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

Tucked in between large auditoriums and intimate stages are a few downtown Knoxville churches that turn their sacred spaces into concert venues for the Big Ears Festival. Festival organizers and ...

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

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

Big Ears Festival 2025 article by Mark Sullivan, published on April 8, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Live Review articles ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...