Storytelling festivals bring storytellers from near and far together for a day or weekend of live performances.
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- Festival de conte du Québec Bi-annual Montreal Intercultural Storytelling Festival. Tales and tellers from Canada and Ireland. October.
- Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival Tampa, Florida, USA. Annual Festival features professional and youth storytellers.
- Timpanogos Storytelling Festival One of the largest storytelling festivals in the West. Held in August each year. Orem, Utah, USA.
- 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.
- Tellabration! An international night of storytelling held each November on the Saturday before Thanksgiving(in USA)! Check listings for an event near you.
- Festival at the Edge Much Wenlock, Shropshire, UK. Annual weekend festival of storytelling, music, poetry and related arts, held each July.
- Bay Area Storytelling Festival San Francisco Bay Area's annual weekend of storytelling held in Kennedy Grove Regional Park, El Sobrante, California.
- 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.
- 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. September.
- Indian Canyon Indian Storytelling Festival Sponsored by the Costanoan Ohlone Indian Canyon Resource. Hollister, California.
- Fray Day Hosts annual artfests and storytelling open mics at different spots around the globe.
- Tapestry of Tales Annual event of the Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon.
- Illinois Storytelling Festival Third weekend of September. Spring Grove, Illinois, USA.
- Southern Ohio Storytelling Festival Annual festival held the first weekend after Labor day in historic Chillicothe, Ohio.
- La Crosse Storytelling Festival Annual storytelling festival (since 2003) in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. September.
- Beyond The Border A celebration of the world’s oral traditions, held every other year at St Donats Castle on the South Wales coast. It also promotes storytelling events throughout the year in Wales and elsewhere in the UK.
- Kansas Storytelling Festival Held in April each year. Evening concerts and many separate sessions of stories, workshops and music. Downs, Kansas.
- Féile Scealaíochth 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.
- Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival Chicago area festival. Schedule, teller profiles, links, and event history. Geneva, Illinois. September.
- Four Corners Storytelling Festival National and local storytellers of all ages participate in this annual two-day festival. Farmington, New Mexico. October.
- Signifyin' and Testifyin' Storytelling Festival Annual fall festival held in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Presented by the Black Storytellers Alliance.
- National Storytelling Festival 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 festivalgoers in circus style tents.
- Connecticut Storytelling Festival Annual gathering (April) of storytellers at Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA.
- Haunting in the Hills Storytelling Festival National Park Service hosts this annual event at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Tennessee.
- The Storytelling Festival of Carolina Tellers, schedule, and info for this annual Tale Telling and Yarn Spinning weekend in Laurinburg, South Carolina.
- Mariposa Storytelling Festival Annual production of the Mariposa Arts council, held near Yosemite National Park, California. March.
- Slieve Bloom Storytelling Festival A weekend of Tall tales, myths, legends, music, song and fun in Great houses and Castles in the Heart of Ireland. Mid-October.
- Sierra Storytelling Festival Annual storytelling festival (July) held in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada near Nevada City, California. Schedule, tellers, ticket info.
- Cracker Storytelling Festival Annual autumn festival (October) at Homeland Heritage Park, Homeland, Florida featuring Florida performers.
- Ojai Storytelling Festival Annual storytelling Festival held each May in Ojai, California. Schedule, tellers, archives, photos.