Dolly Parton lovers were tumbling out of bed and stumbling over to Narromine during the long weekend to attend the new 2022 Dolly Festival.

The brand new Dolly Parton inspired festival, supported by a $90,000 New South Wales Government Community grant, was such a huge success amongst Dolly fans that it sold out just shy of a week before it started.

Dolly Festival Narromine Secretary, Skye Rush, says that the committee even had to release extra tickets.

"To meet demand, we released 150 extra tickets after we had already sold out. We wanted to make sure no one was missing out on the first ever Dolly Festival to come to Narromine".

"Overall, we sold more than 1200 tickets. We had visitors come from all over the world, including America, Queensland and towns all over New South Wales," she said.

The Dolly Festival ran from Friday 30 September and finished Sunday 2 October.

Many festivities were jammed into the four day period including a street party, music festival, movie screening, karaoke, trivia and plenty more.

The music festival featured various Australian celebrity guests including iconic Drag Queen Timberlina, reality television star and radio host Abbie Chatfield, and award winning recording artist and personality, Kirsty Lee Akers.

Additional entertainment included 13 year old singer and guitarist, Amy Ryan from Queensland, and Dubbo singer and guitarist Tanya Andrew.

"Both the young and the old watched, sang and danced to Dolly's #1 hits," said Skye.

"The entertainment for the night had everyone up dancing and singing. Timberlina, our master of ceremonies for the night, did a really great job of making sure the audience enjoyed themselves by wandering around the crowd, telling jokes and getting photos. Timberlina was so much fun!"

"My favourite acts were the Dolly Parton and Kenny Roger's impersonators, 'Grand Ole Country Showcase', who made sure the whole crowd was involved in their act," she said.

The festival was a huge success for both the Narromine community and the Dolly Festival committee.

"The festival went better than we could have ever imagined. The weather was great, the entertainment was top notch and the support from locals and business owners was next level!"

"We had heaps of support from the local community. Lots of locals dressed up, shop fronts were decorated and even school kids created butterflies to hang everywhere in the street. It was just beautiful to see the townspeople get around an event like this," said Skye.

The Dolly Festival Narromine committee ensure locals that the festival will be returning next year, bigger and better than ever.

"We are hoping to lock in the October long weekend again next year. We want to have buskers singing and playing down the street, have plenty more tickets available and make it an annual event for Dolly fans across the whole of Australia to enjoy".

ABOVE: Macquarie Clothing Ladies and Men's Wear Narromine: local shop fronts getting into the spirit!

The committee also wants to thank the locals for their support during the long weekend of festivities.

"We want to especially thank local shops, pubs and clubs for getting so involved in the event. Thank you for the Narromine Golf Club committee for letting us borrow your facility to host the event".

"We have heard amazing feedback, especially from the local Bakery who informed us this week that it was the busiest they have been since the 2018/2019 drought".

"The best part about events like this is that they give back to the community. By running events like these, we can attract so many visitors into the community to spend money and keep towns like Narromine running," Skye said. 

ABOVE: Abbie Chatfield and Rowdie Walden on stage at the Dolly Fest Narromine