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 2019
January
- The Magic Word Festival 2-6 January, Nuremberg, Germany
April
- Mixed Reality Storytelling Festival 12-14 April, Gent, Belgium
May
- International Storytelling Festival 24 May – 23 June, Austria
June
- Beyond the Border Festival 9-10 June, Glamorgan, Wales
- The Fifth East Anglian Storytelling Festival14-16 June Elmswell, Suffolk, England
- Alafresca Festival. Festival de cuentos, formas y colores 29 – 31 June, Cortes de Arenoso and San Vicente de Pedrahita, Spain
July
- Festival at the Edge 19-21 July, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England
- Sting in the Tale, a Festival of Stories 27 July, Willow Walk, Wimborne, UK
- Stealing Thunder Storytelling Festival 26-28 July, Bowland Bridge, South Lakes, Cumbria, UK
- Festival Interculturel du Conte de Chiny12-14 July, Chiny, Belgium
August
- Oxford Storytelling Festival 28-30 August, Oxford, England
- Settle Stories Festival 31 July – 2 august, Settle, North Yorkshire, England
September
- Chimères Festival 12-15 September, Braine-le-Comte, Belgium
October
- Scottish International Storytelling Festival 18-31 October, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Hastings Storytelling Festival 5-13 October, Hastings, England
- Orkney Storytelling Festival 24 – 27 October, Orkney, Scotland
- Samovafest Helsinki 29.10 – 3.11, Helsinki, Finland
- The Amsterdam Storytelling Festival 30 October – 3 November, Amsterdam, Netherlands
