It's not always easy to step outside the mainstream, but that has been the mission of the Big Ears Festival since its launch in festival founder Ashley Capp's hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, in 2009 ...

Welcome to our live updates blog! 2 p.m. Saturday: It was barely past noon, but EMEL’s hypnotic performance elicited late-night North African club vibes that made it hard to leave. The ...

Back in 2009, Big Ears was dreamed up by Ashley Capps, a Knoxville-bred concert promoter who also co-founded Bonnaroo, one of ...

When Rufus Wainwright is closing down the Knoxville Civic Auditorium, mum is at the Bijou Theatre after missing Big Ears Festival during the canceled COVID-19 years and Explosions in the Sky is ...

Downtown Knoxville pulsed with energy as Big Ears Festival 2025 welcomed over 7,500 passionate music lovers for a long ...

A Personal Perspective article by Mark Adams, published on April 10, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Journey into Jazz ...

Big Ears Festival will take place across more than 20 downtown Knoxville venues March 27-30. The festival headquarters have changed, and there are new places to pick up wristbands and merch. In ...

Big Ears Festival is a celebration of musical exploration, and you never know what you’ll find. With a lineup spanning jazz, experimental folk, boundary-pushing electronica, global fusion and ...

Days before Michael Hurley's death, the singing, songwriting storyteller stepped on the stage of a Scottish pub in Knoxville ...

To grasp the "rare, intuitive and ultimately anti-commercial vision" of Big Ears, University of Tennessee students have been ...

It's not always easy to step outside the mainstream, but that has been the mission of the Big Ears Festival since its launch in festival founder Ashley Capp's hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee ...