Dolly Parton’s ‘Threads: My Songs in Symphony’ scheduled for March 2026 return with Nashville Symphony performances
Production returns to Schermerhorn after 2025 world premiere
Dolly Parton’s multimedia orchestral production, Threads: My Songs in Symphony, is set to return to the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville with the Nashville Symphony on three consecutive nights: March 19, March 20, and March 21, 2026, each scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
The engagement follows the project’s world premiere in Nashville on March 20, 2025, when Parton made a special appearance. For the 2026 performances, the Nashville Symphony has indicated there will be no guest appearance by Parton.
What ‘Threads’ is—and what audiences can expect
Threads: My Songs in Symphony is built around orchestral arrangements of Parton’s catalog, presented alongside video storytelling designed to connect the music with milestones from her life and career. The format centers on an on-screen presence by Parton guiding audiences through the narrative framework of the program.
The production description for Nashville’s 2026 dates highlights new orchestral orchestrations and multimedia elements, with guest vocalists and musicians selected by Parton. The program is led by Nashville Symphony Principal Pops Conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez.
Dates: March 19–21, 2026
Venue: Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Performers: Nashville Symphony with guest vocalists and musicians
Conductor: Enrico Lopez-Yañez
Artist appearance: Parton not scheduled to appear in person for 2026
Reimagining major hits through symphonic treatment
The production is positioned as a career-spanning survey that includes well-known songs such as “Jolene,” “Coat of Many Colors,” and “I Will Always Love You,” presented in orchestral form. The Nashville Symphony’s event listing describes the result as a symphonic journey through Parton’s music, life, and legacy, with storytelling supported by video content.
The 2026 Nashville dates are billed as a return engagement that keeps the multimedia format and orchestral reworkings while removing the in-person artist appearance that distinguished the 2025 premiere.
Context: a Nashville-originated production
The project was created and co-produced by Parton alongside Schirmer Theatrical and Sony Music Publishing, with the Nashville Symphony serving as the presenting orchestra for the initial world premiere in 2025. The return dates place the production back at its launch venue roughly one year after that debut.
Ticketing for the March 2026 performances is being handled through the Nashville Symphony’s standard event sales channels.