A festival or fest is an event, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community.
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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.
Meta Description: [ Programme Details for Cape Clear International Storytelling Festival, 1 - 3 September 2006 ]
Storytelling Festival - Chicago area festival, site includes schedule, teller profiles, links, and event history. Geneva, IL
Ananda Storytelling Festival - Annual festival in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Nevada City, California, listen to uplifting, dramatic and humorous stories for the whole family. Date varies.
Meta Description: [ Sharing the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda through meditation, kriya yoga, communities, schools, and more. Ananda was founded by Swami Kriyananda in 1968. View our free online articles, books, audio and video. ]
Australian National Storytelling Conference/Festival - Storytelling on the Edge, 29 September - 2 October, 2005, Perth, Western Australia.
Bay Area Storytelling Festival - San Francisco Bay Area's annual weekend of storytelling held in Kennedy Grove Regional Park, El Sobrante, California.
Meta Description: [ The Bay Area Storytelling Festival, the San Francisco Bay Area's annual weekend of storytelling. ]
Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival - Usually held the first weekend after Memorial day each year in McCook, Nebraska.
Meta Description: [ An annual 2 day story telling festival held in McCook, Nebraska the weekend following Memorial Day. We also have a story book project going to raise stories, publish them on the Internet and eventually in a book. ]
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. 2004 festival is Sept 24-25.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to the Cave Run Storytelling Festival Website. Held the last weekend of September every year and Beautiful Cave Run Lake in Morehead Kentucky. ]
Connecticut Storytelling Festival - Annual gathering of storytellers at Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA. April 29, 30 and May 1, 2005.
Meta Description: [ The website of the Connecticut Storytelling Center ]
Corn Island Storytelling Festival - Second oldest storytelling festival in America. Louisville, Kentucky. 3rd weekend of September.
Cracker Storytelling Festival - Annual autumn festival at Homeland Heritage Park, Homeland, Florida. October 7-8, 2005.
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
Detroit Storytelling Festival - The Detroit Story League began meeting in 1912 and has held an annual festival since 1988. September 16-17, 2005
Meta Description: [ storytelling, festival, storytellers and spoken word events in Detroit, MI. Detroit Story League ]
Festival at the Edge - Much Wenlock, Shropshire, UK. Annual weekend festival of storytelling, music, poetry and related arts, held each July.
Meta Description: [ FATE is a non-profit making company dedicated to promoting the art of strorytelling. In addition to running Festival at the Edge - an annual storytelling festival - they hold a monthly storytelling club and an ongoing programme of residential storytelling workshops. We also hold occasional proje... ]
Festival de conte du Québec - Bi-annual Montreal Intercultural Storytelling Festival. Tales and tellers from Canada and Ireland. October 21-30, 2005.
Forest Storytelling Festival - The Story People of Clallam County invite storytellers from around the world to Port Angeles, Washington. October 15 - 17, 2004
Fray Day - The Fray Web site presents an annual artfest and storytelling open mic at different spots around the globe.
Meta Description: [ The fray organization is the real-life extension of the fray.com, bringing personal storytelling out from behind the glass. ]
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.
Glistening Waters Storytelling Festival - Masterton, New Zealand. October 25-28, 2004.
Meta Description: [ Storytelling Festival - Glistening Waters - October 2004 ]
Haunting in the Hills Storytelling Festival - National Park Service hosts this annual event at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Tennessee.
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.
Indian Canyon Indian Storytelling Festival - Sponsored by the Costanoan Ohlone Indian Canyon Resource. Hollister, California.
Kansas Storytelling Festival - Held in April each year. Downs, KS
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.
Meta Description: [ The Mariposa County Arts Council promotes and supports cultural arts, for all ages, throughout Mariposa, County, California, US ]
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.
Meta Description: [ a community of storytellers and storylisteners throughout the upper Midwest ]
Ocala Storytelling Festival - Two days of stories by national, regional and local storytellers. Annual event.
Meta Description: [ Ocala Storytelling Festival features national, regional and local storytellers ]
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.
Once Upon a Thames - St. Marys Storytelling Festival, an outdoor festival held on the Friday and Saturday after Labor Day in St. Marys, Ontario. September 9-10, 2005
Pierpont South Dakota Storytelling Festival - Aug 12th – 14th 2005. Schedule of events, and list of performers.
Riverbend Storytelling Festival - West Bend, Wisconsin. October 9, 2004
Meta Description: [ Riverbend Storytelling Festival, West Bend - Wisconsin's Only Storytelling Festival ]
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.
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.
Meta Description: [ S.O.M.O.S., the Society of the Muse of the Southwest, supports and nurtures the literary arts, both written and
spoken, honoring cultural diversity in the Southwest. ]
Sharing the Fire Storytelling Conference 2006 - Presented by the League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling every March in the Boston area. Over fifty conferences, story swaps, and keynotes.
Meta Description: [ The Annual Sharing the Fire Storytelling Conference hosted by the League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling (LANES) ]
Signifyin' and Testifyin' Storytelling Festival - Annual fall festival held in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Presented by the Black Storytellers Alliance.
Squatty Pines Storytelling Festival - Whitehouse, Texas. March 4-6, 2005
St. Louis Storytelling Festival - St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Keepers of the Dream May 4-7, 2005.
Stitching Stars Storytelling Festival - The Fourth Annual Stitching Stars Storytelling Festival Saturday January 15, 2005
Stories by the Sea - Celebrating the rich storytelling traditions of our multicultural world, from Oregon's Kalapuya/Coos tribe to West Africa. Newport, Oregon. Sept 17-19, 2004.
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.
Tales of Graz - Annual storytelling festival held in Graz, Austria. Storytellers from 12 countries. May 2-22, 2005.
Meta Description: [ Informationen über Folke Tegetthoff, sein Werk und das Erzählkunstfestival GRAZ ERZÄHLT mit Beschreibung der Veranstaltungen und Vorstellung der Künstler. Programmübersicht und online Ticketbestellung. ]
Tampa Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival - Tampa, Florida, USA. April, 2005. 21st Annual Festival features student and national storytellers.
Tapestry of Tales - Annual event of the Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon. Nov 18-20, 2004.
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.
Meta Description: [ The Three Apples Storytelling Festival showcases over forty performers from New England and throughout the United States. Taking place over two days, New England’s largest storytelling festival features many events-- both free and ticketed-- geared to every age group. Held in the fall during fo... ]
Three Rivers Story Telling Festival - Official site of an annual weekend-long storytelling festival in Pittsburgh, PA, hosted by Northland Public Library.
Meta Description: [ World class storytelling brought to Pittsburgh. ]
Timpanogos Storytelling Festival - One of the largest storytelling festivals in the West. Held in August each year. Orem, Utah, USA.
Meta Description: [ Information about the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival in Orem, UT ]
Williams Storytelling Festival - Oxnard, California, USA. Annual schoolwide festival at Williams School.
Yukon International Storytelling Festival - 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.
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