Big Ears Festival has shared the initial artist lineup for its 2026 staging, set to return to downtown Knoxville, Tenn., from March 26-29. With its forthcoming presentation, the pioneering musical ...

Durations, signatures, tempos and rhythms. 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 ...

David Byrne and Robert Plant will anchor the lineup for the 2026 edition of the Big Ears festival, which will bring more than 250 concerts, films, workshops and experiences to downtown Knoxville, Tn., ...

It’s rare at festivals like Big Ears that you stay in one place for a whole set; you’ve got a wristband that gets you into all the venues, so you catch 30 minutes of this and then bolt to catch ...

Big Ears returns to downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, next year, from March 26-29. David Byrne, Robert Plant, Laurie Anderson, Flying Lotus, and John Zorn will headline the music, art, and film festival.

Less than a week before Michael Hurley's death, the singing, songwriting storyteller walked from the side room of a cozy Scottish pub in the Old City of Knoxville, Tennessee, and stepped onto a small ...