Arts and Entertainment
March 14, 2024
From: Big Ears FestivalSchedule of Events
March 21, 2024
Knoxville Civic Auditorium
7:30 pm - 8:45 pm: Kurt Vile and The Violators
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm: Adrianne Lenker
Tennessee Theatre
7:00 pm - 8:15 pm: Mary Halvorson: am: aryllis
9:00 pm - 10:45 pm: Charles Lloyd
Bijou Theatre
6:00 pm - 7:15 pm: Tord Gustavsen Trio
8:15 pm - 9:30 pm: Nik Bartsch's RONIN
10:45 pm - 12:00 am: Fred Frith: Drawing Sound
Mill and Mine
6:15 pm - 7:30 pm: Henry Threadgill's Very Very Circus
8:45 pm - 10:00 pm: Secret Chiefs 3
11:00 pm - 12:30 am: Unwound
The Standard
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm: Yvette Janine Jackson
8:15 pm - 9:15 pm: Tyondai Braxton
10:00 pm - 11:00 pm: Colloboh
11:45 pm - 12:45 am: Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
St. John's Cathedral
6:45 pm - 8:00 pm: Zoe Keating
9:00 pm - 10:30 pm: André 3000: New Blue Sun Live
The Point
7:00 pm - 8:15 pm: Third Coast Percussion
9:00 pm - 10:15 pm: Jlin
Old City PAC
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Just Charles and Cello in the Romantic Chord
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Francesco Turrisi
11:00 pm - 12:00 am: Angelic Brothers (John Medeski and Kirk Knuffke)
Jackson Terminal
6:30 pm - 7:15 pm: Zsela
8:00 pm - 9:15 pm: ythyst Kiah
10:00 pm - 11:15 pm: R.B. Morris and The New Band
Regas Square
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Blacktronika: Afrofuturism in Electronic Music Workshop
6:30 pm - 7:45 pm: Knoxville Poets Laureate: The Fearless Sun Cypher
9:30 pm - 10:45 pm: Anssi Karttunen
Jig and Reel
7:30 pm - 8:45 pm: Tennessee Sheiks
9:45 pm - 11:00 pm: Tennessee Sheiks
Visit Knoxville Visitors Center
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm: Essential Tremors: Jlin
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Critics' Picks Panel
Red Gallery
9:00 am - 6:00 pm: Steve Keene Live Art Performance
March 22, 2024
Knoxville Civic Auditorium
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm: Jason Moran and the Harlem Hellfighters
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm: Henry Threadgill's Zooid
5:45 pm - 7:00 pm: Christian McBride
9:00 pm - 11:00 pm: Laurie Anderson and Sexmob: Let x=x
Tennessee Theatre
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm: John Paul Jones
4:30 pm - 5:45 pm: Hermanos Gutiérrez
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm: Brad Mehldau
10:00 pm - 11:30 pm: Rhiannon Giddens
Bijou Theatre
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm: Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant avec Folie a Quatre
2:15 pm - 3:30 pm: Brandon Ross Phantom Station
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm: André 3000: New Blue Sun Live
8:00 pm - 9:15 pm: Chocolate Genius, Inc.
10:30 pm - 11:45 pm: Darcy Jam: es Argue's Secret Society
Mill and Mine
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm: Hurray for the Riff Riff
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm: Mighty Poplar
5:45 pm - 7:00 pm: Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm: King Britt
9:30 pm - 10:45 pm: DJ Heather
10:45 pm - 12:00 am: Suzi Analogue
12:00 am - 2:00 am: Carl Craig
The Standard
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm: Yasmin William: s
2:15 pm - 3:30 pm: Sam: am: idon
4:30 pm - 5:45 pm: Senryu
7:00 pm - 8:15 pm: Slauson Malone 1
9:15 pm - 10:30 pm: MAVI
11:30 pm - 12:45 am: Titan to Tachyons
St. John's Cathedral
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm: Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm: Eyvind Kang and Jessika Kenney
6:30 pm - 7:45 pm: Trio Mediaeval
8:45 pm - 10:00 pm: Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet
The Point
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm: claire rousay
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm: Fred Frith and Ikue Mori
5:30 pm - 6:45 pm: Kristin Hersh
8:00 pm - 9:15 pm: Tomeka Reid Quartet
Old City PAC
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Ringdown (Caroline Shaw and Danni Lee)
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm: Anna Webber and Matt Mitchell
8:15 pm - 9:15 pm: Mr. Sun
10:30 pm - 11:30 pm: Bajas
Jackson Terminal
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm: Faun Fables
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm: Leyla McCalla
5:45 pm - 7:00 pm: Son Rompe Pera
8:00 pm - 9:15 pm: Molly Lewis
10:15 pm - 11:30 pm: Tredici Bacci
Regas Square
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Conversation: Ikue Mori and Tomeka Reid with Larry Blumenfeld
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Composure:
5:00 pm - 6:15 pm: National Black Poet Laureate Society
8:00 pm - 9:15 pm: Resavoir
10:15 pm - 11:30 pm: dragonchild x Sunken Cages
Jig and Reel
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Jana Horn
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm: Myriam: Gendron
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm: Eli Winter Trio
7:45 pm - 8:45 pm: Joan Shelley
Knoxville Museum of Art
10:00 am - 11:00 am: Kenny Wollesen's Wolle-Sonic Massage
11:45 am - 12:45 pm: Laughter: The Best Medicine Playshop
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Helen Gillet
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Third Coast Percussion
Regal Riviera Cinema 2
9:00 am - 10:30 am: Sisters with Transistors
11:00 am - 12:30 pm: The Tuba Thieves
2:00 pm - 3:45 pm: Charles Lloyd: Arrows into Infinity
Regal Riviera Cinema 3
9:30 am - 11:00 am: Mississippi River Styx
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm: GOD SAID GIVE 'EM DRUM MACHINES
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm: Kite Zo A
Visit Knoxville Visitors Center
10:00 am - 11:00 am: Conversation: Kristin Hersh with Ann Powers
11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Essential Tremors: Fred Frith
Red Gallery
9:00 am - 6:00 pm: Steve Keene Live Art Performance
March 23, 2024
Knoxville Civic Auditorium
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Kronos Quartet - Five Decades
6:45 - 8:00 pm: Digable Planets
9:00 - 11:00 pm: Herbie Hancock
Tennessee Theatre
1:00 - 2:15 pm: Christian McBride and Brad Mehldau
3:30 - 4:45 pm: Sons of Chipotle
5:45 - 7:00 pm: Dave Holland Quartet
8:00 - 9:30 pm: Christian McBride with Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi
10:30 - 11:45 pm: Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Bijou Theatre
1:00 - 2:15 pm: Min Xiao-Fen with River Guerguerian
4:00 - 5:15 pm: Myra Melford's Fire and Water
6:15 - 7:30 pm: Beth Orton
8:30 - 9:45 pm: JG Thirlwell + Ensemble
11:00 - 12:15 am: Shabaka
Mill and Mine
1:00 - 2:15 pm: Secret Chiefs 3: Ishraqiyun
3:15 - 4:30 pm: Cedric Burnside
5:30 - 6:30 pm: Horse Lords
7:30 - 8:45 pm: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
9:45 - 11:00 pm: Marc Ribot's Ceram: ic Dog
11:59 - 1:15 am: Son Rompe Pera
The Standard
12:00 - 1:15 pm: Kassa Overall
2:30 - 3:45 pm: Sexmob
5:00 - 6:15 pm: Colin Stetson
7:15 - 8:30 pm: Henry Threadgill's Make a Move
9:30 - 10:30 pm: bar italia
11:30 - 12:45 am: The Messthetics with Jam: es Brandon Lewis
St. John's Cathedral
12:00 - 1:15 pm: Trio Mediaeval
2:30 - 3:30 pm: Hatis Noit
4:30 - 5:45 pm: JJJJJerome Ellis
6:45 - 8:00 pm: Robin Holcomb
9:00 - 10:15 pm: Roger Eno
The Point
12:30 - 1:45 pm: Leyla McCalla
2:45 - 4:00 pm: Colleen
5:00 - 6:15 pm: Joe Russo's Selcouth Quartet
8:30 - 10:00 pm: André 3000: New Blue Sun Live
Old City PAC
10:00 - 1:00 pm: Just Charles and Cello in the Romantic Chord
2:30 - 3:45 pm: David Virelles
5:00 - 6:15 pm: aja monet
7:45 - 9:00 pm: Elliott Sharp and Eric Mingus
11:00 - 12:15 am: Ash Fure: ANIMAL
Jackson Terminal
1:00 - 2:00 pm: Computer Jay
2:45 - 3:45 pm: Dibia$e
4:30 - 5:30 pm: Charlie Dark MBE
5:30 - 6:30 pm: Brandon Coleman
7:30 - 8:45 pm: Kokoroko
9:45 - 11:00 pm: Armand Ham: mer
11:30 - 12:45 am: Roc Marciano
Regas Square
10:00 - 11:00 pm: Blacktronika Presents The LA Beat Scene
11:30 - 12:30 pm: Guitar Radicals:
1:30 - 2:30 pm: Ableton Workshop with claire rousay
5:45 - 6:45 pm: Ka Baird
8:00 - 9:00 pm: Tomas Fujiwara's 7 Poets Trio
10:15 - 11:15 pm: Bajas
Jig and Reel
2:30 - 3:30 pm: Eli Winter Trio
4:30 - 5:30 pm: Joseph Allred
9:00 - 10:00 pm: Wyatt Ellis
11:00 - 12:00 am: Wyatt Ellis
Knoxville Museum of Art
9:00 - 10:00 pm: Laughter: The Best Medicine Playshop
11:00 - 12:00 pm: Hanif Abdurraqib and Marc Anthony Thompson (Chocolate Genius)
12:30 - 1:30 pm: Henry Threadgill and Brent Hayes Edwards with Larry Blumenfeld
2:00 - 3:00 pm: Hanif Abdurraqib
4:00 - 5:00 pm: Fred Frith (Solo)
Regal Riviera Cinema 2
9:30 - 10:30 pm: ANCIENT VOICES: A Film for George Crumb
11:30 - 1:00 pm: Home of the Brave
1:00 - 2:00 pm: Conversation: Laurie Anderson with Ann Powers
2:30 - 3:45 pm: O Pioneer
Regal Riviera Cinema 3
10:00 - 11:30 pm: The Other One
12:30 - 2:00 pm: The Elephant 6 Recording Co.
3:00 - 4:15 pm: Not Not Jazz
Visit Knoxville Visitors Center
10:00 - 11:00 pm: The Song: Root, Weed and Flower
2:00 - 3:00 pm: Ross Gay with Sam: Stephenson
Red Gallery
9:00 - 6:00 pm: Steve Keene Live Art Performance
March 24, 2024
Knoxville Civic Auditorium
1:30 - 2:30 pm: The Harvest Time Project: A Tribute to Pharoah Sanders
5:00 - 6:15 pm: Sam: ora Pinderhughes
7:30 - 9:30 pm: Jon Batiste
Tennessee Theatre
1:00 - 2:00 pm: Davóne Tines and THE TRUTH
3:45 - 5:00 pm: Henry Threadgill / Vijay Iyer / Dafnis Prieto
6:30 - 7:45 pm: Joe Henry and the Julian Lage Trio
8:45 - 10:00 pm: Julian Lage and the Speak To Me Band
Bijou Theatre
2:00 - 3:15 pm: Evan Lurie – Quintet with Bandoneon
7:45 - 8:30 pm: Edgar Meyer with Knoxville Symphony Cham: ber Orchestra
9:00 - 9:45 pm: Aoife O'Donovan with Knoxville Symphony Cham: ber Orchestra
Mill and Mine
1:00 - 2:15 pm: Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens: am: erican Railroad
3:15 - 4:30 pm: Fatoumata Diawara
5:45 - 7:15 pm: Thurston Moore and John Paul Jones
9:15 - 10:45 pm: Medeski - Russo - Ribot
The Standard
1:15 - 2:30 pm: Ches Smith: Laugh Ash
3:45 - 5:00 pm: Void Patrol
6:00 - 7:15 pm: billy woods
7:45 - 9:00 pm: FlySiifu
St. John's Cathedral
2:30 - 3:45 pm: Elsa M'Bala
4:30 - 5:45 pm: KMRU
6:45 - 8:00 pm: Laraaji and Suphala
The Point
3:00 - 4:30 pm: André 3000: New Blue Sun Live
7:00 - 8:30 pm: André 3000: New Blue Sun Live
Old City PAC
2:30 - 3:45 pm: Matt Mitchell
4:45 - 6:00 pm: Nadah El Shazly
7:30 - 8:45 pm: JG Thirlwell's Silver Mantis
Jackson Terminal
1:00 - 2:15 pm: Henry Threadgill's Air
3:15 - 4:30 pm: Jake Blount
5:15 - 6:30 pm: Ahleuchatistas
7:30 - 8:45 pm: Cyro Baptista's CHam: A
Regas Square
11:00 - 12:00 pm: Conversation: aja monet and Marcus J. Moore
12:30 - 1:30 pm: Ableton Workshop with Kassa Overall
2:45 - 3:45 pm: Drum Major Instinct
4:45 - 5:45 pm: finom
7:00 - 8:00 pm: Jakob Bro
8:30 - 9:30 pm: Jakob Bro
Jig and Reel
12:30 - 1:30 pm: Sofía Rei and Jorge Roeder
3:30 - 4:30 pm: Joseph Allred
6:15 - 7:30 pm: Son Rompe Pera
Knoxville Museum of Art
10:30 - 11:30 pm: Kenny Wollesen's Wolle-Sonic Massage
12:30 - 1:30 pm: A Reading with Ross Gay
2:00 - 3:00 pm: Conversation: Marcus J. Moore and Special Guest
Regal Riviera Cinema 2
10:00 - 11:45 pm: erican Symphony
12:30 - 2:15 pm: Secret Film Screening
3:15 - 4:15 pm: Liberated Landscape: Black Appalachian Ohio
Regal Riviera Cinema 3
11:00 - 12:00 pm: Artist Talk: Deconstructing the Soundtrack with Blake Leyh
12:30 - 2:00 pm: Music for Black Pigeons
3:00 - 4:30 pm: Carpet Cowboys
Visit Knoxville Visitors Center
1:00 - 2:00 pm: Essential Tremors: billy woods and claire rousay
3:15 - 4:15 pm: Voices and Visions
Red Gallery
9:00 - 6:00 pm: Steve Keene Live Art Performance
Date: March 21-24, 2024
Location: Various Venues in Knoxville
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