{"id":55216,"date":"2026-01-09T13:50:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/dolly-parton-cant-attend-her-opry-birthday-show\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T13:50:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:50:41","slug":"dolly-parton-cant-attend-her-opry-birthday-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/dolly-parton-cant-attend-her-opry-birthday-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton Can&#8217;t Attend Her Opry Birthday Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/dolly-parton\" target=\"_blank\">Dolly Parton\u00a0<\/a>isn&#8217;t able to attend her <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/dolly-parton\/\">Grand Ole Opry<\/a> birthday show in person this month, but she&#8217;s planning to celebrate in spirit with the artists and fans who will be marking her milestone birthday.<\/p>\n<p>The singer \u2014 who is turning 80 years old in January of 2026 \u2014 recorded a video message, which the Grand Ole Opry shared on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just wanted to say how much it means to me that you&#8217;re all coming together again this year to celebrate my big ol&#8217; birthday,&#8221; she said in that clip. &#8220;&#8230;Some of my favorite memories happened right here onstage at the Grand Ole Opry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>When Is Dolly Parton&#8217;s Grand Ole Opry Birthday Show?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Grand Ole Opry will host\u00a0<em>Opry Goes Dolly<\/em>, a special show dedicated to Parton&#8217;s songs, on Jan. 17. Tickets are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opry.com\/show\/grand-ole-opry-opry-100-1066249\" target=\"_blank\">available now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/lainey-wilson\" target=\"_blank\">Lainey Wilson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/vince-gill\" target=\"_blank\">Vince Gill<\/a>, Rhonda Vincent and other artists will perform during the show. In a nod to Parton&#8217;s 80th birthday, tributes will focus on her 1980s era, which includes classics like &#8220;9 to 5&#8221; and the <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/kenny-rogers\" target=\"_blank\">Kenny Rogers<\/a> duet &#8220;Islands in the Stream.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Why Isn&#8217;t Dolly Parton Attending Her\u00a0Grand Ole Opry Birthday Show?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The singer didn&#8217;t specify\u00a0why she can&#8217;t make it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wish I could be there in person, but I&#8217;ll be sending you all my love for sure,&#8221; Parton said in her video message. &#8220;So you have the best night ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Parton <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/whats-wrong-with-dolly-parton\/\" target=\"_blank\">postponed<\/a>\u00a0some shows in December of 2025 due to health challenges, and said that she was on doctor&#8217;s orders to rest for a little while as she recuperates from a few different procedures. Before that, she also missed a planned appearance at Dollywood because she was battling kidney stones.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read More<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/dolly-parton-health-update-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dolly Parton Tells the Plain Truth About Her Health: &#8216;I Ain&#8217;t Dead Yet!&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But Parton has consistently assured fans that none of those medical issues are major, and that fans should expect her to return to her normally rigorous working schedule when she&#8217;s done recovering.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that Parton also missed her Grand Ole Opry birthday show in previous years, too, so there&#8217;s no real reason to suspect that her health is preventing her from attending the event.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What Else Will Happen at the Grand Ole Opry&#8217;s 80th Birthday Party for Dolly Parton?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Aside from the music, the Opry is planning several different festivities to celebrate Parton&#8217;s birthday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single-post-image \">\n<figure class=\"img-tag has-sizer alignnone\">\n<p><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Grand Ole Opry, Instagram<\/span><\/p><figcaption>Grand Ole Opry, Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>A comment from the Opry on their Instagram post lists fun fan experiences, including photo opps with a Parton impersonator, a large birthday card for fans to sign and much more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">30 Photos of Dolly Parton Young<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>Dolly Parton has been a fixture in country music and really, all of entertainment, since the 1960s. The only thing that has changed about the icon is her age \u2014 she&#8217;s as radiant as she&#8217;s ever been! Check out these pictures of a young Dolly Parton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Evan Paul<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=72&#038;gver=9&#038;bid=204&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DGbJ4PR9JZzdxdLXzJnfIG9ZgkXSFQNevIcIY&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/dolly-parton-cant-attend-her-opry-birthday-show-sends-special-message\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dolly Parton\u00a0isn&#8217;t able to attend her Grand Ole Opry birthday show in person this month, but she&#8217;s planning to celebrate in spirit with the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":55217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}