All The Non-Big Ears Shows During Big Ears 2024

Whether you're attending the Big Ears or not, there's going to be a lot of live music going on that weekend (Mar 21-24).

Here's what else is playing in Knoxville that weekend.

Thursday, March 21

Downtown

WDVX Blue Plate Special - 12PM-1PM - Free Live Music at the Knoxville Visitor's Center (this is part of the free Big Ears community shows)

• Amythyst Kiah

• Marc Anthony Thompson of Chocolate Genius

What For? Festival (Day 1) - 7PM - 1:30AM - $Free at the Pilot Light

• 7:15PM - Honkers & Bangers: https://www.instagram.com/knoxhonkersandbangers/

• 7:45PM - Consensual Piss:

• 8:15PM - Mad Mothr: https://www.instagram.com/madmothr/

• 8:45PM - Duck Butter: https://www.instagram.com/duckbuttertn/

• 9:15PM - Imelda Marcos: https://www.instagram.com/imeldamarcosband/

• 10PM - Wombo: https://www.instagram.com/womborocks/

• 11PM - Attic Eyes: https://www.instagram.com/attic_eyes/

• 11:45PM - Andy the Doorbum: https://www.instagram.com/andythedoorbum/

• 12:30AM - Glad I Didn't Get My Stupid Wish: https://www.instagram.com/stupidwishband/

Merchants of Beer will have live music, but I'm not 100% on the times yet and will update when I get it.

• Dos Fuegos

• Anthropology

Suttree's will have a series of free performances and workshops that are a free to the community as part of the Big Ears Festival and in collaboration with Ableton.

• 2PM - "Found Sounds: Making a Custom Sample Pack with Ableton Live" w/Suzi Analogue.

Barley's - WUTK Six O'Clock Swerve with Wayne Bledsoe for $FREE

• 6PM - Special Big Ears show

Preservation Pub - 9PM - $5 "blues-infused psychedelic soulfunk"

• ZooFunkYou: https://www.zoofunkyou.com/

Barley's - 9PM - $Free Americana

• Wilson Springs Hotel: https://thewilsonspringshotel.com/

Fly By Night - 9PM - $10 - Disco dance party with DJs Benicio and D2T

West

Union Place - 6PM - $Free - Country & Americana Covers

• Boston & Moe

Open Chord - 8PM - $22 - Country

• Buy Tickets: https://www.seetickets.us/event/allen-mack-myers-moore/585515

• Allen, Mack, Myers, & Moore: https://allenmackmyersmoore.com/

• CADENCE!: 

• Josi J & Dessert: https://www.instagram.com/josijanddessert/

Friday, March 22

Downtown

WDVX Blue Plate Special - 12PM-1PM - Free Live Music at Barley's

• Mr. Sun - American String Band

• Son Rompe Pera - Mexican Rock

What For? Festival (Day 2) - 12PM - 1:30AM - $Free at the Pilot Light

• 12:30PM - Maspeth:

• 1PM - Matt Nelson: https://www.instagram.com/mattnelson123a/

• 1:30PM - Judge Schreber's Avian Choir:

• 2:15PM - Magic Dozen: https://www.instagram.com/magicdozen/

• 3PM - A Certain Zone:

• 3:45PM - Telo Hoy: https://www.instagram.com/telopah/

• 4:30PM - The Shrining:

• 5:15PM - Slime Ring: https://www.instagram.com/slimer_ing/

• 6PM - Data Unknown: https://www.instagram.com/the_data_unknown/

• 6:45PM - Ted Tyro: https://www.instagram.com/ted_tyro/

• 7:30PM - Bursters: https://www.instagram.com/burstersband/

• 8:15PM - Big Kitty: https://www.instagram.com/big_kitty_teaberry_/

• 9PM - Earwig Deluxe: https://www.instagram.com/toad_dandruff/

• 9:45PM - Ed Schrader's Music Beat: https://www.instagram.com/edschradersmusicbeat/

• 10:45PM - Greg Saunier & Steve Gigante:

• 11:45PM - Good Guy Collective: https://www.instagram.com/goodguycollective/

Suttree's will have a series of free performances and workshops that are a free to the community as part of the Big Ears Festival and in collaboration with Ableton.

• 4:30PM - "Deconstructing Tracks & Fancy Tricks with Ableton Live" w/Dibia$e

• 6PM - Feral Fur (Feral Kytty/Christina Horn)

• 9PM - "Open Turntable" w/Captain Ed's Vinyl Voyage

Preservation Pub - 8PM - 2:30AM $5?

• 8PM - Mosant (Indie Rock): https://www.instagram.com/mosantband/

• 11PM - Big Pink (Rock & Jams)

Scruffy City Hall - 9PM - ?

• The Coveralls (Really Good Cover Band): https://www.thecoverallsrock.com/

Pretentious Beer Co. - 8PM $10-15 - Indie Rock

• Buy Tickets: https://www.bornandraisedknox.com/events-1/songwriter-showcase-march-1-dg9kl

• JK Johns: https://www.instagram.com/jkjohnsmusic/

• The Forgettables: https://www.instagram.com/remembertheforgettables/

• Ben Bannister: https://www.instagram.com/benbannister/

Crafty Bastard (Emory Place) - 7PM $FREE

• Villephonic

Barley's - 10PM $5 - Blues Rock

• The Vertical Birds: https://theverticalbirds.com/

North

Ale Rae's - 7PM $Free - Classic Rock Covers

• Regal Beagle Band: https://www.facebook.com/RegalBeagleBand

The Concourse - 7:30PM $34 - Heavy Metal

• Buy Tickets: https://www.seetickets.us/event/voivod-prong/580750

• Voivod: https://www.voivod.com/

• Prong: https://prongmusic.com/

• Atrium: 

Teknox (Sassy Ann's) - 9PM - 3AM $20 - DJs/EDM - BYOB

• Learn More: https://www.instagram.com/p/C4bDw8brZbf/?img_index=2

Roots & Relief (1326 N Broadway) - 8PM - 11PM $FREE DJ set

• DJ VINE-ILL

WEST

Crafty Bastard West - 7PM $FREE - Alt Country

• Daniel Fluitt: https://www.instagram.com/danielfluitt/

Union Place - 8PM $FREE - Funk & Soul Covers

• 110 in the Shade: https://www.facebook.com/110intheshade

Open Chord - 8PM SOLD OUT - Country

• Mason Ramsey: https://www.masonramsey.com/

Saturday, March 23

Downtown

WDVX Blue Plate Special - 12PM-1PM - Free Live Music at the Knoxville Visitor's Center

• Joe Henry - Singer-Songwriter

• Eric Mingus - Poet/Multi Instrumentalist

What For? Festival (Day 2) - 12PM - 1:30AM - $Free at the Pilot Light

• 12:30PM - Cattywampus Puppet Council & Dragonfly Circus Present: Plays by Katie Myers: https://www.instagram.com/cattywampuspuppetcouncil/

• 1:45PM - Alice Galerinia & The Tyranny of Quantum Mechanics Present: "The Elsewhere" w/Cattywampus Puppet Council

• 3PM - Weird Ian:

• 3:45PM - Wage Worker: https://www.instagram.com/wageworker_band/

• 4:30PM - Kudzu Municipal: https://www.instagram.com/kudzumunicipal/

• 5:15PM - Kami Astro: https://www.instagram.com/kamiastro/

• 6PM - Cardboard Cat:

• 6:45PM - Nightjar: https://www.instagram.com/nightjar_knox/

• 7:30PM - W8ing4ufos: https://www.instagram.com/w8ing4ufos/

• 8:30PM - Sunny War: https://www.instagram.com/sunnywarmusic/

• 9:30PM - Lan Line: https://www.instagram.com/lan_line_access/

• 10:15PM - Basic Letters

• 11PM - Generation of Vipers: https://www.instagram.com/generationofvipers/

• 12AM - Spike Hellis: https://www.instagram.com/spike.hellis/

Suttree's will have a series of free performances and workshops that are a free to the community as part of the Big Ears Festival and in collaboration with Ableton.

• 11AM - "You Are An Artist" w/Ableton Live Certified Trainer Christina Horn (Feral Kytty/Christina Horn)

• 4PM - "The Audience is the Artist" w/Feral Fur (Feral Kytty/Christina Horn)

• 7PM - "South American Dance Party" w/Rica Chicha

Preservation Pub - 8PM - 2:30AM $5?

• Maddy Walsh & The Blind Spots (Indie Rock): https://maddywalsh.net/index.php

• Hillbilly Casino (Honky Tonk): https://www.instagram.com/hillbillycasino/

Pour Taproom - 9PM - 12AM $FREE

• Renée Maggart w/Michael Bates - Acoustic duo

Scruffy City Hall - 10PM - ? - $?? - Knoxville's Premiere Hair Metal Cover Band

• Skankbanger: https://www.instagram.com/skankbangerband/?hl=en

Barley's - 10PM - ? $5 - Post-Punk & Experimental

• Optic Sink: https://www.instagram.com/opticsink/

• Eve Maret: https://www.evemaret.com/

• The Loinettes: https://www.instagram.com/theloinettes/

North

El Tequila - 3PM - ? - $90 - Mexican Singer-Songwriter

• Buy Tickets: https://ticketon.com/event/el-fantasma-y-profugos-knoxville-tn-2024-03-23-rhq8ky7nig82

• El Fantasma: http://elfantasma.tm-g.org/

• Prófugos de Nuevo León: https://www.instagram.com/profugosdenuevoleonofficial/

Ale Rae's - 7PM $FREE - Blues Rock

• The Griefers: https://www.instagram.com/the.griefers/

Teknox (Sassy Ann's) - 9PM - 3AM $20 - DJs/EDM - BYOB

• Learn More: https://www.instagram.com/p/C4bDw8brZbf/?img_index=2

Concourse - 9PM - ? - $FREE - Goth/Alternative Night Toga Themed

• Buy Tickets/Learn More: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/temple-toga-party/593256?afflky=TheConcourse

West

Union Place - 8PM $FREE - Funk, soul, r&b, rock

• The Jaystorm Project: https://www.instagram.com/jaystormproject/

Open Chord - 8PM $15-20 - U2 Tribute Band

• Buy Tickets: https://www.prekindle.com/promo/id/532452770889907262

• Bullet the Blue Sky: https://www.bullettheblueskycharlotte.com/

Brickyard - 9PM - $35 - Bass music with one of the pioneers of the genre

• Buy Tickets: https://theticketing.co/e/tsurudaknox

• Tsuruda: https://www.instagram.com/_tsuruda_

• Drone: https://www.instagram.com/drone_uk

• Fifth Element: https://www.instagram.com/fifthelementsound

• TVO: https://www.instagram.com/tvo414

• Galactic Puzzle:

Sunday, March 24

Downtown

Channel Pressure (Local Smokey) - 2PM - 12AM. - $FREE - Eclectic bill of music

• 2PM - MegamoonX: https://www.instagram.com/megamoon__x/

• 3PM - Carry Ripple: https://www.instagram.com/carryripple/

• 4PM - Dialectic Sines: https://www.instagram.com/dialecticsines/

• 5PM - Escort Mission: https://www.instagram.com/escortmission.web/

• 6PM - Horcerer: https://www.instagram.com/_horcerer_/

• 7PM - Meth Dad: 

• 8PM - New Romantics: https://www.instagram.com/new_romantics_knox/

• 9PM - FKA Ice: https://www.instagram.com/fkaice/

• 10PM - Bunny Roolz: https://www.instagram.com/bunnyroolz/

Suttree's will have a series of free performances and workshops that are a free to the community as part of the Big Ears Festival and in collaboration with Ableton.

• 1PM - Jason Thompson: Solo Bass Saxophone

• 4PM - "Open Turntable" w/Captain Ed's Vinyl Voyage

Early Byrd Fest - 2PM-8PM - $5 (suggested donation) - at Tyson Skate Park - Indie Rock & more

• Gorelizard

• David Havel

• Mother Genevieve

• Elijah Helmandollar

• Gabby & The Gondolas

• The Lost Sound Department

• Garret Devaughn, The Mad-Uke Bard

• Los Swamp Monsters

• Goodluck Shaman

• Bittah Dreamer

• ///A\\\V///A\\\

Pour Taproom - 2PM - $FREE

• Villephonic w/visual artist Cooper's Curiosities (improvisations)

Barley's - 8PM $Free - Soulful grooves

• Corey James Clifton: https://coreyjamescliftonmusic.com/