TEN YEARS
OF BIG EARS
Listen.
Latest News from Big Ears

About Big ears
Big Ears collaborates with artists, audiences, and communities to create joyful, meaningful, and transcendent cultural experiences that defy boundaries, fuel curiosity, ignite the spirit, and nourish the soul.
About UsWhat they’re Saying
Our PressContained within a walkable radius of historic downtown Knoxville…[Big Ears] creates its own atmospheric climate, along with a center of gravity.
![]()
Instead of sales metrics or star power, Big Ears contemplates the perceptual properties of music …
![]()
At the silo-destroying Big Ears Festival, music liberated from the confines of category and overt commercialism.
![]()
The Big Ears Festival, which unfolds each spring in Knoxville, Tennessee, might be the most open-minded music gathering in the country.
![]()
There’s no other festival quite like Big Ears.
![]()
One of the most quietly earth-shattering, subtly luminous festivals the world over.
![]()
It’s no exaggeration to describe the Big Ears Festival as one of the most unique and eclectic musical gatherings one may ever be fortunate enough to encounter.
![]()
