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 ...

The Big Ears Festival is back for another year of great music, art and conversation in Knoxville. Although single-day passes have sold out, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out. You can still ...

Welcome to our live updates blog! 2 p.m. Saturday: It was barely past noon, but EMEL’s hypnotic performance elicited late-night North African club vibes that made it hard to leave. The ...

Julien Baker & TORRES, among others, will not perform at Big Ears as originally scheduled. Baker and Torres were set to ...

It's officially Big Ears Festival, that special time of year when people from all over the world arrive in Knoxville for a ...

Four churches are taking part in the 2025 Big Ears Festival, with the acoustics and atmosphere of each space matched to the ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. “The ethos of Big Ears as a festival is serendipity, and it's a tricky balance because you want to feel like you know something going in ...

Big Ears Festival will take place across more than 20 downtown Knoxville venues March 27-30. The festival headquarters have changed, and there are new places to pick up wristbands and merch. In ...

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

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

It's not always easy to step outside the mainstream, but that has been the mission of the Big Ears Festival since its launch in festival founder Ashley Capp's hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee ...