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Big Ears Festival 2023

Arts and Entertainment

March 15, 2023

From: Big Ears Festival

Schedule Of Events:

March 30 2023

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM: Bill Frisell Trio with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
10:15 PM - 11:30 PM: Exploding Star Orchestra
Location: Knoxville Civic Auditorium

7:30 PM - 8:30 PM: Terry Allen & the Panhandle Mystery Band
9:30 PM - 11:00 PM: Los Lobos
Location: Tennessee Theatre

6:00 PM - 7:15 PM: Allison Russell
8:30 PM - 9:30 PM: Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry
10:30 PM - 11:45 PM: Vijay Iyer Trio
Location: Bijou Theatre

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM: Lonnie Holley
8:30 PM - 9:45 PM: Adeem the Artist
10:45 PM - 12:00 AM: The Mountain Goats
Location: Mill & Mine

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: King Britt Presents Moksha Black
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM: Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet
11:15 PM - 12:15 AM: Liturgy
Location: The Standard

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Yarn/Wire
8:15 PM - 9:15 PM: Mivos Quartet Plays Steve Reich
10:15 PM - 11:30 PM: Kali Malone
Location: St. John's Cathedral

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM: My Brightest Diamond
Location: The Point

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM: Phill Niblock
11:00 PM - 12:00 AM: Rich Ruth
Location: Old City PAC

8:30 PM - 9:30 PM: Staples Jr. Singers
10:30 PM - 11:30 PM: 700 Bliss
Location: Jackson Terminal

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: BB Wisely
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM: Jake Xerxes Fussell
11:00 PM - 12:00 AM: Larry & Joe
Location: Jig and Reel

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM: Matt Nelson's Out Series
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM: Matt Nelson's Out Series
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Macie Stewart
11:00 PM - 12:00 AM: Matt Nelson's Out Series
Location: Pilot Light

6:38 PM - 8:30 PM: King Coal + Slower Animals
Location: Regal Riviera Cinema 3

March 31 2023

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM: Bonny Light Horseman
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM: Calexico
7:00 PM - 8:15 PM: Iron & Wine
9:30 PM - 11:00 PM: Andrew Bird
Location: Knoxville Civic Auditorium

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM: David Byrne: Reasons to be Cheerful
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM: Edgar Meyer Trio
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM: Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily: Love in Exile Trio
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM: Pino Palladino & Blake Mills
10:30 PM - 12:00 AM: Makaya McCraven: In These Times
Location: Tennessee Theatre

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM: Gatos do Sul
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Mary Halvorson Amaryllis
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM: Mary Halvorson Belladonna
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM: Tyshawn Sorey Trio
8:45 PM - 9:45 PM: William Parker: In Order to Survive
11:00 PM - 12:15 AM: Tarbaby ft. David Murray
Location: Bijou Theatre

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM: Danielle Ponder
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM: Ibeyi
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM: Nate Smith + Kinfolk
7:30 PM - 8:45 PM: Tank and the Bangas
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM: Son Lux
12:00 AM - 1:00 AM: Caterina Barbieri
Location: Mill & Mine

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: New Future City Radio
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM: Antonio Sanchez & Bad Hombre
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM: Joe Rainey
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Moor Mother
9:15 PM - 10:30 PM: Marc Ribot: The Jazz-Bins
11:30 PM - 12:45 AM: billy woods
Location: The Standard

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM: The Music of Annea Lockwood
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM: Larry & Joe
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM: Tarta Relena
7:45 PM - 8:45 PM: Gyan Riley
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM: Ned Rothenberg Crossings Quartet
Location: St. John's Cathedral

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM: Carl Stone Trio
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Margaret Glaspy
10:15 PM - 11:15 PM: Grouper
Location: The Point

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM: Gregory Tardy
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM: Steve Gunn & David Moore
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM: Ava Mendoza + SUE-C
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Reid Anderson
10:15 PM - 11:15 PM: Lesley Flanigan
Location: Old City PAC

4:15 PM - 5:15 PM: Mourning [A] BLKstar
8:45 PM - 9:45 PM: Meridian Brothers
11:00 PM - 12:00 AM: Irreversible Entanglements
Location: Jackson Terminal

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM: Staples Jr. Singers
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM: Shane Parish
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM: BB Wisely
9:00 PM - 10:15 PM: Jake Xerxes Fussell
Location: Jig and Reel

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM: Adeem the Artist
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Xylouris White
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM: Los Lobos
Location: Southern Railway Station

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM: Stephen O’Malley: This Is How You Will Disappear
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM: Kali Malone: Living Torch
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM: Kali Malone: Living Torch
Location: Knoxville Museum of Art

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Robert Lundberg
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM: Proteins of Magic
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Green Ribbon
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Eric Lee
8:30 PM - 9:30 PM: Big Kitty
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM: Diatom Deli
11:00 PM - 12:00 AM: Basic Letters
12:00 AM - 1:00 AM: Ken Mujo
Location: Pilot Light

10:00 AM - 12:45 PM: Everything Everywhere All At Once
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM: A Conversation on Film Scoring with Son Lux
2:45 PM - 4:15 PM: Ile Aiye
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM: True Stories
Location: Regal Riviera Cinema 3

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM: Roots of Fire
2:15 PM - 4:00 PM: Neptune Frost
Location: Regal Riviera Cinema 7

April 1 2023

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM: Christian McBride's New Jawn
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM: Charles Lloyd Chapel Trio
7:00 PM - 8:15 PM: Sierra Ferrell
9:00 PM - 11:30 PM: Bela Fleck: My Bluegrass Heart
Location: Knoxville Civic Auditorium

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: John Zorn: Nove Cantici per Francesco d'Assisi
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM: John Zorn: Suite for Piano
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM: John Zorn: A Capella Vocal Music
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM: John Zorn: Bagatelles Part 1
Location: Tennessee Theatre

1:30 PM - 3:15 PM: 32 Sounds
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM: Devendra Banhart
8:15 PM - 9:30 PM: Rickie Lee Jones
10:45 PM - 12:00 AM: Cecile McLorin Salvant
Location: Bijou Theatre

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Bassekou Kouyate
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM: Kevin Morby
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM: The Bad Plus
7:00 PM - 8:15 PM: Sun Ra Arkestra
9:30 PM - 10:45 PM: Lucius
12:00 AM - 1:15 AM: Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul
Location: Mill & Mine

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Adia Victoria
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM: Sam Gendel Concert Group
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM: William Parker: Mayan Space Station
6:45 PM - 7:45 PM: Rafiq Bhatia
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM: James "Blood"Ulmer
11:00 PM - 12:00 AM: Xylouris White
Location: The Standard

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM: JACK Quartet performs Catherine Lamb
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM: Vijay Iyer with Parker Quartet
6:30 PM - 7:45 PM: Ichiko Aoba
8:45 PM - 10:00 PM: Brandee Younger
Location: St. John's Cathedral

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM: Maeve Gilchrist: The Harpweaver
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM: The Weather Station
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM: Trio Imagination
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM: Vinicius Cantuaria
Location: The Point

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: Anthony Coleman
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM: Josephine Foster
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM: Coffin / Perlson / Krauss with special guest Leo Genovese
7:15 PM - 8:15 PM: Kali Malone
9:30 PM - 10:30 PM: Zoh Amba
11:45 PM - 12:45 AM: Fuji ta
Location: Old City PAC

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Bill Orcutt & Chris Corsano Duo
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM: Etran de L'Air
7:45 PM - 8:45 PM: Carl Stone
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM: Meridian Brothers
Location: Jackson Terminal

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Peter One
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM: Luke Schneider
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Dave Eggar
Location: Jig and Reel

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM: Danielle Ponder
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Combo Chimbita
Location: Southern Railway Station

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM: Stephen O'Malley: This Is How You Will Disappear
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM: Lee Ranaldo: Hurricane Sandy Transcriptions
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM: Stephen O’Malley: This Is How You Will Disappear
Location: Knoxville Museum of Art

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: Green Ribbon
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM: Simon Joyner
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Big Kitty
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM: Matt Espy
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Brainweight
9:30 PM - 10:30 PM: Tim Gick
10:30 PM - 11:30 PM: MEGAMOON X
11:59 PM - 1:00 AM: Fruit LoooPS
Location: Pilot Light

10:00 AM - 12:15 PM: Contemporary Color
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM: On the Current State of the Music Video
2:15 PM - 4:30 PM: David Byrne's American Utopia
Location: Regal Riviera Cinema 3

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM: This is National Wake
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM: Roots of Fire
Location: Regal Riviera Cinema 7

April 2 2023

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM: Kate NV
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM: Oneohtrix Point Never
Location: Knoxville Civic Auditorium

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: John Zorn: Gnostic Trio
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM:John Zorn: Bagatelles Part 3
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM: John Zorn: Chamber Music
7:00 PM - 7:45 PM: John Zorn: Painkiller
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM: John Zorn: Cobra
Location: Tennessee Theatre

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM: Wadada Leo Smith
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM: Bill Frisell Four
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM: Tessa Lark and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Cycle of Life
8:00 PM - 9:15 PM: Shara Nova and Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: The Blue Hour
Location: Bijou Theatre

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM: Sierra Hull
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM: Justin Adams and Mauro Durante
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM: Combo Chimbita
8:45 PM - 10:00 PM: Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos
Location: Mill and Mine

1:00 PM -  2:00 PM: Etran de L'Air
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM: James Brandon Lewis Trio
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM: Sona Jobarteh
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Algiers
Location: The Standard

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM: The Music of Eliane Radigue
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM: Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer
Location: St. John's Cathedral

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: Morton Subotnick
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM: David Virelles
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM: Evan Ziporyn
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Aurora Nealand's Monocle Ensemble
Location: Old City PAC

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM: Theon Cross
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM: Luke Schneider
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM: caroline
Location: Jackson Terminal

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM: SUSS
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM: Dave Eggar ft. Cruz Contreras
Location: Jig and Reel

11:00 PM - 12:45  PM: Ingredients for Disaster
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM: Art in Dialogue
Location: Regal Riviera Cinema 3

10:00 PM - 11:30 PM: This is National Wake
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM: King Coal + Slower Animals
Location: Regal Riviera Cinema 7

Date: March 30 - April 2, 2023

Location: Various Venues in Knoxville

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