Dollywood Christmas Parade of Many Colors
Dollywood has been awarded for hosting the best Christmas festival in the nation year-after-year. One visit to their incredible Smoky Mountain Christmas festival reveals why! The twinkle of millions of lights, gorgeous decorations, amazing shows, areas for children, etc all work together to provide a magical holiday experience that cannot be found anywhere else in the nation. In 2016, the Smoky Mountain Christmas festival at Dollywood is better than ever with the addition of the brand new Parade of Many Colors!
Dollywood’s new Parade of Many Colors premiered on November 16th and takes place nightly beginning at 8 p.m. until January 1 when the Smoky Mountain Christmas festival at Dollywood ends.. Dollywood states that the new parade features “vibrant floats, interactive characters and a number of other surprises sure to inspire guests with its heart-warming message.” Dollywood has invested $2.5 million into this new parade to ensure that it will be an incredible addition to the popular Christmas festival.
Dolly Parton herself created the parade to share the Smoky Mountain values and principles she and her family have held onto in their lives. The Parade of Many Colors showcases faith, fun, and harmony…making it a perfect experience for the entire family.
Video of Dollywood Christmas Parade of Many Colors
Check out the video of the new parade below, which shows the entire parade lasting just over 5 minutes. If you would rather be surprised in-person, then don’t watch the video below! 😉
Check out the behind-the-scenes video Dollywood released to show how they are bringing this colorful new parade to life!
If you would like to visit Dollywood to experience the amazing and award-winning Smoky Mountain Christmas, be sure to check out our full guide featuring the park schedule, list of shows, and more. Click here to see the guide and to purchase tickets.
Would love to came this Christmas please send information
Love pigeon force we got there every year for vacation with I can afford to go
Dolly woods parade of lights starts nov. 16 not nov. 5 I planned my trip and vacation time off work based on your information now we will miss the parade the whole reason for the trip. Thanks for BAD information…….
Unfortunately, Dollywood doesn’t always alert the media when they make schedule changes. The parade was originally planned to begin with Smoky Mountain Christmas on November 5th, but it looks like they changed their website and facebook in the past day or so to say that it will now premiere on November 16th. Their new Christmas show “It’s a Wonderful Life” still appears to be on schedule to premiere today. We have updated this article with their updated opening date for the parade.
Same problem with my trip November 11th-12th. Planned on taking 2 kids to see this FANTASTIC parade. I guess you can imagine their faces when we had to tell them they wouldn’t see it Saturday because it didn’t start when it was suppose to. Someone should consider children when they announce NEW and FUN things…..BUMMER to the trip….
We will be down there Dec. 26 – Dec. 31. Will they still have the parade going at that time? The reason I’m asking is because other years, the Christmas parade did not run after Christmas and we were very disappointed.
I rented a Dollywood cabin and we planned it to see the Dollywood Christmas parade reason for our trip took all my family parents and children and grandchildren 17 of us got to Dollywood and then found out that the parade wouldn’t be till the 16th. Very disappointed