Big Ears Festival 2025 is returning to Knoxville, Tennessee from March 27-30. Subsequent yr’s lineup consists of units by Philip Glass Ensemble, ANOHNI and the Johnsons, Waxahatchee, Rufus Wainwright, Esperanza Spalding, Yo La Tengo, Múm, Jessica Pratt, and Solar Ra Arkestra. It additionally boasts the North American premiere of Jonny Greenwood’s 133 Years of Reverb, as carried out by James McVinnie and Eliza McCarthy. In complete, the competition options almost 200 concert events throughout greater than 14 venues.
The 2025 version of Massive Ears Pageant may even function Arooj Aftab, Julia Holter, Alan Sparhawk, Explosions within the Sky, Tortoise, ML Buch, Rachika Nayar, Nonetheless Home Crops, William Basinski, Cassandra Jenkins, Yaya Bey, Marisa Anderson, Béla Fleck, Daybreak 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 extra. Discover the lineup poster beneath.
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