Schedule

FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING

The first, virtual National Storytelling Festival has come to a close. We look forward to seeing you next year in Jonesborough, Tennessee.

Kim Weitkamp

A Happy Ending: 8 Steps to Story Impact for Business and Non-Profits
Tuesday, September 29 • 9:30 am - 12 noon EST
Noa Baum

Beyond Labels: Bridging Differences Through Storytelling
Tuesday, September 29 • 1 - 4 pm EST
Lyn Ford

Feelings: Storytelling to Support Emotional Intelligence in Children
Wednesday, September 30 • 9:30 - 12 noon EST
Elizabeth Ellis

Sitting in the Shade of Your Family Tree: Collecting and Preserving Your Family’s Stories
Wednesday, September 30 • 1 - 4 pm EST

Storytelling Sampler: Features a mix of Festival Tellers

10 - 11:30 am EST
Connie Regan-Blake as emcee featuring Beth Horner, Sheila Kay Adams, Barbara McBride-Smith and John McCutcheon
Storytelling Sampler: Features a mix of Festival Tellers

1 - 2:30 pm EST
Connie Regan-Blake as emcee featuring Tim Lowry, Dolores Hydock, Twin Poets and Bill Harley
Storytelling Studio with Donald Davis

3-4 pm EST
Appalachian Stories & Songs with David Holt & Josh Goforth

7:30-9 pm EST
After Hours: Adult Stories with Antonio Sacre

10-11 pm EST

Family Storytelling Showcase: Features a mix of Festival Tellers

10 - 11:30 am EST
Tim Lowry as emcee featuring Carmen Deedy, Len Cabral, Adam Booth and Andy Irwin
Family Storytelling Showcase: Features a mix of Festival Tellers

1 - 2:30 pm EST
Tim Lowry as emcee featuring Bil Lepp, Diane Ferlatte, Simon Brooks and Alton Chung
Story Swap: Stories and Conversation between Kevin Kling and Clare Murphy

4 - 5:30 pm EST
Storytelling Café: Audience Hangout

5:30 - 7:00 pm EST
Story Theater: Nightingale: More than the Lady of the Lamp with Megan Wells

7:30-9 pm

Storytelling Sampler: Features a mix of Festival Tellers

10 - 11:30 am EST
Tim Lowry as emcee featuring Carmen Deedy, Alton Chung, Clare Murphy, Diane Ferlatte and Ed Stivender
Storytelling Sampler: Features a mix of Festival Tellers

1 - 2:30 pm EST
Tim Lowry as emcee featuring Len Cabral, Dolores Hydock, Adam Booth, Ivan Coyote and Sheila Arnold
Storytelling Studio with Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise

4 - 5:30 pm EST
Teller Showcase

7:30-9 pm EST
Kevin Kling as emcee featuring Dovie Thomason, Carmen Deedy, Bill Harley, Diane Ferlatte and John McCutcheon

Storytelling Sampler: Features a mix of Festival Tellers

10 - 11:30 am
Connie Regan-Blake as emcee featuring Antonio Sacre, Noa Baum, Sam Payne, Donna Washington and Andy Offutt Irwin
Storytelling Sampler: Features a mix of Festival Tellers

1 - 2:30 pm
Connie Regan-Blake as emcee featuring Bil Lepp, Dovie Thomason, Beth Horner and Jay O'Callahan
Pandemic Parables with Geraldine Buckley

3 - 4 pm
Jonesborough Novelty Band

5:30 - 5:45 pm
Storytelling Café: Audience Hangout

5:45 - 7:00 pm
Ghost Stories

7:30-9 pm
Tim Lowry as emcee featuring Donna Washington, Megan Wells and Simon Brooks