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- Williams Storytelling Festival
http://williams.huensd.k12.ca.us/html/story.htm - Oxnard, California, USA. Annual schoolwide festival at Williams School.
- Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival
http://www.tampastory.org/ - Tampa, Florida, USA. Annual Festival features professional and youth storytellers.
- Glistening Waters Storytelling Festival
http://wairarapa.co.nz/storytellers/ - Masterton, New Zealand. October 25-28, 2004.
- Timpanogos Storytelling Festival
http://www.timpfest.org/ - One of the largest storytelling festivals in the West. Held in August each year. Orem, Utah, USA.
- Yukon International Storytelling Festival
http://www.yukonstory.com/ - 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.
- George West Storyfest
http://www.georgeweststoryfest.org/ - Family oriented, free festival featuring storytelling, cowboy poetry, music, history reenactments, and craft demonstrations. Weekend of the first Saturday in November. George West, Texas.
- Stories by the Sea
http://www.olaweb.org/csd/stories.html - Celebrating the rich storytelling traditions of our multicultural world, from Oregon's Kalapuya/Coos tribe to West Africa. Newport, Oregon. Sept 17-19, 2004.
- Tales of Graz
http://www.graz.tales.org/ - Annual storytelling festival held in Graz, Austria. Storytellers from 12 countries. May 2-22, 2005.
- Tellabration!
http://www.tellabration.org/ - 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
http://www.festivalattheedge.org/ - Much Wenlock, Shropshire, UK. Annual weekend festival of storytelling, music, poetry and related arts, held each July.
- Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival
http://www.buffalocommons.org/ - Usually held the first weekend after Memorial day each year in McCook, Nebraska.
- Riverbend Storytelling Festival
http://www.riverbendstorytelling.org/ - West Bend, Wisconsin. October 9, 2004
- Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~jbowles/RMSF.html - Celebration of story, ballad, and folksong held each August. Palmer Lake, Colorado.
- Three Apples Storytelling Festival
http://www.threeapples.org/ - One of the nation’s largest and oldest storytelling festivals, held annually in the scenic New England town of Harvard, Massachusetts.
- Festival de conte du Québec
http://festival-conte.qc.ca/ - Bi-annual Montreal Intercultural Storytelling Festival. Tales and tellers from Canada and Ireland. October 21-30, 2005.
- Bay Area Storytelling Festival
http://www.bayareastorytelling.org/ - San Francisco Bay Area's annual weekend of storytelling held in Kennedy Grove Regional Park, El Sobrante, California.
- Féile Scealaíochth Chléire
http://indigo.ie/~stories/index.htm - 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.
- Squatty Pines Storytelling Festival
http://www.easttexastellers.homestead.com/Squatty.html - Whitehouse, Texas. March 4-6, 2005
- Storyfest: Storytelling, Spirituality and Pilgrimage Travel
http://www.storyfest.com/ - Storytelling art and craft by Robert and Kelly Vilhelm. Festivals, seminars, tours (Wales, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Hawaii, New Mexico), apprenticeship in sacred storytelling.
- St. Louis Storytelling Festival
http://www.umsl.edu/~conted/storyfes/ - St. Louis, Missouri, USA. "Sparks by the River: Legacy of a Journey" May 3-6, 2006.
- Connecticut Storytelling Festival
http://www.connstorycenter.org/festival.html - Annual gathering of storytellers at Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA. April 29, 30 and May 1, 2005.
- Montana Story Telling Roundup
http://russell.visitmt.com/categories/moreinfo.asp?IDRRecordID=9256&SiteID=10 - Montana's only annual storytelling festival, held each April. Cut Bank, Montana, USA.
- S.O.M.O.S Taos Storytelling Festival
http://www.somostaos.org - 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
http://www.caverunstoryfest.org/ - 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.
- Forest Storytelling Festival
http://www.dancingleaves.com/storypeople/index.html - The Story People of Clallam County invite storytellers from around the world to Port Angeles, Washington. October 15 - 17, 2004
- Ananda Storytelling Festival
http://www.upliftingstories.org/ - Annual festival in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Nevada City, California, listen to uplifting, dramatic and humorous stories for the whole family. Date varies.
- De Bouche à Oreille
http://www.festivaldeconte.com/ - 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".
- Mariposa Storytelling Festival
http://arts-mariposa.org/storytelling.html - Annual production of the Mariposa Arts council, held near Yosemite National Park, California. March 11-13,2005.
- Indian Canyon Indian Storytelling Festival
http://www.indiancanyonvillage.org/7th_indian_storytelling_festival.htm - Sponsored by the Costanoan Ohlone Indian Canyon Resource. Hollister, California.
- Three Rivers Story Telling Festival
http://home.comcast.net/~3rstf/index.html - Official site of an annual weekend-long storytelling festival in Pittsburgh, PA, hosted by Northland Public Library.
- Haunting in the Hills Storytelling Festival
http://www.nps.gov/biso/pphtml/eventdetail11246.html - National Park Service hosts this annual event at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Tennessee.
- Fray Day
http://fray.com/events/ - The Fray Web site presents an annual artfest and storytelling open mic at different spots around the globe.
- Ocoee Story Fest
http://tntellers.org/osf/ - 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.
- Tapestry of Tales
http://www.multcolib.org/events/tales/ - Annual event of the Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon.
- Corn Island Storytelling Festival
http://www.cornislandstorytellingfestival.org/ - Second oldest storytelling festival in America. Louisville, Kentucky. 3rd weekend of September.
- Riverway Storytelling Festival
http://www.riverwaystorytellingfestival.org/ - 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.
- Northlands Annual Conference
http://www.northlands.net/conference/conference.htm - Presenting storytelling workshops and performances since 1983. Serves storytellers and storytelling enthusiasts in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan.
- Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival
http://members.aol.com/fvfolk/ - Chicago area festival, site includes schedule, teller profiles, links, and event history. Geneva, IL
- Signifyin' and Testifyin' Storytelling Festival
http://blackstorytellers.com/index.html - Annual fall festival held in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Presented by the Black Storytellers Alliance.
- Detroit Storytelling Festival
http://www.detroitstorytelling.com/ - The Detroit Story League began meeting in 1912 and has held an annual festival since 1988. September 16-17, 2005
- Once Upon a Thames
http://www.stmarysstorytelling.org/ - St. Marys Storytelling Festival, an outdoor festival held on the Friday and Saturday after Labor Day in St. Marys, Ontario. September 9-10, 2005
- Australian National Storytelling Conference/Festival
http://www.australianstorytelling.org.au/festival/ - Storytelling on the Edge, 29 September - 2 October, 2005, Perth, Western Australia.
- L.A.N.E.S. Calendar of Festivals
http://www.lanes.org/calendar/new_england_festivals.html - Contact information for storytelling festivals presented in New England and beyond.
- Illinois Storytelling Festival
http://www.storytelling.org/ - Third weekend of September. Spring Grove, Illinois, USA.
- Pierpont South Dakota Storytelling Festival
http://www.nemsi-books.net/Pierpont_sd1.html - Aug 12th – 14th 2005. Schedule of events, and list of performers.
- Hoosier Storytelling Festival
http://www.storytellingarts.org/festival.htm - National and regional storytellers perform outdoors in Indianapolis, Indiana, October 12-15, 2005.
- Sharing the Fire Storytelling Conference 2006
http://www.lanes.org/stf/sharing_the_fire.html - Presented by the League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling every March in the Boston area. Over fifty conferences, story swaps, and keynotes.
- Mokena StoryFolk Festival
http://my.enom.com/7099/page99.htm - Storytelling and folk music festival in Mokena, Illinois.
- Ocala Storytelling Festival
http://www.ocalastorytellingfestival.com - Two days of stories by national, regional and local storytellers. Annual event.
- Southern Ohio Storytelling Festival
http://www.sostoryfest.com - Annual festival held the first weekend after Labor day in historic Chillicothe, Ohio.
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