Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/15 – 4/24/2018)

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Tinadre Spanish Dancers, Rossini Festival, Knoxville, April 2018
Tinadre Spanish Dancers, Rossini Festival, Knoxville, April 2018
Tinadre Spanish Dancers, Rossini Festival, Knoxville, April 2018
Tinadre Spanish Dancers, Rossini Festival, Knoxville, April 2018

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Sunday, April 15

  • City’s Annual Action Plan Available for Public Comment through Monday, May 7, 2018 (Public hearing on draft plan, John T. O’Connor Center, 611 Winona Street, May 7, 5:30 PM)
  • Knoxcentric: TBA, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
  • 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
  • Annual Art Auction, Art Market Gallery, Noon – 6:00 PM (times variable, through April 29)
  • Dog Adoption Event, Mast General Store, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
  • Celebrate National Poetry Month with Connie Jordan Green reading from her new book, Darwin’s Breath, and C. Ann (Cathy) Kodra reading from her recent book, Under an Adirondack Moon, Union Avenue Books, 2:00 PM
  • The Dream of the Burning Boy, Clarence Brown Lab Theatre, 2:00 PM / 7:30 PM, $15
  • Tennessee Stage Company: Shakespeare Out Loud featuring As You Like It,  Lawson McGee Knox County Public Library, 2:00 PM
  • UT Opera Theatre Presents Allen Shearer’s Middlemarch in Spring, Bijou Theatre, 2:30 PM, $5 – $20
  • Ruger’s Crafty Birthday Party Fundraiser for Small Breed Area Rescue of East Tennessee, Crafty Bastard Brewery, 3:00 PM
  • Introductory Wine Class Series, Hosted by Wine Forté, A Dopo Sourdough Pizza, 516 Williams St, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM, $65 – $300
  • Lilies of the Field, Children’s Theatre, 3:00 PM, $10 – $12
  • What Real Courage Is: A Civil Rights Panel Discussion & Screening of the Film “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Tennessee Theatre, 3:00 PM, FREE
  • Good Sport Night, Central Collective, 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM, $32
  • Jazz in the Park, Hosted by Christian Lange, James Agee Park, 331 James Agee St, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $4
  • Yappy Hour, Balter Beerworks, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • What’s The Big Idea? Public Pitch Competition, Hosted by Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, Scruffy City Hall, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, FREE but RSVP
  • Best Buddies Casino Night for Charity, The Standard, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM, $15 – $50
  • Candela, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 PM
  • The Copper Children, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

 

Monday, April 16

Accordion Busker, Rossini Festival, Knoxville, April 2018
Accordion Busker, Rossini Festival, Knoxville, April 2018

Tuesday, April 17

  • KAT Travel Training, Knoxville Area Transit, 301 E Church Ave, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Gin Rickys / Hunter Grigg, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
  • Cocktails & Conversation with Chad Airhart, Associate Professor of Art at Carson-Newman University, Knoxville Museum of Art, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
  • Join the Movement: How to Capitalize on Disruptive Innovation, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM, FREE – $10
  • Spring Sip + Stitch: A Hand Embroidery Workshop, Hosted by Stitchin’ Ain’t Easy, The Hive, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM, SOLD OUT!
  • Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
  • An Evening with Ken Burns: Mystic Chords of Memory, Tennessee Theatre, 7:15 PM, $55
  • Tuesday Add-On Climbing Wall Contest, Bar Marley, 8:00 PM
  • Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Daniel Kimbro and Christian Sedelmyer, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM  
  • The Gin Rickys, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

 

Wednesday, April 18

  • April Social Media Knox Round Table, Remedy Coffee, 800 Tyson St, 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
  • 2018 Marketing Workshop: Guide to Building Your Own Plan, Knoxville Chamber, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Tim Easton / Emi Sunshine, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
  • Bergfest with Jon Whitlock, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 3:00 PM – Midnight
  • Downtown Design Review Board, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
  • Taste and Toast Benefitting Josh and Friends, Sweet P’s BBQ and Downtown Dive, 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM
  • The Southern Writers Book Group discusses Over the Plain Houses by Julia Franks, Union Avenue Books, 6:00 PM
  • Bluegill Messin’ with Mighty Blue, Hosted by Bluegill Productions, La Bamba Seafood, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
  • TX Whiskey Dinner at Lonesome Dove, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM, $85
  • Nate Dominey, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Tennessee Shines: Sam Morrow, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, $7 – $10
  • Urinetown, The Musical, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $22
  • Rick and Morty Adventure Board Game LIVE (DnD LIVE RPG), Bar Marley, 8:00 PM
  • OPEN CALL for WOMEN Dancers & Performance Artists Rehearsals, Hosted by Black Pants Girl and The Sizemology MUSES Project, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • M Ward with Laura Veirs, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $24.50
  • Open Door Comedy Night at Scruffy, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Milkshake Fatty, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

 

Thursday, April 19

  • Development Corporation of Knox County, Knoxville Chamber, 17 Market Square,  7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Nick Nash / Hardin Valley Thunder / Tim O’Brien, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
  • 3rd Annual Shatter the Silence, Hosted by Sexual Assault Center of East Tennessee and Helen Ross McNabb Center, Jackson Terminal, 4:30 PM – 8:00 PM  
  • Food Truck Park, Historic Southern Railway Station, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM, FREE admission
  • WDVX’s Six O’Clock Swerve Presents Camperfest Preview with Count This Penny, Barley’s, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
  • The Children’s Center of Knoxville, Inc., Outdoor Event, Elkmont Exchange, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • The Green Tie Event Fundraiser, Hosted by Seeed Knox, Overcoming Believers Church, 211 Harriet Tubman St, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $40
  • An Evening with Jack Neely / An Evening with Roger Alan Wade, Maple Hall, 6:30 PM / 8:30 PM
  • Mannella and Slack, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Play it oUT: How To Tackle, Clarence Brown Lab Theatre, 7:00 PM
  • Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 PM
  • Urinetown, The Musical, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $22
  • April Reading, The Only Tenn-I-See Reading Series, Pretentious Beer Co, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Tim O’Brien Band, Laurel Theater, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $21 – $26
  • Ghostland Observatory with Gibbz, The Mill & Mine, 8:00 PM, $26
  • Adrian + Meredith with Kyle Cox at Remedy Coffee, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $9.39 – $11.49
  • Sheer Inspiration Presents Legends of Rock, The Concourse at the International, 8:30 PM, $15 – $20
  • Chastity Belt with Lala Lala, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $12
  • Ragged Union with Benny ‘Burle’ Galloway, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM
  • The Boombachs, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
  • Brothers Burn Mountain, Barley’s, 10:00 PM

Friday, April 20

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Daniel Miller & The High Life / Wes Williams, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE
  • HBAGK Home Show, Knoxville Convention Center, Noon – 7:00 PM, $6 – $10
  • Alive After Five presents The BlairXperience, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM, $10 – $15
  • Friday Ecstatic Dance, Hosted by Knoxville Movement Collective, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $5 – $10 donation
  • Play it oUT: How To Tackle, Hodges Library, UTK, 7:00 PM
  • Urinetown, The Musical, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $15 – $42
  • FunnyAFLander presented by Stage Diver Radio Network, The Central Collective, 8:00 PM
  • The Black Jacket Symphony: Guns N Roses’ Appetite For Destruction, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 PM, $30 – $35
  • Sherlock’s Last Case by Charles Marowitz, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
  • The Wood Brothers with Nicki Bluhm, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, SOLD OUT!
  • T’Monde, Laurel Theater, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $12 – $15
  • The Daniel Miller Band / Caution, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM / 10:00 PM
  • T. Michael Branner Conceptet, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
  • The Boogie Night, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM
  • Wrong Way: A Tribute to Sublime, The International, 9:00 PM – 3:00 AM, $10
  • Infloatables Party with with Philthy G Live, Bar Marley, 9:00 PM – 3:00 AM
  • Chiffon with Church and Soft Bodies, Pilot Light, 9:30 PM, $8
  • The Young Fables, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 10:00 PM, FREE
  • Boy Named Banjo and Ghost of Paul Revere, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM, $5

 

Saturday, April 21

Outlaw Ritual Busking at the Rossini Festival, Knoxville, April 2018
Outlaw Ritual Busking at the Rossini Festival, Knoxville, April 2018

Sunday, April 22

  • Knoxcentric: TBA, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
  • Jazz Brunch, Uncorked, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
  • Jazz Brunch, Downtown Grill and Brewery, 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM
  • Brunch & Browse #6, Open House at The Hive and more! Central Filling Station, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
  • Jazz Brunch with Jake’s Jazz Hollandaise, Bistro at the Bijou, Noon – 2:00 PM
  • HBAGK Home Show, Knoxville Convention Center, Noon – 6:00 PM, $6 – $10
  • Cube of Truth: Knoxville, TN, Hosted by Anonymous for the Voiceless, Historic Market Square, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
  • Ismael’s Ghosts, Hosted by The Public Cinema, Knoxville Museum of Art, 2:00 PM – 4:15 PM, FREE
  • Book signing with Larry Burk, who will read from his new book, Dreams That Can Save Your Life: Early Warning Signs of Cancer, Union Avenue Books, 2:00 PM
  • Sherlock’s Last Case by Charles Marowitz, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
  • Classic Red Grape Varieties and Rosé, Hosted by Wine Forté, A Dopo Sourdough Pizza, 516 Williams St, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM, $65 -$300
  • Shakespeare’s Birthday / Wake, Trailhead Beer Market, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
  • Trans Community Meetup! Birdhouse Knoxville, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
  • Knoxville’s Adult Variety Game Show – Pour Decisions, Pour Taproom, 7:00 PM, FREE admission
  • Nick Swardson: Too Many Smells Tour, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $39.50
  • Wreckless Eric with Alabama Goddamn and Psychic Baos, Pilot Light, 8:00 PM, $10
  • After Funk, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 PM – 1:00 AM, $5
  • Barnyard Stompers, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
  • Pale Root, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM

 

Monday, April 23

 

Tuesday, April 24

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