Big Ears Festival | Knoxville, TN

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Thu 01 Apr — Sat 03 Apr
9:00 pm — 3:45 pm
Peter Stampfel and the Atomic Meta-Pagans
The Point
0 Scheduled

Fri 02 Apr — Sat 03 Apr
2:30 pm — 7:00 pm
KatzPascale
Boyd's Jig and Reel
0 Scheduled

Fri 02 Apr — Sat 03 Apr
2:45 pm — 11:30 pm
Wyatt Ellis
Boyd's Jig and Reel
0 Scheduled

Fri 02 Apr — Sat 03 Apr
5:00 pm — 8:15 pm
VariegOrchestra
Knoxville Museum of Art
0 Scheduled

Fri 02 Apr — Sat 03 Apr
7:15 pm — 2:30 pm
Mon Rovîa
Knoxville Civic Auditorium
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
10:00 am — 11:30 am
Suhail Yusuf Khan with Anubrata Chatterjee
St. John's Cathedral
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
12:00 pm — 1:00 pm
Case Oats
Barley's
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
12:00 pm — 1:30 pm
Gustavo Santaolalla: Ronroco
Tennessee Theatre
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
12:00 pm — 1:15 pm
Min Xiao-Fen & Julian Kytasty
First Presbyterian Chapel
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
12:00 pm — 1:15 pm
Rachna Bodas wtih Nitin Mitta, Praneet Marathe
St. John's Cathedral
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Sat 03 Apr
12:00 pm — 1:15 pm
Tristan Perich: Open Symmetry
Knoxville Museum of Art
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
12:15 pm — 1:30 pm
Bang On A Can All-Stars: Julia Wolfe: Steel Hammer
Bijou Theatre
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
12:15 pm — 1:30 pm
Ken Vandermark / Paal Nilssen-Love
The Standard
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Sat 03 Apr
12:15 pm — 1:30 pm
Nicole Mitchell and Joe Westerlund
The Point
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
12:15 pm — 1:30 pm
Sylvie Courvoisier Trio
Regas Square
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Sat 03 Apr
12:30 pm — 1:45 pm
Yilian Cañizares
Jackson Terminal
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
1:30 pm — 2:45 pm
HYUKOH
Mill & Mine
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Sat 03 Apr
1:45 pm — 3:00 pm
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The Blackbox
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
1:45 pm — 3:00 pm
Sruti Sarathy with Athrey Nadhan, Samyuktha Sreeram
St. John's Cathedral
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
2:00 pm — 9:00 pm
Bronwyn
Boyd's Jig and Reel
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
2:00 pm — 9:00 pm
Bronwyn
Boyd's Jig and Reel
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
2:30 pm — 3:30 pm
Ursula Oppens performs The People United Will Never Be Defeated (Rzweski)
Bijou Theatre
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
2:30 pm — 3:45 pm
Lia Kohl
First Presbyterian Chapel
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
2:30 pm — 3:45 pm
Marisa Anderson
Knoxville Museum of Art
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
2:45 pm — 4:15 pm
Double Bill and Buster: A Night of Film and Music by Bill Frisell, Bill Morrison and Buster Keaton with Luke Bergman & Tim Angulo
Tennessee Theatre
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Sat 03 Apr
2:45 pm — 4:00 pm
Ida
The Standard
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Sat 03 Apr
2:45 pm — 3:45 pm
Matthew Shipp solo
Regas Square
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Sat 03 Apr
3:00 pm — 4:15 pm
Marina Herlop
The Greyhound
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
3:00 pm — 4:15 pm
Vanishing Twin
Jackson Terminal
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
3:15 pm — 4:30 pm
Ana Roxanne
First Presbyterian Sanctuary
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
3:15 pm — 4:30 pm
Black Cherry
Boyd's Jig and Reel
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
3:15 pm — 4:30 pm
Hannibal Buress
Knoxville Civic Auditorium
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
3:30 pm — 4:15 pm
Talvadya Percussion Ensemble: Samyuktha Sreeram, Anubrata Chatterjee, Athrey Nadhan with Suhail Yusuf Khan
St. John's Cathedral
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Sat 03 Apr
4:00 pm — 5:15 pm
Bradford Cox & Lockett Pundt
Mill & Mine
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Sat 03 Apr
4:00 pm — 5:00 pm
Glenn Kotche
The Blackbox
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
4:30 pm — 5:45 pm
Expandards
Barley's
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
4:45 pm — 6:15 pm
Alam Khan with Anubrata Chatterjee
St. John's Cathedral
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
5:00 pm — 6:00 pm
Kalia Vandever & Dave Harrington
Knoxville Museum of Art
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
5:00 pm — 6:15 pm
Sierra Hull
Bijou Theatre
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
5:00 pm — 6:00 pm
Sumie Kaneko
First Presbyterian Chapel
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
5:15 pm — 6:15 pm
Adam O’Farrill’s ELEPHANT
Regas Square
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
5:15 pm — 6:30 pm
Chucho Valdés Royal Quartet
Tennessee Theatre
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
5:15 pm — 6:30 pm
Otto Benson
The Standard
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
5:15 pm — 6:30 pm
Penguin Cafe
The Point
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
5:30 pm — 6:45 pm
Daniel Lanois – Solo Electro
The Greyhound
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Sat 03 Apr
5:30 pm — 6:45 pm
Mayan Space Station
Jackson Terminal
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
5:45 pm — 7:15 pm
Dinner Party (Robert Glasper/Terrace Martin/Kamasi Washington/9th Wonder)
Knoxville Civic Auditorium
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
5:45 pm — 7:00 pm
Tristan Perich: Surface Image (with Vicky Chow)
First Presbyterian Sanctuary
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
6:15 pm — 7:30 pm
Pamela Z
The Blackbox
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
6:30 pm — 7:45 pm
Meat Puppets
Mill & Mine
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
6:45 pm — 8:00 pm
Aditya Prakash with Sruti Sarathy, Athrey Nadhan, Samyuktha Sreeram
St. John's Cathedral
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
7:00 pm — 8:15 pm
Avey Tare
Barley's
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
7:15 pm — 8:15 pm
Dagmar Zuniga
First Presbyterian Chapel
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
7:30 pm — 8:45 pm
Finom
The Point
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
7:30 pm — 8:45 pm
Lovano / Makhathini / Morgan / Cyrille
Bijou Theatre
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
7:45 pm — 9:00 pm
Jim James
Tennessee Theatre
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
7:45 pm — 9:00 pm
L’Rain
The Standard
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
8:00 pm — 9:15 pm
Dave Harrington, Jay Bellerose & Billy Mohler
Regas Square
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
8:00 pm — 10:00 pm
John Carroll Kirby
TBD
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
8:00 pm — 10:00 pm
DJ Hannibal Buress
TBD
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
8:00 pm — 9:15 pm
SHABAKA
Jackson Terminal
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr — Sun 04 Apr
8:00 pm — 6:30 pm
OOIOO
The Greyhound
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
8:15 pm — 9:30 pm
Suzanne Ciani
First Presbyterian Sanctuary
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
8:30 pm — 9:45 pm
Yeah NO
The Blackbox
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
8:30 pm — 10:00 pm
Anupama Bhagwat with Nitin Mitta
St. John's Cathedral
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
9:00 pm — 10:15 pm
Courtney Barnett
Mill & Mine
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
9:00 pm — 10:30 pm
THE ROOTS
Knoxville Civic Auditorium
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
9:30 pm — 10:30 pm
JD Pinkus Triptych
Barley's
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
9:30 pm — 10:45 pm
Lucy Railton
First Presbyterian Chapel
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
10:00 pm — 11:15 pm
Bedouine
The Point
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
10:00 pm — 11:15 pm
David Murray Quartet feat. Francesca Cinelli
Bijou Theatre
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
10:15 pm — 11:30 pm
Avishai Cohen – Big Vicious
The Standard
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
10:15 pm — 11:45 pm
Natalie Merchant with Erik Della Penna
Tennessee Theatre
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
10:15 pm — 11:30 pm
Heart Trio
First Presbyterian Sanctuary
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
10:15 pm — 11:30 pm
Zig Zag Power Trio (Vernon Reid, Melvin Gibbs, Will Calhoun)
Jackson Terminal
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
10:30 pm — 11:18 pm
Dawn of Midi
Regas Square
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
10:30 pm — 11:45 pm
Holy Tongue
The Greyhound
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
11:00 pm — 12:15 am
Visible Cloaks
The Blackbox
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
11:30 pm — 12:45 am
SML
Mill & Mine
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
11:30 pm — 12:45 am
Hannibal Buress – DJ Set
Barley's
0 Scheduled

Sat 03 Apr
12:30 am — 1:45 am
Shardik
The Standard
0 Scheduled

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April 1 – 4, 2027
Knoxville, TN · USA

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