Festival
Big Ears
Apr 1 – 4, 2027 · Knoxville, TN
Big Ears is an eclectic and adventurous music festival held annually in Knoxville, Tennessee, showcasing a broad range of global, American, and international music that defies commercial norms and genre boundaries. 185 acts announced, 105 you can hear right here.
Lineup
Tap a name to hear them; the rest of the lineup plays after.
- Bradford Cox & Lockett Pundt
- Daniel Lanois – Solo Electro
- Dinner Party (Robert Glasper / Terrace Martin / Kamasi Washington / 9th Wonder)
- Kronos Quartet with Peni Candra Rini
- Maya Beiser & Evan Ziporyn: Bowie Cello Symphonic
- Natalie Merchant with Erik Della Penna
- Trio of Bloom (Nels Cline / Marcus Gilmore / Craig Taborn)
- Gillian Welch & David Rawlings play Grateful Dead Acoustic Reckoning
- Bang On A Can celebrates 40 Years
- William Parker 75th Birthday Residency
- Bill Frisell Residency
- Vijay Iyer Residency
- How Black Music Took Over the World: A Melvin Gibbs Curation
- Ragamala returns! 12 Hours of Ragas
- Luke Schneider Curation: Chrome Universal – Modern Pedal Steel Guitar
- Valentina Magaletti Residency
- Dirty Projectors (solo)
- Jakob Bro / Joe Lovano / Midori Takada
- Jeff Parker ETA IVtet
- Kali Malone Presents Burning Song
- Vieux Farka Touré & Roberto Fonseca
- William Parker, SHABAKA, Hamid Drake
- Ava Mendoza & Hamid Drake
- Efrim Manuel Menuck and Tashi Dorji Present BLOOM AND RUIN
- Dave Harrington, Jay Bellerose & Billy Mohler
- Dave Harrington’s Pranksters South
- Hemphill Stringtet with Ursula Oppens
- Ingrid Laubrock’s Grammy Season + DoYeon Kim
- JD Pinkus Triptych
- Jim White Trio
- Josh Johnson ANIMATIVE
- Judith Berkson Trio
- Kalia Vandever & Dave Harrington
- Ken Vandermark meets Field Kitchen/Field Kitchen meets Ken Vandermark
- Lovano / Makhathini / Morgan / Cyrille
- James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg
- Nduduzo Makhathini Trio
- Nicole Mitchell and Joe Westerlund
- Nirosta Steel
- NOMON
- One Leg One Eye
- OOIOO
- Oruã
- Otto Benson
- Pachyman
- Pamela Z
- Parker Ramsay & Miranda Cuckson
- Peter Stampfel and the Atomic Meta-Pagans
- Petra Haden Sings King Crimson
- Ranky Tanky
- Rosali
- Ryan Clackner Quartet
- Ryan Clackner’s Existential Dread
- Ryley Walker
- Salami Rose Joe Louis
- Sara Serpa
- Shardik
- Sheila Kay Adams + Nest of Singing Birds
- Sheherazaad
- Star Moles
- Sumie Kaneko
- Sylvie Courvoisier TRIO feat. Drew Gress & Kenny Wollesen
- The Hands Free
- This Is The Kit
- Tim Bernardes
- Tristan Perich: Open Symmetry
- Tristan Perich: Surface Image (with Vicky Chow)
- Tristan Perich: Tone Patterns
- Tyondai Braxton
- U.S. Girls
- Valerie June
- Vanishing Twin
- VariegOrchestra
- Visible Cloaks
- Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart
- Wyatt Ellis
- Yasuaki Shimizu
- Yeah NO
- Yilian Cañizares
- Zoh Amba
Lineup as listed on the festival's site, checked weekly. Music plays from Demo Jail, YouTube or Deezer.