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Let's go fishin' for entertainment and fun ... - July 3, 2009

Friday, July 3:

The WDVX "Blue Plate Special" in The Square Room on Market Square presents Special Consensus. Free. 12 noon.

The Blues Happy Hour in the courtyard at Club Catalyst in Old City is led by Ed Corts and his sidekick "Detroit" Dave plus an assortment of special guests. Friday and Saturday evenings. Check it out, it's a good thing. 5 pm.

The Downtowners featuring Sheila Gordon will perform at Regas Restaurant on Gay Street. In conjunction with the First Friday art activities, Regas will be exhibiting artwork by Cynthia Markert, Terrie Yeatts, Elizabeth Aaron, Alice Carroll, Katy Smith, Cindy Day, Gayla Seale, Julie Carroll, and James R. Parsons tonight and throughout the month of July. 6:30-10:30 pm.

Donald Brown & Afterdance featuring vocalist Sanda Allyson will perform at Purada on Kingston Pike. 7 pm.

Sparky & Rhonda Rucker will perform at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center's "Sunset Concert Series" in Townsend. 7 pm.

Robert Higginbotham will be sitting in with Smoke 'n Mirrors on the patio at the Waterfront in Maryville. Free. 9 pm.

Labron Lazenby & LA3 will play Blues and boogie at the Downtown Grill & Brewery on Gay Street. 11 pm.
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Happy Independence Day! Saturday, July 4:

Lenoir City’s Rockin’ The Docks presents Lost & Found, RMS, Dishwater Blonde and the Super Dave 5 in Lenoir City Park-Cove. 3:30 pm.

The Blues Happy Hour in the courtyard at Club Catalyst in Old City is led by Ed Corts and his sidekick "Detroit" Dave plus an assortment of special guests. Friday and Saturday evenings. Check it out, it's a good thing. 5 pm.
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Sunday, July 5:

All you reggae fans, Yellowman will perform at Purada on Kingston Pike. 9 pm.
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Monday, July 6:

The WDVX "Blue Plate Special" in the Knoxville Visitor Center presents Uncle Jeff with The Difibulators. Free. 12 noon.
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Tuesday, July 7:

The Downtowners featuring Sheila Gordon will perform at Regas Restaurant on Gay Street as the venerable Knoxville restaurant celebrates its 90th birthday! 5:30-9:30 pm.
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Thursday, July 9:

Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers will perform at "Old City Live" in the Old City Courtyard. Matt Woods Plan A will open the show. Free. 7 pm.
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Friday, July 10:

"Alive After Five" at the Knoxville Museum of Art presents Jenna & The Joneses. 5:30 pm.

David Wilcox will perform at The Square Room on Market Square. 9 pm.

Avenue C will perform at the Royal Oaks Golf Club in Maryville. Free. 8 pm.

Robbie Ducey will bring his band from Augusta, GA to Brackins Blues Bar in Maryville. 9 pm.

Natti Love Joys will be jammin' at the Cider House. 10 pm.
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Saturday, July 11:

Second Saturday Concerts at The Cove presents The LoneTones in Concord Park on Northshore Drive. 6-8 pm.

Brackins Blues Bar in Maryville presents Eric Culberson. 9 pm.
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Sunday, July 12:

The Terraplane Drifters, featuring "Blue" Barry Faust on harmonica, will perform at the The East Tennessee Jazz Society meeting at The Oaks Restaurant at Royal Oaks Golf Club. 4:00-6:30 pm.
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Thursday, July 16:

"Old City Live" presents Paul Thorn in the Old City Courtyard. Chuck Norris will open the show. 7 pm.
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Friday, July 17:

The Johnson Swingtet will perform at the Knoxville Museum of Art's "Alive After Five". 5:30 pm.

The Rose Center in Morristown presents the Dirty Guv'nahs, voted "Knoxville's Best Band" in the Metro Pulse Reader's Poll", with special guest Limo Wreck. (BYOB) Call 423-581-4330 to reserve a table. 8:00 pm.
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Saturday, July 18:

Scott Holt comes to Brackins Blues Bar to play some hard rockin' Blues. 9 pm.

Avenue C will perform at Two Doors Down in Maryville. Free. 9:30 pm.
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Thursday, July 23:

The John Cowan Band will perform at "Old City Live" in the Old City Courtyard. The Grassbillies will open the show. Free. 7 pm.
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Friday, July 24:

"Alive After Five" at the Knoxville Museum of Art presents Georgia Legacy Foundation Artist the Sammy Blue Band. 5:30 pm.

The 'Sunset Concert Series" at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center in Townsend presents the John Myers Band. 7 pm.

Avenue C will perform on the patio at The Waterfront in Maryville. Free. 9 pm.
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Saturday, July 25:

Blue Mother Tupelo will perform at Brackins Blues Bar in Maryville. 9 pm.
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Thursday, July 30:

The Coal Men will perform at "Old City Live" in the Old City Courtyard. Homer Hart will open the show. Free. 7 pm.
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Friday, July 31:

"Alive After Five" at the Knoxville Museum of Art presents the Latin jazz of Rolando Matias & the Afro-Rican Ensemble. 5:30 pm.

The 'Sunset Concert Series" at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center in Townsend presents Wild Blue Yonder. 7 pm.

Bill "The Sauce Boss" Wharton will play a mess o' Blues and cook up a mess o' gumbo at the Chrome Pony Saloon on Alcoa Hiway. 9 pm.

Kings County Gumbo will perform on the patio at The Waterfront in Maryville. Free. 9 pm.
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Thursday, August 6:

"Old City Live". Line up TBA.
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Friday, August 7:

"Alive After Five" at the Knoxville Museum of Art presents jazz/pop violinist/vocalist and East Tennessee native now living in New York City, Efrat & Friends. 5:30 pm.
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Saturday, August 8:

Second Saturday Concerts at The Cove presents The Retroholics in Concord Park on Northshore Drive. 6-8 pm.

Kenny Neal will perform at the Chrome Pony Saloon on Alcoa Hiway. Josh Garrett & The Bottom Line will open the show. 9 pm.
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Thursday, August 13:

Larry Keel & Natural Bridge will perform at "Old City Live" in the Old City Courtyard. Brendon James Wright will open the show. Free. 7 pm.
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Friday, August 14:

The Knoxville Museum of Art's "Alive After Five" concludes it's summer series with a performance by Blue Mother Tupelo. 5:30 pm.

AC Entertainment presents The Big Surprise Tour
An Old Fashioned Revue featuring Old Crow Medicine Show, Dave Rawlings Machine (featuring Gillian Welch), The Felice Brothers, and Justin Townes Earle at World's Fair Park.

The 'Sunset Concert Series" at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center in Townsend presents the Y'uns. 7 pm.

Microwave Dave & The Nukes perform tonight and Saturday at Brackins Blues Bar in Maryville. 9 pm.
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Saturday, August 15:

At last, after health problems caused a postponement and then cancellation of performances in Knoxville last year, Etta James & The Roots Band is scheduled to perform at the Tennessee Theatre in beautiful downtown Knoxville. 8 pm.

Microwave Dave & The Nukes is back at Brackins Blues Bar in Maryville. 9 pm.
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Thursday, August 20:

Cody McCarver will perform at "Old City Live" in the Old City Courtyard. Kata & The Blaze will open the show. Free. 7 pm.

Friday, August 21:

The 'Sunset Concert Series" at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center in Townsend presents 3-time national guitar champion Steve Kaufman. 7 pm.

Louisiana Bluesman Larry Garner will perform at Brackins Blues Bar in Maryville. 9 pm.
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Saturday, August 22:

Big Mike Griffin will perform at Brackins Blues Bar in Maryville. 9 pm.
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Thursday, August 27:

Blueground Undergrass will perform at "Old City Live" in the Old City Courtyard. Dixie Hiway will open the show. Free. 7 pm.
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Saturday, August 29:

The Stella-Vees from Lexington, KY will perform at Brackins Blues Bar in Maryville. 9 pm.
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Thursday, September 3:

The Coveralls will perform at "Old City Live" in the Old City Courtyard. Free. 7 pm.
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Friday-Sunday, September 4-6:

Camp Reggae is like a little Jamaica on the far southern fringes of Knoxville in the mountains of southeastern Tennessee. Ya mon, if you dig the reggae music and camping in the wild, this is the place for you. www.Camp
Reggae.com.
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Friday, September 4:

Hector Qirko Band will perform at the 16th Anniversary Celebration of the Knoxville Museum of Art's "Alive After Five" live music series. Museum members get in Free. 5:30 pm.
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Thursday, September 10:

The Dirty Guv'nahs will perform at "Old City Live" in the Old City Courtyard. Free. 7 pm.
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Saturday, September 12:

Second Saturday Concerts at The Cove presents The Knoxville Symphony Brass Quintet in Concord Park on Northshore Drive. 6-8 pm.
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Thursday, September 17:

"Old City Live" in the Old City Courtyard. Line up to be announced. Free. 7 pm.
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Friday, September 18:

The fall series of the Knoxville Museum of Art's "Alive After Five" premiers with "The Blues Doctor", Stacy Mitchhart from Nashville. 5:30 pm.
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Thursday, September 24:

Cutthroat Shamrock will perform at "Old City Live" in the Old City Courtyard. HonkyTonks Anonymous will open the show. Free. 7 pm.
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Friday, September 25:

"Alive After Five" at the Knoxville Museum of Art presents the Texas swing and honky-tonk blues of the Lonesome Coyotes. 5:30 pm.
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Friday, October 9:

The Stella-Vees will perform at the Knoxville Museum of Art's "Alive After Five". 5:30 pm.

Robin Trower will perform at The Bijou Theatre on Gay Street. 8 pm.
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Sunday, October 11:

The Carolina Chocolate Drops will perform at The Bijou Theatre in beautiful downtown Knoxville. 8 pm.
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Tuesday, October 13:

The Allman Brothers with Warren Haynes and Widespread Panic will perform in World's Fair Park.
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Wednesday, October 14:

Bonnie Raitt, 9-time Grammy winner, and Randall Bramlett will perform at the Tennessee Theatre in beautiful downtown Knoxville. 8 pm.
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Friday, October 16:

"Alive After Five" at the Knoxville Museum of Art presents The King Bees, Blues band from Boone, NC. 5:30 pm.
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Friday, October 23:

Soulfinger will perform at the Knoxville Museum of Art's "Alive After Five". 5:30 pm.
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Tuesday, October 27:

Joe Bonamassa will perform at the Bijou Theatre in beautiful downtown Knoxville. 8 pm.
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Friday, October 30:

Boys' Night Out will perform at a special "Halloween Costume Alive After Five" at the Knoxville Museum of Art. 5:30 pm.
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Friday, November 6:

Labron Lazenby & LA3 will perform at the Knoxville Museum of Art's "Alive After Five". 5:30 pm...
and then later at the Downtown Grill & Brewery on Gay Street. 11 pm.
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Friday, November 13:

The Knoxville Museum of Art's "Alive After Five" presents an "International Students Idol". 5:30 pm.
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Thursday, November 19:

Darius "Hootie" Rucker will perform at Cotton Eyed Joe's off Lovell Road.
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Friday, November 20:

Roger "Hurricane" Wilson will perform at the Knoxville Museum of Art's "Alive After Five". 5:30 pm.
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Friday, November 27:

The Knoxville Museum of Art presents the Thanksgiving Friday edition of "Alive After Five" featuring Sharon Mosby & The Wendel Werner Quintet. 5:30 pm.
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Thursday, December 31:

Teeny Tucker, daughter of Tommy Tucker who wrote and recorded "High-Heeled Sneakers", will perform with her 8-piece band at "Alive into 2010!", the New Year's Eve Party at the Knoxville Museum of Art. Stay tuned for more details.
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Friday, January 8:

The "Alive After Five" winter series premiers with Soul Connection. 5:30 pm.
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Saturday, March 13:

Michael Feinstein will perform at the Knoxville Auditorium. 8 pm.
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More to come. Stay tuned.


Love and Happiness,

Bluegill