PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (Monday, September 29, 2025) — Crisp-mountain breezes drift through the Smoky Mountains, bringing Dollywood’s Harvest Festival presented by Humana (now – Oct. 27) to life. Dollywood welcomes many guest-favorite artists during the Harvest Festival, including Rhonda Vincent & The Rage (Oct. 5-7, 13-14). In 2008, Vincent joined forces with The Rage, whose current members include Mickey Harris, Aaron McDaris, Zach Arnold, Adam Haynes and Jacob Metz.
Vincent was inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 2021 and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Bluegrass Album for Music Is What I See. Rhonda Vincent & The Rage have won more than 100 awards in the bluegrass genre. In 2022, Dolly released the song “Firecracker” from her album Run, Rose Run, where Vincent contributed as a supporting vocalist.
According to Vincent, Dollywood is one of her favorite venues to perform.
“It’s always such a joy to perform at Dollywood,” Vincent said. “I love that people start asking early in the year when we will be at Dollywood so they can make plans and reservations for the trip.” Vincent says she has many special memories from performing at Dollywood, including sharing the stage with the theme park’s Dreamer-In-Chief.
“One of my most nervous times ever on stage was when Dolly asked my band and I to perform with her at Dollywood,” Vincent recalled. “We started to walk onstage, and I ask about singing harmony with her on Jolene, and she said, ‘You are singing lead, and I’m singing harmony with YOU!’ A very special memory at Dollywood, and Dollywood continues to make those incredible memories.”
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage is among the many artists performing during Dollywood’s Harvest Festival, which delights guests with more than 700 individual performances. Other special guest artists include Sidewalk Prophets, Triumphant Quartet, Daily & Vincent, Emily Ann Roberts, The Grascals, Keith Anderson and The Original Coalminers featuring Emily Portman’s Always Loretta.
Dollywood’s Harvest Festival offers more than just live music. During the day, guests can enjoy harvest-themed culinary creations and picture-perfect photo ops with more than 12,000 pumpkins throughout the park. By night, the pumpkins come to life, thanks to the park’s award-winning Great Pumpkin LumiNights. Dollywood theme park is open daily from 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. during the Harvest Festival.
For more information about Dollywood’s Harvest Festival, please visit Dollywood.com or download the Dollywood app.
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About Dollywood Parks & Resorts: A highly awarded and widely recognized leader in the amusement industry, Dollywood Parks & Resorts—which celebrates its 40th anniversary season in 2025—consists of the 165-acre Dollywood theme park; the 35-acre Dollywood’s Splash Country; and two award-winning resort properties: Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort and Spa, and Dollywood’s HeartSong Lodge & Resort. As unique as its namesake and owner Dolly Parton, Dollywood is the 2010 Applause Award winner, the theme park industry’s highest accolade; winner of 64 Golden Ticket Awards; and recipient of 28 Brass Ring Awards for Live Entertainment. The park is located near Great Smoky Mountains National Park and earned the Golden Ticket Award for the Best Park in the world in 2023. In 2022 and 2024, Dollywood was named by Tripadvisor as the #1 theme park in the country based on actual guest reviews. It also has been recognized as a top U.S. theme park by USA Today on multiple occasions. Dollywood is open mid-March through early January and offers rides and attractions, shows and crafters authentic to the East Tennessee region. Dollywood’s Splash Country, recognized by the Travel Channel and Tripadvisor as one of the country’s most beautiful water parks, operates from mid-May to mid-September. Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort and Spa as well as Dollywood’s HeartSong Lodge & Resort provide guests with spectacular mountain views and family-friendly amenities next door to Dollywood theme park and Dollywood’s Splash Country. For more information, visit dollywood.com. Operating days and hours vary.
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