Big Ears Festival
Knoxville · US
Big Ears is a curated, genre-agnostic arts festival held each spring across two dozen venues in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, drawing over 40,000 people for nearly 250 concerts, films, and talks. Programming leans experimental and avant-garde — jazz, contemporary classical, and drone alongside art-rock, electronic, folk, and Americana, with past editions featuring John Zorn, David Byrne, and Flying Lotus. It is curation-only and does not accept unsolicited submissions, so performers can expect a discerning, adventurous audience.
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Playing this festival
No open call. Artists are booked by invitation.
The festival itself usually takes place in April.
This festival does not book from unsolicited applications.
Artists who've played here
from the festival's published lineup · 6 total