Big Ears Festival 2026

Mar 26–29, 2026 · knoxville civic auditorium

Lineup includes

• Kaoru Watanabe's Bloodlines
• Tim Berne
• Marc Ribot Hurry Red Telephone
• Shane Parish
• Dave Harrington
• Qur'an Shaheed
• Nate Smith
• Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin
• The Gladson Family Band
• Flying Lotus
• Terry Allen
• Isaiah Collier
• Andrew Tholl
• YHWH Nailgun
• Saha Gnawa
• Cécile McLorin Salvant
• Cleo Reed
• Maria Somerville
• Turning Jewels into Water
• Shahzad Ismaily
• SUSS
• Sullivan Fortner
• GRRL & Made of Oak
• Miles Electric Band
• Fred Frith
• Brandon Seabrook
• Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick
• Purbayan Chatterjee
• Big Ears 2026
• Simon Sheldon Hanes
• Model/Actriz
• The Living Earth Show
• Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band
• Brandon Woody
• Charlemagne Palestine
• Joe Westerlund
• Wild Up
• Tsons of Tsunami