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Sunday, March 11
- Knoxcentric: Barstool Romeos discuss their new CD, Powered by Inside of Knoxville, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
- Jazz Brunch, Five Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Jazz Brunch, Uncorked, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Jazz Brunch, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM
- Downtown Knoxville Boat Show, Knoxville Convention Center, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM, FREE – $10
- Brunch & Browse #3, Central Filling Station, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Jazz Brunch with Jake’s Jazz Hollandaise, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Second Sunday Art Activity Day, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, FREE
- Second Sunday Docent Tour, Knoxville Museum of Art, 2:00 PM (English) / 3:00 PM (Spanish), FREE
- Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day a wee bit early with Dublin-born author Robert Cranny, Union Avenue Books, 2:00 PM
- the strangers, Ula Love Doughty Carousel Theatre, 2:00 PM, $15 – $32
- Cinderella: The Musical, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 PM / 7:00 PM, SOLD OUT! / $10 – $12
- Tennessee Stage Company’s New Play Festival Presents a World Premiere Production: Acts of Love, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
- Book Release Event: Rainbow Elephant by Taria Person, Central Collective, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Steven Curtis Chapman, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 PM, $26 – $75
- Pour Decisions Variety Gameshow, Hosted by The Knox By Night Band, Pour Taproom, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Pale Root, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
- Electric Pheasant Open Mic Poetry Extravaganza! Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM
- Ben Ricketts & Space Tiger, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, March 12
- Messy Baby Art, The Basement Community Art Studio, 11:00 AM, $10
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Revelator Hill / Bumper Jacksons, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Spendentag: PJ Parkinson Support Group, Schulz Bräu Brewing Co, 4:00 PM – 11:59 PM
- Off the Beaten Path Wine Course, A Dopo Sourdough Pizza, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
- Power Rangers Live! Tennessee Theatre, 6:00 PM, $35 – $65
- Pale Root, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
- FRIENDLYTOWN comedy show / Old Man F*ck You Monday Night March Residency #2, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM / 9:00 PM, FREE / FREE
- I’m with Her: Sarah Jarosz, Sara Watkins, Aoife O’Donovan with Andrew Combs, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $32.50 – $47.50
- Monday Open Jam and Karaoke, Bar Marley, 9:00 PM – 3:00 AM
- Dry Reef, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- 3 Down, Barley’s, 10:00 PM – 12:30 AM
Tuesday, March 13
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Mama Said String Band / Taylor Raynor, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Cocktails & Conversation Presents Tom Huck, Printmaker, Knoxville Museum of Art, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM, FREE
- Crafting an Artist Statement, The Emporium Center, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM, $10 – $16
- Walking Club Hosted by Downtown Grill & Brewery, Back Patio, 6:00 PM
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Sewing 101: Spring Edition, Modern Studio, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $150 (continues on Tuesday, March 20)
- Hand-Lettering 101 with Matchbox Factory, The Hive, 6:30 PM, SOLD OUT
- Old City Buskers at The Phoenix, The Phoenix Pharmacy and Fountain, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- NoKno Cinematheque Presents: ¡Three Amigos! 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, FREE
- 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 – 10:00 PM
- Improvised Music by Matt Nelson, Garritt Tillman and Jake Edward Smith, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, FREE
- White Buffalo Woman, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, March 14
- Let Her Speak Women’s Summit, Hosted by the Hive, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM, $15 – $20
- March Luncheon – Integrating Sales and Marketing, Hosted by American Marketing Association Knoxville, Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, $10 – $35
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Four Leaf Peat / Cary Morin, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Over Here! Knoxville’s Part in World War I, 1917-1918, the Home Front, and the Great War’s Local Legacy, Brown Bag Lecture with Jack Neely, East Tennessee History Center, Noon – 1:00 PM, FREE
- Spring Break Mini Camp! For kids age 7 & up, Hosted by Blooming Youth Yoga, The Basement Community Art Studio, Noon – 3:00 PM, $95 (continues Thursday, March 15, and Friday, March 16, Noon – 3:00 PM)
- Knoxville Broadband Meeting, Hosted by SEAD, Downtown Grill & Brewery, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
- Merryvale Family of Wines collaboration dinner at Oliver Royale, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM, $102
- Tennessee Shines: No Show This Week, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, $7 – $10
- Josh King, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Rick and Morty Adventure Board Game LIVE (DnD LIVE RPG), Bar Marley, 8:00 PM
- Comedy Night at Scruffy, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- The Bailsmen / Cam Duffy Moore Hosts Improv Night, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM / 10:00 PM
Thursday, March 15
- Preschool Art Club, The Basement Community Art Studio, 9:30 AM, $85 per month for one day a week (additional day $40)
- Knoxville Coliseum Tour, Hosted by BOMA of Greater Knoxville, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, FREE – $20
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Warrick & Lowell / Amy Andrews, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Last view of the Founders show, A1LabArts, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- DreamBikes Happy Hour, Central Flats & Taps, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Food Truck Park, Blue Slip Winery & Bistro, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Trucks & Topics, Hosted by Alliance for Young Nonprofit Professionals and Alliance for Better Nonprofits, Central Filling Station, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
- Creative Direction in a Digital World: Beyond UX, Hosted by AAF Knoxville, Blue Coast Grill & Bar, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM, $20 – $35
- Status Dough & Cocktail Pairings, PostModern Spirits, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $25
- Maker Meetup and Block Party, Elkmont Exchange, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, FREE
- WDVX’s Six O’Clock Swerve Presents Night Colors, Barley’s, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- An Evening with Jack Neely: Legendary Swiss journalist Annemarie Schwarzenbach’s forgotten street scenes of Knoxville in 1937, Maple Hall, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
- An Evening at the Tennessean Hotel with PRSA Volunteer Chapter, The Tennessean Personal Luxury Hotel, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM, $15 – $25
- Mike Baggetta, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs Huntsville Havoc: Shamrock Shuffle, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 7:05 PM, $17 – $35
- Irish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 PM
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Carmina Burana, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $88
- Tennessee Stage Company’s New Play Festival Presents a World Premiere Production: Acts of Love, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- March Reading: The Only Tenn-I-See, Pretentious Beer Co, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Warwick & Lowell / Red Shoes & Rosin, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM
- Roaring 20s Variety Show – ONE Night Only – Swanky Bubbles, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM, $5
- Displace, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Friday, March 16
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Rhyan Sinclair / Diane Monroe & Women in Jazz, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Knox Shamrock Fest and Lucky Kidney Run, Market Square, 3:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $40
- Alive After Five Presents Kelle Jolly & The Women in Jazz Jam Festival Premiere, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM, $5 – $10
- Clever By Half Productions: Murder Mystery – HINT, Blue Slip Winery & Bistro, 7:00 PM, $50
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Carmina Burana, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $88
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs Birmingham Bulls: Hot Wheels Night, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 7:35 PM, $17 – $35
- Four Leaf Peat, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $21.50
- Knoxville Theatre Club Presents The Story Story – World Premiere, Modern Studio, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $5 – $25
- Mac Sabbath, The Concourse at The International, 8:00 PM, $15 – $20
- Tennessee Stage Company’s New Play Festival Presents a World Premiere Production: Acts of Love, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Tay & Rondo, Pour Taproom, 9:00 PM – Midnight
- Universal Sigh / Trae Pierce & The T-Stone Band, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM / 10:00 PM
- The Coveralls, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Old City Buskers, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 10:00 PM, FREE
- The Big Wooly Present a Tribute to Pink Floyd, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Kilroy Kobra with Brit Lit, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
- Release the Bass, Bar Marley, 10:00 PM – 3:00 AM, $10
Saturday, March 17
- Discover the Dinosaurs, Knoxville Convention Center, 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM, $14 – $17
- Knox Shamrock Fest and Lucky Kidney Run, Market Square, 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM, $40
- Knoxville Writers’ Guild: Narrative Poetry with Jesse Graves, Central Methodist Church, 10:00 AM – Noon, $15 – $50
- Cyanotype Drop-In Workshop & Anna Atkins Birthday Party! Hosted by The Big Camera and The Knoxville Community Darkroom, A1LabArts, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, $10
- 2018 Knox St. Patrick’s Parade and Cel-O’Bragh-Tion, Gay St & Krutch Park, Downtown Knoxville, 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Patrick Coman / California Guitar Trio, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- WJJF: Women in Music Gathering / Women in Jazz Jam Festival, Emporium Center for Arts & Culture, Noon – 2:00 / 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM, FREE / $15 -$20
- Tennessee Stage Company: New Play Festival Staged Reading – De-Tox by Don Kap, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 2:00 PM, FREE
- Knox Shamrock Fest™ / Way Sneaky Eddie at Shamrock Fest 2018, presented by Fresenius Kidney Care, Historic Market Square, 3:00 PM – 10:00 PM / 8:00 PM
- Cutthroat Shamrock Matinee / Cutthroat Shamrock / Jacks River Band, Scruffy City Hall, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM / 10:00 PM / 11:55, $15 / SOLD OUT! / No Cover
- St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl, Hosted by Carleo’s and Southbound Knoxville, Old City Downtown, 5:00 PM – 2:00 AM, $10
- Whiskey Compass Unplugged, The Casual Pint – Downtown, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- FRIENDLYTOWN presents: Dan Alten with Rara Imler, Sahima Godkhindi, Tyler Sonnichsen and Josh Arnold / Titanos with Swallow the Sky, Pilot Light, 7:00 PM / 10:00 PM, $5 / $5
- Clever By Half Productions: Murder Mystery – HINT, Blue Slip Winery & Bistro, 7:00 PM, $50
- Irish Toasts and Tales: An Evening of Stories and Spirits, Maple Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Robin Trower with Strange Vine, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $42.50 – $57.50
- Josh Smith of Handsome and The Humbles, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 8:00 PM
- Knoxville Theatre Club Presents The Story Story – World Premiere, Modern Studio, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $5 – $25
- Tennessee Stage Company’s New Play Festival Presents a World Premiere Production: Acts of Love, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Chuck Mullican Jazz Bonanza, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Temple: DJ Mental Static | Sir Diddimus | DJ Fallen, The Concourse at The International, 9:00 PM – 3:00 AM, $5
- The Vibraslaps, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl with the Bearded, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 10:00 PM, $10 Pub Crawl Wristband at 5:00 PM
- Smooth Sailor, Barley’s, 10:00 PM, $5
Sunday, March 18
- Discover the Dinosaurs, Knoxville Convention Center, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, $14 – $17
- Knoxcentric: Powered by Inside of Knoxville: Amy Dilworth, Director of the Knoxville Family Justice Center and Sandy Larson (Sandsation Dancers), WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
- Jazz Brunch, Five Bar, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Jazz Brunch, Uncorked, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Jazz Brunch, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM
- Jazz Brunch with Jake’s Jazz Hollandaise, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
- The Road to Suffrage: Knoxville | A Program of the Tennessee Woman Suffrage Centennial Collaborative, East Tennessee History Center, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Clever By Half Productions: Murder Mystery – HINT, Blue Slip Winery & Bistro, 1:30 PM, $50
- Tennessee Stage Company’s New Play Festival Presents a World Premiere Production: Acts of Love, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
- Advanced Sushi Making Class, Central Collective, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, $60 – $75
- March Potluck, Hosted by Slow Food Tennessee Valley, Good Golly Tamale, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM, $5
- WUTK Battle of the Bands with the Sedonas, Travis Bigwood, Gag Me and High Heat, Barley’s, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Moccasin Cowboy, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
- Lauren Anderson – Duo, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, March 19
- Drop-in Figure Drawing Workshop, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, $10
- Messy Baby Art, The Basement Community Art Studio, 11:00 AM, $10
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Three Strands (solo performer)/ Brandywine, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- D1 Knox County School Board Candidates Forum, CWA Headquarters, 1415 Elm St, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- FRIENDLYTOWN Comedy Show / Pink Mexico with Psychic Baos and Old Man F*ck You Monday Night March Residency #3, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM / 9:00 PM, FREE / $5
- SoMo with Caye, Mill & Mine, 8:00 PM, $20 – $299
- Monday Open Jam and Karaoke, Bar Marley, 9:00 PM – 3:00 AM
- Three Strands / Troy Breslow, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM / 11:00 PM
- Flying Buffaloes, Barley’s, 10:00 PM – Midnight, FREE
Tuesday, March 20
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: James Scott Bullard, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Tap Takeover Extravaganza! Harrogate’s Lounge, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- ETCC Pint Night Benefit, Elkmont Exchange, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
- An Evening with Joshua Morningstar, Maple Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show / Einstein Simplified – Open Auditions, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM / 9:45 – 11:00 PM
- Yung Life with The Show Is the Rainbow and Soften, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
- Matt Nelson, Luke Bowers and Jake Smith, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
- Lovely Budz, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM