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Discover the festival spirit at Silver Dollar City in 2012 during six special event festivals. Click on each festival for more details and special festival packages:

	World-Fest April 12 - May 6, 2012 America's largest international festival! Hundreds of performers from around the world bring their music, dance, costumes and culture to Silver Dollar City.  See spectacular new groups, and your traditional favorites in 2012. NEW La Bella Musica in Red Gold Heritage Hall showcases classically trained operatic tenor, Aaron Caruso, who recently performed at Carnegie Hall. The show also features soprano Melanie Goerltz and World Accordian Champion, Cory Pesaturo. NEW Viva Italia - Red Gold's Courtyard comes to life with Italian flag throwers, living vines and statues, stilt walkers and a colorful costume parade. NEW The Mariachi Divas, a Grammy Award-winning all-female music ensemble with members from Mexico, Cuba, Samoa, Argentina, Columbia, Honduras and more. NEW Traditional Hawaiian Country Music Show starring four-time Grammy winner George Kahumoku NEW Peruvian Yawar Chicchi Sissor Dancers NEW Kenyan Sarakasi Acrobats, world-renowned acrobats from Nairobi, Kenya  Russian Academic Band Ireland's premier harpist, Dearbhail Finnegan Ecuador Manta Slovenian Polka Party returns to World-Fest May 4-6 Special Vacation Value World-Fest Package
	Bluegrass & BBQ Festival May 10 - June 3, 2012 America's Premier Bluegrass & BBQ Festival! Named 2011 Bluegrass Event of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association!  Original American blue-grass beats and all-American BBQ eats.  See electrifying performances by some of the top names in Bluegrass music, from award-winning favorites to red-hot rising stars!  The House Of BBQ is filled with a variety of mouth waterin' barbecue and a savory collection of the best BBQ sauces from sweet and mild to tangy and smokin' hot. New in 2012 - The Front Porch Fellowship Stage hosted by Les Butler will be located at Dockside Theatre, and exclusively feature gospel bluegrass music. Plus, two exclusive special events are also hosted during the Bluegrass & BBQ Festival, the Annual Single Mic Championship and KSMU Youth in Bluegrass Band Contest, in which outstanding musicians compete for bluegrass glory and cash prizes!
	National Kids Fest June 9 - July 22, 2012 America's largest children's festival! Lots of special hands-on activities designed for kids and parents to have fun playing together at Silver Dollar City. NEW Independence Day Celebration July 4, 2012! Silver Dollar City will be open until 10pm celebrating this national holiday with a special opening ceremony and morning salute to veterans, an old-fashioned ice cream social, AND FIREWORKS! It all begins with spectacular shows designed with your family in mind. From breathtaking feats of skill and courage to lighthearted laughter, National KidsFest entertainment is not to be missed! Discovery Channel superstar and Guinness World-Record high-wire walker, Nik Wallenda returns with The Fabulous Wallenda Family Circus! NEW LUMA - an en-LIGHT-ening production using high-tech illumination techniques for a three-dimensional show centered around The City's own Marvel Cave! NEW Gazillion Bubbles featuring amazing masterpieces of bubble artistry on the grand stage with lasers and spectacular light effects! Everyone's favorite Cartoon Characters return to meet and greet your kids! Special Vacation Value National Kids Fest Package Moonlight Madness (July 21 – August 5, 2012) Ride on into the night with extended time on over 30 rides and attractions!
	Southern Gospel Picnic Festival August 24 - September 3, 2012 America's Premier Southern Gospel Gathering! Southern gospel music has always   resounded through these Ozarks' hills, from country churches and county fairs to grand stages and even in backyards during family get-togethers. Come hear that vibrant music again during America's Biggest Southern Gospel Picnic.  See hundreds of performances from the most famous names in southern gospel music, including Karen Peck & New River and Jeff & Sheri Easter, by day and then be serenaded under the stars with the Southern Gospel Nights in Echo Hollow® concert series each evening during the festival.  It's A Feast For The Soul!  Savor southern cooking at its best with The House of Chicken & Fixin's on the City's square!  Find your family's favorite styles of chicken, plus all the extras you love! Choose from our succulent Apple-Glazed Chicken, Hickory-Smoked Chicken or our famous Southern Fried Chicken with all the sides!
	National Harvest Festival September 13 - October 27, 2012 Celebrate American crafts, music and specialty foods! Inspiring artisans from across America join Silver Dollar City's resident craftsmen to demonstrate their skills and display their crafts. Plus, celebrate American music with award winning musicians from across the country! Visiting musicians perform a fabulous variety of great American music on stages throughout Silver Dollar City.  The Salute To The American Cowboy rides again in a BIG WAY during the granddaddy of all festivals! NEW Western Stunt Show featuring professional stunt men and women performing amazing feats! Over 125 Visiting Craftsmen from around the country demonstrate their art in the nation's largest festival of demonstrating craftsmen Legendary western star and water color artist Buck Taylor returns, with guest appearances by fellow stars of classic Westerns Best of Missouri Hands juried artists special showcase  Western Musicians Cowboy Poets Wild Mustangs Trick Horse Stunts, Trick Roping and Bull Whip Demonstrations Chuckwagons and more! Special Vacation Value National Harvest Festival Package
	Old Time Christmas Festival November 3 - December 30, 2012 One of the nation's finest holiday festivals! Silver Dollar City becomes a Christmas wonderland with over four million lights, a five-story special effects Christmas tree, the dazzling Holiday Light Parade each night, holiday shows and more special presentations. Plus, treat yourself to tasty holiday foods. Heralded “The Most Illuminated Park on Earth” by the Travel Channel and “One of the most sparkly, lively holiday celebrations anywhere” by Midwest Living magazine. Special Vacation Value Old Time Christmas Festival Package

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