general information
Event Dates
Oct 02, 2009 - Oct 04, 2009
Contact Information
International Storytelling Center
Jonesborough, TN
Phone: 800-952-8392
places to stay
Blair-Moore House Bed & Breakfast
Cherokee Mountain Llama Bed & Breakfast
Franklin House Bed & Breakfast
thingstodo
International Storytelling Center
37th Annual National Storytelling Festival
The festival began in 1973 when 60 people came to hear a few Appalachian tales from the back of a hay wagon pulled up beside the town courthouse. In the decades since, those 60 people have grown to 10,000, and the hay wagon replaced by large circus-like tents sprinkled throughout the town. The few mountain tales are supplemented now with stories from the South, and far West, from the British Isles, Jamaica, Cuba, Africa, and Japan! Peppered with the flare and fun of blues, poetry, ballads, and banjo, the festival encompasses a wealth of cultures, geography, and styles—a world of stories within one small, historic town.
upcoming events
Mar 20, 2010
48th Annual Irish Day Celebration
Erin, TN
Mar 20, 2010
Legacy of Stones River Symposium: Why They Fought
Murfreesboro, TN
Mar 13, 2010 - Mar 20, 2010
Peter Pan
Chattanooga, TN
Mar 20, 2010
48th Annual Wearing of the Green Irish Day Celebration
Erin, TN
Mar 19, 2010 - Mar 20, 2010
36th Annual Old Time Fiddlers Championship and Festival
Clarksville, TN
