Recent Emails from Big Ears Festival

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Big Ears Festival · Oct 23

Mike Patton & The Avett Brothers Live Debut / Moondog Podcast

Big Ears Festival is thrilled to announce that AVTT/PTTN—the...

Big Ears Festival · Oct 21

Weclome Chris Thile / William Tyler / Yasmin Williams / The Crossing and others

We're thrilled to share another wave of remarkable artists joining...

Big Ears Festival · Oct 16

Folks and Roots Reimagined at Big Ears + Knoxville Broadcast This Weekend!

Folk music has always been about about stories—told through raw...

Big Ears Festival · Oct 14

Knoxville Broadcast This Weekend + More

The next wave of announcements is just around the corner: new...

Big Ears Festival · Oct 09

Knoxville Broadcast, Lucrecia Dalt, Los Thuthanaka, and Kate Gentile

New Big Ears Podcast!

Big Ears Festival · Oct 07

Heidecker, Hamburger, and Watts bring laughs and more to Big Ears

Comedy might seem like an outlier at Big Ears.

Big Ears Festival · Oct 02

CORRECTION: David Byrne / Ghost Train Orchestra plays Moondog / Terry Allen — Only at Big Ears

David Byrne has launched his Who Is the Sky?

Big Ears Festival · Oct 02

David Byrne + Wild Up Plays Moondog + Terry Allen — Only at Big Ears

David Byrne has launched his Who Is the Sky?

Big Ears Festival · Sep 30

John Zorn Returns! (Part 1)

In the last 50 years, very few artists have been as boundless...

Big Ears Festival · Sep 25

New Podcast with Cécile McLorin Salvant plus Laurie Anderson, Hand Habits & Dave Harrington

On the second episode of Season Two of the Big Ears podcast.

Big Ears Festival · Sep 23

Robert Plant’s Saving Grace, Chucho Valdes’ Latin Grammy nod, Essential Tremors with Adrian Sherwood

A very special treat awaits Big Ears audiences in 2026: Robert...

Big Ears Festival · Sep 18

The Tao of Pat Metheny, Annahstasia, MJ Lenderman, and More

Long on our wish list, we are delighted to welcome the legendary...