Big Ears Festival | Knoxville, TN

Daily Lineup

RESERVED-SEAT, SEPARATELY TICKETED THURSDAY

FRIDAY

The Big Star Quintet Bill Frisell Trio featuring Luke Bergman & Tim Angulo Bob James Cornelius Daniel Lanois Trio Hannibal Buress Jakob Bro / Joe Lovano / Midori Takada Kronos Quartet with Peni Candra Rini Mon Rovîa Oneohtrix Point Never with Freeka Tet Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal Sleaford Mods Thundercat Vijay Iyer Quartet with Adam O’Farrill, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey Raining on the Moon Bang On A Can All-Stars: Philip Glass: Glassworks Bang On A Can All-Stars: Ryuichi Sakamoto: 1996 Luke Schneider Curation: Chrome Universal – Modern Pedal Steel Guitar Craig Taborn Trio Dave Harrington’s Pranksters South Dirty Projectors (solo) goat (jp) Helen Hemphill Stringtet with Ursula Oppens Horse Lords James Brandon Lewis Quartet Kahil El’Zabar & David Murray Kali Malone Presents Burning Song Karly Hartzman Ken Vandermark meets Field Kitchen/Field Kitchen meets Ken Vandermark Leenalchi Maya Beiser root WorkGroup ™ Mexican Institute of Sound Bang On A Can All-Stars: Michael Gordon: Field of Vision Moor Mother Mount Eerie Mouse on Mars Nadia Sirota Nirosta Steel Peter Stampfel and the Atomic Meta-Pagans Tomeka Reid Tim Bernardes U.S. Girls Yasuaki Shimizu YPY + Valentina Magaletti Alam Khan, Alam Khan, Nitin Mitta Ava Mendoza & Hamid Drake Beauty Pill Charlotte Mundy Chicha Libre Diles Que No Me Maten Discovery Zone Efrim Manuel Menuck El Khat Fabiano do Nascimento Jessica Pavone String Ensemble Joanne Robertson Judith Berkson Trio Kalia Vandever Quartet Karen y Los Remedios KatzPascale MANAS One Leg One Eye Pachyman Parker Ramsey & Miranda Cuckson Ryley Walker Sara Serpa Tristan Perich: Surface Image (with Vicky Chow) VariegOrchestra Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart Wyatt Ellis Yeah NO

RESERVED-SEAT, SEPARATELY TICKETED FRIDAY

RESERVED-SEAT, SEPARATELY TICKETED SATURDAY

RESERVED-SEAT, SEPARATELY TICKETED SUNDAY

BIG EARS
April 1 – 4, 2027
Knoxville, TN · USA

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