Days before Michael Hurley's death, the singing, songwriting storyteller stepped on the stage of a Scottish pub in Knoxville ...

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

Back in 2009, Big Ears was dreamed up by Ashley Capps, a Knoxville-bred concert promoter who also co-founded Bonnaroo, one of ...

Downtown Knoxville pulsed with energy as Big Ears Festival 2025 welcomed over 7,500 passionate music lovers for a long ...

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

There was something for everyone at Big Ears Festival 2025, from Les Claypool's Bastard Jazz to a new trio ft banjo extraordinaire Béla Fleck.

My last Big Ears experience, in the long, long ago Diamanda Galás year of 2018, mostly involved their film section, due to a combination of scheduling and a lot of rare offerings. But in an instance ...

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

Big Ears Day 2 also featured sets from Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn, the Philip Glass Ensemble, Yo La Tengo & Sun Ra Arkestra, ...

The Big Ears Music Festival brings a mix of conventional and experimental to downtown Knoxville for their annual festival ...

Tindersticks' lush, frayed elegance was on full display at the first shows of their first two in a decade and a half ...

Big Ears 2025 takes over Knoxville, Tennssee this weekend, and the lineup is so stacked, you won't be able to see everything the festival has to offer. Here are the toughest calls we'll be making.