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PIGEON FORGE, Tennessee—May 29, 2025— Multi-platinum hitmaker and country powerhouse Dylan Scott headlines this year’s Pigeon Forge Patriot Festival, the city’s annual Independence Day celebration and concert. Scott leads a lineup that includes chart-topping artist-songwriter Alana Springsteen, former American Idol hopeful and Seymour (Tennessee) native Bryson Quick and the Pigeon Forge Community Chorus. Images of […]
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (Tuesday, May 27, 2025) —With school now out for most students and families ready to hit the road to visit some of the nation’s top attractions, the National Amusement Park Historical Association (NAPHA) recently released the results of its 39thannual NAPHA Amusement Park and Attractions Survey. Once again, a familiar name came […]
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (Wednesday, May 21, 2025) —The mercury in the thermometer is rising, school is almost out and two popular promotions at Dollywood and Dollywood’s Splash Country mean summer is on the way. A new promotion at Splash Country, the School’s Out! Promo, celebrates kids for ending the year at the top of the class! […]
Offerings feature new family-friendly attractions, live entertainment, events and more. PIGEON FORGE, Tennessee (May 20, 2025) – Summer brings a fresh lineup of attractions, events and entertainment to Pigeon Forge, one of the Southeast’s most popular family vacation destinations. From an adventure 200 million years in the making at The Island in Pigeon Forge to […]
PIGEON FORGE, Tennessee–May 7, 2025)–With Dollywood in the middle of an exciting 40th anniversary season, the park had several big wins in the most recent Newsweek Readers’ Choice Award voting. Dollywood is known for its culinary offerings, and with a new location called the Wilderness Pass Restaurant having opened last weekend, the Smoky Mountain theme park […]
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (May 6, 2025) – When Dolly Parton opened Dollywood’s Splash Country in 2001, her vision was to have a water park that offered families and friends summertime fun and splashy adventures in the scenic Great Smoky Mountains. As Splash Country opens for its 25thseason on May 10, the award-winning water park known […]
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (May 2, 2025) — What started as a small roadside attraction in 1961—a simple train ride through the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains—has now become an innovative force within the theme park industry. The attraction that now sits on that same ground has blossomed to become a place known around the world […]
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (April 14, 2025)–As spring grows to life in the Smokies, so too does Dollywood’s Flower & Food Festival (April 18 – June 8) with more than 1 million vibrant blooms, menus featuring fresh tastes of spring in the Smokies and unique entertainment offerings—including a new show set to celebrate Dollywood’s 40th anniversary season. […]
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (April 3, 2025) — Zach Williams and legendary Christian rock band Skillet headline Dollywood’s popular contemporary Christian music event, Rock the Smokies, with multiple shows set to take place in Celebrity Theater on Saturday, Aug. 23. One of contemporary Christian music’s most well-known names, Zach Williams has become known for chart-toppers—including “There Was Jesus,” […]
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn.—(March 19, 2025)—Sky Pirates of Mermaid Bay an Epic Golf Adventure®, the new immersive mini golf adventure in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains, has been voted America’s “Best New Attraction”& “Best Mini Golf” in the 2025 USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards. Over the course of two month-long voting periods, the […]
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