Music

Dollywood announced that Rock the Smokies, the park’s annual Christian music festival, will return in 2020 and tickets go on sale this week. Rock the Smokies returns to Dollywood August 22 with a headlining concert schedule featuring TobyMac, Matthew West and Unspoken as the featured artists in DP’s Celebrity Theater. Comedian Heath Arthur serves as the emcee for this special ...

Ole Red Gatlinburg, the third Blake Shelton-inspired bar, restaurant and music venue owned and operated by Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc., invites guests to ditch their winter blues and have a little fun at “Spring Blake,” a week-long grand opening celebration taking place March 11-17. The venue will host multiple events throughout the week, including a grand opening concert with Blake ...

Craig Morgan, United States Army veteran and Grand Ole Opry member, is set to headline the 28th annual Patriot Festival, Pigeon Forge’s Independence Day celebration. Morgan takes the stage immediately before an elaborate fireworks display lights up the night sky with the Great Smoky Mountains as a backdrop. “We look forward to the Patriot Festival all year long here in ...

Grand Ole Opry member Blake Shelton and Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. today announced plans to open a third Ole Red entertainment venue in the heart of Gatlinburg, Tenn. With a planned opening in spring 2019, Ole Red Gatlinburg will be a $9 million, multi-level 16,000-square-foot entertainment venue with a two-story bar and restaurant, retail area, performance space, dance floor and ...

With Dollywood’s emphasis on show-stopping entertainment in 2018, the park’s annual Festival of Nations kicks off the new season with a multi-cultural event featuring world-renowned talent. The celebration takes place March 16-April 9 and lets guests take a trip around the world without leaving the Smokies. This colorful, interactive event marks the beginning of Dollywood’s “Season of Showstoppers” with cultural ...

Great Smoky Mountains Association’s newest musical release “Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition” earned a Grammy nomination this week for Best Album Notes as written by Ted Olson, professor of Appalachian Studies and Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies at East Tennessee State University. “Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition” is Great Smoky Mountains Association’s fourth album of ...

The singers and musicians of Gatlinburg First United Methodist Church will present their Eleventh Annual Christmas Concert and Carol Sing on Friday, Dec. 8, 2017 at 7 p.m. While the event is free and open to everyone, there will be an offering taken up for those who wish to contribute to the Bread of Life Food Ministry, which is a ...

Sevier County residents and workers enjoy a reduced admission price at Fee/Hedrick theaters in during Sevier County Days. The Fee/Hedrick Family Entertainment Group, one of the largest show production companies in the southeast, is holding Sevier County Days through Nov. 10, 2017 in Pigeon Forge. Shows including: The Comedy Barn, Christmas at The Smoky Mountain Opry, and The Smith Morning Show ...

At a press conference Wednesday before media reps and their children as special guests, world-renowned entertainer Dolly Parton announced the release of I Believe In You, her first album written and recorded for kids and those young at heart. A digital release of the new album on Dolly Records/RCA Nashville will be available September 29, whereas the physical album will ...

The American Legion Post 104 is planning a two-day bluegrass & gospel festival in October at the Sevier County Fairgrounds. The 1st Annual Veterans Bluegrass & Gospel Festival will be held October 20-21, 2017 at the Sevier County Fairgrounds, 754 Old Knoxville Highway in Sevierville, and is presented by the American Legion Post 104 in Sevierville and Wilson Pickins Promotions. ...