Big Ears Festival — Knoxville, TN | March 31–April 2, 2016

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Festival website: http://bigearsfestival.com/

In 2010,  Rolling Stone wrote that "Big Ears is arguably the classiest, most diverse festival in the country."

Festival founder and curator Ashley Capps recently told Rolling Stone that in Big Ears 2016, jazz representation is "at the highest level that it's ever been."