In honor of this love affair between Planet Earth and Scruffy City, introducing:
the Funny Ears Fringe Festival ! Big Ears Festival has been an awesome event in Downtown Knoxville, introducing us to avant garde music and the world to lovely friendly Knoxville, Tennessee.. It's a fringe showcase for all our international visitors-- "fringe" in avant garde music's case of course means... lots of lo
cal ROCK n ROLL! SCRUFFYCITY.COM, Sierra Nevada & Miller Lite PRESENT:
THE 2017 FUNNY EARS FRINGE FESTIVAL
(THU MAR 23 - SUN MAR 26 in the Mighty Mighty Preservation Pub and in the Cathedral of Funny Ears and Libations Scruffy City Hall)
Street Perfomers/ Buskers
7PM-9PM THU MAR 23 - SUN MAR 26:
Dragonfly Aerial Arts and One World Circus
Cyr Wheel performer, stilt walkers, jugglers, acrobats and dancers
5-6 performers each evening from 7pm-9pm
THU MAR 23:
PUB: FREAK FOLKICANA NIGHT:
6pm: Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands (Asheville Kaleidophrenic Cabaret)
7PM: Blond Bones (Knox Americana)
8PM: Brad Austin (Knox Songwriter)
10PM: Caney Creek Company (Chatt Folkgrass)
11:40PM: The Green Fingers (Johnson City Americana)
SCRUFFY CITY HALL: HONKY TONK NIGHTTIME BALL:
CURATED BY Andrew Dale Pirkle starting at 8pm:
Martha Spencer (Old-Time Bluegrass/ country, member of The White Top Mountain Band)
Matt Kinman (founding member of Old Crow Medicine Show)
Alex Leach (banjo player for Ralph Stanley 2)
Brandon Fulson & THE REALBILLYS (southern rock and country)
FRI MAR 24:
PUB: INDIE PIRATE NIGHT:
6pm: Sparkle Motion Official (Knox Indie roots Rock)l
7PM: Waterfall Wash (Nash Folk Rock)
8PM: Little Stranger (pop hip hop)
9PM: Harbor. (Chatt Indie Pop)
10PM: Rock Eupora (Nash Indie Pop)
11PM: Bella's Bartok (5***** Fun Pirate Rock from Northampton, MA)
12:30am: Plankeye Peggy (Asheville Pirate Carnival Rock)
SCRUFFY: PSYCH ROCK 101
6:30PM: Yasameen & Ben (Knox pipes and keys)
7:30PM: Kyle Megna Trio (Wisconsin dark-indie-blues-folk-rock)
8:30PM: Amythyst Kiah AND HER CHEST OF GLASS (Johnson City Southern Gothic)
9:30PM: The Comet Conductors (Kingsport Rock)
10:30PM: Demon Waffle (East TN funky Ska-rock)
11:30PM: Step Sisters (Nash Psych Rock)
12:30AM: C2 & The Brothers Reed (Lexington KY Rock n Soul)
SAT MAR 25:
PUB: FUTURE PAST ROCK NIGHT:
6PM: The Young Fables (Maryville Country)
7PM: Kerchief (Nash Indie Rock)
8PM: St. Maurice (Spartanburg, SC Trippy Alt-Rock)
9PM: ElectroChemical (Asheville Psychedelic Progtronica)
10PM: Brother Moses (Fayetteville, AR Indie Rock)
11PM: Red As Blood (Knox Retro Fun Punk)
12:30AM: Sirius.B (Asheville Gypsy Folk Funk)
SCRUFFY: REGGAE ROCK NIGHT:
8:30PM: Whyte Noyse (TN Reggae / Rock)
9:30PM: Natty's Common Roots (Reggae-Surf Rock)
10:30PM: Josiah & The Greater Good (Knox Blues Rock Reggae)
12AM: 40oz Burrito: A Tribute to Sublime (Nash)
SUN MAR 26:
PUB: SOULGRASS NIGHT:
6PM: Magnolia Wind (Nash Americana Duo)
7PM: Country Wide (Country Rock)
8PM: Fossil Creek Bluegrass / The Fossil Creek Band
now FOSSIL CREEK COMPANY (Toledo, OH Bluegrass)
10PM: Model Inmates (Knox Indie)
11PM: Evan Taylor Jones Band (Orlando, FLA Soul Rock)
(1st Night of 2 Night Residency)
SCRUFFY: LIKE ROLLING STONED PROG NIGHT:
8:30PM: AELUDE (Knox Instrumental Explorations)
9:30PM: Pareidelic (Knox Experimental Prog)
10:30PM: These are the angles (Johnson City Prog Rock)
11:30AM: Indighost (Bristol, TN Stoner Rock)
