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

Storytelling on the Edge, 29 September - 2 October, 2005, Perth, Western Australia.

San Francisco Bay Area's annual weekend of storytelling held in Kennedy Grove Regional Park, El Sobrante, California.

Usually held the first weekend after Memorial day each year in McCook, Nebraska.

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.

Annual gathering of storytellers at Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA. April 29, 30 and May 1, 2005.

Second oldest storytelling festival in America. Louisville, Kentucky. 3rd weekend of September.

Annual autumn festival at Homeland Heritage Park, Homeland, Florida. October 7-8, 2005.

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".

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.

Much Wenlock, Shropshire, UK. Annual weekend festival of storytelling, music, poetry and related arts, held each July.

Bi-annual Montreal Intercultural Storytelling Festival. Tales and tellers from Canada and Ireland. October 21-30, 2005.

The Story People of Clallam County invite storytellers from around the world to Port Angeles, Washington. October 15 - 17, 2004

Chicago area festival, site includes schedule, teller profiles, links, and event history. Geneva, IL

The Fray Web site presents an annual artfest and storytelling open mic at different spots around the globe.

Family oriented, free festival featuring storytelling, cowboy poetry, music, history reenactments, and craft demonstrations. Weekend of the first Saturday in November. George West, Texas.

Masterton, New Zealand. October 25-28, 2004.

National Park Service hosts this annual event at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Tennessee.

National and regional storytellers perform outdoors in Indianapolis, Indiana, October 12-15, 2005.

Third weekend of September. Spring Grove, Illinois, USA.

Sponsored by the Costanoan Ohlone Indian Canyon Resource. Hollister, California.

Held in April each year. Downs, KS

Contact information for storytelling festivals presented in the New England and elsewhere.

Loudoun's Annual Unforgettable Gigantic Hilarious Storyfest. Theraputic laughter from Sterling, Virginia.

Statewide performances. No dates given. Contact information for arts presenter.

Annual production of the Mariposa Arts council, held near Yosemite National Park, California. March 11-13,2005.

Music, folk tales, and personal stories. First weekend of March. Austin, Minnesota.

Storytelling and Folk Music Festival in Mokena, Illinois.

Montana's only annual storytelling festival, held each April. Cut Bank, Montana, USA.

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.

Presenting storytelling workshops and performances since 1983. Serves storytellers and storytelling enthusiasts in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan.

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.

Great entertainment by the nation's best storytellers, every October, in San Juan Capistrano, California.

West Bend, Wisconsin. October 9, 2004

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.

Celebration of story, ballad, and folksong held each August. Palmer Lake, Colorado.

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.

Presented by the League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling every March in the Boston area. Over fifty conferences, story swaps, and keynotes.

Annual fall featival held in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Presented by the Black Storytellers Alliance.

Whitehouse, Texas. March 4-6, 2005

St. Louis, Missouri, USA. "Keepers of the Dream" May 4-7, 2005.

The Fourth Annual Stitching Stars Storytelling Festival Saturday January 15, 2005

Celebrating the rich storytelling traditions of our multicultural world, from Oregon's Kalapuya/Coos tribe to West Africa. Newport, Oregon. Sept 17-19, 2004.

Storytelling art and craft by Robert and Kelly Vilhelm. Festivals, seminars, tours (Wales, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Hawaii, New Mexico), apprenticeship in sacred storytelling.

Annual storytelling festival held in Graz, Austria. Storytellers from 12 countries. May 2-22, 2005.

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

Annual event of the Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon. Nov 18-20, 2004.

An international night of storytelling held each November on the Saturday before Thanksgiving(in USA)! Check listings for an event near you.

March 31 ? April 3, 2005. Austin, Texas.

One of the nation?s largest and oldest storytelling festivals, held annually in the scenic New England town of Harvard, Massachusetts.

Official site of an annual weekend-long storytelling festival in Pittsburgh, PA, hosted by Northland Public Library.

One of the largest storytelling festivals in the West. Held in August each year. Orem, Utah, USA.

Oxnard, California, USA. Annual schoolwide festival at Williams School.

Arts Council of Oklahoma presents its annual celebration of storytelling. Oklahoma City February

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.