Dollywood

Status Updates

Dollywood has not closed permanently and remains an active seasonal theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. It operates a traditional park calendar that runs from spring through...

Entertainment

Dollywood is a theme park and entertainment destination owned and founded by country music icon Dolly Parton in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. It operates seasonally, typically from s...

Travel and Tourism

Dollywood in 2014 operated as a major regional theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, focused on Southern Appalachian culture, family-friendly entertainment, and seasonal events...

relationships

Dolly Parton and her husband Carl Dean have been married for more than five decades, forming a private partnership that supports her public legacy and the enduring traditions of...

Travel and Amusement

Dollywood marks recurring milestones that reflect decades of regional economic influence and evolving theme park standards. Rather than focusing on a single party, the anniversa...

theme-parks

Dollywood is a theme park located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, owned and operated by Herschend Family Enterprises. It first opened as Silver Dollar City on July 1, 1961, and was...

travel-music-occasions

Eagles concerts at Dollywood are part of the park’s long-running summer concert series, pairing the country-rock catalog of the Eagles with Dollywood’s family-friendly resor...

people

This evergreen explainer clarifies who Dolly was, what happened to Dolly in the public record, and her lasting significance. Dolly is widely known as Dolly Parton, the influenti...

Celebrity Profiles

Dollywood was created as a transformation of the existing Silver Dollar City park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, into a theme park that reflected regional heritage and created loca...