The Daily Fact: Happy 60, Mr. Mellencamp.
FESTIVALS, FUND-RAISERS, SPECIAL EVENTS
Friday-Sunday, Museum of Appalachia (Clinton). Free-$65.
The annual seasonal festival of traditional music, arts, crafts, and of course food.
Friday-Sunday, Maryville Greenbelt. Free (does not include concert tickets).
Food, entertainment, children's rides and activities, and music including headliners Reba McEntire, Sara Evans, and Chicago.
5-9 p.m. Friday, in and around downtown.
The usual wine-soaked gamut of gallery shows and art happenings.
5-7 p.m. Friday, Blount Mansion. Free.
Cider and music at downtown's oldest home.
5:30 p.m. Friday, Krutch Park.
A spirited (and possibly sassy) march against sexual violence and sexual stereotyping.
6 p.m. Friday, Krutch Park.
A candlelight walk to show solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests.
8 p.m. Saturday, Mabry-Hazen House. $15-$50.
Food and song under the stars, with Christabel and the Jons and more.
8 p.m.-1 a.m. Saturday, the Neighborhood Center (4th and Gill). $3.
Fund-raiser for Food Not Bombs with music and all-you-can-eat pancakes.
11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, 500 N. Gay St (for tickets). $10-$15.
The annual tour of a range of downtown residences.
MUSIC, THEATER, ETC.
6 p.m. Friday, Knoxville Museum of Art. $5-$9.
Longtime local belter brings the museum Alive After Five.
The Avett Brothers with the everybodyfields
7:30 p.m. Friday, Smokies Park. $39.50.
The rootsy rockers have built a sizable following on their moody melodies and sturdy harmonies. As a bonus, the reunited everybodyfields open.
7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Clarence Brown Lab Theatre. $5-$40.
CBT adapts Molière's comedy about piety and hypocrisy.
8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Clayton Center for the Arts. Free-$10.
Award-winning play about reactions to the murder of gay teenager Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyo.
Darrell Scott with Rayland Baxter
8 p.m. Friday, the Square Room. $20-$22.
Nashville session/songwriting ace remains an underappreciated talent in his own right.
8 p.m. Friday, Bijou Theatre. $30.
The loudmouth comedian tells jokes on herself, mostly. But funny ones.
J. Roddy Walston and the Business with Kingston Springs
10 p.m. Friday, Barley's Taproom.
Hotly tipped sweat-drenched swampy rock 'n' roll from Baltimore.
8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Emporium Center for Arts and Culture. $5-$12.
Carpetbag Theatre presents a one-woman show about Arab-American identity after 9/11.
8 p.m. Saturday, Bijou Theatre. $21.50.
Country/chamber/pop duo have had a big hit with their most recent album.
8 p.m. Saturday, the Shed (Maryville). Free-$5.
Round one of a local battle of the bands.
2 p.m. Sunday, East Tennessee History Center. Free.
Violinist and pianist will perform works by Latino composers.
2:30 p.m. Sunday, Cokesbury United Methodist Church. $5-$20.
The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra presents a program of family-friendly fare.
4:30 p.m. Sunday, Greater Warner Tabernacle A.M.E. Zion Church (3800 MLK Jr. Blvd.). Free.
Gospel choirs join opera singers for an afternoon of soaring music, including songs from both the gospel and Broadway canons.
Hans-Joachim Roedelius with Xambuca and Palatheda
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Woodruff Building (424 S. Gay St., fifth floor). $10.
The German electronic music pioneer is 76 and still lugging around his beloved analog synthesizers.
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