Big Ears Festival 2025 is scheduled to be held from March 27, 2025, to March 30, 2025, in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, across a dozen venues. The festival will include music performances by major artists such as Anoushka Shankar, Arooj Aftab, and ANOHNI and the Johnsons, among others. It will also feature film screenings and other events.
Tickets for Big Ears Festival are currently available on the official website. Four-day passes are priced at $350 for Early Bird, $400 for Tier 1, and $450 for Tier 2. Four-day Premier passes are priced at $750 for Early Bird and $800 for Tier 1. Four-day Sonic Explorer VIP passes are priced at $1,100 for Early Bird and $1,250 for Tier 1.
All ticket prices are subject to additional fees and taxes. One-day passes are also available. To purchase passes, interested patrons need to visit the Big Ears Festival website, navigate to the passes page, and follow the checkout procedure. Those unable to attend after purchasing passes can use the Ticketmaster Verified Pass Exchange to sell their tickets.
The Big Ears Festival lineup was announced via a post on the official Instagram page on September 10, 2024.
Big Ears Festival 2025 lineup
The lineup for the Big Ears Festival 2025 is as follows:
- [Ahmed]
- 133 Years of Reverb
- Adam Rudolph & Tyshawn Sorey Duet
- Adam Rudolph: Hu Vibrational
- Adam Rudoph: Sunrise Quartet
- Alabaster De Plume
- Alan Sparhawk
- Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves
- Amaro Freitas Trio
- Ambrose Akinmusire (solo)
- Ambrose Akinmusire : Honey from a Winter's Stone
- ANOHNI and The Johnsons
- Anoushka Shankar
- Antipop Consortium
- Arooj Aftab
- Asha Puthli
- Astrid Sonne
- Axiom 5
- Barry Altschul's 3 Dom Factor
- Beak>
- Bela Fleck, Edmar Castenada, Antonio Sanchez Trio
- Bia Ferreira
- Bill Frisell: In My Dreams
- Brighde Chaimbeul
- Canzoniere Grecanico Silentio
- Carlos Nino & Friends
- Cassandra Jenkins
- Chanel Beads
- Chuck Johnson
- Claire Chase
- Clarice Jensen
- clipping.
- Cowboy Sadness
- CREATE: Curated by Wahada Leo Smith - Redkoral Quartet, Wahada Leo Smith Quartet, Orange Wave Electric, Revolutionary Love & More
- DakhaBrakha
- Dan Weiss Even Odds Trio
- David Grubbs
- Dawn Richards & Spencer Zahn
- Dedicated Men of Zion
- EMEL
- esperanza spalding
- eucademix (Yuka Honda)
- Explosions in the Sky
- Fay Victor: Herbie Nichols SUNG
- Fieldwork ( Vijay Iyer/ Steve Lehman/ Tyshawn Sorey)
- Flore Laurentienne
- Free Form Funky Freqs (Featuring Jamaladeen Tacuma, Verona Reid, AND G, Calvin Weston
- Helado Negro
- Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutia & Frank Rosaly
- Immanuel Wilkins' Blues Blood
- Jeff Barker ETA IVET
- Jenny Scheinman: All Species Parade
- Jessica Pratt
- Joan As Police Woman
- Joe Lovano's Paramount Quartet: Featuring Julian Lage, Asante Santi Debriano, and Will Calhoun
- Joel Harrison's Free Country
- Joseph Keckler
- Josh Johnson
- Joy Guidry: Amen
- Jules Reidy
- Julia Holter
- June McDoom
- Kahil El'Zabar Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
- Kalia Vandever
- Kate Sopher's Ispa Dixit performed by Wet Ink Ensemble
- Kelly Moran
- Kokayi
- Kris Davis Trio featuring Robert Hurst and Jonathan Blake
- Lankum
- Lara Somogyi
- Les Claypool's Bastard Jazz
- Luke Stewart Silt Trio
- Mabe Fratti
- Macie Stewart
- Magic Tuber Stringband
- Maria Chavez+Victoria Shen+Mariam Rezaei
- Marisa Anderson
- Marissa Nadler
- Mark Guiliana
- Maruja
- Mary Lattimore
- Meshell Ndegeocello - No More Water, the Gospel of James Baldwin
- Michael Hurley
- Michael Rother: The Music of Neu! and Harmonia
- Mike Reed's Separatist's Party featuring Ben Lamar Gay, Bichin Bajas and Marvin Tate
- ML Buch
- Modney
- mum
- Nanocluster(ImmersionISUSS)
- Nels Cline: Concentrik Quartet
- Peni Candra Rini
- Phantom Orchard
- Phill Cook
- Philip Glass Ensemble: Music in Twelve Parts
- Rich Ruth
- Rufus Wainwright
- Sam Bush Band
- Shelley Hirsch
- SML
- Squanderers
- Steve Coleman and Five Elements
- Steve Roach
- Steven Schick
- Still House Plants
- Sun Ra Arkestra
- Sun Ra Arkestra & Yo La Tengo
- Sunny War
- Susan Alcorn
- SUSS
- Sylvie Courvoisier: Chimaera
- Taj Mahal
- Tara Clerkin Trio
- Tarta Relena
- Tessa Clark, Joshua Roman, & Edgar Meyer
- The Mockingbird by R.B. Morris & William Wright
- The Nels Cline Singers
- The Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner - The Music of Anthony Brixton
- Tigran Hamayasan: The Bird of a Thousand Voices
- Tilt
- Tindersticks
- Tortoise
- Tyshawn Sorey Trio
- Tyshawn Sorey, King Britt and Friends featuring Melz and Meshell Ndegeocello
- Tyshawn Sorey: Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)
- Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith
- Water Damage
- Waxahatchee
- William Basinki
- Yaya Bey
- Yo La Tengo
- Zakir Hussain & Masters of Percussion
- Zeena Parkins
In addition to the music lineup, the festival will feature the Big Ears 2025 Film Program, curated by Lily Keber, showcasing a range of documentaries and avant-garde narratives.
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