Projects for Big Ears Festival

Founded in 2009, Big Ears is a singular festival experience that explores connections between musicians and artists, effortlessly crossing the boundaries of musical genres as well as artistic disciplines. Big Ears is a weekend of world-class musical performances that celebrates Knoxville’s historic theaters, nightclubs, churches, museums, and outdoor spaces with concerts, discussions, interactive workshops, installations, film screenings, surprise collaborations and unexpected artistic collisions. It celebrates the never-ending adventure of artistic creation and exploration.

  • The mantra of Big Ears is “Listen” and we asked performers how this festival celebrates the listener.

    Listen

  • Every year, it’s an interesting challenge to distill such a remarkably diverse festival into a recap, but we always love the result.

    2022 Festival Recap

  • Knoxville’s cutting edge festival transforms the southern city into a listening playground for an international audience.

    What is Big Ears?

  • Chronicling one of the country’s most adventurous music festivals.

    2018 Big Ears Festival