Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (12/23 – 1/1/2019)

Devan Jones, Alive After Five, Knoxville Museum of Arts, Knoxville, December 2018
Devan Jones, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, Knoxville, December 2018

If you want to be certain your event is included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a FB event and invite me – two weeks in advance. My FB “events” are the one place I’ll go to every time – if you invite me before I write the post.

If you see an event I’ve missed and you’d like to plug, please comment below. I am no longer able to add to the list events about which I was not informed in advance – it’s just gotten too big, and that’s a good thing. Staying true to the scope of the blog, I’ll only list downtown or near-downtown events. Any number of venues outside of downtown have some great events, but I have to draw a line somewhere. If you want to add those in a comment, that’s fine. Please “Friend” me (Alan Sims) on Facebook and invite me to your events. Look over to the right of this post and not only “friend” me, but “like” Inside of Knoxville. Subscribe (also to the right) to make sure you catch all the posts.

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Sunday, December 23

  • Peppermint Trail, Downtown Knoxville, through January 6
  • Elf on the Shelf Scavenger Hunt, various locations, Downtown Knoxville, through January 6
  • Three Rivers Rambler Christmas Lantern Express, 2560 University Commons Way, 9:45 AM, 1:00 PM and 4:15 PM, $7.50 – $28.50
  • Knoxcentric: Christmas Break – No Show, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
  • A Festival of Christmas Lessons and Carols, St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 10:30 AM – 11:30 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
  • Gift Wrapping Benefiting the Humane Society at Mast General, Noon – 6:00 PM
  • Holidays on Ice presented by Home Federal Bank, Historic Market Square, Sunday – Thursday: 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Friday and Saturday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM (through December 30)
  • Pub Church, Scruffy City Hall, 1:00 PM
  • Pictures with Santa, Historic Southern Railway Station, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, $20
  • The Polar Express, Tennessee Theatre, 3:00 PM, SOLD OUT!
  • Photos with Beetlejuice Santa, Printshop Beer Co, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
  • Trans Empowerment Project-Holiday Party + Meetup, Birdhouse Knoxville, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
  • Mike McGill’s Christmas Spectacular, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 PM
  • NRD at Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

 

Monday, December 24

  • Holidays on Ice presented by Home Federal Bank, Historic Market Square, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM (closed Christmas day)
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Todd Steed and the Christmas Suns, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
  • Gift Wrapping Benefiting the Humane Society at Mast General, Noon – 4:00 PM
  • Active Beer Culture: Head South (Knox) for Winter, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
  • Cornbread – Jon Worley, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Devan Jones, Alive After Five, Knoxville Museum of Arts, Knoxville, December 2018

Tuesday, December 25

  • Christmas Buffet, Crowne Plaza Knoxville Downtown, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
  • Christmas Day at Oliver Royale, 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM, $49
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: OFF FOR CHRISTMAS, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
  • Bah, Humbug! Corner Lounge Knoxville, 5:00 PM – Midnight
  • Andy Pirkle & Friends Pub X-Mas, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

 

Wednesday, December 26

 

Thursday, December 27

  • Wintry Makerspace, Lawson McGhee Knox County Public Library, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Tony Logue / Anderson String Quartet, Noon, FREE!
  • City Council Workshop, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
  • WDVX’s Six O’Clock Swerve Presents The Abernathy Family, Barley’s Taproom, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
  • Live Jazz Thursdays, The Double S Wine Bar, 7:00 PM
  • Fourth Thursday Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 PM
  • Matt Coker, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Bluegrass Stranglers, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 8:00 PM
  • Indigo De Souza with the Holifields and Sweet Years, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
  • Shake It Like a Caveman, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM
  • Abbey Elmore Band, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

Friday, December 28

 

Saturday, December 29

Devan Jones, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, Knoxville, December 2018

Sunday, December 30

  • Peppermint Trail, Downtown Knoxville, through January 6
  • Elf on the Shelf Scavenger Hunt, various locations, Downtown Knoxville, through January 6
  • Knoxcentric: OFF – New Year’s Break, 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
  • Holidays on Ice presented by Home Federal Bank, Historic Market Square, Sunday – Thursday: 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Friday and Saturday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM (through January 6)
  • The Brockefellers, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 PM
  • Brent Hyder, Pour Taproom, 9:00 PM – Midnight
  • Dirty Grass Players, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM

 

Monday, December 31

 

Tuesday, January 1