Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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A local offers his advice on 5 things not to do when booking, attending dinner shows in Pigeon Forge

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Dinner and a show. Sounds like the perfect night out – or matinee – in Pigeon Forge. Dinner theaters have long been part of the fabric that is Pigeon Forge. But it’s only in recent years that everyone wised up and followed Dolly. 
The preeminent dinner show attraction began in Pigeon Forge as The Dixie Stampede. It was a North and South affair with a plantation backdrop and North and South Civil War theming. Patrons were assigned a side to root for, and a winner was announced every night. The entertainment consisted of horse riders doing tricks and competition while the crowd was fed a prix fixe meal of country cooking. 
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