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Corn Island Storytelling Festival
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Second oldest storytelling festival in America. Louisville, Kentucky. 3rd weekend of September.
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Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival
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Chicago area festival, site includes schedule, teller profiles, links, and event history. Geneva, IL
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Haunting in the Hills Storytelling Festival
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National Park Service hosts this annual event at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Tennessee.
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Illinois Storytelling Festival
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Third weekend of September. Spring Grove, Illinois, USA.
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National Storytelling Festival
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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.
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Northlands Annual Conference
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Presenting storytelling workshops and performances since 1983. Serves storytellers and storytelling enthusiasts in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan.
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Pierpont South Dakota Storytelling Festival
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Aug 12th – 14th 2005. Schedule of events, and list of performers.
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Riverway Storytelling Festival
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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.
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Stitching Stars Storytelling Festival
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The Fourth Annual Stitching Stars Storytelling Festival Saturday January 15, 2005
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Three Rivers Story Telling Festival
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Official site of an annual weekend-long storytelling festival in Pittsburgh, PA, hosted by Northland Public Library.
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Ananda Storytelling Festival
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Annual festival in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Nevada City, California, listen to uplifting, dramatic and humorous stories for the whole family. Date varies.
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Australian National Storytelling Conference/Festival
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Storytelling on the Edge, 29 September - 2 October, 2005, Perth, Western Australia.
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Bay Area Storytelling Festival
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San Francisco Bay Area's annual weekend of storytelling held in Kennedy Grove Regional Park, El Sobrante, California.
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Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival
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Usually held the first weekend after Memorial day each year in McCook, Nebraska.
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Cave Run Storytelling Festival
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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.
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Connecticut Storytelling Festival
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Annual gathering of storytellers at Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA. April 29, 30 and May 1, 2005.
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Cracker Storytelling Festival
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Annual autumn festival at Homeland Heritage Park, Homeland, Florida. October 7-8, 2005.
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De Bouche à Oreille
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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".
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Detroit Storytelling Festival
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The Detroit Story League began meeting in 1912 and has held an annual festival since 1988. September 16-17, 2005
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Festival at the Edge
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Much Wenlock, Shropshire, UK. Annual weekend festival of storytelling, music, poetry and related arts, held each July.
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Festival de conte du Québec
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Bi-annual Montreal Intercultural Storytelling Festival. Tales and tellers from Canada and Ireland. October 21-30, 2005.
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Forest Storytelling Festival
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The Story People of Clallam County invite storytellers from around the world to Port Angeles, Washington. October 15 - 17, 2004
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Fray Day
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The Fray Web site presents an annual artfest and storytelling open mic at different spots around the globe.
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Féile Scealaíochth Chléire
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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.
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George West Storyfest
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Family oriented, free festival featuring storytelling, cowboy poetry, music, history reenactments, and craft demonstrations. Weekend of the first Saturday in November. George West, Texas.
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Glistening Waters Storytelling Festival
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Masterton, New Zealand. October 25-28, 2004.
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Hoosier Storytelling Festival
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National and regional storytellers perform outdoors in Indianapolis, Indiana, October 12-15, 2005.
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Indian Canyon Indian Storytelling Festival
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Sponsored by the Costanoan Ohlone Indian Canyon Resource. Hollister, California.
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Kansas Storytelling Festival
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Held in April each year. Downs, KS
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L.A.N.E.S. Calendar of Festivals
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Contact information for storytelling festivals presented in New England and beyond.
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Mariposa Storytelling Festival
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Annual production of the Mariposa Arts council, held near Yosemite National Park, California. March 11-13,2005.
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Mokena StoryFolk Festival
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Storytelling and folk music festival in Mokena, Illinois.
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Montana Story Telling Roundup
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Montana's only annual storytelling festival, held each April. Cut Bank, Montana, USA.
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Ocala Storytelling Festival
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Two days of stories by national, regional and local storytellers. Annual event.
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Ocoee Story Fest
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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.
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Once Upon a Thames
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St. Marys Storytelling Festival, an outdoor festival held on the Friday and Saturday after Labor Day in St. Marys, Ontario. September 9-10, 2005
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Riverbend Storytelling Festival
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West Bend, Wisconsin. October 9, 2004
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Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival
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Celebration of story, ballad, and folksong held each August. Palmer Lake, Colorado.
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S.O.M.O.S Taos Storytelling Festival
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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.
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Sharing the Fire Storytelling Conference 2006
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Presented by the League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling every March in the Boston area. Over fifty conferences, story swaps, and keynotes.
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Signifyin' and Testifyin' Storytelling Festival
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Annual fall festival held in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Presented by the Black Storytellers Alliance.
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Southern Ohio Storytelling Festival
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Annual festival held the first weekend after Labor day in historic Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Squatty Pines Storytelling Festival
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Whitehouse, Texas. March 4-6, 2005
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St. Louis Storytelling Festival
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St. Louis, Missouri, USA. "Sparks by the River: Legacy of a Journey" May 3-6, 2006.
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Stories by the Sea
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Celebrating the rich storytelling traditions of our multicultural world, from Oregon's Kalapuya/Coos tribe to West Africa. Newport, Oregon. Sept 17-19, 2004.
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Storyfest: Storytelling, Spirituality and Pilgrimage Travel
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Storytelling art and craft by Robert and Kelly Vilhelm. Festivals, seminars, tours (Wales, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Hawaii, New Mexico), apprenticeship in sacred storytelling.
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Tales of Graz
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Annual storytelling festival held in Graz, Austria. Storytellers from 12 countries. May 2-22, 2005.
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Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival
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Tampa, Florida, USA. Annual Festival features professional and youth storytellers.
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Tapestry of Tales
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Annual event of the Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon.
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Tellabration!
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An international night of storytelling held each November on the Saturday before Thanksgiving(in USA)! Check listings for an event near you.
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Three Apples Storytelling Festival
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One of the nation’s largest and oldest storytelling festivals, held annually in the scenic New England town of Harvard, Massachusetts.
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Timpanogos Storytelling Festival
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One of the largest storytelling festivals in the West. Held in August each year. Orem, Utah, USA.
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Williams Storytelling Festival
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Oxnard, California, USA. Annual schoolwide festival at Williams School.
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Yukon International Storytelling Festival
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Since 1988, the summertime festival in Whitehorse has brought native and non-native storytellers from around the world to Canada's Yukon. Includes location map, schedule, and information about the performers.
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