Our Favorite Theater & Dinner Shows in Pigeon Forge

March 1, 2022

The Smoky Mountain towns of Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg are home to quirky family attractions, world-class theme parks and amusements, year-round outdoor adventures in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and award-winning theater and dinner shows celebrating the history, heritage, culinary excellence, and warm southern hospitality of the Smoky Mountains.

The Smoky Mountain dinner theater culture goes back generations and is well-established producing some of the top theater and dinner shows in the US. Here’s our favorite theater and dinner shows in Pigeon Forge – you’re spoilt for choice, but you could always book an extended stay with Xplorie and enjoy them all!

Dolly-Stampede

Dolly Parton’s Stampede Dinner Attraction

Dolly Parton’s Stampede Dinner Attraction is Pigeon Forge’s original and most popular dinner show with a long list of accolades including “The Smokies’ Most Fun Place to Eat” and “The Most Festive Dinner Attraction in the World”! Arrive early to allow enough time to visit the horses before the show, get in the mood in the Saloon with live music from bluegrass and country band, Mountain Ruckus and prepare yourself for a spectacular Smoky Mountain dinner show like no other.

You’re served a home-cooked, country-style southern feast for the belly, while your eyes feast on 32 magnificent horses and riders taking to the stage with fearless stunts, daring feats, and WOW factor special effects as North takes on South.

Country-Tonite

Country Tonite Music Show

The Country Tonite Theater is celebrating its 26th season with a brand new Pigeon Forge show filled with your favorite gospel and country classics, side-splitting country comedy, singing, dancing, and a huge dose of American Patriotism and feel-good factor. Voted the #1 Show in the Smokies, year after year, Country Tonite promises high-energy fun entertainment for the whole family.

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Comedy Barn Theater

The Comedy Barn in Pigeon Forge is the “most successful and most attended clean comedy theater in the world” – clean enough for the whole family! This award-winning family theater show features a menagerie of live country, southern gospel and bluegrass, hilarious comedians, magicians, jugglers, ventriloquist, and a barnyard of animals performing cool tricks. The Comedy Barn is not a dinner show, but you can buy snacks for during the show and you’re a short walk from Blue Ridge Parkway and a great selection of restaurants at The Island for a pre or post-theater dinner.

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Paula Deen’s Lumberjack Feud Show

Paula Deen’s Lumberjack Feud Show is one of Pigeon Forge’s “Top Must See Dinner Shows”. The setting is a shaded 350-seat climate-controlled outdoor amphitheater at the Shops at Lumberjack Square on Blue Ridge Parkway with audience participation and fun for the whole family. Escape for 90 minutes of interactive excitement and action-packed adventures as two world-class lumberjack families, the Dawsons, and McGraws, fight out their longstanding feud with axe throwing, tree climbing, log stunts, and challenging tests of skill, strength, and prowess.

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Fly high at the Adventure Park!

After the show, head to the Adventure Park to test your own lumberjack skills or sample southern BBQ at Calhoun’s or hand-tossed pizza and local craft beer at Smoky Mountain Brewery, the oldest craft brewery in East Tennessee.

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Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show

Take to the high seas for fun, feast, and adventure at the Pirates Voyage Dinner Theater Show, a top family attraction in Pigeon Forge. Engage your pirate spirit as you’re immersed in 90 minutes of interactive, swashbuckling fun as Blackbeard and Calico Jack lead the Crimson and Sapphire pirates into battle in Buccaneer Bay. With a tropical lagoon, full-sized pirate ships, firing cannons, thrilling water stunts, high-flying aerobatics, sing-along sea shanties, and a four-course pirate feast, it’s the ultimate pirate experience in Pigeon Forge.

Our Favorite Vacation Homes & Cabins in Pigeon Forge

With Xplorie, you don’t just stay – you play – for free! Our Xplorie lodging partners offer a combined selection of over 800 Smoky Mountain cabins situated in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge with a warm, welcoming space, unbeatable mountain views, fun and modern vacation amenities, and free admission to the top attractions, activities and dinner shows in the Smokies.

Whether you’re planning a romantic rendezvous in a Smoky Mountain tiny home, a luxury vacation in a modern mountain home, or a corporate retreat, family reunion, or large group getaway in a secluded mountain lodge, a private vacation rental allows you to gather under one roof, personalize your vacation with luxury amenities (like hot tubs, fire pits, home theaters, games rooms, and indoor pools), and enhance your experience with free Pigeon Forge theater and dinner shows for every day of your Smoky Mountain vacation.