Fortunately for Knox News, the local source for all things Knoxville, we've had multiple reporters and photographers ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Julien Baker & TORRES, among others, will not perform at Big Ears as originally scheduled. Baker and Torres were set to ...

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 Festival is making its way to downtown Knoxville from March 27 to March 30. The four-day festival will feature almost 200 performances at historic theaters, churches, warehouse spaces and ...

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

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.

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 ...