Photo Credit David Simchock
The Scene
Big Ears in Knoxville, Tennessee, is part of a group of intriguing American music festivals that have cropped up in the spring and fall seasons. Big Ears likes to explore connections between musicians while mixing it up with film, performance, and the visual arts. The venues are varied including the Knoxville Museum of Art, a cathedral, and an ornate theater.
Festival Info
Festival Poster
2024 Artist Lineup
Kurt Vile & The Violators
- ADRIANNE LENKER
- AJA MONET
- ANGELIC BROTHERS (JOHN MEDESKI & KIRK KNUFFKE)
- ANNA WEBBER
- ANSSI KARTTUNEN
- AOIFE O’DONOVAN
- ARMAND HAMMER
- ASH FURE: ANIMAL
- BETH ORTON
- BILLY WOODS
- BITCHIN BAJAS
- BRAD MEHLDAU
- BRANDON ROSS PHANTOM STATION
- CEDRIC BURNSIDE
- CHARLES LLOYD
- CHOCOLATE GENIUS, INC.
- CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE
- CLAIRE ROUSAY
- COLIN STETSON
- COLLEEN
- CYRO BAPTISTA’S CHAMA
- DARCY JAMES ARGUE’S SECRET SOCIETY
- DAVE HOLLAND QUARTET
- DAVID VIRELLES
- DAVÒNE TINES
- DIGABLE PLANETS
- DRAGONCHILD X SUNKEN CAGES
- EDGAR MEYER
- ELLIOTT SHARP & ERIC MINGUS
- EYVIND KANG & JESSIKA KENNEY
- FATOUMATA DIAWARA
- FAUN FABLES
- FLYSIIFU
- FRED FRITH
- HATIS NOIT
- HELEN GILLET
- HENRY THREADGILL
- HERBIE HANCOCK
- HERMANOS GUTIÉRREZ
- HORSE LORDS
- HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF
- JAKE BLOUNT
- JAMES BRANDON LEWIS
- JASON MORAN AND THE HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS
- JG THIRLWELL + ENSEMBLE
- JLIN
- JOAN SHELLEY
- JOANNA STERNBERG
- JOHN PAUL JONES
- JULIAN LAGE AND THE SPEAK TO ME BAND
- KASSA OVERALL
- KNOXVILLE SYMPHONY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
- KOKOROKO
- KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS
- LAURIE ANDERSON
- MARC RIBOT’S CERAMIC DOG
- MARY HALVORSON
- MATT MITCHELL
- MAVI
- MOLLY LEWIS
- MOLLY TUTTLE & GOLDEN HIGHWAY
- MR. SUN
- MYRA MELFORD’S FIRE & WATER
- NIK BÄRTSCH’S RONIN
- RHIANNON GIDDENS
- RINGDOWN (CAROLINE SHAW & DANNI LEE)
- ROBIN HOLCOMB
- ROC MARCIANO
- ROGER ENO
- SAM AMIDON
- SAMORA PINDERHUGHES
- SECRET CHIEFS 3
- SEXMOB
- SHABAKA HUTCHINGS
- SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM
- SOFÍA REI & JORGE ROEDER
- SON ROMPE PERA
- SONS OF CHIPOTLE (JOHN PAUL JONES & ANSSI KARTTUNEN)
- THE MESSTHETICS
- THIRD COAST PERCUSSION
- TITAN TO TACHYONS
- TOMEKA REID QUARTET
- TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO
- TREDICI BACCI
- TREVOR DUNN’S TRIO-CONVULSANT AVEC FOLIE À QUATRE
- TRIO MEDIÆVAL
- UNWOUND
- VOID PATROL
- WAYNE HORVITZ GRAVITAS QUARTET
- YASMIN WILLIAMS
- ZSELA