Dove award winners and Grammy nominees alike gather at Silver Dollar City for a spectacular showcase of Southern Gospel music – with the uplifting sounds filling the stages during Silver Dollar City’s Southern Gospel Picnic August 26- September 6. Considered one of America’s premier Southern Gospel event, the festival at the Branson, Missouri theme park features an all-star list of performers from traditional to contemporary.
Notable Gospel artists The Whisnants, Booth Brothers and The Isaacs are a few of the many talented artists performing at Southern Gospel Nights, a nightly event held at the 4,000-seat Echo Hollow Amphitheatre. Grammy-nominated artist The Martins, will kick-off the first night of the eleven night special, followed by The favorite family, The Hoppers. All Southern Gospel Nights concerts begin at 6:00pm; seating starts at 4:00pm. Southern Gospel Nights acts include:
August 26
The Martins
August 27
The Hoppers
August 28
Triumphant Quartet
September 1
Jeff & Sheri Easter
September 2
Gold City
September 3
The Guardians
September 4
The Whisnants
August 29
Booth Brothers
August 31
Karen Peck and New River
September 5
The Isaacs
September 6
Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
A special Sunday worship service at Southern Gospel Picnic with Dr. Dennis Swanberg, an encouraging speaker, comedian and humorist based out of Texas and Mark Mathes of Crossway Baptist Church located in Springfield, Missouri. Both worship services will be held at Red and Gold Heritage Hall the morning of August 29 with Dr. Swanberg and September 5 with Mark Mathes.
Mouthwatering picnic-style foods include the park’s popular House of Chicken & Fixin’s, an all-you-care-to-eat feast featuring an array of gourmet cuisine. Southern-style fried chicken with firecracker and honey barbecue and “fixin’s” ranging from tuscan green beans & potatoes, chicken pot pie, baked chicken and rice casserole, to fresh blackberry cobbler.
Southern Gospel Picnic is presented by Humana.
