KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Get ready for music, art and more music. The Big Ears Festival is making its way to downtown Knoxville from March 21 to March 24. The four-day festival event will feature almost 200 performances at historic theaters, churches, warehouse spaces, galleries and more.
According to the festival's website, there will be pop-up events, exhibitions, films, literary readings, workshops and talks taking place in cafes bars, hotels and other nooks and crannies of the city.
Lineups for the festival include André 3000, Jon Batiste, Herbie Hancock, Rhiannon Giddens and more. You can view the lineup schedule here.
Not only is there music, but there will also be showings of films from various, creative filmmakers. Big Ears Festival will present a full docket of feature-length films and shorts in Regal Riviera.
According to Big Ears, this year’s film program is an ode to all that music and cinema together can unlock. The films explore the story behind the creation of 1990’s psychedelic rock, the sonic innovations of Detroit techno, the untold histories of Black Appalachia and the mythos of Americana.
"These intersections of cultural histories and personal narratives depict the interconnectedness of our lives, both here on earth and in realms beyond," Big Ears said. "We are excited to share this collection of films for 2024’s Big Ears Music and Film Festival and together witness the universal resonance of music as the heartbeat of storytelling."
Passes were available for purchase through their website here. On March 20, the festival announced that festival tickets were sold out, but fans could still buy tickets to see André 3000.