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Féile ScealaÃochth Chléire
The Cape Clear International Storytelling Festival takes place annually each September, on the southernmost of Ireland's islands. Stories in Irish and English for children and adults, discussions, swaps, workshops for aspiring seanachies, puppets, and music.
http://indigo.ie/~stories/index.htm
Tapestry of Tales
Annual event of the Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon. Nov 7-9, 2002.
http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/events/tales/
Squatty Pines Storytelling Festival
Denton, Texas. March 1-3, 2002.
http://www.easttexastellers.homestead.com/Squatty.html
Storyfest: Storytelling, Spirituality and Pilgrimage Travel
Storytelling art and craft by Robert and Kelly Vilhelm. Festivals, seminars, tours (Wales, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Hawaii, New Mexico), apprenticeship in sacred storytelling.
http://www.storyfest.com/
The Tejas Hispanic Storytelling Festival
February 1-2, 2002. Austin, Texas.
http://hometown.aol.com/asconsuelo/Bilingual/2000Festival.html
Kansas Storytelling Festival
Held in April each year. Downs, KS
http://www.downsks.net/storytelling.htm
Winter Tales
Arts Council of Oklahoma presents its annual celebration of storytelling. Oklahoma City, February 6-10, 2002.
http://www.artscouncilokc.com/wintertales/
St. Louis Storytelling Festival
St. Louis, Missouri, USA. "Stories for the Dawn of a Thousand Years" May 1-4, 2002.
http://www.umsl.edu/~conted/storyfes/
Michigan Storytellers Festival
Flint, Michigan, USA.
http://www.flint.lib.mi.us/about/programs/msf01/index.html
Connecticut Storytelling Festival
Annual gathering of storytellers at Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA. April 29, 30 and May 1, 2005.
http://www.connstorycenter.org/festival.html
Montana Story Telling Roundup
Montana's only annual storytelling festival, held each April. Cut Bank, Montana, USA.
http://russell.visitmt.com/categories/moreinfo.asp?IDRRecordID=9256&SiteID=10
Signifyin' and Testifyin' Storytelling Festival
September 26-28, 2002. Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Presented by the Black Storytellers Alliance.
http://blackstorytellers.com/2002.htm
Maine Storytelling Festival
Statewide performances. No dates given. Contact information for arts presenter.
http://storytellers.maine.com
Andrews Gospel Music & Storytelling Festival
Andrews, South Carolina, home of Chubby Checker, was also home to this Festival, sponsored by the South Carolina Arts Commission.
http://members.tripod.com/~andrews_sc/storytellers.htm
Fray Day
The Fray Web site presents an annual artfest and storytelling open mic at different spots around the globe.
http://fray.org/
Texas Storytelling Festival
Annual festival, featuring storytelling concerts and workshops in Denton, Texas. March 21-24, 2002.
http://www.tejasstorytelling.com/events.html
Sharing the Fire Storytelling Conference
Presented by the League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling every March in the Boston area. Over fifty conferences, story swaps, and keynotes.
http://www.lanes.org/stf.html
Glistening Waters Storytelling Festival
Masterton, New Zealand. October 25-28, 2004.
http://wairarapa.co.nz/storytellers/
Timpanogos Storytelling Festival
One of the largest storytelling festivals in the West. Held in August each year. Orem, Utah, USA.
http://www.timpfest.org/
Once Upon A Story
Great entertainment by the nation's best storytellers, every October, in San Juan Capistrano, California.
http://home.socal.rr.com/raydavis/
S.O.M.O.S Taos Storytelling Festival
Two days of storytelling by recognized national and regional tellers. Stories from the Native American and Hispanic traditions,ghost tales as well as stories for children and families.
http://www.somostaos.org
Indian Canyon Indian Storytelling Festival
Sponsored by the Costanoan Ohlone Indian Canyon Resource. Hollister, California.
http://www.indiancanyonvillage.org/7th_indian_storytelling_festival.htm
Stitching Stars Storytelling Festival
Storytelling festival inspired by the story-quilts of Harriet Powers. March 15, 2003. Athens, Georgia.
http://www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us/stitching.html
Mokena StoryFolk Festival
Storytelling and Folk Music Festival in Mokena, Illinois.
http://my.enom.com/7099
Ocoee Story Fest
An annual festival begun in 1996, OSF brings world class tellers to Cleveland, TN. Joint production of the Cleveland Storytelling Guild and Cleveland State Community College. First full weekend in March.
http://www.OcoeeStoryFest.tntellers.org/
National Storytelling Festival
Despite the name, this is an international gathering of storytellers and listeners held annually on the first weekend in October in Jonesborough, Tennessee. Over two dozen tellers entertain thousands of festival-goers in multiple circus style tents scattered through out this historic community.
http://www.storytellingcenter.com/festival/festival.htm
L.A.U.G.H.S. Festival
Loudoun's Annual Unforgettable Gigantic Hilarious Storyfest. Theraputic laughter from Sterling, Virginia.
http://www.laughsfestival.org/
Three Rivers Story Telling Festival
Official site of an annual weekend-long storytelling festival in Pittsburgh, PA, hosted by Northland Public Library.
http://home.comcast.net/~3rstf/index.html
Haunting in the Hills Storytelling Festival
National Park Service hosts this annual event at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Tennessee.
http://www.nps.gov/biso/pphtml/eventdetail11246.html
Hoosier Storytelling Festival
National and regional storytellers perform outdoors in Indianapolis, Indiana, October 6 – 9, 2004.
http://www.storytellingarts.org/festivaltemp.html
Cave Run Storytelling Festival
Annual festival held on the shore of Cave Run Lake in the Daniel Boone National Forest located eight miles west of Morehead, Kentucky. 2004 festival is Sept 24-25.
http://www.caverunstoryfest.org/
Forest Storytelling Festival
The Story People of Clallam County invite storytellers from around the world to Port Angeles, Washington. October 15 - 17, 2004
http://www.dancingleaves.com/storypeople/index.html
Australian National Storytelling Conference/Festival
Storytelling on the Edge, 29 September - 2 October, 2005, Perth, Western Australia.
http://www.home.aone.net.au/stories/festival/index.htm
International Festival of Storytelling
Peadbody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
http://www.peabody.yale.edu/events/press/PRstory.html
Ananda Storytelling Festival
Annual Festival in the scenic Sierra Nevada foothills near Nevada City, California, listen to uplifting, dramatic & humorous stories for the whole family. Date varies. May 28-29,2004
http://www.upliftingstories.org
De Bouche à Oreille
French Storytelling Festival held each spring in Montréal, Québec. Tellers from Québec and other provinces of Canada. Babel Fish (altavista.com) translates the title as "Festival of tale Of Mouth with Ear".
http://www.festivaldeconte.com
Mariposa Storytelling Festival
Annual production of the Mariposa Arts council, held near Yosemite National Park, California. March 11-13,2005.
http://arts-mariposa.org/storytelling.html
Yukon International Storytelling Festival
Since 1988, the festival has brought native and non-native storytellers from around the world to Canada's Yukon. Festival dates May 30-June 3, 2001.
http://www.yukonstory.com/
Stories From the Heartland
16th Annual storytelling festival hosted by Michael Cotter in Austin, Minnesota. Last weekend in February, 2001.
http://www.austincvb.com/events.html#Stories From the Heartland
George West Storyfest
Family oriented, free festival featuring storytelling, cowboy poetry, music, history reenactments, and craft demonstrations. Weekend of the first Saturday in November. George West, Texas.
http://www.georgeweststoryfest.org
Cracker Storytelling Festival
Annual autumn festival at Homeland Heritage Park, Homeland, Florida. October 8-9 in 2004.
http://crackerstorytellingfestival.freeservers.com/
Stories by the Sea
Celebrating the rich storytelling traditions of our multicultural world, from Oregon's Kalapuya/Coos tribe to West Africa. Newport, Oregon. Sept 20-22, 2002.
http://www.olaweb.org/csd/stories.html
International Conference on Narrative
University of Kentucky, Lexington.
http://www.uky.edu/~jknuf/narrative_conference/
Tales of Graz
Annual storytelling festival held in Graz, Austria. Storytellers from 12 countries. June 6-9, 2003.
http://www.graz.tales.org/
Tellabration!
An international night of storytelling held each November on the Saturday before Thanksgiving(in USA)! Check listings for an event near you.
http://www.tellabration.org/
Festival at the Edge
Much Wenlock, Shropshire, UK. Annual weekend festival of storytelling, music, poetry and related arts, held each July.
http://www.festivalattheedge.org
L.A.N.E.S. Calendar of Festivals
Contact information for storytelling festivals presented in the New England and elsewhere.
http://www.lanes.org/calendar/festivals.html
Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival
Usually held the first weekend after Memorial day each year in McCook, Nebraska.
http://www.buffalocommons.org/
Riverbend Storytelling Festival
West Bend, Wisconsin. October 9, 2004
http://www.riverbendstorytelling.org/
Harvest Storytelling Festival
First Unitarian United Church of Stockton, October 9, 1999. Stockton, California.
http://stocktonuu.inreach.com/storytelling.html
Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival
Celebration of story, ballad, and folksong held each August. Palmer Lake, Colorado.
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~jbowles/RMSF.html
Bay Area Storytelling Festival
San Francisco Bay Area's annual weekend of storytelling held in Kennedy Grove Regional Park, El Sobrante, California.
http://www.bayareastorytelling.org
Chincoteague Island Storyfest
Tales of wild horses and legends of the sea, in the vacation resort of Chincoteague Island and Assateague Island, Virginia.
http://www.storyfest.com/chincoteague.html
Swamp Gravy Storytelling Festival
Colquitt, Georgia. September 9-11, 2002.
http://www.swampgravy.com/story.html
Williams Storytelling Festival
Oxnard, California, USA. Annual schoolwide festival at Williams School.
http://williams.huensd.k12.ca.us/html/story.htm
Athens Storytelling Festival
Friends of the Athens Library present storytellers in Athens, Ohio.
http://www.eurekanet.com/~story/
Three Apples Storytelling Festival
Lively weekend of stories in Harvard, Massachusetts. Sept. 27-29, 2002.
http://www.threeapples.org/
Illinois Storytelling Festival
Third weekend of September. Spring Grove, Illinois, USA.
http://www.storytelling.org/festival.html
Festival de conte du Québec
Bi-annual Montreal Intercultural Storytelling Festival. Tales and tellers from Canada and Ireland. October 21-30, 2005.
http://festival-conte.qc.ca
Tampa Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival
April 16, 2005 9 am to 4 pm Over 400 youth tellers, 100 regional tellers, balladeers, puppetry, storybook character parade, swapping corner and much, much more! FREE EVENT
http://www.tampastory.org/
Scealta Shamhna Storytelling Festival
Events for 2000's Scealta Shamhna storytelling festival, November 3rd - 12th, Dublin, Ireland
http://homepage.eircom.net/~scealtashamhna
Montreal Intercultural Storytelling Festival
Montreal, Quebec.
http://www.microtec.net/videanth/ficmangl.htm
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