Since its launch in 2009, the Big Ears Festival has pushed the boundaries of the music world for listeners with its genre-defying, multi-dimensional programming. The 2025 Festival participants—at least some—have been announced and, once again, the mind boggles at the…
Jon Batiste Among Big Ears Second Round Line-Up Announcements
The biggest problem many Big Ears 2024 music fans will have is not whether to buy a pass for the March 21-24 festival, but rather, how to wait that long without succumbing to embarrassing displays of anticipation. As is the…
Big Ears 2024 Announces Headliners and Starting Line-Up
Big Ears has announced its headliners and lineups for the 2024 festival that will occupy downtown from Thursday, March 21 thru Sunday, March 24, 2024. Headliners include some big-name newbies and some old favorites. Herbie Hancock – Laurie Anderson –John…
Big Ears 2023 — Living Inside the Music
BY ERIC DAWSON “This is the best music festival in America.” (John Zorn at the Tennessee Theatre) “There’s nothing else like Big Ears in America.” (Stephen O’Malley at Knoxville Visitor’s Center) “People are such enthusiastic listeners at this festival.…
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Among Additions to Big Ears 2023
The 10th edition of the internationally acclaimed Big Ears is on tap for 2023 and additions to the program lineup announced today suggest that the festival is celebrating the milestone by taking an important direction in reflecting new music. Partnering…
Big Ears Announces Its 2023 Festival Lineup
Just when we think it would be impossible to expand Big Ears… Big Ears will be celebrating 10 years when it returns March 30 – April 2, 2023. Announced here is the first wave of programs scheduled for the weekend.…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: Harlem String Quartet, Flying Anvil Theatre, More Free Events at Big Ears
UTKSOM: Ready for the World Music Series The UT School of Music’s Ready for the World Music Series will be back to live performances this Sunday in a program that features the Grammy-winning Harlem String Quartet. The program will offer works…
Big Ears Festival Announces Free Concerts — And A Parade
It probably came as no surprise to many when the Big Ears Festival 2022 announced that it had reached a SOLD OUT status on all passes for the four day Festival March 24-27. After all, the scourge of Covid had…
Big Ears Adds a Literary Dimension of Celebrated Writers and Poets to 2022 Festival
As if one needed any more compelling reasons to jump into the swirling artistic cauldron that will be Big Ears 2022 in March, the festival is announcing an added layer of literary connections to its already jam-packed, multidimensional lineup of…
Most Memorable Music Performances of 2021
BY ALAN SHERROD Last year—2020—will forever bear an asterisk in the history books to indicate that we had foregone normal life for reasons of safety and recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Arts Knoxville’s own yearly “Most Memorable” list of…