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The Weekend Plan-It: July 29-31

The Daily Fact: The night of Black Tom.

WEEKEND PICKS

6 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art. $4-$8.
Michael Crawley reconvenes his group of local blues all-stars for an Alive After Five gig.

7 p.m. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Market Square. Free.
The Tennessee Stage Company continues its summer season, with Othello on Friday and Sunday, and  The Comedy of Errors on Saturday.

7 p.m. Friday, Clayton Center for the Arts (Maryville). $10.
Classical guitarist in a solo program including "Classical Gas" and Villa Lobos.

8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Oak Ridge Playhouse. $18-$20.
Community theater production of the hit Broadway show.

Across Tundras with Wampus Cat and Forks of Ivory
9 p.m. Friday, Longbranch Saloon. 
Doom-tinged cowboy metal from a Nashville organic farm.

9 p.m. Friday, Patrick Sullivan's. $8.
Abernathy rocks real good, and his new album has a Flying V guitar on the cover. Hell yeah. 

10 p.m. Friday, Pilot Light. $5.
Indie quirk and winning obscurantism, from near and far.

2 p.m. Saturday, Big Fatty's Catering Kitchen. $5.
Big Fatty's second annual local music fest includes Wyld F--ken Stallyns, the Vaygues, and Big Bad Oven.

8 p.m. Saturday, the Shed (Maryville) $15.
Real-deal Southern Rock revivalists from Atlanta.

FRIDAY

6 p.m., Fountain City Park. Free.
Local bluegrass group is promoting a new album.

7 p.m., Capitol Theater (Maryville).
Still one of the sweetest voices in East Tennessee. 

7 p.m., Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center (Townsend). $5.
Sunset Music Series continues with local Americana outfit.

7:45 p.m. and 10:15 p.m., Side Splitters Comedy Club. $4-$6.
Stand-up comic specializes in relationship humor.

Nappy Roots with Deep Fried 5 and DJ Wigs
9 p.m., the Cider House. $8-$10.
Rootsy Southern rappers have nibbled around the edges of the big time for almost 10 years.
 
10 p.m., Preservation Pub. $5.
Old-school outlaw-style country, plus some rockabilly from S.C.

SATURDAY

7:45 p.m. and 10:15 p.m., Side Splitters Comedy Club. $4-$6.
Stand-up comic specializes in relationship humor.

8 p.m., Longbranch Saloon. $5.
Fiery thrash-punk from Nashville.

9 p.m., Niceley's Tavern. Free.
Knoxville's premier spoken-word improv-rock combo.

9 p.m., Brackins Blues Club (Maryville). $6.
Funky blues from Chicago's South side.

10 p.m., Preservation Pub.
Longtime local blues-rockers, along with some jammy reggae-blues types from Whitefish, Mont.

10 p.m., Barley's Taproom. Free.
Still more swaggering Southern Rock from Atlanta.

SUNDAY

6 p.m., Preservation Pub. Free.
Serious-minded alt-country from Louisiana.

8 p.m., Barley's Taproom. Free.
Local outlaw honky-tonker.

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