Top 12 Christmas Holiday Shows in the Smoky Mountains!


These top 12 Christmas Holiday Shows in the Smoky Mountains will get you into the spirit of the season! No place else in the mountains celebrates the Christmas holidays the way Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, and Sevierville do and we’ve got their Top 12 Christmas Shows just for you!

A Christmas holiday in the beautiful Smoky Mountains filled with live music and dance creates fun family memories to last a lifetime. So while you’re visiting the Great Smoky Mountains this holiday season, do yourself a favor and take in a show or two…or five!

A Comedy Barn ChristmasPigeon Forge
It’a a holiday filled with laughter as only the Comedy Barn can deliver this season. They’ve traded in the overalls, well some of them, for some really funny Christmas costumes and they’ll be singing and clogging and laughing all the way through to the new year! And don’t forget those darling Comedy Barn Canines that are sure to warm your heart this Christmas!

Biblical Times Dinner Theater, Pigeon Forge
This holiday season Biblical Times Dinner Theater recreates “The Christmas Story” through the prophetic eyes of Simeon during the second half of their dinner show featuring traditional Christmas music, Southern gospel, and contemporary Christian music.

Christmas at Dixie, Pigeon Forge
The Christmas show at Dolly Parton’s  Dixie Stampede has been upgraded with $2.5 million renovations in lighting and state-of-the-art video special effects that will wow fans of all ages. As usual, guests will enjoy Dixie’s 4-course meal and 32 majestic horses; however during the special holiday show the arena will be transformed into a live Navitity scene, and a lively parade of toys are brought to life by the Sugar Plum Fairy herself.

Christmas at The Smoky Mountain Opry, Pigeon Forge
With an even bigger and better show than before, Christmas at The Smoky Mountain Opry features award-winning aerialists, ice skaters, and live animals including donkey, camels and a rare white lion. In this year’s production, they are all helping Santa Elves work overtime to get ready for the big holiday. With laser light effects and special winter’s snowfall, this is one show that’s sure to become a Christmas favorite.

Christmas in the Smokies Bluegrass Festival, Pigeon Forge
This year’s annual Christmas in the Smokies Bluegrass Festival will be held December 9-12, 2015 at the Ramada Inn & Smoky Mountain Convention Center. With almost two dozen bluegrass musical acts and workshops, you’ll see why this festival has had folks toe tapping and hand clapping, and coming back year after year for some of the region’s finest bluegrass music.

Country Tonite’s Smoky  Mountain Christmas, Pigeon Forge
Relax, sit back and be transported into a Winter Wonderland at the “2015 Best Show Winner” by readers of local newspaper, The Mountain Press. Country Tonite’s Smoky Mountain Christmas show features everything from traditional carols with country, gospel, and even boogie, and jazz influences for a performance the entire family will enjoy. Willow Osborne and Shelton Tison, County Tonite’s featured youth performers, will knock your socks off with their talent!

Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas, Pigeon Forge
This year will be the final season for the amazing “Dollywood’s A Christmas Carol” which features holographic technology to bring Dolly Parton herself to life onstage as the Ghost of Christmas Past. If you’ve not seen this show, treat yourself and your family to this traditional holiday tale. Other great live shows at Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas include “An Appalachian Christmas,” “O’Holy Night,” “Christmas in the Smokies,” “Christmas with the Kingdom Heirs,” and “Twas the Night Before Christmas.”

Fannie’s Festive Fruitcake Follies, Gatlinburg
Sweet Fanny Adams Theatre serves up another hilarious Vaudeville style holiday show featuring their very own unique take on the 12 Days of Christmas. You can be assured that Fannie’s Festive Fruitcake Follies will be chock full of fruity fun along with a few nuts to mix things up! Song, dance, and comedy all with Sweet Fannie’s special flair for the holidays!

Hatfield & McCoy Christmas Disaster Dinner Show, Pigeon Forge
Pa Hatfield and Ma McCoy declare they put the FUN in dysFUNctional, so join these two feuding families for great dinner and a lively show as they try to just get along during the holidays! Hilarious mayhem ensues!

The Great Annual Christmas Competition at Lumberjack Feud, Pigeon Forge
At Lumberjack Feud join the funny and outrageous holiday competition between the logging families the Dawsons and the McGraws as they compete in 19 events to try to settle the feud that’s been running for over 80 years. Enjoy dinner and the show or just the show. Either way, you’ll be in awe of these real ESPN athletes, and amazing World Champion Timberdogs.

Thomas Kinkade’s A Christmas of Lights Live Musical Celebration, Sevierville
In the beautifully restored Smoky Mountain Palace Theater, guests are treated to a brand-new show featuring the popular artwork of Thomas Kinkade masterfully showcased in a grand holiday production with unforgettable live musical performances. Experience a one-of-a-kind show that will take your breath away and leave you filled with joy and hope this Christmas season.

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