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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) and Ashley Capps discusses Big Ears, 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
- 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
- Grills Night Out, Knox Public House, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- 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 with Achy and Sissy, 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
- Spendentag: A Ball for All, Schulz Bräu Brewing Co, 3:00 PM – Midnight
- Central Business Improvement District (CBID), Knoxville Chamber, 17 Market Square, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
- Public meeting on two brownfield cleanup projects, St. John’s Lutheran Church, 544 N. Broadway, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- D1 Knox County School Board Candidates Forum, CWA Headquarters, 1415 Elm St, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- UT’s Writers in the Library Present Meagan Cass, Hodges Library. 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM, FREE
- FRIENDLYTOWN Comedy Show: Friendlytown Used Car Emporium! / 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
- Rally: Fight the Tenure Attack! The Torchbearer, UTK, Noon – 1:00 PM
- 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 City Buskers, The Phoenix Pharmacy and Fountain, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
- Tuesday Add-On Climbing Wall Contest, Bar Marley, 8:00 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
Wednesday, March 21
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Mighty Orq / Pistol Creek Catch of the Day, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Know the 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s, Lawson McGhee Knox County Public Library, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
- Downtown Design Review Board, Small Assembly Room, City County Building, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- The Southern Writers Book Group will discuss The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, Union Avenue Books, 6:00 PM
- DFL Monthly Ride, Hosted by DFL KNOX, Historic Market Square, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
- Bluegill Messin’ With the Jammers Jam, La Bamba Seafood, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Concertmaster & Friends, Knoxville Museum of Art, 7:00 PM, $25 – $50
- Tennessee Shines Presents Old Time Country Roadshow (Matt Kinman, Martha Spencer, Luke Bell, Frank Rische), Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, $7 – $10
- Old City Wine & Cheese Party, Old City Wine Bar, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, $35
- OCA Spring Speakeasy Mixer, Pour Taproom, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, FREE – $10
- Evan Burnett Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Maks, Val & Peta Live on Tour: Confidential, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $55 – $75
- No Nazis on Rocky Top?: Anti-racism in the age of Trump, Alumni Hall, UTK, 7:30 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
- Milkshake Fatty, Preservation Pub, 11:30 PM
Thursday, March 22
- 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: Big Ears Fest, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Big Ears, Many Artists, Various Downtown Venues, 2:00 PM – 1:00 AM, FREE – $600
- LMU Law Open House, Lincoln Memorial University – Duncan School of Law, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
- BreastStrokes Benefit Event, Pour Taproom, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Exclusive PostModern Whiskey + Crafty Bastard Beer Release, Knox Public House, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- City Council Workshop, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
- Legacy Parks Night at Balter Beerworks, 6:00 PM
- WDVX’s Six O’Clock Swerve Presents the Big Ears Festival, Barley’s, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Pint Night to Benefit Legal Aid of East Tennessee, Elkmont Exchange, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Poetry Slams, Awaken Coffee, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM, FREE
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Concertmaster & Friends, Knoxville Museum of Art, 7:00 PM, $25 – $50
- Square on the Square with the A Four Forties and special guests, Historic Market Square, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, FREE
- Rusty Holloway, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 PM
- Michael Coast & Hannah Bethel with Seth Gunter, Bare.Thred, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM, $10
- Dave Landeo Live at Maple Hall, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Tennessee Stage Company’s New Play Festival Presents a World Premiere Production: Acts of Love, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Funny Ears Fringe Festival Day 1, Scruffy City Hall / Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
- Random Rab, The Concourse at The International, 9:00 PM, $12
- 10,000 Shards of Bliss: A Rotating Selection of Films by Lewis Klahr, Hosted by The Public Cinema, UT Downtown Gallery, 10:00 PM, FREE
- Truett, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Friday, March 23
- Big Ears, Many Artists, Various Downtown Venues, 10:00 AM – 1:30 AM, FREE – $600
- 10,000 Shards of Bliss: A Rotating Selection of Films by Lewis Klahr, Hosted by The Public Cinema, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 AM, FREE
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Big Ears Fest, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Eternal Jam (bluegrass and old-time jamming), Historic Market Square, Noon – 6:00 PM, FREE
- Live Mural Painting + East Knox Map Reveal, Hosted by Shop Paris Woodhull, Smart & Becker, LLC, 1154 McCalla Ave, Noon – 4:00 PM
- School of Hard Knox 2018, Flynn Square Dance Center, 826 Tulip Ave, 5:00 PM, $75 – $190 (continues through Sunday, March 25, until 8:00 PM)
- Poetry Slams, Awaken Coffee, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM, FREE
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs Birmingham Bulls: Hot Wheels Night, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 7:35 PM, $17 – $35
- Knoxville Theatre Club Presents The Story Story – World Premiere, Modern Studio, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $5 – $25
- Tango on Rocky Top, Knoxville Argentine Tango Society, Knoxville Argentine Tango Society, Friday, March 23 at 8:00 PM, $10 – $90 (continues through Sunday, March 25, until 4:45 PM)
- Tennessee Stage Company’s New Play Festival Presents a World Premiere Production: Acts of Love, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Funny Ears Fringe Festival Day 2, Scruffy City Hall / Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
- Bethany Hankins Swing Serenade, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Traci Cochran and The Rarebreeds (Acoustic), Pour Taproom, 9:00 PM – Midnight
- Velcro Pygmies, The Concourse at The International, 9:00 PM, $10
Saturday, March 24
- City of Knoxville’s Neighborhood Conference 2018, Downtown Knoxville Marriott, 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Winter Farmers’ Market by Nourish Knoxville, Central United Methodist, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Kidstuff Live! with Sean McCollough presents Big Ears for Little Ears with Billy Martin’s “Stridulations for the Good Luck Feast,” an interactive percussion game for kids, Visitor Center, 10:00 AM, FREE
- Fort Spring Garden Clean Up Day, James White’s Fort, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- DreamBikes Day with Elkmont Exchange, SoKno Taco, and music by Milkshake Fatty, DreamBikes, 309 N Central St, 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM
- Big Ears, Many Artists, Various Downtown Venues, 10:00 AM – 1:30 AM, FREE – $600
- Build Your Own Website, Modern Studio, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, $75
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Big Ears Fest, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Women’s Ride, Outdoor Knoxville – Legacy Parks Foundation, Noon – 2:00 PM
- Eternal Jam (bluegrass and old-time jamming), Historic Market Square, Noon – 6:00 PM, FREE
- Big Ears Poetry Expo Day 3 of 3: Workshop & $500 Indie Slamd, Knoxville Museum of Art, Noon / 7:30 PM, FREE – $15
- Autosomal DNA for Genealogy, East Tennessee History Center, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
- Rock Against Dementia, Hosted by Purple Cities Alliance and Knoxville Rock Against Dementia, Scruffy City Hall, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, FREE
- STEM Around the World, L&N STEM Academy, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, $8
- Rushes Ensemble / Wu Fei and Friends: Improv Game featuring Shanir Blumenkranz, Billy Martin and Ned Rothenberg Knoxville Museum of Art, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM / 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
- 2018 Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon 5K and Covenant Kids Run, World’s Fair Park, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM, $45 / $25
- March For Our Lives, 1720 Melrose Place, UTK, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- Planting Hope Fundraiser, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM, Donations $5 and up
- Spring Cocktail Class featuring PostModern Spirits, Oliver Royale, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM, $49
- Saturday Night BBQ, Hosted by Vincent’s Smokehouse / Live Music: The New Johns Creek Grass, Central Filling Station, 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM / 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Fiddlers’ Convention, Historic Market Square, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- A Parkridge Porch Presents The Spooky Ooos, Hosted by Aaron Searcy LMT and Parkridge PorchFest, 1535 Woodbine Ave, 6:00 PM
- Cardinal and Gray Night, Hosted by Gresham Middle School Foundation, Relix, 6:00 PM, $20 – $40
- The return of the Harakiris! A night of punk rock, Birdhouse Knoxville, 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $5
- True Grit Comedy: Casey Clapp, Liz Brooks, Conor Delehanty, Sugar Mama’s, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- An Evening with Caleb Caudle, Maple Hall, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
- Mikki Norwood Band, Schulz Bräu Brewing Co, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Scott Miller, Laurel Theatre, 8:00 PM, SOLD OUT!
- Funny Ears Fringe Festival Day 3, Scruffy City Hall / Preservation Pub, 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
- Mark Boling Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- SouthEast Regional Burners Meet’n Mingle, Hosted by TouchBass, The International, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Headroom In The Dust, The Concourse at the International, 10:00 PM – 2:45 AM, FREE
- 10,000 Shards of Bliss: A Rotating Selection of Films by Lewis Klahr, Hosted by The Public Cinema, UT Downtown Gallery, 10:00 PM, FREE
- Three-Star Revival, Barley’s, 10:00 PM, $5
Sunday, March 25
- 2018 Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon: 4-Person Relay / 2-Person Relay / Half-Marathon / Marathon, World’s Fair Park, 7:30 AM – 2:30 PM, $55 / $80 / $80 / $95
- Knoxville Marathon: Team OTF Water Stop, Historic Market Square, 8:30 AM – 2:30 PM
- Big Ears, Many Artists, Various Downtown Venues, 10:00 AM – 9:30 PM, FREE – $600
- Knoxcentric: Appalachian Mountain Bike Club, 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
- 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
- 10,000 Shards of Bliss: A Rotating Selection of Films by Lewis Klahr, Hosted by The Public Cinema, UT Downtown Gallery, 1:00 PM, FREE
- Giant Puppet Making 101, Hosted by Cattywampus Puppet Council, Emporium Center / Arts & Culture Alliance, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM, $5 – $30
- Tennessee Stage Company’s New Play Festival Presents a World Premiere Production: Acts of Love, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
- Trans Community Meet Up! Birdhouse Knoxville, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
- St. John Passion, Hosted by Church Street UMC Music, Church Street United Methodist Church, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
- Yappy Hour, Balter Beerworks, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Last Sunday Record Club: Vinyl Appreciation Night, Pilot Light, 7:00 PM
- The Brockefellers, Barley’s, 8:00 PM
- Funny Ears Fringe Festival Day 4, Scruffy City Hall / Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM
Monday, March 26
- March Coffee for a Cause: A Step Ahead East TN, The Hive, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- 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: Dusty Rust / Melissa Plett, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- Misconceptions Staged Reading, Hosted by Madi Mansouri, The Birdhouse Knoxville, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM, $5 donation requested
- Banff Mountain Film Festival, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 PM, $18 – $30
- FRIENDLYTOWN comedy show / Old Man F*ck You Monday Night March Residency #4, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM / 9:00 PM, FREE / FREE
- Monday Open Jam and Karaoke, Bar Marley, 9:00 PM – 3:00 AM
- Dusty Rust, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Mike Baggetta, Barley’s, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, March 27
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Kirk Fleta / Y’uns, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
- University of Tennessee Humanities Center Distinguished Lecture Series presents Dr. David Potter: “The Empress Theodora and the Management of Empire,” Hodges Library, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM, FREE
- An Evening of Barbeque and Bidding – a fundraiser for HABIT, Knoxville Museum of Art, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Unite for a Pint at Alliance! Benefiting the United Way of Greater Knoxville, Alliance Brewing Co, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
- Book signing with Victoria Price, who will read from her new book, The Way of Being Lost: A Road Trip to My Truest Self, Union Avenue Books, 6:00 PM
- Disney Jr. Dance Party on Tour, Tennessee Theatre, 6:00 PM, $35 – $60
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Free Intro to Coding – CODE CO-OP | Knoxville, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 17 Market Square Suite 101, 6:30 PM
- Banff Mountain Film Festival, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 PM, $18 – $30
- Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- The Mammoths, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM