Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony Teams Up with Nashville Symphony for Limited Summer Series
A Summer Celebration with the Nashville Symphony Taking Place Over Seven Weeks June 16 – July 31 General On-Sale Friday, February 6
February 3, 2026—This summer, Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony joins the Nashville Symphony for a multi-week limited series celebrating the Summer of Dolly Parton. Created and co-produced by Parton, Schirmer Theatrical and Sony Music Publishing, the innovative multimedia symphonic experience features Dolly’s songs and stories accompanied by original video content, with Dolly herself appearing on-screen to lead audiences through a visual-musical journey.
The exclusive seven-week engagement kicks off June 16 and runs through July 31 at Schermerhorn Symphony Center. General on-sale will begin Friday, February 6 at 10:00 AM local time. Tickets will be available HERE.
Downtown Nashville will come alive in tribute to the legendary artist this summer, with the city hosting a constellation of Dolly-centered experiences including the opening of Songteller Hotel & Dolly’s Life of Many Colors Museum and Parton’s exhibition at the Country Music Hall of Fame in addition to the limited series with the Nashville Symphony.
After a sold-out world premiere with the Nashville Symphony, Threads continues its successful performances in cities across the country with further stops in eight cities including Portland, Phoenix, Kansas City and more, plus another stop in Nashville before landing there for the exclusive summer engagement.
The 90-minute performance (with no intermission) features a cast of guest vocalists and musicians along with new and innovative orchestrations by David Hamilton. The performance includes hit songs including “Jolene,” “Coat Of Many Colors” and “I Will Always Love You,” in addition to Dolly’s personal favorites and more.
Future performances of Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony can be found at dollysymphony.com.
ABOUT DOLLY PARTON
Dolly Parton is the most honored and revered multi-hyphenate of all time and in 2022 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Recently, Dolly debuted Dolly: A True Original Musical in Nashville as a thank you to her home state and community that has uplifted her for decades. The musical will make its official Broadway debut in 2026. Her recent album Rockstar made history by scoring the biggest album debut sales week of her seven-decade career and earning her six #1s on the Billboard charts: Top Rock Albums, Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Country Albums, Top Album Sales, Top Current Album Sales, and Independent Albums. The landmark album also claimed the #3 spot on the Billboard 200 chart, her highest position ever. Achieving 28 RIAA-certified gold, platinum, and multi-platinum awards, she has had 26 songs reach #1 on the Billboard Country Chart, a record for a female artist. Parton is the first artist to have topped Billboard’s Adult Contemporary, Christian AC Songs, Hot Country Songs, Christian Airplay, Rock Digital Songs, Country Airplay and Dance/Mix Show Airplay radio charts. Parton became the first country artist honored as Grammy MusiCares Person of the Year given out by NARAS. She has 49 career Top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and 120 career-charted singles over the past 50+ years. Her trilogy of New York Times bestselling coffee books began with Songteller: My Life in Lyrics, followed by Behind The Seams: My Life in Rhinestone, released on October 17, 2023. The series concluded with Star of the Show: My Life on Stage, published on November 11, 2025, which looks at her decades of performing on the road.
In 2014, the RIAA recognized her impact on recorded music with a plaque commemorating more than 100 million units sold worldwide. She has amassed 11 Grammy Awards and 52 nominations, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, 10 Country Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year; five Academy of Country Music Awards, also including a nod for Entertainer of the Year; four People’s Choice Awards; and three American Music Awards. In 1999, Parton was inducted as a member of the coveted Country Music Hall of Fame.
Parton has the largest fan base of all measured music artists in the YouGov database at #1 with 198 million. She has the #1 Q Score of all performers, solo and group. She is one of only 25 celebrities in the E-poll database to have an E-score of 100 and has maintained that perfect rating for 8 years. She recently won Best Brand Award, Celebrity, Influencer and Fashion at the 2023 Licensing International Excellence Awards.
To date, Parton has donated over 305 million books to children around the world with her Imagination Library. Her children’s book, Coat of Many Colors, was dedicated to the Library of Congress to honor the Imagination Library’s 100 millionth book donation. In March 2022, Parton released the book Run Rose Run which she co-authored with James Patterson and sat at #1 on the New York Times Best Sellers List for five weeks, a record for this decade. She also released an accompanying album of the same name with original songs inspired by the book which reached #1 on three charts simultaneously: Country, Americana/Folk and Bluegrass Albums. From her Coat of Many Colors while working 9 to 5, no dream is too big and no mountain too high for the country girl who turned the world into her stage.
ABOUT NASHVILLE SYMPHONY
The Nashville Symphony is where music comes alive for Middle Tennessee and beyond. Founded in 1946, the orchestra performs at the world-class Schermerhorn Symphony Center, presenting a mix of classical masterpieces, groundbreaking new works, jazz, pop, film concerts and family programming. A champion of contemporary American orchestral music, the Symphony has premiered and recorded works by today’s most celebrated and innovative composers, earning 14 GRAMMY® Awards and 27 nominations. The Nashville Symphony performs nearly 200 concerts each year, including many free and low-cost education and community programs that annually reach nearly 550,000 people of all ages across Middle Tennessee. Through broadcasts, recordings and streaming, the Nashville Symphony reaches an additional 13 million listeners worldwide each year. As a nonprofit organization, the Nashville Symphony is dedicated to enriching the community, inspiring the next generation of orchestral music lovers, and showcasing the power of live music to unite and inspire. Learn more at nashvillesymphony.org.
ABOUT SCHIRMER THEATRICAL
Schirmer Theatrical (part of Wise Music Group) is a creative producer at the intersection of music, theater and technology—where legacy meets reinvention—shaping and transforming iconic artist catalogues into immersive, contemporary performance experiences for international stages. With a focus on multidisciplinary creation, Schirmer Theatrical develops new symphonic experiences, theatrical concerts and experiential productions that expand how audiences encounter music. Their creative projects are rooted in collaboration, bringing together top performers, composers, choreographers, directors, visual artists, orchestras, movie studios and creative partners. Schirmer Theatrical honors artistic legacy while pushing performance forward, resulting in globally scalable productions that redefine musical storytelling as immersive, collaborative and alive.
ABOUT SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING
Sony Music Publishing is the world’s number one music publisher with a catalogue of more than three million copyrights, ranging from songs by iconic names including The Beatles, Paul Simon, Michael Jackson, Carole King, Queen and The Rolling Stones to contemporary superstars such as Beyoncé, Pharrell Williams, Lady Gaga, Pink, Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran.
DOLLY PARTON’S THREADS: MY SONGS IN SYMPHONY LIVE
June 16—Nashville, TN—Schermerhorn Symphony Center – 6 PM
June 17—Nashville, TN— Schermerhorn Symphony Center – 11 AM
June 17—Nashville, TN—Schermerhorn Symphony Center – 6 PM
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July 1—Nashville, TN—Schermerhorn Symphony Center – 6 PM
July 2—Nashville, TN— Schermerhorn Symphony Center – 11 AM
July 2—Nashville, TN—Schermerhorn Symphony Center – 6 PM
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July 24—Nashville, TN—Schermerhorn Symphony Center – 11 AM
July 24—Nashville, TN—Schermerhorn Symphony Center – 6 PM
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