The Daily Fact: Kingdoms rise and kingdoms fall.
BENEFITS, FESTIVALS, PARTIES
6-9 p.m. Friday, Boyd's Jig & Reel. $100.
Benefit concert and dinner to raise funds for WDVX, with R.B. Morris, Robinella, Mountain Soul, and more.
6:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, Knoxville Museum of Art. $25-$150.
The annual dinner and auction fund-raiser for the KMA.
10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, Cove Lake State Park. $2-$5.
Daylong celebration of East Tennessee string-band legend Howard Armstrong, featuring his son Ralphe, the John Myers Band, and others.
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Roy Acuff Museum.
Food, live music, and entertainment.
3 p.m. Saturday, Lost and Found Records. Free.
North Knoxville's finest record store is moving (across the street), and celebrating with Tim Lee 3, the Vaygues, and DJ Nathan Moses. (The bands are playing again later Saturday night at Pilot Light.)
9 a.m.-3 p.m., Ijams Nature Center. Free.
Local native plants, live music, children's activities.
OTHER WEEKEND PICKS
7:45 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Side Splitters Comedy Club. $6-$10.
Sharp-tongued comic with observations about the single life.
8 p.m. Friday, Clayton Center for the Arts (Maryville).
Outlaw country legend turned right-wing loudmouth still plays a mean fiddle.
8 p.m. Friday, Laurel Theater. $10-$12.
R.B. celebrates his new disc, Rich Mountain Bound, a collection of long-time favorites he finally got around to recording.
Lazarus A.D. with DownSlave and the Sammus Theory
8 p.m. Friday, the Valarium. $10-$12.
New-school thrash from Wisconsin.
8 p.m. Friday, the Square Room. $22-$25.
Is it time for '90s nostalgia acts? Cuz McCain ("I'll Be") would qualify.
8 p.m. Friday, Preservation Pub. Free.
Russian-born singer-songwriter, formerly with the Bering Strait.
9 p.m. Friday, Brackins Blues Club (Maryville). $5.
Longtime local blues-rock faves, now based in Nashville.
8 p.m. Saturday, Civic Auditorium. $35-$89.
The singing piano man plays pops with the KSO. His latest album is a tribute to Frank Sinatra.
4 p.m. Sunday, Pollard Auditorium (Oak Ridge). $12-$25.
Romanian chamber ensemble on their first American tour, playing Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms.
8 p.m. Saturday, the Shed (Maryville). $10.
Former SteelDrivers frontman Chris Stapleton's new band.
Tommy Emmanuel with Pam Rose and Anthony Snape
8 p.m. Sunday, Tennessee Theatre. $32.
Australian guitar wiz is back with more acoustic virtuosity.
8 p.m.-3 a.m., Old City Entertainment Venue.
Interactive storyline about zombies and vampires in a neo-gothic Knoxville, mixed with goth/industrial/electronic music.
10 p.m. Sunday, Preservation Pub.
Tim Spencer introduces the classic soul combo's new lineup, with music from Shaft.
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