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From The Green Room

Big Ears Festival 2024 Review

By Haley Solomon,
Rob Beckett
Published May 24, 2024 at 5:00 AM EDT
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Bijou at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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Bijou at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
Hermanos Gutiérrez at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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Hermanos Gutiérrez at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
Hermanos Gutiérrez at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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Hermanos Gutiérrez at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
Hermanos Gutiérrez at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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Hermanos Gutiérrez at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
Hurray for the Riff Raff at Big Ears Festiva 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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Hurray for the Riff Raff at Big Ears Festiva 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
Joe Russo's Selcouth Quartet at Big Ears Festiva 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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Joe Russo's Selcouth Quartet at Big Ears Festiva 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
Joe Russo's Selcouth Quartet at Big Ears Festiva 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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Joe Russo's Selcouth Quartet at Big Ears Festiva 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
Joe Russo's Selcouth Quartet at Big Ears Festiva 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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Joe Russo's Selcouth Quartet at Big Ears Festiva 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
John Paul Jones at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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John Paul Jones at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
John Paul Jones at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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John Paul Jones at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
John Paul Jones at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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John Paul Jones at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
John Paul Jones at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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John Paul Jones at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
Kurt Vile & The Violators at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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Kurt Vile & The Violators at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
Kurt Vile & The Violators at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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Kurt Vile & The Violators at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
Kurt Vile & The Violators at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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Kurt Vile & The Violators at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
Kurt Vile & The Violators at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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Kurt Vile & The Violators at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
Molly Lewis at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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Molly Lewis at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
Molly Lewis at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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Molly Lewis at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
Molly Lewis at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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Molly Lewis at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
Son Rompe Pera at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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Son Rompe Pera at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
Son Rompe Pera at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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Son Rompe Pera at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
The Tennessee Theater Big Ears Festiva 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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The Tennessee Theater Big Ears Festiva 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
The Point Venue at Big Ears Festiva 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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The Point Venue at Big Ears Festiva 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC
Trio Mediæval at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
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Trio Mediæval at Big Ears Festival 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Photo by Nessa Parrish / WUTC

Join WUTC’s Haley Solomon, Nessa Parrish, and Rob Beckett as they recount their first experience at Big Ears Music Festival in the latest episode of the WUTC Festival Podcast.

Big Ears is a unique music festival held in a variety of venues across the city of Knoxville, Tennessee. It boasts an eclectic lineup of talented artists and creates space for the under-represented, up-and-coming, or just plain experimental artists. In 2024, Big Ears occurred from March 21st through the 24th.

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From The Green Room Big Ears Music Festival
Haley Solomon
Haley Solomon is the Program and Operations Manager at WUTC. She also hosts "The Haley Solomon Show" and "ElectroNights with Haley Solomon." Haley is a proud graduate of UTC.
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Rob Beckett
A Chattanooga native, Rob is a graduate of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville - and his current duties at WUTC include station operations, financial management and assisting the Station Manager.
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