general information
Event Dates
Oct 02, 2009 - Oct 04, 2009
Contact Information
International Storytelling Center
Jonesborough, TN
Phone: 800-952-8392
places to stay
Franklin House Bed & Breakfast
thingstodo
Historic Jonesborough Carriage Tours
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
Nov 27, 2009
Thanksgiving Marketplace
Rugby, TN
Nov 27, 2009
Music in the Grand Lobby:String Jazz with Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher
Nashville, TN
Nov 27, 2009
The Oak Ridge Boys Christmas Show
Chattanooga, TN
Nov 27, 2009
Moscow Ballet Great Russian Nutcracker
Knoxville, TN
Nov 28, 2009
Sweetwater Small Town Christmas
Sweetwater, TN