Herbie Hancock, John Paul Jones, Rhiannon Giddens Lead Big Ears’ Eclectic 2024 Lineup

A jazz icon, a guitar legend and a Pulitzer Prize winner are among the artists who are a part of the eclectic lineup for the 2024 edition of Knoxville, Tennessee’s Big Ears Festival.

Herbie Hancock, John Paul Jones and Rhiannon Giddens — the aforementioned trio — will be joined by, among others, performance artist Laurie Anderson; Fred Frith; post-hardcore legends Unwound; Adrianne Lenker; bluegrass great Molly Tuttle; hip-hop legends Digable Planets; Samora Pinderhughes; Mali’s Fatoumata Diawara; and Mexico’s Son Rompe Pera.

The festival is scheduled for more than a dozen venues across the Scruffy City March 21-24. Tickets are on sale September 14, at 9 a,m. Eastern at bigearsfestival.org/passes.

As usual, Big Ears will include special programming and thematic celebrations throughout the weekend. Giddens’ residence, for example, will include a celebration of fellow Pulitzer winner Henry Threadgill.

She’ll also be part of the bill celebrating the 60th anniversary of the influential Nonseuch Records, which will also include performances by Brad Mehldau, Caroline Shaw, Darcy James Argue, Mary Halvorson, Davóne Tines, Sam Amidon, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Yasmin Williams; Laurie Anderson and Molly Tuttle; and a rare live performance by Robin Holcomb.

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