Big Ears festival has announced the initial lineup for its 2024 edition, happening March 21-24 in Knoxville, TN with headliners Herbie Hancock, Laurie Anderson, John Paul Jones, Digable Planets, Charles Lloyd and Adrienne Lenker.
This year’s artist in residence is Rhiannon Giddens, and other special programming includes a Henry Threadgill retrospective, King Britt Presents Blacktronica, and a celebration of Marc Ribot‘s 70th birthday and Nonesuch Records’ 60th anniversary.
Other announced 2024 performers include Unwound, Shabaka Hutchings, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Beth Orton, Joanna Sternberg, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Vijay Iyer, Claire Rousay, Carl Craig, Molly Tuttle, Armand Hammer, billy woods, Chocolate Genius, Bitchin Bajas, Colin Stetson, Fred Frith, Horse Lords, JG Thirlwell + Ensemble, Kokoroko, The Messthetics, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Roger Eno, Secret Chiefs 3, Tredici Bacci, Tyondai Braxton, and more.
Festival Passes for Big Ears 2024 go on sale Thursday, September 14 at 9 AM Eastern. Check out the whole inital lineup below.
BIG EARS 2024 LINEUP
Adrianne Lenker
Aja Monet
Angelic Brothers (John Medeski & Kirk Knuffke)
Anna Webber & Matt Mitchell
Aoife O’Donovan
Armand Hammer
Ash Fure: ANIMAL
Beth Orton
billy woods
Bitchin Bajas
Brad Mehldau
Brandon Coleman
Brandon Ross Phantom Station
Carl Craig
Cedric Burnside
Charles Lloyd Quartet
Charlie Dark MBE
Chocolate Genius, Inc.
Christian McBride
Claire Rousay
Colin Stetson
Colleen
Colloboh
Computer Jay
Cyro Baptista
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
Dave Holland Quartet
David Virelles
Davóne Tines
Dibia$e
Digable Planets
DJ Heather
Dragonchild x Sunken Cages
Drawing Sound (Fred Frith Trio with Heike Liss & Susana Santos Silvia)
Edgar Meyer
Elliott Sharp & Eric Mingus: Songs From a Rogue State
Elsa M’Bala
Eyvind Kang & Jessika Kenney
Fatoumata Diawara
Faun Fables
FlySiifu
Fred Frith (Solo)
Fred Frith & Ikue Mori
Hatis Noit
Helen Gillet
Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer, & Dafnis Prieto
Henry Threadgill’s ZOOID
Herbie Hancock
Hermanos Gutiérrez
Horse Lords
Hurray for the Riff Raff
Jake Blount
James Brandon Lewis
Jason Moran & the Harlem Hellfighters
JG Thirlwell + Ensemble
Jlin
Joan Shelley
Joanna Sternberg
Julian Lage and the Speak to Me Band
Kassa Overall
King Britt
KMRU
Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra
Kokoroko
Kurt Vile & the Violators
Laurie Anderson
Low Leaf
Make A Move
Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog
Mary Halvorson
MAVI
The Messthetics
Molly Lewis
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
Mr. Sun
Myra Melford’s Fire and Water
Nik Bärtsch’s RONIN
Rhiannon Giddens
Ringdown (Caroline Shaw & Danni Lee)
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
Robin Holcomb
Roc Marciano
Roger Eno
Sam Amidon
Samora Pinderhughes
Secret Chiefs 3
Sexmob
Shabaka Hutchings
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Sofía Rei & Jorge Roeder
Son Rompe Pera
Sons of Chipotle (John Paul Jones & Anssi Karttunen)
Suzi Analogue
Third Coast Percussion
Titan to Tachyons
Tomeka Reid Quartet
Tord Gustavsen Trio
Tredici Bacci
Trevor Dunn’s Trio-Convulsant
Trio Mediæval
Tyondai Braxton
Unwound
Very Very Circus
Void Patrol
Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet
Yvette Janine Jackson
Yasmin Williams
Zsela