{"id":273208,"date":"2026-08-27T12:26:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273208\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T12:26:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:26:20","slug":"have-a-ball-for-dolly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273208\/","title":{"rendered":"Have a Ball for Dolly"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PHOTO VIA PITTSBURGH MAGAZINE ARCHIVES<\/p>\n

Want to raise a drink (or the roof) for Dolly Parton?<\/p>\n

Here are a few events happening around Pittsburgh to honor the pop culture icon:<\/p>\n

Nine Two Five<\/p>\n

From 5 p.m. to midnight on Aug. 26, Dancing Gnome\u2019s cocktail bar<\/a> at 925 Main St. in Sharpsburg, will be blasting Dolly tunes while serving the singer\u2019s favorite cocktail, the Dirt Road Martini. This Tennessean twist on the classic cocktail features vodka, unsweetened iced tea and pickled giardiniera brine. There will also be hot dogs inspired by Dolly\u2019s go-to grub, a pimento-cheese sandwich.<\/p>\n

Bottlerocket Social Hall<\/p>\n

Bottlerocket<\/a> is throwing a hootenanny for the Queen of Country on Aug. 28.<\/p>\n

Billed as a \u201chappy\/sad DJ Dance Party\u201d for folks 21 and over, the fond farewell starts at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 and proceeds benefit Dolly\u2019s Imagination Library<\/a>, a charity to support funding children\u2019s literacy.<\/p>\n

DJ Rodeo Starr, a lifelong Dolly devotee, will be spinning songs from every era of the singer\u2019s career, along with tracks from other artists she inspired.<\/p>\n

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PHOTO BY KRISTY GRAVER<\/p>\n

Kennywood<\/p>\n

Dolly didn\u2019t personally have dibs on Kennywood<\/a>, but Herschend<\/a>, parent company of Dollywood<\/a>, acquired the West Mifflin park, along with Sandcastle and Idlewild & SoakZone, in 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cDolly Parton was a once-in-a-generation partner whose humor, vision and talent were unmistakable, but it was her heart for people \u2014 especially our guests and our hosts \u2014 that left the deepest mark,\u201d Andrew Wexler, Herschend\u2019s CEO, said in a statement. \u201cThat spirit lives on not just in the destinations we built together, but in how we treat one another, our guests and the communities we serve. We are incredibly grateful for her partnership and are committed to carrying her spirit with us in everything we do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spend the final days of the Summer of Sebak <\/a>at Kennywood. Swap yarns about Dolly with Cowboy Joe or pretend Kenny Kangaroo is Kenny Rogers, her friend and frequent collaborator. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 29 and 30 and Sept. 5-7. First responders, including police, fire, dispatch, corrections and EMTs, get free admission to the park with a valid work ID.<\/p>\n

Kennywood\u2019s sister park, Dollywood, located in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOTO VIA PITTSBURGH MAGAZINE ARCHIVES Want to raise a drink (or the roof) for Dolly Parton? Here are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-273208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}