Festivals

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/

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/

Ananda Storytelling Festival - Annual festival in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Nevada City, California, listen to uplifting, dramatic and humorous stories for the whole family. Date varies.
http://www.upliftingstories.org/

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/

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

Ocala Storytelling Festival - Two days of stories by national, regional and local storytellers. Annual event.
http://www.ocalastorytellingfestival.com

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

Timpanogos Storytelling Festival - One of the largest storytelling festivals in the West. Held in August each year. Orem, Utah, USA.
http://www.timpfest.org/

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

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

Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival - Tampa, Florida, USA. Annual Festival features professional and youth storytellers.
http://www.tampastory.org/

Southern Ohio Storytelling Festival - Annual festival held the first weekend after Labor day in historic Chillicothe, Ohio.
http://www.sostoryfest.com

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

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

Signifyin' and Testifyin' Storytelling Festival - Annual fall festival held in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Presented by the Black Storytellers Alliance.
http://blackstorytellers.com/index.html

Mokena StoryFolk Festival - Storytelling and folk music festival in Mokena, Illinois.
http://my.enom.com/7099/page99.htm

Tapestry of Tales - Annual event of the Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon.
http://www.multcolib.org/events/tales/

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/

Pierpont South Dakota Storytelling Festival - Aug 12th – 14th 2005. Schedule of events, and list of performers.
http://www.nemsi-books.net/Pierpont_sd1.html

Illinois Storytelling Festival - Third weekend of September. Spring Grove, Illinois, USA.
http://www.storytelling.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/

Fray Day - The Fray Web site presents an annual artfest and storytelling open mic at different spots around the globe.
http://fray.com/events/

Three Apples Storytelling Festival - One of the nation’s largest and oldest storytelling festivals, held annually in the scenic New England town of Harvard, Massachusetts.
http://www.threeapples.org/

Indian Canyon Indian Storytelling Festival - Sponsored by the Costanoan Ohlone Indian Canyon Resource. Hollister, California. <small>(May 25, 2002)</small>
http://www.indiancanyonvillage.org/7th_indian_storytelling_festival.htm

Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival - Usually held the first weekend after Memorial day each year in McCook, Nebraska.
http://www.buffalocommons.org/

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.
http://tntellers.org/osf/

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. 2006 festival is September 29-30.
http://www.caverunstoryfest.org/

Once Upon a Thames - St. Marys Storytelling Festival, an outdoor festival held on the Friday and Saturday after Labor Day in St. Marys, Ontario. September 9-10, 2005
http://www.stmarysstorytelling.org/

St. Louis Storytelling Festival - St. Louis, Missouri, USA. "Sparks by the River: Legacy of a Journey" May 3-6, 2006.
http://www.umsl.edu/~conted/storyfes/

Australian National Storytelling Conference/Festival - Storytelling on the Edge, 29 September - 2 October, 2005, Perth, Western Australia.
http://www.australianstorytelling.org.au/festival/

Squatty Pines Storytelling Festival - Whitehouse, Texas. March 4-6, 2005
http://www.easttexastellers.homestead.com/Squatty.html

Williams Storytelling Festival - Oxnard, California, USA. Annual schoolwide festival at Williams School.
http://williams.huensd.k12.ca.us/html/story.htm

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/

Tales of Graz - Annual storytelling festival held in Graz, Austria. Storytellers from 12 countries. May 2-22, 2005.
http://www.graz.tales.org/

Glistening Waters Storytelling Festival - Masterton, New Zealand. October 25-28, 2004.
http://wairarapa.co.nz/storytellers/

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/

Riverway Storytelling Festival - Uplifting and provocative -- a week of storytelling for all ages in Albany, New York each April. Includes family storytelling, ghost stories, stories for adults, story swaps and workshops. Featuring national storytellers.
http://www.riverwaystorytellingfestival.org/

Corn Island Storytelling Festival - Second oldest storytelling festival in America. Louisville, Kentucky. 3rd weekend of September.
http://www.cornislandstorytellingfestival.org/