After joining Dolly’s Dinner Theater Company early 2019, Hatfield & McCoy, The Comedy Barn, and Smoky Mountain Opry start their 2020 seasons! These shows are ready for another year of fun family entertainment. First-time visitors and returning fans, alike, are invited to create lasting memories at these spectacular shows!
Visitors join the longest-running feud in history and help the Hatfields and McCoys try to settle their differences mountain-style. Whether you’re local or visitors, you’ll love the singing and dancing, mighty feats of strength, jaw-dropping stunts and side-splitting comedy. The chaos doesn't stop with fighting cousins! You'll watch performers and dogs dive into the incredible indoor Hatfield & McCoy's pool. Visit and enjoy the longest-running feud in history and an amazing, all you can eat, country-style feast!
For more information and tickets, visit Hatfield & McCoy Dinner Feud
Visit the Most Successful and Most Attended Clean Comedy Theater in the World - twenty-five years and counting! This comedy variety show is sure to entertain with fun barnyard animals, magicians, jugglers, ventriloquists, comedians, live country and gospel music. It’s a night of a thousand laughs – guaranteed! The Comedy Barn is suited for the entire family and an evening of entertainment sure to get the giggles going.
For more information and tickets, visit The Comedy Barn
Starting February 28, 2020, Feel The Music with some of the greatest all-time hits, with a huge variety of musical genres and styles. From country hits to classic rock, and Broadway to the Silver Screen, you’ll be moving and grooving in your seats. The area’s largest cast of singers and dancers will also feature high flying aerialists and quick-change artists, comedy, juggling and an incredible live band. This show has something for everyone! Even the kids will be rocking to special effects that will blow their minds – rain, fire, lasers and more! Add in stunning costumes and elaborate sets to create an incredible evening of family entertainment that you don’t want to miss!
For more information and tickets, visit Smoky Mountain Opry
Dolly Parton’s Stampede in Pigeon Forge, TN will host the 13th Annual Fun-Filled “Whoadeo” Kids’ Event. “Whoadeo offers the perfect chance for families searching for great kids activities, festive fall decorations, food, mascots and storytelling. Activities include costume contests, mascot characters from a variety of Smoky Mountain attractions, stick horse competitions and a free outdoor carnival from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Area attractions as well as law enforcement, fire and rescue partners also are part of this special event, adding to the family atmosphere and offering information in an entertaining way.
The popular celebrity storytelling stage returns this year highlighting Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Guest storytellers include Knoxville TV personalities, Stampede emcee Jay Teter and his sidekick Skeeter, Pirates Voyage very own Blackbeard and performers from Hatfield & McCoy Dinner Feud, The Comedy Barn Theater and Smoky Mountain Opry.
Everyone is looking forward to the costume contest and stick horse competition. Children will participate in three age groups: ages 3-5; 6-9 and 10-12. Every Whoadeo participant (ages 3-12) receives a free Stampede admission ticket to the 3:30 p.m. dinner show on Sept. 21. Children may register for the Whoadeo on Saturday, Sept. 21 beginning at 8 a.m. at Dolly Parton’s Stampede located at 3849 Parkway in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
The only requirement to compete in the competition is a stick horse which can be homemade or purchased. Free stick horses also will be provided at the event, while supplies last. Participants will compete in a series of Whoadeo competitions, including a cowboy costume contest, a “parade of stick horses” and “stick horse barrel races.” These contests all will take place inside the Stampede building, offering a rare chance for children to actually participate on the main arena floor. Contestants compete for first, second and third place prizes in each of three age brackets (ages 3-5, 6-9 and 10-12) for each competition – including bicycles and tablets.
Stick Horse Competition Times
*Registration ends 45 minutes prior to each competition.
“This is Food City’s 13th year to join Dolly Parton’s dinner shows for this family-friendly Whoadeo event,” said Steven C. Smith, President/CEO of Food City. “From returning competitors to first-time participants, this event celebrates creativity in an atmosphere that’s fun for everyone.”
All children must be accompanied by a parent and/or guardian. Families are invited to attend the free Whoadeo carnival from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the Stampede parking lot. Food City will provide complimentary snacks for participating children and Coca-Cola® will provide free soft drinks. Each Whoadeo participant also will receive a Kid’s Club backpack from Food City (while supplies last), a voucher for one free child’s ticket to The Comedy Barn Theater and a complimentary one-day child’s ticket to Dollywood (valid for children ages 3-9 years old).
For more information on the Whoadeo Kids Event, call 865-453-4400 or visit DPStampede.com/KidsEvent.
“Coca-Cola” is a registered trademark of The Coca-Cola Company.
On February 1, 2019, World Choice Investments, the operating partner of Dolly Parton’s dinner theaters, expanded its dinner theater holdings to seven with the purchase of three theaters and a restaurant. The theaters were purchased from David Fee and Jim Hedrick’s Fee Hedrick Entertainment in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Parton’s enterprise now operates spectacular shows in Branson, Missouri, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and with the purchase, five theater attractions in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
“My theater production company just purchased Fee Hedrick Entertainment, and I am so excited to have more family entertainment to present to our guests in Pigeon Forge. In 2019, we’ll operate Comedy Barn, Hatfield & McCoy and Smoky Mountain Opry in the same way folks have come to remember them,” Dolly said. “David, Jim and their team have done a great job with these shows through the years and, for now, we don’t plan to change anything. They are fun family entertainment, and that is the business I’m in.”
The terms of the purchase are private but Fee and Fred Hardwick of World Choice Investments stressed this is a win-win for both companies.
“David Fee and his staff have been great competition for us over the years,” Fred Hardwick, Chairman of the Board of World Choice Investments, said. “He produces high quality, successful shows. As Dolly said, this is an opportunity to expand our portfolio of theaters in Pigeon Forge with quality family entertainment. We will also continue to expand our own brands like Pirates Voyage - opening this year in Pigeon Forge.” WCI had previously announced it planned to open Pirates Voyage in Pigeon Forge adjacent to The Island in time for the summer tourism season.
“All of these theaters provide a great opportunity for us to package our shows in an affordable way and to focus with Dollywood to bring people to the area,” Hardwick said. “Dolly’s enthusiastic leadership will continue to focus on bringing the best in entertainment in an affordable way for the families visiting the Smoky Mountains.”
For more information and tickets, go to DinnerShowTickets.com.
