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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 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
- Belmont WBB Pre-Game Fan Lunch, Hosted by Belmont Women’s Basketball and Belmont Bruins, Calhoun’s on the River, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM, Please RSVP
- 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
- Kids In The Arts Winter Camp 2018-19, Birdhouse Knoxville, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (daily through Friday, January 4), $55 per day / $245 for the week
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: East of Nowhere / Maggie Valley Band, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- New Year’s Eve Celebration at Oliver Royale, 4:00 PM – 1:00 AM, $99
- DiscGLO New Year’s Eve 2018, Sapphire Fine Food & Fancy Drinks, 5:00 PM – 3:00 AM
- New Year’s Eve at Bistro at the Bijou, 5:00 PM – 1:00 AM
- New Year’s EVE BASH, Mirage Knoxville and Skybox Sports Bar and Grill, 5:00 PM – Jan 1, 2019, at 2:00 PM, $30
- New Year’s Eve! Elkmont Exchange, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Sullivan Soiree at the Dove! Lonesome Dove Knoxville, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $85
- New Year’s Eve with Rebel Kitchen, 6:00 PM – 12:30 AM, $10
- The Brooklyn & Ian Shift, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 6:00 PM – 2:00 AM
- Final Active Beer Culture: Head South (Knox) for Winter, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
- New Year’s Eve Party, Crowne Plaza Knoxville Downtown, 7:00 PM – 1:00 AM, $189 – $329
- FRIENDLYTOWN comedy show!: Friendlytown’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve WITHOUT Ryan Seacrest, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, FREE!
- New Years Eve Party, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 8:00 PM – 1:00 AM
- Eternally Enchanted, A Night with Gatsby, Sheer Inspiration Pole Fitness, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $10
- New Years Eve 2019 in the Old City, Southbound Knoxville, Carleo’s One One Seven, Wagon Wheel, Hannas Old City, and Merchants of Beer, 8:00 PM, $20
- New Years Eve Silent Disco, Hosted by Born & Raised Productions, Pretentious Beer Co, 8:00 PM – 2:00 AM, $15
- Evan Stone / Teen Spirit – Johnathan Sexton 90s Tribute Band New Year’s Eve Bash, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM / 10:00 PM
- Crumbsnatchers / Grandpa’s Stash, Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM – 11:30 PM / 11:45 PM
- New Year’s on the Square with the Bicho Bros, Historic Market Square, 9:00 PM – 12:15 AM, FREE!
- Alive into 2019! with Soul Connection, Knoxville Museum of Art, 9:00 PM – 1:00 AM, $50
- Schulz Brau New Years Eve Party & Pro Motion 1-Year Anniversary, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 9:00 PM – 1:00 AM
- Sullivan Soiree at the Lonesome Dove, 9:00 PM – 1:00 AM, $75 – $85
- Temple: New Years Eve Celebration, The Concourse, 9:00 PM – 3:00 AM, $5
- XYZ NYE 2018 Celebration, Club XYZ, 9:00 PM – Midnight, $10
- The Dirty Guv’nahs – New Year’s Eve for the People, The Mill & Mine, 9:30 PM, $45 – $90
- Celebrate the New Year with Old City Wine Bar, 9:30 PM – 12:30 AM, $10
- WUTK’s 80s Rock Off Presents Smooth Sailor’s New Year’s Eve Bash, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM, $10
- NYE with Handsome and the Humbles! Central Depot, 10:00 PM – 1:00 AM
- New Year’s Eve – Same as It Ever Was, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 10:00 PM
- New Years Eve with Atomic Sound, Pour Taproom, Midnight – 1:00 AM, FREE!
Tuesday, January 1
- Calhoun’s New Year’s Day 5k Run / Walk, 400 Neyland Dr, 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
- 3rd Annual Best Brunch of the Year So Far, Balter Beerworks, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- New Year’s Day Brunch, Oliver Royale, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- New Year’s Day Potluck & Gift Exchange, Printshop Beer Co., Noon – 6:00 PM
- Taco Tuesday & Pepper Beer, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 1:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- New Year Yin Yoga with Kim Lomonaco / New Year Slow Flow with Katey Swiger, Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM / 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM, $15 / $15
- Maggie Valley Band, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Wednesday, January 2
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Brackish Water Jamboree, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- Dress Up and Wine Down! Hosted by Jessica Kalin – Snowflake Ball Queen 2019, Knoxville High Independent Senior Living, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
- Les Miserables, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $44 – $99
- Open Door Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM, FREE!
- Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Pat Beasley Band at Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Brackish Water Jamboree, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Thursday, January 3
- Live Review Course Hosted by APEA – Advanced Practice Education Associates, Hilton Knoxville, 8:00 AM – January 4 at 5:45 PM, $550
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Joe’s Truck Stop (duo) / Stoll Vaughan, Noon, FREE!
- WDVX’s Six O’Clock Swerve Presents Mac Comer, Barley’s Taproom, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Live Jazz Thursdays, The Double S Wine Bar, 7:00 PM
- Jack Neely Presents Historic Knoxville: The City as Setting / KWG Social Hour, Knoxville Writers’ Guild, Central United Methodist Church / Elkmont Exchange, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM / 8:00 PM
- First Thursday Irish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 PM
- Les Miserables, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $44 – $99
- Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) + Wu-Tang Clan preshow, Central Cinema, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $8
- Tom’s Handgun at Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 PM
- Juggernaut Stomp, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Friday, January 4
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: After Jack / Catherine the Great, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- Les Miserables, Tennessee Theatre, 2:00 PM / 8:00 PM, $44 – $99
- First Friday Artwalk / First Friday Artwalk Trolley, Downtown Knoxville / Historic Market Square, Gay Street and the Old City, 5:00 PM – 11:59 PM / 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM (stops at 10 minute intervals)
- First Friday, Knoxville Visitor Center, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Reflections on Nature opening reception, Broadway Studios and Gallery, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- 1st Friday, January with Pistol Creek and Catch of the Day, Art Market Gallery, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Opening Reception: Violins of Hope, UTK Downtown Gallery, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- January Exhibitions Reception, the Emporium Center, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Paintings by Reid Hartsell: Opening Reception, Bijou Theatre, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
- First Friday ArtWalk with Lyndsey Sharp, BarberMcMurry Architects, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
- First Friday Free Workout, Kybra Athletics, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- WDVX First Friday Live: Big Country’s Empty Bottle, Visitor Center, 7:00 PM
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Birmingham Bulls / Fiesta Friday, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 7:35 PM, $9 – $34
- Fridays with Frog and Toad’s Dixie Quartet House Band, Elkmont Exchange, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Matt Foster, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 8:00 PM
- On Golden Pond, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Lola Montez, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- HIGH GRAV Comedy with Bridgette Martin, Matt Harris, Michael Sayne, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- The Freeway Revival, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Kirk Fleta and Friends, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 10:00 PM, FREE!
- Milkshake Fatty at Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM
Saturday, January 5
- 2019 Small Business Workshop, Hosted by Amanda May Photos, Study Hall, 108 E Jackson Ave, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, $150
- Winter Farmers’ Market by Nourish Knoxville, Central United Methodist, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Messy Baby Art, The Basement Community Art Studio, 11:00 AM – Noon, $10
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Year of October / Hannah Anders, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- Les Miserables, Tennessee Theatre, 2:00 PM / 8:00 PM, $44 – $99
- Drawing Class, The Basement Community Art Studio, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM, $25
- First Saturday Scottish Dance Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 4:15 PM – 6:15 PM
- Watercolor Class, The Basement Community Art Studio, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $35
- Paul Belcher Presents Battle of Songs, Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 6:00 PM, $20 – $25
- Parker’s 1st Show – Jamuary the 5th, Hosted by Jenifer Feagins Fraker, Central Collective, 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $7 – $10
- Shane Rhyne’s Album Recording, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM / 9:30 PM, $10 – $20
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Birmingham Bulls / Legends Night, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 7:35 PM, $9 – $34
- Latrice Royale, with Knoxville Men’s Gay Chorus, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $29 -$150
- On Golden Pond, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 PM, $15
- Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Basstronica, The Concourse, 9:00 PM – 3:00 AM, FREE!
- Sinister SIX, Hosted by Rooftop Collective, Outpost, 9:00 PM – 2:00 AM, $6
- Dirty Dead, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
- Soulfinger, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Jonny Monster Band, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM
- The Barstool Romeos, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 10:00 PM
Sunday, January 6
- Final Day: Peppermint Trail, Downtown Knoxville
- Final Day: Elf on the Shelf Scavenger Hunt, various locations, Downtown Knoxville
- Knoxcentric: Todd Morgan, Executive Director of Knox Heritage, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
- Bullet Journaling 101 with Amelia Bartlett, The Hive, 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM $40
- Jazz Brunch, Chesapeake’s, 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM
- Audition & Call for Proposals, Hosted by The Katharine Slowburn Experience, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
- Pink Bride Show, Knoxville Convention Center, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM, $12
- 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
- Final Holidays on Ice presented by Home Federal Bank, Historic Market Square, 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Les Miserables, Tennessee Theatre, 1:30 PM, $44 – $99
- On Golden Pond, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 3:00 PM, $15
- WDVX Downtown Jam at Blackhorse Brewery Gay Street Pub, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
- Pro Skills Camp, Knoxville Civic Auditorium-Coliseum, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM (every other Sunday), $25
- First Sunday Celtic Jam for Beginners, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 4:30 PM – 6:30
- The Lonetones, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 PM
- Elizabeth Wise, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, January 7
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Chris Poindexter / The Thomas Taylor Band, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- Mighty Musical Monday with Freddie Brabson and special guests, Four Leaf Peat, Tennessee Theatre, Noon, FREE!
- FRIENDLYTOWN comedy show! “Tod Talks” (sic), Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, FREE!
- Starship Pilgrims, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, January 8
- CSI Field Trip! Blount Mansion, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Jason Ellis, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- How to Create a Mission-Focused Annual Fundraising Strategy, Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, $25 – $225
- Holly’s Senior Moments Happy Hour, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Matt Nelson & Co, Pilot Light, 6:00 PM
- Lighting the Torch, UTK Student Union, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Wine Tastings In the Cellar, Old City Wine Bar, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
- Reading Close to Home: Robert Penn Warren, Lawson McGhee Knox County Public Library, 6:30 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
- A-1 Hundo, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 PM
- Mosswalk, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM