Holiday happenings, indie rockers and new movies are among the fun things to do coming up in the next 10 days.

Trendsetting hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg will entertain at 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, at The Valarium, 112 Ramsey St.

Charles Dickens' classic Christmas-time play "A Christmas Carol" will be presented through Dec. 18 at the Clarence Brown Theatre on the University of Tennessee campus.

Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem reunite with Kermit, Miss Piggy and the rest of the legendary Muppets gang to stage a telethon to save their theater in the new film comedy "The Muppets."

Veteran rock troubadour John Mellencamp will present his "No Better Than This" tour at the Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave., following a screening of the film documentary "It's About You."

Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, a nine-piece soul and funk orchestra from Brooklyn, N.Y., will entertain, along with New Orleans band Flow Tribe, at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, at the Square Room.

Unknown Hinson brings his raucous mix of country & western-tinged "psychobilly" rock to the area just in time for Halloween weekend. Also known as the voice of Early Cuyler on the animated series "Squidbillies," Hinson and band will perform at ...

The Black Cadillacs will entertain along with Kelsey's Woods, The Barstool Romeos and Cutthroat Shamrock 1-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, during the 2011 Brewers' Jam at World's Fair Park.

Rock 'n' roll ensemble Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights will be fully visible at 8 p.m. at The Shed at Smoky Mountain Harley-Davidson, 1820 Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. The band from Dallas, Texas, likes to emphasize its balance of ...

Moliere's comedy "Tartuffe," will be presented through Oct. 23 in the Lab Theatre of the Clarence Brown Theatre on the University of Tennessee campus. In the play, scheming Tartuffe gains influence over the wealthy Orgon.

The exhibit "Floral Photography" will feature extreme close-up images of flowers, as seen below, by Bobby Ray Strange on display through Nov. 4 at the Knoxville Tomato Head, 12 Market Square. Other upcoming events include concerts by the Charlie Daniels ...

Matador Records describes the music of Portland, Ore., singer-songwriter M. Ward as a genre "out of time," a style that sneaks into the gaps between the roots of folk, country, blues and rock. What that doesn't point out is that ...

Knoxville band Royal Bangs, fresh off a European tour, will present two shows on Saturday, Sept. 17, at Pilot Light, 106 E. Jackson Ave. Also in 10 Days Out: The Necks, Cafe Noir, Carla Bozulich and more.

Events for Sept. 9-18 include concerts by Jeff the Brotherhood, Ten Out of Tenn, .38 Special and more. Plus, upcoming movies include "I Don't Know How She Does It" and "Drive."

10 Days Out: Sept. 2-11, 2011 -- Info on upcoming concerts by Elizabeth Cook, The Dirty Guv'nahs, ZZ Top and more, plus movies such as "Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star" and "Attack the Block."