Sufjan Stevens at the Bijou, Nov. 5

There was a lot of talk at Big Ears in March about the festival as a kind of cultural outreach program for Knoxville--like, let's show these big-city cool kids what we've got. Well, whether Sufjan Stevens' appearance at Big Ears with the all-star indie chamber-pop ensemble Clogs had anything to do with it, or whether he would have come to Knoxville anyway, he'll be performing at the Bijou Theatre again on Nov. 5 as part of his just-announced North American tour this fall.