Big Ears Festival 2025 is returning to Knoxville, Tennessee from March 27-30. Next year’s lineup includes sets by Philip Glass Ensemble, ANOHNI and the Johnsons, Waxahatchee, Rufus Wainwright, Esperanza Spalding, Yo La Tengo, Múm, Jessica Pratt, and Sun Ra Arkestra. It also boasts the North American premiere of Jonny Greenwood’s 133 Years of Reverb, as performed by James McVinnie and Eliza McCarthy. In total, the festival features nearly 200 concerts across more than 14 venues.
The 2025 edition of Big Ears Festival will also feature Arooj Aftab, Julia Holter, Alan Sparhawk, Explosions in the Sky, Tortoise, ML Buch, Rachika Nayar, Still House Plants, William Basinski, Cassandra Jenkins, Yaya Bey, Marisa Anderson, Béla Fleck, Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn, Les Claypool’s Bastard Jazz, Meshell Ndegeocello, Steve Roach, Nels Cline, Vijay Iyer, Tindersticks, Beak>, Alabaster DePlume, Astrid Sonne, Helado Negro, Mabe Fratti, Marissa Nadler, Chanel Beads, and more. Find the lineup poster below.
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