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2024 SCHEDULE RELEASE + APP LAUNCH

2024 Schedule And App Are Now Live!

Your 2024 detailed concert schedule has arrived, complete with the rundown of daily lineups for a kaleidoscopic four-day weekend. With well over 200 performances, there is much to explore. Take a look at the schedule and secure weekend and daily passes now to experience everything from jazz and improvised music to bluegrass and hip-hop music and beyond.

Download the app for Android or Apple for the latest artist information, travel tips, surprise show alerts, the most up-to-date concert schedule, and so much more!

Explore the full schedule here.

A Note on Separately Ticketed Performances

Due to their immersive and intimate nature, the following events at Big Ears require an additional ticket to be purchased for admittance:

André 3000’s five performances of NEW BLUE SUN LIVE

  • Thursday, March 21 / St. John’s Cathedral
  • Friday, March 22 / Bijou Theatre
  • Saturday, March 23 / The Point
  • Sunday, March 24 / The Point (2 Performances)

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela’s Just Charles and Cello in the Romantic Chord in a Setting of Abstract #1 From Quadrilateral Phase Angle Traversals in Dream Light

  • Thursday, March 21 / Old City Performing Arts Center
  • Saturday, March 23 / Old City Performing Arts Center

The special, limited-capacity performances will be separately ticketed and available only to Big Ears Festival passholders. A limited allotment of passes will be made available to 4-Day VIP and Premier-level patrons on Thursday, February 29, at 9:00a.m. ET. Remaining passes will be made available to 4-Day Weekend and all Single-Day passholders on Friday, March 1 at 9:00 a.m. ET. In order to qualify for this special on-sale, you must purchase your pass prior to noon ET on Wednesday, February 28. All qualifying passholders will receive a message from Big Ears the evening of Wednesday, February 28, with purchase details, including a special one-time use code that will allow access to purchase. 

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