Big Ears Festival is taking over downtown Knoxville this weekend, with people coming from all over the world to visit. Here's ...

To grasp the "rare, intuitive and ultimately anti-commercial vision" of Big Ears, University of Tennessee students have been ...

It's officially Big Ears Festival, that special time of year when people from all over the world arrive in Knoxville for a ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Big Ears Festival founder Ashley Capps, whose AC Entertainment was ...

The Big Ears Festival is back for another year of great music, art and conversation in Knoxville. Although single-day passes ...

Tucked in between large auditoriums and intimate stages are a few downtown Knoxville churches that turn their sacred spaces ...

It's not always easy to step outside the mainstream, but that has been the mission of the Big Ears Festival since its launch in festival founder Ashley Capp's hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee ...

When Rufus Wainwright is closing down the Knoxville Civic Auditorium, mum is at the Bijou Theatre after missing Big Ears Festival during the canceled COVID-19 years and Explosions in the Sky is ...

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.

The first festival featured Philip Glass, Negativland, Michael Gira, Matmos and the Necks. The Big Ears festival debuted in 2009 as an event that embraced the experimental, a philosophy it ...