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03/24/2021

BIG EARS WELCOMES NEW TEAM MEMBERS

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03/24/2021

BIG EARS 2022 CONTRIBUTES $36 MILLION TO KNOXVILLE ECONOMY

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03/24/2021

BIG EARS MERCHANDISE
VOTE BIG EARS FOR A WEBBY

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03/24/2021

BIG EARS ANNOUNCES 2023 DATES!

07/11/2022

BIG EARS WELCOMES NEW TEAM MEMBERS

06/07/2022

BIG EARS 2022 CONTRIBUTES $36 MILLION TO KNOXVILLE ECONOMY

04/12/2022

BIG EARS MERCHANDISE
VOTE BIG EARS FOR A WEBBY

04/06/2022

BIG EARS ANNOUNCES 2023 DATES!

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07/11/2022 News

BIG EARS WELCOMES NEW TEAM MEMBERS

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06/07/2022 News

BIG EARS 2022 CONTRIBUTES $36 MILLION TO KNOXVILLE ECONOMY

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04/12/2022 News

BIG EARS MERCHANDISE
VOTE BIG EARS FOR A WEBBY

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04/06/2022 News

BIG EARS ANNOUNCES 2023 DATES!

03/23/2022 News

BIG EARS OPENS TOMORROW!

03/22/2022 News

BIG EARS 2022 OPENS THURSDAY!

03/19/2022 News

BIG EARS 2022 REMINDERS & THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

03/01/2022 News

Big Ears Festival is Sold Out / Festival App is Here / Mardi Gras

02/17/2022 News

Surprise Artist Additions & Films

02/15/2022 News

TALKS AND PANELS REVEALED

02/08/2022 News

BIG EARS RELEASES DETAILED 2022 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

01/25/2022 News

Celebrated Writers & Poets Bring Literary Dimension to Big Ears 2022

01/20/2022 News

Big Ears 2022 at Boyd’s Jig & Reel

01/18/2022 News

BIG EARS 2022 AT THE PILOT LIGHT

11/09/2021 News

SINGLE DAY TICKETS ON SALE NOW, DAILY LINEUPS ANNOUNCED

11/02/2021 News

Big Ears Announces Exciting New Programs

10/26/2021 News

Big Ears Announces Second Wave Artist Additions

10/19/2021 News

MORE EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING

09/14/2021 News

Big Ears Returns to Knoxville, TN
March 24-27, 2022

06/22/2021 News

Julian Lage Trio
at St. John’s Cathedral

06/15/2021 News

Ellen Reid Soundwalk at Ijams Nature Center

06/08/2021 News

Big Ears Presents
Suttree’s Knoxville

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05/03/2021 News

Big Ears 2022 Dates Announced

03/22/2021 News

Big Ears Presents
John Luther Adams’Inuksuit

03/17/2021 News

Streaming: Lonnie Holley at Big Ears (Part 2)

12/17/2020 Big Ears 2020 News

A Double Shot of The Bad Plus For The Holidays

12/08/2020 Big Ears 2020 News

Norwegian Digital Jazz Festival Holiday Restream

11/18/2020 Big Ears 2020 News

Big Ears 2021

10/27/2020 Big Ears 2020 News

‘Sites & Sounds From Big Ears’ Expands Streaming Program

09/30/2020 Big Ears 2020 News

Next Streaming Event / 2021 Update to Come

09/02/2020 News

Next Streaming Event: SAUVE Curated By Arooj Aftab

06/30/2020 Big Ears 2020 News

The Future of Big Ears

03/11/2020 Big Ears 2020 News

Big Ears Festival / Covid-19 Cancellation

03/09/2020 Big Ears 2020 News

A statement about Big Ears and COVID-19

03/05/2020 Big Ears 2020 News

Low Ticket Alert / Schedule Forthcoming / Conversations & Panels

02/27/2020 Big Ears 2020 News

Big Ears expands into literary realms with Richard Powers, Geoff Dyer, Third Man, Saul Williams & more

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