January
Florida Storytelling Festival, Mt Dora, FL. January. (Last full weekend in January, Thursday to Sunday. Produced by Florida Storytelling Association.) flstory.com
February
St. Simons Storytelling Festival, St. Simons Island, GA. February. www.stsimonsislandstorytellingfestival.com
March
Azalea Storytelling Festival, LaGrange, GA. March. For information visit the website www.lsparts.org
Texas Storytelling Festival, Denton, TX. March. tejasstorytelling.com
Mariposa Storytelling Festival. March. https://www.facebook.com/StorytellingMariposa/
Sacramento Valley Storytelling Festival. Sacramento Storytellers Guild. March, West Sacramento Community Center. https://sacramentostorytellersguild.org
San Diego Storytelling Festival. March. https://www.storytellersofsandiego.org/
Sharing the Fire, Storytelling Conference, Portsmouth, NH. March. Produced by Northeast Storytelling (NEST). www.nestorytelling.org
Women’s Storytelling Festival, Old Town Hall in Fairfax City, VA. March. Produced by Jessica Robinson, BetterSaidThanDone.com. www.bettersaidthandone.com/womens-festival/
April
Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival, Hiawassee, GA. April. Organizers Amanda Lawrence and Ruth Looper. At Ridges Resort in Hiawassee, Georgia. www.gamountainstoryfest.org
Stone Soup Storytelling Festival, Woodruff, SC. April. Organizer Storyteller Karyn Page-Davis and her team. Also check out their website for year round events. www.stonesoupsc.org
Bay Area Storytelling Festival, San Francisco, CA. April. http://www.storysaac.org/bay-area-storytelling-festival.html
May
Toronto Storytelling Festival, Toronto, Canada. storytellingtoronto.org
Shoals Storytelling Festival, Shoals Theatre – 123 N Seminary St. – Florence, AL 35630. May. https://www.shoalsstorytelling.com/
September
Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, Lehi, UT. September. (Thursday to Sunday after Labor Day in September.) timpfest.org
October
National Storytelling Festival, Jonesborough, TN. October. (First Friday to Sunday in October.) www.storytellingcenter.net
Ojai Storytelling Festival, Ojai, CA, October. https://www.ojaistoryfest.org/
November
Old North State Storytelling Festival, Cary, NC, at the Cary Theater. November. www.oldnorthstatestorytellingfestival.com
Cracker Storytelling Festival, Homeland Heritage Park, Homeland, FL. November. Focused on kids, bus loads of children come from local schools on field trips to see the tellers in various simultaneous venues in the park. http://crackerstorytellingfestival.org/
Other Festivals
Big Fibbers Storytelling Festival – Rome, GA. Check with organizer Terrell Shaw and his team. See what will happen in 2023. Check them out info@bigfibbers.com and visit www.bigfibbers.com. Watch for future events.
Bear on the Square Festival, Dahlonega, GA.
Organizer Debbie From and her team. Information on 2023 activities and schedule at www.bearonthesquare.org.
Red Clay Storytelling Festival, Fayetteville, Georgia. Organizer Anthony Vincent and his team. Check out 2023 featured teller videos on Red Clay’s Facebook page. For information www.redclaystory.com or redclayfest@gmail.com.
Forrest Storytelling Festival, Peninsula College, Port Angeles, WA. October. www.clallamstorypeople.org/storytelling-festival/