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Events Calendar - Festivals

Festivals 2026

Events are listed in chronological order. The embedded link will take you to the festival website. If you would like to submit a festival event for posting, use the Form shown below.

January

January 2027 Florida Storytelling Festival Mount Dora, FL Link
January - February 2027 Amelia Island Festival of Stories and Song Fernandina, Beach, FL Link
January 2027 Afsana: The Somaiya Storytelling Festival Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai Link
January 2027 Atlanta Jewish Storytelling Festival Atlanta, GA Link
January 2025 Marrakech Storytelling Festival Marrakech, Morocco Link
January 28-31, 2027 Florida Storytelling Festival Mount Dora, FL Link

February

February 2027 30th Annual Ocoee Storyfest Cleveland, TN Link
February 2027 St. Simons Island Storytelling Festival St. Simons Island, GA Link
February 2027 The Ark Storytelling Festival Ann Arbor, MI Link
February 2027 Chennai Storytelling Festival 2026 Online Link
February 2-6, 2027 Kearney Area Storytelling Festival Kearney, NE Link
February - March 2027 Chennai Storytelling Festival Online Link
February 19-28, 2027 Faversham Literary Festival Multiple Locations- Faversham, UK Link
February 19-21, 2026 IW Story Festival Newport, UK Link

March

March 5-7, 2027 Azalea Storytelling Festival LaGrange, GA Link
March 2027 Weber State University Storytelling Festival Ogden, UT Link
March 2027 Texas Storytelling Festival Denton, TX Link
March 2027 Vernal Utah's Storytelling Festival Vernal, UT Link
March 2027 Sharing the Fire Conference Glens Falls, NY Link
March 2027 The 2027 Women's Storytelling Festival Fairfax City, VA Link
March 4-7, 2027 Fortellerfestivallen - The Norwegian Storytelling Festival Oslo, Norway Link

April

April 2027 StoryFest Bloomington, MN Link
April 9-10, 2027 Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival Hiawassee, GA Link
April 2027 Sounds of the Mountains Story Festival Fincastle, VA Link
April 2027 Bear on the Square Mountain Festival Dahlonega, GA Link
April 2027 Stone Soup Storytelling Festival Woodruff, SC Link
April 2027 Bay Area Storytelling Festival Orinda, CA Link
April 23-24, 2027 Kansas Storytelling Festival Downs, KS Link

May

May 2027 Appalachian Storytelling Festival Village of New Richmond, OH Link
May 2027 Baltimore Story Fest Baltimore, MD Link
May 2027 Children and the Arts Festival Peterborough, NH Link
May 2027 Shoals Storytelling Festival Florence, AL Link
May 21-23, 2027 East Anglian Storytelling Festival, The Stowmarket, UK Link
May 28-31, 2027 Elderflower Fields Family Festival Ashdown Forest, UK Link

June

June 2027 Buffalo Commons Storytelling & Music Festival McCook, NE Link
June 2027 Sierra Storytelling Festival Nevada City, CA Link
June 5-6, 2026 Flatwater Tales Storytelling Festival Oak Ridge, TN Link

July

July 2027 National Storytelling Network Conference Canyon, TX Link
July 2027 Danville Storytelling Festival Danville, VA Link
July 17-19th, 2026 Festival at the Edge Bromyard, UK Link
July 16-19, 2026 Hampton Storytelling Festival Hampton, VA Link
July 15-23, 2026 International Storytelling Festival of Morocco Rabat, Morocco Link

August

August 15-16, 2026 Mumbai International Storytelling Festival Mumbai, India Link
August, 2027 Good Liars Club Festival Online Link

September

September 2026 Cave Run Storytelling Festival Morehead, KY Link
September 2026 Haunting in the HIlls Storytelling Festival, Big South Fork NRRA, KY and TN Link
August 8 - September 20, 2027 Arabesques Storytelling Festival Montpellier, France Link
September 10-12, 2026 Timpanogos Storytelling Festival Lehi, UT Link
September 11-12, 2026 La Crosse Storytelling Festival La Crosse, WI Link
September 16-20, 2026 Mount Washington Valley Storytelling Festival Jackson, NH Link
September 21-26, 2026 Cedar Rapids Storytelling Festival Cedar Rapids. IA Link
September 2027 Cape Clear International Storytelling Festival Cape Clear Island, West Cork, Ireland Link
September Connecticut, Storytelling Festival & Conference New London, CT Link
September 5-6, 2027 Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival Geneva, IL Link

October

October 2-4, 2026 National Storytelling Festival Jonesborough, TN Link
October 10, 2026 Appalachian HorrorFest Knoxville, TN Link
October 22-24, 2026 Athens Storytelling Festival Athens, AL Link
October 22-25, 2026 Ojai Storytelling Festival Ojai, CA Link
October 2026 Sandbar Storytelling Festival Winona, MN Link
October 2026 Appalachian Literary Arts & Storytelling Festival Nelsonville, OH Link
October 17-24, 2026 Hastings Storytelling Festival Hastings, UK Link
October 2027 Cracker Storytelling Festival Homeland, Florida Link
October 2-4, 2026 International Digital Storytelling Festival Zakynthos, Greece Link

November

November 1, 2026 Children's Storytelling Festival Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Link
November 7-15, 2026 Austrian International Storytelling Festival Multiple Austrian Provinces Link
November 14-15, 2026 Suncoast Storytelling Festival Contact: Jimkissane@suncoaststorytellers.org
November 6-15, 2027 The Amsterdam Storytelling Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands Link
November 3-15, 2026 Gotham Storytelling Festival New York, NY Link

December

December 3-5, 2026 Midland Storytelling Festival Midland, TX Link

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