Dining and entertainment are often available at the same venue in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
Pigeon Forge is a small tourist town in Tennessee that is full of entertainment options that line the parkway from its northern border with Sevierville to the edge of Gatlinburg on its southern border. This city just outside of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has a variety of dinner shows available for visitors who come here from all over the country.
Black Bear Jamboree
The Black Bear Jamboree is a musical show that features a cast of live singers and musicians performing songs from the fifties, sixties and seventies and an array of traditional gospel and patriotic tunes. The premise of the show is for the cast to entertain the black bears (an animal native to these parts) on stage, which appear to enjoy the show.
The dinner itself is a feast of chicken and ribs with corn, garden fresh veggies, bread, soup as well as dessert and drinks. The Black Bear Jamboree also offers a children's meal as well as a vegetarian-friendly country menu.
The Black Bear Dinner and Show Theater
119 Music Road
Pigeon Forge, TN 37863
(800) 985-5494
blackbearjamboree.com
Dixie Stampede
Inside a 35,000 square foot arena, Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede is one of the biggest dinner show productions anywhere. Complete with a cast of dozens of stunt riders, magicians and more, the show also includes 32 horses, live buffalo, Texas longhorns, ostriches and other creatures.
The show seats 1,000 guests who are treated to popcorn and peanuts before the show begins during an opening act. Once the show starts, dinner is served. The meal is a four-course country feast consisting of rotisserie chicken, barbecued pork, vegetable soup, biscuits, corn on the cob, potatoes, dessert and drinks. Vegetarians can enjoy their own version of the feast that includes vegetable pasta and all of the non-meat sides as the original feast. Children ages three and under get in and eat for free as long as they share a seat and plate.
Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede
3849 Pkwy.
Pigeon Forge, TN 37868
(800) 356-1676
dixiestampede.com
T.G. Sheppard Variety Show
Within the confines of the Smith Family Theater in Pigeon Forge, country singer T.G. Sheppard puts on a dinner concert every weekend. His popular show features the performance of many of his 20 number one hits throughout his career as well as Big Band standards and songs from the fifties, sixties and seventies.
All performances at the Smith Family Theater include a Southern-style buffet dinner during the show that includes fried chicken, meatloaf, pot roast and more. The theater began adding dinner to it performances in 2009.
Smith Family Theater
2330 Pkwy.
Pigeon Forge, TN 37863
(865) 429-8100
smithfamilytheater.com
