Welcome to our live updates blog! 2 p.m. Saturday: It was barely past noon, but EMEL’s hypnotic performance ...

Enjoy shows from jazz to bluegrass to electronic to gospel – all for free at Big Ears in 2025. There are moving exhibitions ...

As the Big Ears Festival has grown from around 25 artists in 2009 to nearly 200 sets in 2025, the vision of founder Ashley ...

Big Ears Festival returns to downtown Knoxville, featuring unique cross-cultural collaborations and drawing a global audience ...

Big Ears Festival is taking over downtown Knoxville this weekend, with people coming from all over the world to visit. Here's ...

Big Ears Day 2 also featured sets from Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn, the Philip Glass Ensemble, Yo La Tengo & Sun Ra Arkestra, ...

Knoxville, TN's one-of-a-kind festival still has performance to come from ANOHNI, Jessica Pratt, Explosions in the Sky, ...

The Big Ears Festival is making its way to downtown Knoxville from March 27 to March 30. The four-day festival will feature almost 200 performances at historic theaters, churches, warehouse spaces and ...

Big Ears 2025 takes over Knoxville, Tennssee this weekend, and the lineup is so stacked, you won't be able to see everything the festival has to offer. Here are the toughest calls we'll be making.

Three big acts will not be taking the stage at the Big Ears Festival. Julien Baker & TORRES, among others, will not perform at Big Ears as originally scheduled. Baker and Torres were set to ...

Knoxville, Tennessee’s Big Ears Festival has long been a beacon for adventurous music lovers, offering a stunning blend of ...

The first festival featured Philip Glass, Negativland, Michael Gira, Matmos and the Necks. The Big Ears festival debuted in 2009 as an event that embraced the experimental, a philosophy it ...