Big Ears Presents Knoxville Broadcast by Lisa Bielawa
Schedule
Fri, 17 Oct, 2025 at 06:00 pm to Sat, 18 Oct, 2025 at 03:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
World's Fair Park - Knoxville | Knoxville, TN
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Join us for Knoxville Broadcast, a large-scale site-specific “spatial symphony” created by the award-winning composer Lisa Bielawa that will unite hundreds of musicians from across Knoxville in three free public performances at World’s Fair Park.Friday, October 17 at 6:00 pm
Saturday, October 18 at 11:00 am & 2:00 pm
Knoxville Broadcast continues Bielawa’s celebrated series of Broadcast performances in Berlin, San Francisco, and Louisville—each rooted in the history and community of its location. The San Francisco Chronicle called Crissy Broadcast, “…one of the most moving performances of the year…where all the boundaries we take for granted in musical life…are casually obliterated.”
Free and open to all, Knoxville Broadcast will transform the entire park into a living stage during each 45 minute performance. Musicians will begin together in the Tennessee Amphitheater before gradually dispersing throughout the park, guided by long-distance musical cues. Audiences are free to wander, hearing the piece shift and transform from different vantage points. By dissolving the boundaries of a traditional concert, the work invites listeners of all ages into a shared, fluid, and deeply communal encounter with music.
For Knoxville, Bielawa has composed a new score inspired by the city’s landscape, voices, and musical traditions. More than 600 local musicians of all ages and backgrounds will take part, including:
Appalachian Equality Chorus
Knoxville Community Band
Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra
Halls Middle School Bands
L&N Stem Academy Concert Band and Orchestra
Drums Up, Guns Down
Members of Nief-Norf
Hardin Valley Academy Guitar Ensemble
Roane State Choral Society
University of Tennessee Gospel Choir
University of Tennessee College of Music
Sterchi String Band (old-time)
Found Forte (youth percussion)
Sunsphere Singers (intergenerational choir)
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Where is it happening?
World's Fair Park - Knoxville, 958 World's Fair Park Dr SW, Knoxville, TN 37916-1655, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
