Festival - Words - Storytelling

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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".  

Festival de conte du Québec - Bi-annual Montreal Intercultural Storytelling Festival. Tales and tellers from Canada and Ireland. 

Once Upon a Thames - St. Marys Storytelling Festival, an outdoor festival held on the Friday and Saturday after Labor Day in St. Marys, Ontario.

Yukon International Storytelling Festival - 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.

EU

Tales of Graz - Annual storytelling festival held in Graz, Austria. Storytellers from 12 countries. 

Cape Clear International Storytelling Festival

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.

Lough Gor Storytelling Festival

Mohill Arts and Storytelling Festival

East Renfrewshire Storytelling Festival 

Festival at the Edge - Much Wenlock, Shropshire, UK. Annual weekend festival of storytelling, music, poetry and related arts, held each July.  

North Pennines Storytelling Festival 

Queer Storytelling Festival 

Scottish Storytelling Festival

Tales From The Tees Storytelling Festival 

West Country Storytelling Festival

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

Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival - Usually held the first weekend after Memorial day each year in McCook, Nebraska.

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. 

Connecticut Storytelling Festival - Annual gathering of storytellers at Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA. 

Corn Island Storytelling Festival - Second oldest storytelling festival in America. Louisville, Kentucky. 3rd weekend of September.

Detroit Storytelling Festival - The Detroit Story League began meeting in 1912 and has held an annual festival since 1988.

Forest Storytelling Festival - The Story People of Clallam County invite storytellers from around the world to Port Angeles, Washington.

Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival - Chicago area festival, site includes schedule, teller profiles, links, and event history. Geneva, IL

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.

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

Illinois Storytelling Festival - Third weekend of September. Spring Grove, Illinois, USA.

L.A.N.E.S. Calendar of Festivals - Contact information for storytelling festivals presented in New England and beyond.

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

Mokena StoryFolk Festival - Storytelling and folk music festival in Mokena, Illinois.

Montana Story Telling Roundup - Montana's only annual storytelling festival, held each April. Cut Bank, Montana, USA.

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.

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

Ocala Storytelling Festival - Two days of stories by national, regional and local storytellers. Annual event.

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.

Pierpont South Dakota Storytelling Festival Schedule of events, and list of performers.

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.

Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival - Celebration of story, ballad, and folksong held each August. Palmer Lake, Colorado.

Signifyin' and Testifyin' Storytelling Festival - Annual fall festival held in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Presented by the Black Storytellers Alliance.

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.

Southern Ohio Storytelling Festival - Annual festival held the first weekend after Labor day in historic Chillicothe, Ohio.

Squatty Pines Storytelling Festival - Whitehouse, Texas.

St. Louis Storytelling Festival - St. Louis, Missouri, USA. "Sparks by the River: Legacy of a Journey"

Stories by the Sea - Celebrating the rich storytelling traditions of our multicultural world, from Oregon's Kalapuya/Coos tribe to West Africa. Newport, Oregon.

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.

Tapestry of Tales - Annual event of the Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon.

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

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.

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

Williams Storytelling Festival - Oxnard, California, USA. Annual schoolwide festival at Williams School.

Australian National Storytelling Conference/Festival - Storytelling on the Edge, Perth, Western Australia.

Glistening Waters Storytelling Festival - Masterton, New Zealand.