Day by day, hour by hour, venue by venue, the 2026 Big Ears Festival schedule, along with the new festival app, is now live. The schedule includes a number of recent artist additions including The Avett Brothers & Mike Patton, Chris Thile, William Tyler & Yasmin Williams, Miles Electric Band’s centennial tribute to Miles Davis, Jeff Parker’s Expansion Trio, Tune-Yards, Dave McMurray’s Grateful Deadication, Fred Frith’s Fremakajo, Carlos Niño & Sam Gendel, Mary Lattimore & Walt McClements, Thurston Moore, Darrell Scott, and many others, making this the festival’s most expansive and adventurous edition yet.
This year, Big Ears will feature four concerts that are additionally-ticketed, reserved-seat shows: David Byrne will bring his Who Is The Sky? world tour to the festival for two performances; Robert Plant brings his new project, Saving Grace; and AVTT/PTTN, the new collaboration between The Avett Brothers & Mike Patton, will have its full concert world premiere. Special pre-sales for each of these shows will be offered exclusively to festival pass purchasers in early December, with details coming soon.
4-Day Weekend and Single Day Passes are still available, with Premier and VIP Sonic Explorer passes in very limited supplies that won’t last much longer.
Download the app, dive into the schedule, and start planning your festival journey.
