Join us in Jonesborough, Tennessee, on October 2-4, 2026, for the 53rd National Storytelling Festival. Since 1973, the National Storytelling Festival has been the premier storytelling event in the United States, hosting international voices from the storytelling capital of the world.Â
Countdown to the Festival
Thank you to our sponsors
2026 Friends of the Festival
Ballad Health
Virginia Buhr
Dr. Art & Charlotte EllisÂ
David Gooch
Carl & Vicki Russell
Harry & Natalie Norris
John & Joy Bolt
Henry & Flora Joy
In Memory of Felix Guignard
Ed & Maria Ward
Joseph & Linda CalamariÂ
Matthew & Karen ClarkÂ
Jaye Jones
Kent & Kathy Taylor
Carole & Foye Webb
Corinne Stavish
In Memory of Lucy & Louie Gump
Drs. Glynda & David Ramsey
Phillip Doriot
Judith Petersen
Nancy Rhea
Anne Reel
The Huntress Family
Holly McEntee & Dr. Eric Sandgren
Sam & Erin Rosolina
Erick & Ellen Herrin
John Noel
Carol & Bobby Frist
Carolyn Thiedke, MD & Fred Thompson III
Rose Marie Burris
DoubleTree by Hilton, Johnson City
Gary & Barbara Duerk
Barbara O. Cox
Mary Jo & Randy Smrekar
Anne Jellison & Richard Celio
Wendy Talley
Gayle Brown
Dwight Mitchell Insurance Agency, Inc
Donald & Trish Davis
Lynda Wexler
Storyteller Circle of Support
Jennifer Munro
Regi Carpenter
Jennifer Armstrong
Dolores Hydock
Corinne Stavish
Barbara McBride-Smith
Megan Hicks
Bill Harley
Sue O’Halloran
Donald Davis
Ed Stivender
Andy Offutt Irwin
Elizabeth Ellis
Steve Daut