Lineup

“He Made the World Bigger” – the Legacy of John Zorn

with John Medeski, Dave Lombardo, Barbara Hannigan , Jorge Roeder, and Hank Shteamer

100 Miles and Counting: The Legacy and Impact of Miles Davis

with Vince Wilburn, Jr., Marquis Hill, Nate Smith, Steven Bernstein & Ashley Kahn

A Love Supreme: Music and Spiritual Expression

with Saraswathi Ranganathan, Isaiah Collier, Laraaji & Ayana Contreras

A Taste of Blue Note: Music & Bourbon

Across the American Grain

Nate Chinen in conversation with Tomeka Reid & Chris Thile

Beyond the Dead:Jam & Experimental Traditions

with Don Was, Alex Bleeker, Jon Samuels, Nick Sanborn & Grayson Haver Currin

Boundless: Artists in the Archives ft. Trisha Gene Brady

Carlos Niño DJ Set

Critics Picks: Navigating Big Ears 2026

with Ann Powers, Ashley Kahn, Jeremy Larson, Nate Chinen, John Schaefer

Curious Listening in the Streaming Era

w/ Liz Pelly, John Schafer (moderators), Patrick Shiroishi, Bob Holmes, + Yasmin Williams

Don Was: Motor City Playlist Live Radio Broadcast

with Special Guests

Emancipation Proclamations

Larry Blumenfeld in conversation with Melvin Gibbs, J.T. Lewis, Georgia Anne Muldrow, and Brandon Ross

Essential Tremors: Joe Westerlund

Essential Tremors: Maria Chavez

Essential Tremors: Roscoe Mitchell

Essential Tremors: Shahzad Ismaily

Hosted by Fred Frith

Essential Tremors: Tom Skinner

Festival Culture: Music in America Post-1965

with Joy Boyd, Robert Gordon and Ashley Capps

Fight With Music: A Conversation with Marc Ribot & Grayson Haver Currin

Gregory Uhlmann Extra Stars

Home and Away

with Muireann Bradley, Miriam Elhajli, Anna Tivel, shirlette ammons, Yasmin Williams & Ann Powers

Janel Leppin

Joyful Noise Presents: The Joyful Noise Players

Feat. Wendy Eisenberg, Shahzad Ismaely, Greg Saunier, Booker Stardrum, Patrick Shirioishi, Kishi Bashi, Tall Tall Trees & More!

Knoxville in Music History: Jack Neely

Laraaji & Arji: Laughter Best Medicine Playshop

Music Writing For The Digital Age

John Schaefer in conversation with Nate Chinen, Grayson Currin, and Ann Powers

Night Cap Blue Note Vinyl DJ Set with OK.CRAIG

Record Signing: Brandon Woody and Nate Mercereau, Josh Johnson and Carlos Niño (as Openness Trio)

Record Signing: Caroline Shaw & Ringdown with Sō Percussion

Record Signing: Cécile Mclorin Salvant

Record Signing: Darius Jones & Stan Douglas

Record Signing: Dave Douglas

Record Signing: Dave McMurray

Record Signing: Don Was

Record Signing: Josh Johnson

Record Signing: Laurie Anderson

Record Signing: Mary Halvorson

Record Signing: Medeski, Martin & Special Guests

Record Signing: Miles Okazaki

Record Signing: Nels Cline

Record Signing: Patricia Brennan

Record Signing: Rafiq Bhatia

Record Signing: Simon Hanes

Roots and Branches

with Julian Lage, Sullivan Fortner, Yasmin Williams & Nate Chinen

Sam Gendel

Scoring the Story

with Pat Irwin, Lucrecia Dalt, Mary Lattimore, Julianna Barwick, Chuck Johnson & Stephen Brower

Shane Parish: Autechre Guitar

Spin: Laurie Anderson with Eyvind Kang & Martha Mooke

Sustaining Independant Labels

with Scottie McNiece, Jake Saunders, Adam Downey, Amelia Meath, Yulun Wang & Liz Pelly

Tell Me Your Story, I’ll Tell You Mine: Bloodlines Interwoven with Larry Blumenfeld & Kaoru Watanabe

The DownBeat Blindfold Test

with Frank Alkyer & Isaiah Collier

The Radical Chimeras Sessions

time. place. Ambient Performance with Sean Thompson & Jake Davis

time. place. Artist Panel

time. place. DJ Set with Josh Bienko

WDVX Big Plate Special

with Pan American & Wu Fei

WDVX Blue Plate Special

with Yagódy & Bloodshot Bill

We Jazz Presents

What is Deep Taste?

with William Tyler, Lucrecia Dalt, Grayson Haver Currin & Jeremy Larson