Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (11/25 – 12/4/2018)

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Sunday, November 25

• Peppermint Trail, Downtown Knoxville, through January 6
• Elf on the Shelf Scavenger Hunt, various locations, Downtown Knoxville, through January 6
• Knoxcentric: Thanksgiving Break, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
• November Sunday Assembly & Friendsgiving: Plastics, The Concourse, 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM
• Jazz Brunch, Chesapeake’s, 10:30 AM – 2:30 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
• Fantasy of Trees, Knoxville Convention Center, Noon – 6:00 PM, $4 – $8
• Pub Church, Preservation Pub, 1:00 PM
• Holidays on Ice presented by Home Federal Bank, Historic Market Square, Sunday: 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Monday – Thursday: 4 :00 – 9:00 PM, Friday – Saturday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM, $8 – $50 (through December 16)
• Three Rivers Rambler Christmas Lantern Express, 2560 University Commons Way, 1:00 PM and 4:15 PM, $7.50 – $28.50
• A Christmas Story, Tennessee Theatre, 2:00 PM, $34 – $74
• The Unusual Tale of Mary & Joseph’s Baby, River & Rail Theatre Company,
• 115 W 5th Ave NW, Knoxville, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM, $19 – $40
• The Santaland Diaries, Carousel Theatre, 2:30 PM, SOLD OUT!
• Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Chamber Presents Classical Christmas, Bijou Theatre, 2:30 PM, $12.50 – $35
• Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!), Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
• Bluegrass Jam at the Jig, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
• Keyboards at Christmas Benefit for Mission of Hope, Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 3:30 PM, $23
• Paranormal Honkytonk on Thankgawditsover Sunday, with the Spooky Ooos playing two conceptual sets! Pilot Light, 8:00 PM $5
• The Brockefellers, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 PM
• Lola Montez, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM

 

Monday, November 26

• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Sam Hatmaker / Barstool Romeos, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
• Emerging Writers Workshop, Lawson McGhee Knox County Public Library, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
• Active Beer Culture: Head South (Knox) for Winter, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
• FRIENDLYTOWN comedy show: Friendlytown Goes to Comedy Island!, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, FREE!
• Maple Hall Mondays Concert Series featuring Will Carter and the White Liars, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
• Milkshake Fatty Multimedia Jam, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

 

Tuesday, November 27

• Giving Tuesday Fundraiser, United Way of Greater Knoxville, 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Donna Frost / Sleepwalker’s Station, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
• Big Orange Books Kick-off, Ayres Lawn, UTK, Noon – 3:00 PM
• Giving Tuesday Hosted by United Way of Greater Knoxville, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, Noon – 1:30 PM
• Rebel Power: Why National Movements Compete, Fight, and Win, Howard Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
• Decoding Recode: A Civic Forum, Hosted by Compass and Knoxville Area Association of Realtors – KAAR, East Tennessee History Center, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
• Bring Your Own Craft, Smart & Becker, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
• Wine Tastings In the Cellar, Old City Wine Bar, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM, $10
• Code Co-op | Knoxville – A free coding help & hack night, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
• Rhythm N’ Blooms Headliner Reveal Party, Attack Monkey Productions, Barley’s Taproom, 6:30 PM – 8:30 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 – 10:00 PM
• Swannanoa, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM
• Aaron Kamm & the One Drops, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

Wednesday, November 28

• CFS Final Weekend of 2018!, Central Filling Station, 11:00 AM (daily through Sunday, December 2)
• November SoKno Social: Wreaths for Veterans, SoKno Taco Cantina, 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Sydney Adams / Jon Pattie, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
• Books Sandwiched In with Dr. Rocio Huet, discussing Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, The Certainty of Dying and Killing Ourselves by Barbara Ehrenreich, East Tennessee Historical Society, Noon, FREE!
• Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Q Series, The Emporium Center, Noon, $18
• Karen E. Reynolds Hosts Songwriters Night, Vienna Coffee, Regas Building, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
• Knox: Plan With Planned Parenthood! Downtown Knoxville, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM, RSVP
• Tennessee Shines Presents Thomas Cassell Band, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, $7 – $10
• The House That Jack Built Unrated Director’s Cut Screening, Central Cinema, 7:00 PM – 10:00, SOLD OUT!
• A Christmas Carol, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $12 – $18
• Knox Comedy Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM, FREE!
• The Santaland Diaries, Carousel Theatre, 8:00 PM, $15 – $25
• Evan Burnett Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
• The War and Treaty with Philippe Bronchtein, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $21.50
• Acoustic Caution – Shane & Stevie, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

 

Thursday, November 29

• November Donation Day: Humane Society of the TN Valley, Central Flats & Taps, 11:00 AM – 10:59 PM
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Les Kerr, Noon, FREE!
• Volunteer Interest Session, Compassion Coalition, Regas Building, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
• Last Pilates, Blue Slip Winery & Bistro, 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM, $5
• City Council Workshop, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
• WDVX’s Six O’Clock Swerve Presents Stars Regardless, Barley’s Taproom, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
• Blue Ridge Wealth Christmas Celebration, Miracle on 34th Street, Tennessee Theatre, 6:00 PM, FREE!
• TACDL Roundtables Knoxville / Fifth Thursday Celtic Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:00 PM / 7:15 PM
• Winter Wonderland Wine Tasting, The Standard, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM, $5
• A Christmas Carol, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $12 – $18
• Swanberg / Adams, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
• The Santaland Diaries, Carousel Theatre, 8:00 PM, SOLD OUT!
• Vacation Manor with Vanosdale | Live at The Outpost, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $8
• Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!), Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
• Dead Riders with Temp Job and Material Girls, Pilot Light, 9:30 PM, $10
• OTIS – Heavy Blues, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
• A-1 Hundo, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM

Friday, November 30

• World AIDS Day Art Gallery, Project ACT, 900 E Hill Ave, Ste 285, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• Legacy Parks Benefit at Tupelo Honey, 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
• 4th Annual 360° of Hope Luncheon, The Press Room, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, $51.56 – $513.25
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Chris Rodrigues & Abby the Spoon Lady / Sistren, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
• Holidays on Ice presented by Home Federal Bank, Historic Market Square, Monday – Thursday: 4 :00 – 9:00 PM, Friday – Saturday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Sunday: 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $8 – $50 (through December 16)
• Our First Ever “Night of Christmas Cheer,” Hosted by Tennessee Valley Asset Management Partners, The Standard Knoxville, 4:30 PM – 9:30 PM, FREE!
• Christmas Painting class, Hosted by Des-TN-ations, The Basement Community Art Studio, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM, $25
• Snowflakes & Packages A Very Vintage Holiday Dinner & Auction, Hosted by Knox County Council PTA, The Southern Depot, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $30
• Scrappalachian Art Greg Tune Tribute Sale, Architectural Antics, 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM
• Black Tie White Christmas 2018, Hosted by CollegeLife, The Mill & Mine, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM, $15
• PKN Knoxville Volume 29, The Mill & Mine, 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM, $5 donation  suggested
• Last social of the year, Hosted by OUTgrads at the University of Tennessee @Schulz Bräu, 6:30 PM
• Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 PM, $10 – $12
• Muscadine Beer Release to Benefit Beardsley Farm, Pretentious Beer Co, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
• James Lane * The Hoones * Stonefish * Astro Biz, Birdhouse Knoxville, 7:30 PM – 11:45 PM, $5
• A Christmas Carol, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $20 – $45
• Live at Lucille’s: Bobby Broom Organi-sation, East Tennessee PBS, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM, $15 – $38
• Fridays with Frog and Toad’s Dixie Quartet House Band, Elkmont Exchange, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
• Night Colors & More More More | Live at The Outpost, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $8
• Terrapin Quartet, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 8:00 PM
• Sistren, Laurel Theater, 8:00 PM, $8 – $13
• Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!), Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
• Delbert McClinton, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $39.50
• The Santaland Diaries, Carousel Theatre, 8:00 PM, SOLD OUT!
• The Breakfast Club, The Concourse, 8:00 PM – 2:00 AM, $10 – $12
• Knoxville Firefighters Association Presents Thompson Square, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 8:00 PM, $30
• Natti Love Joys, Pour Taproom, 9:00 PM – Midnight
• T. Michael Branner Conceptet, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
• Ben Maney and Friends, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 10:00 PM, FREE!
• Badlands, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
• Blind Alice, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
• 90.3 Fire on the Mountain Presents the Stolen Faces, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM

 

Saturday, December 1

• Knox County Saturday Bar, Legal Aid of East Tennessee, 9:00 AM – Noon
• Three Rivers Rambler Christmas Lantern Express, 2560 University Commons Way, 9:45 AM, 1:00 PM, and 4:15 PM, $7.50 – $28.50
• Live Nativity, Krutch Park Extension, 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM
• Planning a Knox County Progressive Platform, Knoxville Progressive Action Committee, AFL-CIO Union Hall, 1522 Bill Williams Ave, 10:00 AM – Noon
• Holiday Market, Historic Market Square, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Kayla Woodson / Caney Creek Co., Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
• Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 1:00 PM / 5:00 PM, $10 – $12
• Watercolor for Beginners, The Basement Community Art Studio, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM, $35
• 30th Annual Victorian Holiday Home Tour, Historic Old North Knoxville, 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $10 – $15
• First Saturday Scottish Dance Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 4:15 PM – 6:15 PM
• Winter Seminar Series #1 – Offseason Training, Kybra Athletics, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM, FREE!
• Appalachian Ballet Company – The Nutcracker, Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 7:30 PM, $29 – $44
• A Christmas Carol, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 PM, $18 – $35
• Elonzo Wesley, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
• The Santaland Diaries, Carousel Theatre, 8:00 PM, $18 – $35
• Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!), Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
• School of Rock – A Tribute To Vans Warped Tour benefitting Second Harvest | Live at The Outpost, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $5
• Cypher Saturday’s 5th Year Anniversary, Birdhouse Knoxville, 8:00 PM, $1
• Bryant & Brown, Laurel Theater, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $12 – $15
• BIG DOG Axe the cables set at Last Days of Autumn, 8:30 PM
• Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
• Basstronica, The Concourse, 9:00 PM – 2:50 AM, FREE!
• Jive Mother Mary / Maradeen, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM – 11:20 PM / 11:45 PM
• Salsa Southbound Knoxville, 9:30 PM – 2:30 AM, $5 – $10
• West King String Band, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 10:00 PM, FREE!
• The Stacked Actors – Foo Fighters Tribute, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
• Casters with A Certain Zone, Lower Interiors and Dream Wave, Pilot Light, 10:00 PM, $5
• Thrift Store Cowboys / Handsome and the Humbles, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM

Sunday, December 2

• Peppermint Trail, Downtown Knoxville, through January 6
• Elf on the Shelf Scavenger Hunt, various locations, Downtown Knoxville, through January 6
• Knoxcentric: TBA, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
• Jazz Brunch, Chesapeake’s, 10:30 AM – 2:30 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
• Holiday Open House and Sale, Mighty Mud, Noon – 5:00 PM
• 30th Annual Victorian Holiday Home Tour, Historic Old North Knoxville, 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM, $10 – $15
• Christmas Kick-Off at Historic Southern Railway, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, FREE admission!
• Live Nativity, Krutch Park Extension, 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM
• Holidays on Ice presented by Home Federal Bank, Historic Market Square, Sunday: 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Monday – Thursday: 4 :00 – 9:00 PM, Friday – Saturday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM, $8 – $50 (through December 16)
• A Christmas Carol, Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 PM / 7:30 PM,  SOLD OUT! / $18 – $35
• The Santaland Diaries, Carousel Theatre, 2:30 PM, SOLD OUT!
• Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!), Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
• Knoxville Community Band’s Annual Christmas Concert, Bijou Theatre, 3:00 PM, FREE!
• Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 3:00 PM, $10 – $12
• WDVX Downtown Jam at Blackhorse Brewery Gay Street Pub, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
• First Sunday Celtic Jam for Beginners, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
• Michelle Wolf, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 PM, $35 – $50
• Winter Solstice Sacred Circle Dance, Hosted by Kevin Meyer, Flynn Dance Center, 7:00 – 9:30 PM, $5 – $10
• Second Bell Soirée: The Artisanals with Brian Paddock live at The Outpost, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $8
• Have A Pint with a Professor of Science/Humanities, Crafty Bastard Brewery, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
• Compline performed by Orison, St. John’s Cathedral, 7:30 PM – 8:15 PM
• Chris Tomlin Christmas: Christmas Songs of Worship, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $29 – $99
• Appalachian Ballet Company – The Nutcracker, Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 7:30 PM, $29 – $44
• Daniel Kimbro’s Fappalachia, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 PM
• Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show – on the Big Screen, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
• Sezessionville Road, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

 

Monday, December 3

• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Xandria Cross, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
• Mighty Musical Monday with Freddie Brabson, the Akima Singers, Holston Middle School Kids in America Show Choir with Natalee Beeler Elkins, Ensemble Swing Time Band, and some very special guests!, Tennessee Theatre, Noon – 1:30 PM, FREE!
• Knoxville Country Christmas, Hosted by Workhorse Productions and The Winery at the International Building, 940 Blackstock Ave, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, FREE!
• Active Beer Culture: Head South (Knox) for Winter, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
• FRIENDLYTOWN comedy show, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, FREE!

 

Tuesday, December 4

• ED & Board Chair Affinity Group: Managing Organizational Growth, Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM, FREE to current members
• Bridges Out of Poverty, Compassion Coalition, Regas Building,  8:30 AM – 5:00 PM, $100
• MDC’s 6th Annual Community Champion Awards, The Foundry on the Fair Site, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, FREE, but $10 donation suggested
• WDVX Blue Plate Special: Nick Gusman / RB Morris, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
• Data Gets Grants, Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, $25 – $225
• City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
• Wine Tastings In the Cellar, Old City Wine Bar, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM, $10
• Orin Swift Cellar Wine Dinner, Oliver Royale, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM, $150
• Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
• Harry Connick, Jr., Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $85 – $150
• Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
• UT Winter Choral Concert, Alumni Memorial Building, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM