First on FOX: The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC will host a symphony concert featuring music and life American Icon Dolly Parton I learned Fox News Digital this summer.
“My life threads are woven together through my songs. That’s why my songs from Project, Thread: Symphony are so special to me,” Parton said in the Kennedy Center announcement of the show, first shared with Fox Digital on Sunday. “It’s about sharing my music and musical journey with the audience in new ways.”
The concert, dubbed “Dolly Parton’s Thread: My Song Symphony,” premiered in Nashville last year, and then toured the nation from Pittsburgh to Portland, Oregon. The Kennedy Center will host its programme on June 26th and 27th, with hits such as “Jolene,” “Coat of Many Colors,” and “I Will Always Love You.”
Although Parton will not sing during the concert, the event will feature “a unique performance celebrating her enduring spirit and unparalleled influence on American popular music culture.” According to the Kennedy Center, the National Symphony Orchestra will perform with guest vocalists and musicians to offer “a fresh symphonic take on Dolly Parton’s timeless song.”
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Dolly Parton will be taking part in Dolly Parton’s thread at the Symphony World Premiere held at the Shamerhorn Symphony Center on March 20, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty image) (Getty Images)
“It has long been my dream to bring Dolly Parton’s music back to life through the power of the Full Symphony Orchestra,” said Stephen Reinke, the headmaster of the National Symphony Orchestra. “Dolly is one of the great storytellers of American music and I’m excited to bring her vast catalogue to the Kennedy Center. Through these unique symphony charts, she’s got her to see her. Music will be introduced It’s going to be a night that no one wants to miss, more than ever! ”
American singer, songwriter and actress Dolly Parton plays with the guitar. (Getty Images)
The concert is called “multimedia,” and, according to the Kennedy Center, is called “multimedia,” and includes images on-screen Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Hall of Fame imagery that leads “the viewer, her life and the story’s visual musical journey.”
“Dolly Parton is an American icon, her music resonates with people of all life, and we are delighted to bring her symphony orchestra to the Kennedy Center!” Romadarabi, Kennedy Center’s Vice President of Public Relations, told Fox News Digital.
Tickets will be available to Kennedy Center members at 10am on April 29th, but the general public will be able to start purchasing tickets on May 1st.
Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell told Fox News Digital in February that he and his team would help lead the “golden age of art” Americans want to see after years of running in red.
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Dolly Parton will speak on stage at Dolly Parton’s thread at the Symphony World Premiere held at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Tennessee on March 20, 2025. (Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty image) (Getty Images)
“This will be a golden age of art,” Grenell said. “The Kennedy Center has zero cash on hand, and zero dollars have a reservation amount. They receive tens of millions of public funds. They need a program to sell tickets. At least now they can’t afford to pay for content that doesn’t pay for itself.
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Pedestrians walk along the sidewalk John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Getty Images)
“The good news is that ticket sales pay themselves because there are so many very popular shows,” Grenell added.
Grenell added the following during his remarks at CPAC: Kennedy Center The focus will be on the performance “The Public Want Want The The The The To,” including Christmas-focused productions in December. The Kennedy Center under the Biden administration delivered a drug show performance, drawing President Donald Trump’s rage earlier this year.
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“We have to do Large productions And the public wants us to have really good programming,” Grenell said in CPAC. Celebrating Christ at Christmas is how crazy it is to think of Christ as a big traditional production to celebrate what we all celebrate in the world during Christmas, the birth of Christ. ”
