The Mountain Life Festival will return to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for the first time in three years, according to a release from the park.

One of the biggest and best festivals every year at Dollywood is the Harvest Festival and Great Pumpkin Luminights. Both of these do not start until Sept 20th but the prep for the festival has already begun!

“We have so many wonderful things happening here, I have wonderful partners with the Herschends, but I’ve been blessed to do tons of stuff, and at my age I’m still doing it and I’m as excited about everything as I was back when I left the smokies dreaming years ago,” Parton said.