As the Big Ears Festival has grown from around 25 artists in 2009 to nearly 200 sets in 2025, the vision of founder Ashley Capps has been unwavering. advertisement. The Knoxville News-Sentinel.

Columnist writes about the coming Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Yo-Yo Ma's 'Our Common Nature'and Ashley Capps, the man behind the music fest.

In writing about the first nine iterations of the Big Ears Festival, reviewers have had to invent entirely new colors to paint their descriptions of the new musics they encounter. They’ve said the Big ...

Knoxville's 2018 Big Ears Festival is just weeks away and will transform downtown streets and venues with concerts, film screenings and events throughout its duration. The festival will feature ...

Another Big Ears Festival is in the books, and the experience was as stimulating as ever. The adventurously programmed festival in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, was again attended by music fans ...

The Big Ears Festival is celebrating its 10th iteration this year. The festival takes place in Knoxville, Tennessee and has been announced from March 30 to April 2, 2023.

What do you get out of a Big Ears class? It starts with two questions. Beyond receiving praise from the New York Times, Big Ears was named in 2024 as Spin's "music festival of the year." Artists ...

Big Ears Festival 2023 article by Mark Sullivan, published on April 17, 2023 at All About Jazz. Find more Live Review articles ...

Big Ears Festival 2019: 10 Best Things We Saw. Highlights from the jazz, ambient and all sounds in between festival in Knoxville, Tennessee. By Adam Gold, Charlie Zaillian.

The Big Ears festival debuted in 2009 as an event that embraced the experimental, a philosophy it continues to hold close today. Even as it has grown and evolved, ...

What do you get out of a Big Ears class? It starts with two questions. Beyond receiving praise from the New York Times, Big Ears was named in 2024 as Spin's "music festival of the year." Artists ...