Spruce up those bouncy blonde wigs, polish your bling, and pour yourself a cup of ambition, because the third annual Dolly Parton Festival is just four weeks away.

The Narromine Shire Council has been working 9-to-5 with the festival organising committee so the town is ready to welcome the influx of visitors to the daytime Street Party and evening concert, which is free to attend thanks to a NSW Government grant.

If you’ve been to the festival before at the golf club, note that the concert venue has changed this year.

The town’s premier sporting precinct, Cale Oval, will be transformed into a boot-scootin’ paradise for the 1800 country music fans expected at the evening concert, headlined this year by Brooke McMullen.

While it will certainly be the biggest event the recently refurbished facility will stage to date, the Council is confident it will do the job creditably.

“We’ve had a dry run with this, [hosting] the Venetian Carnival there over the last couple of years,” said Phil Johnston, Director, Community and Economic Development.

An annual community event held every December in Narromine, the Venetian Carnival featured a band on stage in 2022 which was well received by the community.

“We’ve had a full on concert there and it was great,” he added.

Narromine Shire Council staff supported the festival and were working hard on their areas of responsibility to ensure the event’s success.

“We are also working closely with the Dolly Committee on their logistics,” Mr Johnston said.

“We’ve got a good handle on what electricity is available at the ground, the access, and the ground itself is great as long as it’s not too wet,” he added.

It will be a busy day for Council staff, closing off parts of Dandaloo and Burraway Streets for the highly anticipated daytime Street Party, and then doing the same in Temoin Street for the evening event.

If driving to the evening concert, plenty of parking will be available in streets surrounding Cale Oval not impacted by the Temoin Street closure, Mr Johnston said.

Festival patrons travelling by car who intend to purchase alcohol at the non-BYO event are encouraged to nominate a “designated driver” – otherwise known as a Designated Dolly, Sober Dolly, Preserver of Pickled Partons, or Guardian of the Glittering Tipsy – so that they may enjoy the concert and get home safely.

Tickets are still available for the free concert so get yours now while you can. Follow the Narromine Dolly Parton Festival in your local newspapers, and on social media.

The Festival is on Saturday, October 12.