Storytelling has had something of a renaissance in recent years. Perhaps it’s due to living in an age where we’re assualted by updates, messages and media on multiple devices – we long for something simple where we can focus on a single narrative.
Storytelling festivals are a chance for storytellers, bards and performers to come together and share their work to appreciative audiences who know to turn off their phones before they come in.
Storytelling Festivals 2021
May
- The Sixth East Anglian Storytelling Festival 7 – 9 May, Elmswell, Suffolk, England
- International Storytelling Festival Austria (dates to be confirmed)
June
- Alafresca Festival Cortes de Arenoso, Spain (dates to be confirmed)
July
- Beyond the Border Festival 2 – 4 July, Glamorgan, Wales
- Festival at the Edge 16-18 July, Kidderminster, UK
- Sting in the Tale, a Festival of Stories Willow Walk, Wimborne, UK (dates to be confirmed)
- Stealing Thunder Storytelling Festival Bowland Bridge, South Lakes, Cumbria, UK (dates to be confirmed)
- Festival Interculturel du Conte de Chiny Chiny, Belgium (dates to be confirmed)
August
- Oxford Storytelling Festival Oxford, England (dates to be confirmed)
- Settle Stories Festival Settle, North Yorkshire, England (dates to be confirmed)
September
- Chimères Festival Braine-le-Comte, Belgium (dates to be confirmed)
October
- Scottish International Storytelling Festival 16-30 October, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Hastings Storytelling Festival Hastings, England (dates to be confirmed)
- Orkney Storytelling Festival Orkney, Scotland (dates to be confirmed)
- Samova Storytelling Helsinki, Finland (dates to be confirmed)
- The Amsterdam Storytelling Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands (dates to be confirmed)