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

It’s the first festival day flew by quicker than we expected. But then again, Big Ears is an event that’s been shattering ...

Walking into Grammy-nominated sitarist Anoushka Shankar’s performance on Sunday, I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect – a ...

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

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Urmila Seshagiri, who teaches the course, uses the Big Ears Festival as part of a unique cultural studies course.

Offering roughly 200 bands and artists, the Big Ears Music Festival has once again taken over downtown Knoxville. With more ...

"I don't think I could describe (Big Ears Festival) further, the exhilaration," Mike Yaeger said. "It's like a muse, or maybe ...

So much about music has to do with time. But just as musicians booked March 27-30 across Big Ears Festival 2025 have set themselves apart by innovating outside the agreed-upon standards ...

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

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — In the heart of downtown Knoxville, the genre-defying Big Ears Festival is unfolding—and among the audience this weekend are 15 students from the University of Tennessee.