Dixie Stampede
Nothing is more important for Dolly Parton than family. And you’re all family when you visit Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede in Pigeon Forge! You’ll be welcomed with a warm smile, treated to a delicious four-course feast, and entertained with a rousing mix of down-home humor, lively music, galloping horses, and a little friendly competition.Dixie Stampede has been thrilling visitors for 24 years and has served more the 26 million guests. The most popular Dinner Attraction in the Smokies, it seats 1,100 people per show. During peak season, the Dixie Stampede will perform its’ unique pageantry of history, comedy and patriotism up to five times per day. The show has something for people of all ages, young and old, families with children, honeymoon couples, even grandparents.
Visiting the Dixie Stampede has become a family tradition each year for thousands of guests. One of the show’s biggest fans happens to be its’ Marketing Director, Jim Whaley. “I have been coming to the Dixie Stampede since I was a senior in high school. My family loves the place now as much as I do.”
Just like all the returning guests, Whaley loves those exciting show elements that thrill the audience; Mountain Ruckus and their great music in the Carriage Room preshow, the daring trick riding, horses that jump through a ring of fire, the exciting competition, the comedy, beautiful Belles of the Ball, and especially the friendly rivalry between the North and the South.
The shows’ main stars are their 32 Magnificent Horses, but the show is not entirely about horsemanship. Back for its’ second season, “Rumble in the Treetops” is a thrilling lumberjack competition that displays expert logging events. And after a 2 year absence, Dixie Stampede is bringing back over 8 tons of live Buffalo in 2011!
Christmas at Dixie Stampede runs in November and December. A moving nativity scene, complete with 3 wise men atop live camels, will stir your heart and get you ready for the holidays. And you don’t want to miss “The Magic of Toys!”
The Dixie Stampede is high-powered entertainment at its’ best from the first charge of those magnificent horses ant their talented riders through the grand finale as Dolly sings her proud tribute “Color Me America.” If you haven’t visited the Dixie Stampede before, it’s time you did and started your own Dixie Stampede Family Tradition!