Tennessee’s Big Ears Festival returns to downtown Knoxville from March 27th-30th, 2025 featuring a lineup highlighted by ANOHNI and the Johnsons, Waxahatchee, Arooj Aftab, Les Claypool, Explosions in the Sky, Esperanza Spalding, and many more.

Taking place across various venues in Knoxville’s city center, the indie rock, jazz, classical, and experimental festival also promises the North American premiere of Jonny Greenwood’s multi-hour church organ project “133 Years of Reverb,” performed by James McVinnie and Eliza McCarthy.

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Other artists on Big Ears’ 2025 lineup include Yo La Tengo (who will play with and without the Sun Ra Arkestra), Phillip Glass (leading a 50th anniversary performance of his composition Music in 12 Parts), Jessica Pratt, Meshell Ndegeocello, Rufus Wainwright, Taj Mahal, Tortoise, Beak>, Cassandra Jenkins, Alan Sparhawk, clipping., Julia Holter, Helado Negro, Marissa Nadler, Mary Lattimore, William Basinski, and many more. Check out the Big Ears 2025 lineup poster below.

Tickets for Big Ears 2025 go on-sale on Thursday, September 12th at 9:00 a.m. EST via the festival’s website. Ticket holders from previous years of Big Ears Festival will have access to a pre-sale going down on Wednesday, September 11th at 9:00 a.m. EST.