October 6-8, 2023
Enjoy world-class storytelling from the storytelling capital of the world or from the comfort of your home.
Every October since 1973, thousands of travelers have visited Tennessee’s oldest town. They come for one purpose–to hear stories and to tell them at the National Storytelling Festival. This celebration of America’s rich and varied storytelling tradition, the oldest and most respected gathering anywhere in America devoted to storytelling, has in turn spawned a national revival of this venerable art. ISC is excited to welcome you to the storytelling capital of the world October 6-8, 2023 to celebrate the power of storytelling.
Countdown to the National Storytelling Festival
Thank you to our sponsors
Friends of the Festival
Kent & Cathy Taylor
Mary Lynn Dobson
Randy & Nancy Evensen
Arthur Ellis
Joy Bolt
Melinda Welton & John Noel
David Gooch
Shane & Ann Riza
Carl & Vicki Russell
Ballad Health
Virginia Buhr
Henry & Flora Joy
Margaret Harris
Pleasant Despain
Ingrid Nixon
Mary Jane Brown & Dennis Sander
Marcy Hawley
Marilyn Stempeck
Donald & Trish Davis
Chuck Fink
Carolyn and Andy Andrews
Phil & Eileen Stauffer
Amelia G. Brown
Dr. Robert & Carol K. Frist
Rose Marie S. Burriss
Anonymous
Shirley Stafford
Jay & Cari Jarman
Colleen Dolan-Greene
Chuck Fink
Betty Lentz
Buzz & Linda Chernoff
Liz Weir
Debbie Jones
Judith Nelson
Beth Horner
Bedford Transou
Anne Jellison
Ralph Perry
Corinne Stavish
Gary & Barbara Duerk
Carole & Foye Webb
Jeff & Colleen Doyle
Larry & Deloris Gilmer
Ferris Lyle
Mary Jane Mattern
Anne Reel
Carol Fair
Lynn & JoAnn Spees
Judith Story
Erin & Sam Rosolina
Kerry Stubbs
Matthew & Karen Clark
Georgeanne & George Oxnam
Cassandra & Howard Gray
Sarah Brady
Drs. Linda & Gordon Huntress & Family
