2019 Daily and Weekend Passes On Sale Now

General Admission, Premier, and Sonic Explorer VIP
options available including exclusive donor discounts.

Full 2019 Concert Lineup Announced

Punch Brothers, This Is Not This Heat, YoshimiO / Ibarra / Lowe,
Béla Fleck, Makaya McCraven, Uncle Earl, and more!

Big Ears Festival 2019

Join us March 21-24
in historic downtown Knoxville, TN.

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Festival News

A Look at Mary Halvorson’s Very Big Year

12.13.2018

A Look at Mary Halvorson’s Very Big Year

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Watch: Roomful of Teeth Perform “High Done No Why To”

12.11.2018

Watch: Roomful of Teeth Perform “High Done No Why To”

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Watch: Rhiannon Giddens Plays Medley at The Game Awards

12.11.2018

Watch: Rhiannon Giddens Plays Medley at The Game Awards

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12.11.2018

"Colombian Harp All-Star Edmar Castaneda Changes the Game for His Instrument"

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“Music liberated from the confines of category and overt commercialism.”

— WSJ

“Active moviegoing lives and breathes at Big Ears.”

— Fandor’s Keyframe

“A music festival with a rare vision.”

— The New York Times

“One of the most quietly earth-shattering, subtly luminous festivals the world over.”

— Oxford American Magazine

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