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A new Christmas experience awaits guests planning their holiday visit to Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede in Pigeon Forge. Earlier in the year, the dinner attraction unveiled a completely new look and treated guests to a new adventure. This winter, those all-new sights and sounds will dazzle guests, providing a holiday experience unlike any before. The Christmas at Dixie show schedule kicks off ...

Visitors traveling to experience the beauty and excitement of the Smoky Mountains this holiday season will have something new to include on their “must do” list as Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas of Light show will begin its two-month, 80-show run on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015 at The Smoky Mountain Palace in Sevierville, Tenn. Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas of Light show is a ...

With sweet melodies drifting through the crisp, autumn air, Southern gospel music is well represented during Dollywood’s National Southern Gospel & Harvest Celebration all month long during October 2015. Once again, Dollywood is home to a packed slate of Southern gospel’s premier talent. Among this year’s new acts are Ernie Hasse & Signature Sound (Oct. 4-5) and The Collingsworth Family ...

Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede announced that Southern Gospel groups, Soul’d Out Quartet and Tribute Quartet, will both perform on Tuesday, Sept. 29 and Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. Each of these special performances will be held during gospel music’s largest annual event, the National Quartet Convention (NQC). Both of these groups performed during last year’s National Quartet Convention and will return ...

Great Smoky Mountains Association’s “Carroll Best and the White Oak String Band” has been named among the best of the year by earning an award nomination in the International Bluegrass Music Association’s annual competition. GSMA’s compilation of old-time Smoky Mountain music, first recorded more than 60 years ago just outside the national park, has been nominated along with four other ...

Dollywood announced today that the park is hosting The Band Perry in concert as part of the Showcase of Stars on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. Tickets to The Band Perry concert go on sale to Dollywood season pass holders on Friday, Aug. 21. One of the most dynamic acts in music today, the sibling trio proved to be a powerful ...

The sounds of some of the biggest hits in country, gospel and bluegrass music will resonate through the streets of Gatlinburg when the Smoky Mountains Songwriters Festival comes to town Aug. 19–23, 2015. The festival will feature over 130 acts of songwriters and musicians who have shaped the top Billboard charts for generations as well as those just getting started ...

The biggest event in Southern gospel music, the National Quartet Convention (NQC), has committed to a third year in Pigeon Forge in 2016 and has options on dates through 2020, according to Clarke Beasley, NQC executive vice president, and the Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism. The weeklong event moved to the LeConte Center at Pigeon Forge in 2014 and recorded ...

Tickets for Dollywood’s summertime Christian music festival Rock the Smokies on Sept. 5, 2015 have been so popular, concert organizers have added another show time. Now there’s one more chance to see Third Day and For King & Country on stage at Dollywood! Shows will be held at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Dollywood in Pigeon Forge is partnering with ...

Trinity Episcopal Church in Gatlinburg is hosting a free concert by renowned mountain dulcimer players Larry and Elaine Conger. Larry was crowned National Mountain Dulcimer Champion in 1998. He has authored several dulcimer books and has numerous recordings to his credit, including contributions to the compilation CDs “Great Players of the Mountain Dulcimer” and “Masters of the Mountain Dulcimer” Vol. ...