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

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

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

If four days of Big Ears Festival programming just isn't enough music, these bars in and around downtown Knoxville have music ...

"I don't think I could describe (Big Ears Festival) further, the exhilaration," Mike Yaeger said. "It's like a muse, or maybe Ashley (Capps) is my muse." ...

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

Arooj Aftab will fill Julien Baker + Torres's spot at Knoxville Civic Coliseum on Saturday night. For the most up-to-date schedule information on the acts and festival schedule, use the Big Ears app.

“Our merchants are excited, our restaurants are staffed and ready to go. They really try and engage thinking about some of ...

Urmila Seshagiri, who teaches the course, uses the Big Ears Festival as part of a unique cultural studies course.

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

Beth Gibbons has never been a chatty frontperson, and her shy, reserved stage presence has been part of the appeal since the ...

Todd Weaver After nearly a decade apart, Tortoise are back with “Oganesson.” The pioneering post-rock ensemble’s first new ...