Knoxville festival Big Ears has added more artists to its 2024 lineup, including Jon Batiste, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Kristin Hersh, Slauson Malone 1, Ka Bird, Jana Horn, Francesco Turrisi, Leyla McCalla, Laraaji & Suphala, Min Xiao-Fen, and more.
Lounge Lizards co-founder Evan Lurie will present a rare performance of his 1990 chamber music classic, Selling Water by the Side of the River, with his quintet featuring sounds of the bandoneon.
Kristin Hersh will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of her solo album Hips & Makers, joined by cellist Jane Scarpantoni, who played on the album.
Marc Ribot will be celebrating his 70th birthday at the festival and programming includes a just-announced trio performance with John Medeski and Joe Russo.
Russo will also present his new Selcouth Quartet featuring Stuart Bogie, Jonathan Goldberger, and Jon Shaw.
Slauson Malone 1 and Ka Bird are performing as part of the King Britt-presented Blacktronika program.
Previously announced 2024 Big Ears performers include Herbie Hancock, Laurie Anderson, John Paul Jones, Digable Planets, Unwound, Shabaka Hutchings, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Charles Lloyd and Adrienne Lenker, Billy Woods, and more.
Big Ears 2024 happens March 21-24 at venues all over downtown Knoxville. Festival passes are on sale. Check out the full lineup as it stands now, below.
BIG EARS 2024 LINEUP
Adrianne Lenker
Aja Monet
Angelic Brothers (John Medeski & Kirk Knuffke)
Anna Webber & Matt Mitchell
Anssi Karttunen
Aoife O’Donovan
Armand Hammer
Ash Fure: ANIMAL
Beth Orton
Billy Woods
Bitchin Bajas
Bonnie “Prince” Billy
Brad Mehldau
Brandon Coleman
Brandon Ross Phantom Station
Carl Craig
Cedric Burnside
Charles Lloyd
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
Evan Lurie Quintet with Bandoneon
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
Jana Horn
Jason Moran & the Harlem Hellfighters
JG Thirlwell + Ensemble
Jlin
Joan Shelley
Joanna Sternberg
Medeski • Russo • Ribot
Joe Russo’s Selcouth Quartet featuring Stuart Bogie, Jonathan Goldberger & Jon Shaw
John Paul Jones
Jon Batiste
Julian Lage and the Speak to Me Band
Ka Baird
Kassa Overall
King Britt
Kristin Hersh
KMRU
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
Kokoroko
Kurt Vile & the Violators
Laraaji & Suphala
Laurie Anderson & Sexmob: Let X=X
Low Leaf
Make A Move
Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog
Mary Halvorson
MAVI
The Messthetics
Min Xiao-Fen with River Guerguerian
Molly Lewis
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
Mr. Sun
Myra Melford’s Fire and Water
Nik Bärtsch’s RONIN
Paul Lazar: Cage Shuffle
Rhiannon Giddens
Ringdown (Caroline Shaw & Danni Lee)
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
Robin Holcomb
Roc Marciano
Sam Amidon
Samora Pinderhughes
Secret Chiefs 3
Sexmob
Shabaka Hutchings
Slauson Malone 1
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Sofía Rei & Jorge Roeder
Son Rompe Pera
Sons of Chipotle (John Paul Jones & Anssi Karttunen)
Suzi Analogue
Third Coast Percussion
Threadgill, Iyer & Prieto
Titan to Tachyons
Tomeka Reid Quartet
Tord Gustavsen Trio
Tredici Bacci
Trevor Dunn’s Trio-Convulsant avec Folie à Quatre
Trio Mediæval
Tyondai Braxton
Unwound
Very Very Circus
Void Patrol
Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet
Yasmin Williams
Yvette Janine Jackson
Zsela