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Sunday, March 24
- Knoxcentric: Carpetbag Theatre, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM
- Big Ears Festival, Many Artists, Various Downtown Venues, 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM, FREE – $650
- March Sunday Assembly & Potluck, 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
- Sunday Brunch/Dance Social, Hosted by Old City Knoxville, Blue Slip Winery & Bistro, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, $10 – $15
- Free Big Ears Festival Shows, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM, FREE!
- 2019 Home Builders Association of Greater Knoxville Home Show, Knoxville Convention Center, Noon – 6:00 PM, $6 – $10
- Spring Kick Off with Melissa Timm Design, Historic Southern Railway Station, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, $40
- 3-Year Anniversary Finale with Mojo Tweed, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs Huntsville Havoc & Hot Wheels Display, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 3:30 PM, $10 – $35
- Live Acoustic Sundays with Candace McQueen, The Double S Wine Bar, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Lauren Beeler and the Howlers, Pour Taproom, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Legbeard, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 PM
- Quartjar’s Funny Ears Fringe Fest, Best of Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
Monday, March 25
- Drop-in Figure Drawing, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, $10
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Scott McMahan/Madeleine Besson, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- Pop-Up Dinner Party, Hosted by Table Forty9, The Central Collective, 6:30 PM, $78
- Banff Mountain Film Festival, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 PM, $18 – $30
- Appalachian Mountain Bike Club Monthly Meeting! South Coast Pizza, 7:00 PM
- FRIENDLYTOWN comedy show: Friendlytown High School Reunion!, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, FREE!
- Deacon, Hannah, Kimbro and the Death of Bluegrass, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 PM
- Abby Elmore Band, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, March 26
- Nonprofit Day, Student Union ballroom, UTK, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Wake Up YPN, Hosted by KAAR, K Brew, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Dirty Grass Players/Karyn Oliver, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- Email Marketing, Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, $25 – $225
- Concourse Cadettes Auditions, The Concourse, 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM, Registration Required
- Pre-race Marathon Press Conference, World’s Fair Park, 3:00 PM
- Steven Stoll: The Ordeal of Appalachia, 7th Annual Distinguished Lecture, UT Student Union, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM, FREE!
- Holly’s Senior Moments Happy Hour, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Pint Night benefitting Friends of Literacy, Elkmont Exchange, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- City Council Meeting, Main Assembly Room, City County Building, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, University of Tennessee College of Law, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Wine Tastings in the Cellar, Old City Wine Bar, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
- Music on the Mezzanine: Opera: Can you Handel It? Lawson McGhee Knox County Public Library, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
- Code Co-op | Knoxville – A free coding help & hack night, Awaken Coffee, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
- Pop-Up Dinner Party, Hosted by Table Forty9, The Central Collective, 6:30 PM, $78
- Tannahill Weavers at Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, SOLD OUT!
- Intro to Herbal Infusions with Flora Wellness, The Hive, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $40
- Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
- Shen Yun Performing Arts, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $83 – $153
- The Sal Show + Wica Intina + Eric Lee’s Stages Of Grief + Lower, Birdhouse Knoxville, 8:00 PM – Midnight
- Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Spring Choral Concert, Alumni Memorial Building, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Big Country’s Empty Bottle, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 PM
- Dirty Grass Players back in Knoxville! Preservation Pub, 9:00 PM – 11:59 PM
Wednesday, March 27
- March SMK: What are you working on? Hosted by Social Media Knox, Vienna Coffee at The Regas Building, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM, FREE!
- March SoKno Social: Earthfest + Oskar Blues, SoKno Taco Cantina, 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Josh Cottrell, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- Dine & Discover with Marble Sculptor and Artist Julie Warren Conn, Knoxville Museum of Art, Noon – 1:00 PM, FREE!
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Q Series, Emporium Center for Arts & Culture, Noon, $18 – $20
- Books Sandwiched In, East Tennessee History Center, Noon
- Wednesday Wine & Cheese Party, Merchants of Beer, 3:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $10
- New2Knox March Social & Pink Boots Fundraising Event, Merchants of Beer, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Rozzi + AMP Skype Meeting, Haslam College of Business, UTK, 6:00 PM
- Food & Wine Pairing Class, The Double S Wine Bar, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $75
- Cigar Night at Central Collective, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $55
- Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, University of Tennessee College of Law, 6:00 PM
- Taste N’ Toast Benefiting Bridge Refugee Services, Sweet P’s BBQ and Downtown Dive, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $15
- Yoga at Suttree Landing, Suttree Landing Park, 6:15 PM, FREE!
- Crafty Grenade Race: Season 1 – Heat 2, Crafty Bastard Brewery, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
- The Rape of Recy Taylor Film Screening, Art & Architecture Building UTK, 7:00 PM
- Tennessee Shines Presents Rachel Baiman, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, $10
- Shen Yun Performing Arts, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 PM, $83 – $153
- The Real Inspector Hound, Clarence Brown Lab Theatre, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM, $15
- Evan Burnett Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Open Door Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM, FREE!
- John Tyler & the Chase, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Thursday, March 28
- Let Her Speak Women’s Summit, Hosted by Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, The Hive, 8:30 AM – 2:30 PM, $15
- 12 Critical Factors for Successful Leadership, Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 9:00 AM – Noon, $25 – $225
- March Donation Day: Ijam’s Nature Center, Central Flats & Taps, 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Rayo Brothers/Dan Bubien, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- Frontline 3: Understanding Community Resources/Homelessness, Hosted by Compassion Coalition, 511 Broadway, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
- Auditions for “James And The Giant Peach,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM, by appointment only
- Spring Networking/Social Hour Hosted by AFP Great Smoky Mountain Chapter, Elkmont Exchange, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
- WDVX’s Six O’Clock Swerve Presents Brandon Fulson, Barley’s Taproom, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Legacy Parks Night at Balter Beerworks, 6:00 PM
- DreamTrain Benefiting DreamBikes Knoxville, Three Rivers Rambler, 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM, $125
- Good Sport Night, Central Collective, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM, $40
- Taste of Spain Wine Dinner, Oliver Royale, 6:30 PM, $102
- Fourth Thursday Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 PM
- The Real Inspector Hound, Clarence Brown Lab Theatre, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM, $15
- Gary Allan with special guest Carlton Anderson, Civic Auditorium, 7:30 PM, $33 – $105
- TAMIS presents That’s Edutainment! at Central Cinema, 7:30 PM
- Coker and Volkers, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- The Goddamn Gallows and Scott H. Biram, The Concourse, 8:00 PM – 2:00 AM, $15 – $20
- Red Shahan with Thrift Store Cowboys | Live at The Outpost, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $8
- Ethan Palmer hosts Electric Pheasant Poetry Slam, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Rayo Brothers + Will Payne Harrison, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 PM
- Aaron Michael Butler with Adam Lion, Pilot Light, 9:00 PM, $5
- Jack’s River Band & Canopy, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Friday, March 29
- Time Management Workshop, Hosted by Origami Day, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM, $25 – $55
- On an Artistic Note, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 AM
- Lunch & Learn: Digital Marketing and Social Media, The Regas Building, 11:45 AM – 2:30 PM
- New location: WDVX Blue Plate Special: Ted Drozdowski, Barley’s Taproom, Noon, FREE!
- New: WordStream: The Weekly Writer’s Voice with Knoxville’s former Poet Laureate R.B. Morris Charles Dodd White, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- 2019 StarQuest Regional, Knoxville Civic Auditorium-Coliseum, Noon – Sunday, March 31 at Midnight
- Welcome Home: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the Student Union Grand Opening, UTK, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM, FREE!
- Toy Cameras, Double Exposures & Monobath Fun! A1LabArts, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $30
- Dinner Service at Central Filling Station, 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- 2019 City Council Campaign Kickoff, Hosted by 2019 City Council Movement, The Concourse, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Downtown Home For Sale Open House, Tour a rare, 100-year-old downtown town home featuring a balcony and shared beautiful courtyard. Interested in living downtown? This may be your new home, 602 Union Avenue, Friday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Saturday, Noon – 5:00 PM. Offers accepted both days.
- Campaign Headquarters Open House, Hosted by Kincannon for Mayor, 1211 N Central St, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
- Alive After Five with the Kris Lager Band, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM, FREE – $15
- Sarah & Griffin Happy Hour, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:00 PM
- Bearden Middle School Foundation Benefit, The Standard Knoxville, 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM
- 9th Annual Friends of Literacy Bachelor Auction, The Mill & Mine, 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM, $50 – $75
- KNX CTY WRSHP at The Square Room, 7:00 PM
- 2nd Annual Get Served Beer Tasting, Historic Southern Railway Station, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $25 – $50
- Smoky Mountain Whisker Jam Pre-Party, Barley’s Taproom. 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
- BucsWorth at Church Street United Methodist Church, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM, FREE!
- The Real Inspector Hound, Clarence Brown Lab Theatre, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM, $15
- Live at Lucille’s: Thomas Heflin/Mitch Butler Quintet, East Tennessee PBS, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM, $15 – $38
- Fox Grin/Karate Blocks/Juggernaut Stomp, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM/10:00 PM/11:45 PM
- Fridays with Frog and Toad’s Dixie Quartet House Band, Elkmont Exchange, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Mac Powell & The Family Reunion, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, $19 – $70
- Peak Physique with More More More and Matt Honkonen, The Outpost, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $8
- Robert Jon & The Wreck, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 8:00 PM
- Terrapin Jazz Quartet, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Jackson Terminal x Louisville Silent Disco, Jackson Terminal, 8:00 PM – 11:59 PM, $12
- Emily Mathis Group, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- 3.29.19 Rewind At The Concourse, 9:00 PM – 3:00 AM, $5
- WUTK’s Kill Ugly Radio Presents Dirty Logic, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM, $5
- Wild Things, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
- Col. Williams House Band, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 10:00 PM, FREE!
Saturday, March 30
- Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon Activities, Knoxville Convention Center & World’s Fair Exhibition Hall, 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Old North Knoxville Spring First Creek Greenway Cleanup, Corner of Luttrell and Hoitt, 9:00 AM
- Etsy Craft Entrepreneurship Program | March, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM, SOLD OUT!
- AYNP Spring Volunteer Day with Keep Knoxville Beautiful, Alliance for Young Nonprofit Professionals, 9:00 AM – Noon
- Pop-Up Headshot Studio, The Hive, 9:00 AM – 4:15 PM, $200
- Winter Farmers’ Market by Nourish Knoxville, Central United Methodist, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Funko Pop Swap Meet, Tall Man Toys & Comics, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- 5th Annual Birthday Bash: Hops Madness, Hops and Hollers, 10:00 AM – 11:59 PM
- Jubilee Game Gauntlet, Central Collective, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, $10
- We Rise: Dynamic Women of Faith, The Square Room, 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM, $25
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Erin McLendon and Jared Anderson, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- Downtown Home For Sale Open House, Tour a rare, 100-year-old downtown town home featuring a balcony and shared beautiful courtyard. Interested in living downtown? This may be your new home, 602 Union Avenue, Friday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Saturday, Noon – 5:00 PM. Offers accepted both days.
- Auditions for “Jerome Bixby’s The Man From Earth,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Smoky Mountain Whisker Jam, Scruffy City Hall, 4:00 PM
- Eric Bolander Trio LIVE, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
- Spoken word/poetry!: Poboys & Poets/Jenny Besetzt with Headface and the Congenitals and Lavish Boars, Pilot Light, 6:00 PM/10:00 PM, $5/$6
- Festival Feast – Benefit for Smoky Mountain Scottish Festival, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $55
- Rock Against Dementia Free Concert, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, FREE!
- Spring Chicken Music And Art Show, Birdhouse Knoxville, 7:00 PM – Sunday, March 31, 11:55 PM
- Ron White, Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 PM/10:00 PM, SOLD OUT!/$50 – $85
- OBSCURA: Closing Night! A1LabArts, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- The Real Inspector Hound, Clarence Brown Lab Theatre, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM, $15
- Knoxville Ice Bears vs Macon Mayhem & KIBBC Player Warm-Up Jersey On Ice Auction, Civic Auditorium, 7:35 PM, $10 – $35
- Patty Griffin and Scott Miller, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM, SOLD OUT!
- The Sounds of Opera, The Corner Lounge, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Jack Herranen & the Little Red Band, Laurel Theater, 8:00 PM, $12 – $15
- Misnomer/Soulfinger, Preservation Pub, 8:00 PM/10:00 PM
- Guy Marshall Album Release with Joey English, The Outpost, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $8
- GSS Debut, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 8:00 PM
- The Matt Nelson Sound, Bistro at the Bijou, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- 10,000 Days: A Tool Tribute, The Concourse, 9:00 PM – 3:00 AM, $10 – $12
- Barstool Romeos, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 PM
- The Burnin’ Hermans, Scruffy City Hall, 10:00 PM
- The Brockefellers, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 10:00 PM
- Crafty After Dark: Burlesque Unplugged, Crafty Bastard Brewery, 10:00 PM – Midnight, $10 – $20
Sunday, March 31
- Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon Activities, Knoxville Convention Center & World’s Fair Exhibition Hall, 7:23 AM – 3:00 PM
- 2019 Knoxville Marathon Big Bad Water Stop, Trailhead Beer Market, 8:30 AM – 2:00 PM
- Knoxcentric: Michelle Hummel of the Central Business Improvement District (downtownknoxville.org), 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
- Spring Minis by Mandy Hart Photo, Historic Southern Railway Station, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- All’s Well That Ends Well, Hosted by First Take Shakespeare, Alumni Memorial Building, UTK, Noon – 1:30 PM/7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
- Salt & Pepper Spring Sale, Relix, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- For Duty and Honor: Tennessee’s Mexican War Experience | Sunday Lecture with Dr. Tim Johnson, East Tennessee History Center, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
- Giant Puppet Making & Parade Art 101, The Emporium Center, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM, FREE – $25
- Auditions for “Jerome Bixby’s The Man From Earth,” Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Eric Bolander Trio LIVE, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, FREE!
- Adrian+Meredith (Nashville) at Schulz Bräu Brewing Co, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Super Smash Bros Tournament! Central Depot, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, FREE!
- Screening of The Providers: Knoxville, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, FREE!
- The Brockefellers, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 PM
- JPhelpz, The Concourse, 9:00 PM – 3:00 AM, $15 – $20
- Jordan Matthew Young, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Monday, April 1
- Drop-in Figure Drawing, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, $10
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Emily Scott Robinson/Eric Bolander Trio, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- Mighty Musical Monday with Variations Ensemble Presented by Legacy Housing Foundation, Tennessee Theatre, Noon, FREE!
- UT Law Diversity Week 2019, University of Tennessee College of Law, Noon – 1:00 PM (daily through Friday, April 5)
- Emerging Writers Workshop, Lawson McGhee Knox County Public Library, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM (weekly, through Monday, May 13)
- FRIENDLYTOWN comedy show, Pilot Light, 7:30 PM, FREE!
- Kimbro, Seal, Holmes, Ruadabaugh, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 PM
- Flux Capacitor, Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM
Tuesday, April 2
- WDVX Blue Plate Special: Ross Hammond, Visitor Center, Noon, FREE!
- UT Law Diversity Week 2019, University of Tennessee College of Law, Noon – 1:00 PM (daily through Friday, April 5)
- Elkmont Exchange Brewer Meetup, Trailhead Beer Market, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- Foreign & Independent Film Series: Secret of Kells, Lindsay Young Auditorium, John C. Hodges Library, UTK, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig and Reel, 7:15 PM
- The Real Inspector Hound, Clarence Brown Lab Theatre, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM, $15
- Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv Show, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 PM
- Monty Alexander & the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $16 – $36
- Deadbeat Scoundrels, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 PM
- Flux Capacitor at Preservation Pub, 10:00 PM