All Media Two-Day Workshop, Knoxville Museum of Art, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, $150 – $200
- Pop-Up Headshot Studio, The Hive, 9:00 AM – 4:15 PM, $213.20
- Winter Farmers’ Market, Central United Methodist Church, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- 24th Annual Eskimo Escapades to Benefit the Patricia Neal IRC, the Dream Connection and the Adventure Amputee Camp, Volunteer Landing Ln, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- City People Downtown Blood Drive, Arcade Building, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Chocolatefest 2018, Knoxville Convention Center, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM, $5 – $50
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Elizabeth Wise / Vilai Harrington, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- January Work Day in the Old City! Abbey Fields Farm, Old City Gardens, 300 E Depot Ave, Noon – 3:00 PM
- Off Camera Lighting, Hosted by Aspire Photography Workshops, Historic Southern Railway Station, Noon – 8:00 PM, $250
- “Whatever Happened To Little Red Riding Hood,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 PM / 5:00 PM, $10 – $12
- “Cabaret”: Broadway at the Tennessee, Tennessee Theatre, 2:00 / 8:00 PM, $44 – $84
- The Carpetbag Theatre Presents: Nothin Nice, Square Room, 7:30 PM – 9:30, $15 – $100
- “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” – in Concert Featuring the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 7:30 PM, $45 – $85
- College Night: Knoxville Ice Bears vs Mississippi RiverKings, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 7:35 PM, $17 – $35
- Music of Prince: A Fundraiser for Modern Studio, Modern Studio, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $15
- C.T. That Rapper Album Release, Birdhouse Knoxville, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Dave Rawlings Machine, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $35
- South Carolina Broadcasters, Laurel Theater, 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM, $8 – $15
- Mark Boling Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Bakkwoodz Band, Pour Taproom, 9:00 PM – Midnight
- 10,000 Days: A Tool Tribute, The Concourse at The International, 9:00 PM, $8 – $10
- Tennessee’s Dead, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
- Elizabeth Wise Solo / Nick Dittmeier and the Sawdusters with Melissa Plett, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM / 10:00 PM
- Big Country’s Empty Bottle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 10:00 PM, FREE
- Heather Gillis Band, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Sunday, January 28
- Knoxcentric: TBA, Powered by Inside of Knoxville, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
- Jazz Brunch, Five Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Color Theory For All Media Two-Day Workshop, Knoxville Museum of Art, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM, $150 – $200 (Began Saturday, January 27)
- Jazz Brunch, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM
- Spirited Yoga with Gary Runyon, PostModern Spirits, 11:30 AM, $12
- Jazz Brunch with Jake’s Jazz Hollandaise, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” – in Concert Featuring the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 1:30 PM, $45 – $85
- Full Disclosure Comedy Workshop, Modern Studio, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM, $5 – $15
- Sunday Supper Pop-Up Dinner with Rebel Kitchen, Central Collective, 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM, $40
- Last Sunday Record Club: Vinyl Appreciation Night, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, FREE
- Community Cinema: East Tennessee PBS Screening: “Tell Them We Are Rising,” Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Elevate, The Concourse at The International, 8:00 PM – 1:30 AM, FREE
- The Brockefellers, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
- Terrapin Quartet, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM
- USMNT vs Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hosted by American Outlaws: Knoxville Chapter, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 9:30 PM – 11:30 PM
- 2017 Matt Fay Top Dog Tournament to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Hosted by DGB Poker, Downtown Grill & Brewery, 10:00 PM – 1:00 AM
Monday, January 29
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Traveling Ones, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Rally to Bring Back In-Person Visits, Hosted by Face-to-Face Knox, City County Building, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- Auditions for the Knoxville Gay Men’s Chorus! St. James Episcopal Church of Knoxville, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
- Writers in the Library Presents Marilyn Kallet, Hodges Library, 7:00 PM
- FRIENDLYTOWN comedy show: Friendlytown presents The Banishment of Mayor Aaron Chasteen! Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, FREE
- Terrapin Quartet, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM
- Mike Baggetta, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, January 30
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Grant Lee Phillips / The Shaun Peace Band, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Painting With A Twist + Date Night, The Melting Pot, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $61.95
- Unite for a Pint! Benefit for United Way of Greater Knoxville, Hops and Hollers, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- String Music of J S Bach, St. John’s Cathedral, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
- Open House: School of Business Graduate Programs, LMU School of Business and Lincoln Memorial University, 601 W Summit Hill Dr, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM, FREE
- NoKno Cinematheque Presents: “Hard Eight,” Central Collective, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
- Shen Yun, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $83 – $153
- Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Relentless Blues, Barley’s, 10:00 PM