This festival was originally scheduled for Mar 18, 2021 to Mar 28, 2021.
Lineup
for Big Ears
Mar 24, 2022
- Joe Henry
- Shabaka
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
- John Medeski
- Areni Agbabian
- Maeve Gilchrist
- Low
- Bill Callahan
- Patti Smith
- Theon Cross
- Ambrose Akinmusire
- Fennesz
- James McVinnie
- Tristan Perich
- Lido Pimienta
- Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble
- Dos Santos
- Sō Percussion
- Sparks
- Attacca Quartet
- Balún
- 75 Dollar Bill
- Dan Weiss Starebaby
- mssv
- Kronos Quartet
- Jake Smith
- Crowmeat Bob
- We Were Here Before
- Ice
- Horcerer
Mar 25, 2022
- Craig Taborn
- Patti Smith
- Animal Collective
- Sons of Kemet
- Kim Gordon
- Body/Head
- Arooj Aftab
- Caroline Shaw
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- Georgia Anne Muldrow
- Kris Davis
- Meredith Monk
- Julian Lage
- Lido Pimienta
- Ensemble Dal Niente
- John Hollenbeck
- Natalie Joachim
- Lakou Mizik
- L'Rain
- Ellis Ludwig-Leone
- Pedrito Martínez
- Leyla McCalla
- Mind Maintenance
- Mdou Moctar
- Aurora Nealand
- Jeff Parker and the New Breed
- Dafnis Prieto
- claire rousay
- RAM
- Sporty's Brass Band
- Sō Percussion
- Ken Vandermark
- 79rs Gang Mardi Gras Indians
- Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses
- Damon Locks
- Ellen Reid
- Andrew Cyrille
- Ambrose Akinmusire
- Brian Blade
- Bill Frisell
- Jason Moran
- Thomas Morgan
- Harriet Tubman
- Angelica Negron
- 75 Dollar Bill
- James McVinnie
- Tristan Perich
- Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses
- Matt Nelson
- In Place
- Okapi
- Eve Maret
- Frank Hurricane
- Earwig Deluce
- Circuit Des Yeux
- DANA
- Natural BLK Invention
Mar 26, 2022
- John Zorn
- Moses Sumney
- Meredith Monk
- Annette Peacock
- Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band
- Efterklang
- Ellen Reid Soundwalk Ensemble
- Jason Moran
- Natalie Joachim
- Bang on a Can All Stars
- Angel Bat Dawid
- Nubya Garcia
- Kronos Quartet
- Natural Information Society
- Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah
- Jaimie Branch
- Sarah Davachi
- Ensemble Dal Niente
- Ben LaMar Gay
- Harriet Tubman
- Val Jeanty
- Cassandra Jenkins
- Mary Lattimore
- William Tyler
- Myra Melford
- Angelica Negron
- Dawn Richard
- Gyan Riley
- Saul Williams
- Yasmin Williams
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- RAM
- Lakou Mizik
- Sporty's Brass Band
- Ches Smith
- Spektral Quartet
- 79rs Gang Mardi Gras Indians
- Petra Haden
- Bill Frisell
- Julian Lage
- Jorge Roeder
- Kenny Wollesen
- Jesse Harris
- Kenny Grohowski
- Matt Hollenberg
- John Medeski
- Sō Percussion
- Leyla McCalla
- Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah
- James McVinnie
- Caroline Shaw
- Marc Ribot
- Andrew Cyrille
- Ben Jaffe
- Lonnie Holley
- Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses
- Good Guy Collective
- Indigenous Vibes
- Two way street
- Jil Christensen
- Joseph Allred
- Maspeth
- W8ing4UFOs
- Drips
- Patti
Mar 27, 2022
- John Zorn
- Yves Tumor
- Bill Frisell
- Kronos Quartet
- Bang on a Can All Stars
- Saul Williams
- Alabaster DePlume
- Marc Ribot
- Andy Shauf
- Bonny Light Horseman
- Ambrose Akinmusire
- Marisa Anderson
- William Tyler
- Theo Bleckmann
- Joseph Branciforte
- Sarah Davachi
- Ensemble Dal Niente
- Mary Lattimore
- George
- Lisel
- Odean Pope
- Spektral Quartet
- Sudan Archives
- Immanuel Wilkins
- Miguel Zenón
- Evan Ziporyn
- Stephen Gosling
- Matt Hollenberg
- Kenny Grohowski
- John Medeski
- Jorge Roeder
- Ches Smith
- Julian Lage
- Kenny Wollesen
- Sae Hashimoto
- Alabaster DePlume
- Brian Marsella
- Lonnie Holley
- Thom Nguyen
- Che Chen
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