Destination Branson: What’s New at the Missouri Entertainment Capital
March 6, 2008
Filed under Destinations
It’s no wonder Branson is an incredibly popular timeshare vacation destination. The entertainment capital boasts 52 live-performance venues with more than 100 different shows and more theater seats than New York’s Broadway! Listen to country music, gospel, Big Band, or rock n’ roll. Watch magicians, comedians, or exciting pyrotechnics.
Other family-friendly attractions include Silver Dollar City, the 1880s-style amusement park, and White Water, an outdoor water park. Plus, there are loads of activities to enjoy in the rolling Ozark Mountains: 12 area golf courses, fishing and swimming in three scenic lakes, and hiking, biking, and bird watching.
While Branson is a year-round destination, with fun fall festivals and holiday-themed extravaganzas, visits to the southwest Missouri vacation destination peak in the warm-weather summer months. Here’s a look just a few new attractions and activities in Branson this year:
Sight & Sound Theatre presents “Noah, The Musical,” opening May 24. This Bible-based show features more than 50 live animals and 50 animatronic animals, set on a four-story stage that is the Ark.
· Andy Williams and Ann-Margret perform together at the Moon River Theatre June 6 to July 26.
· The Oak Ridge Boys open in their new theatre on Shepherd of the Hills Expressway.
· Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Theatre welcomes Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers to the stage in a morning show.
· Great American Wild West Show opens in the fall with sharpshooters, trick ropers, hoop dancers and a star-spangled finale.
· At the Welk Resort Theatre, the Rankin Brothers Classic Music Revue debuts in March and runs through December with timeless, classic hits covering six decades of music.
· Butterflies at Branson is a community-wide art exhibit that decorates the Branson area from March 29 to October 10, 2008.
· Branson Landing Cruises offers daily excursions aboard a luxurious 100-foot yacht or authentic 100-foot paddlewheel riverboat in the midst of spectacular Branson Landing and Lake Taneycomo waterfront.
· The theme park Silver Dollar City launches its biggest festival year ever, with original stage productions, performing groups, and festival showcases. Featured events include Irish fire dancing, bluegrass music accompanied by barbecue foods, a new live Veggie Tales stage show, ice-skating performances, a “Southern Gospel Picnic,” autumn’s “National Harvest Festival,” and winter’s “Frosty,” an interactive show for kids, as well as “An Old Time Christmas,” with a dazzling light and sound show.
· Two new championship golf courses are open for the season: the Murder Rock Course at Branson Creek and the Payne Stewart Tribute Course at Branson Hills.
