Celebrate the Season with Dollywood's Harvest Festival Entertainment

There is no better way to start your sweater weather season than by sneaking away to the Smoky Mountains and experiencing the sounds of music through the rolling hills. From rustling leaves to whistling winds, Dollywood’s Harvest Festival presented by Humana (Sept. 12 – Oct. 27) adds to the sounds of the Smokies by welcoming back many guest-favorite artists and bringing in some new talent for guests to enjoy.

The Harvest Festival offers more than 700 live performances throughout the festival ranging from bluegrass, Southern gospel, country and more. There is something for everyone to enjoy the wide range of performances across the park.

This year, Dollywood’s Harvest Festival features two special tribute acts. The tributes being featured include Always Loretta (Sept. 12-14) and Here Come the Judds (Sept. 15-16). Always Loretta is a tribute to country music artist Loretta Lynn and features members of her band, The Original Coalminers with Emily Portman on lead vocals. Here Come The Judds is a tribute of both style and music to The Judds. This tribute features Victoria Venier and Liz Byler Shea, in this telling of the beautiful story of The Judds and their much beloved music.

East Tennessee local singer-songwriter, Emily Ann Roberts is headlining for the Harvest Festival in DP’s Celebrity Theater Oct. 8-12. Other featured artists in DP’s Celebrity Theater includes Sidewalk Prophets (Sept. 29- Oct. 3), Triumphant Quartet (Sept. 15-19), and The Collingsworth Family (Sept. 26-27). Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Lee Roy Parnell (Sept. 28) brings his unique mixture of blues, country and rock while Keith Anderson (Sept. 21-22) brings country hit music to the stage. Top bluegrass talent includes The Grascals (Sept. 22-24) with their newest release, Broken Angels featuring Dolly, Rhonda Vincent and The Rage (Oct. 5-7, 13-14) and Dailey & Vincent (Oct. 15-19).

The Pines Theater welcomes LeFevre Quartet (Oct. 7-8) and Authentic Unlimited (Oct. 2-4) to Dollywood. LeFevre Quartet is a Southern gospel quartet created in 2005 and has beautiful vocals which are used in their pursuit of ministry. Authentic Unlimited is a bluegrass band that creates music with the idea of being timeless and innovative while maintaining their passion for bluegrass.

The “NightTime at The Back Porch” series continues during the Harvest Festival this year welcoming artists The Woods (Oct. 16-20) and The Young Fables (Oct. 6-10). Dollywood’s other festival entertainment is available at Dollywood.com or click here to find full line-up of live music performances.