
While getting April’s show listing together, I realized that April is more “festive” than I realized. The Stone Soup Storytelling Fest is happening, and the Bay Area Storytelling Festival is happing. Storyfest is happening. NSN is having its Earth Up Conference, (ok, this is actually a conference, but you get the point). There are many other storytelling shows and events. Be sure to check them out below!
While I normally only cover the DC, MD, and VA area, with all shows being online now, I have broaden my scope of storytelling so you can broaden your scope of story listening. With that in mind, do take a look at the Virginia Storytelling Alliance (VASA) Website (https://virginiastorytellingalliance.org/events/) as well as The National Storyteller Network (NSN) (https://storynet.org/calendar/?cid=my-calendar&month=5&yr=2020), The Northeast Storytelling website (https://www.nestorytelling.org/calendar/), and Chicago Storytelling
https://chicago-storytelling.com/events-at-a-glance as they have storytelling shows that I may not have listed myself.
An important note, I have links to shows and the days they will happen, but the info about time, tickets, and other info you are going to have to click on the links or check out their website or Facebook page. Pay particular attention to the time zone, as these shows are coming from all over the US, and in some cases the world.
Be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom to check for events. Some events that happen multiple times in a week or month are listed at the bottom.
Happy storylistening!
- 1 Apr
- Mostly True Things: True Stories with a Twist (online)
- SERIOUS SILLINESS! An April Fool’s Storytelling Concert
- 2 Apr
- Telling The Stories of Women of Color Speaker Series 2.0
- StoryFest – a festival of storytelling on zoom (online)
- 3 Apr
- StoryFest – a festival of storytelling on zoom (online)
- Dragons, Daffodils, and Leeks (online)
- 4 Apr
- SF Storytellers Toastmasters – Weekly Virtual Meeting
- 5 Apr
- The Good Hand: Song and Storytelling Event (in-person in Frederick, MD)
- Rosa Parks: One Person Can Change the World (in-person Bel Air, MD)
- 6 Apr
- San Antonio Storytellers’ Story Night (online)
- Story Hour (online)
- Stories for Hope and Help by Jason Buck Storyteller (online)
- Smut Slam Europe: “AWAKENING”
- African Diaspora and Indigenous Storytelling (online)
- 8 Apr
- NSN presents Earth Up storytelling conference (online)
- The Story Collider presents “Science Story Slam: Theme – Rebirth) (online)
- 9 Apr
- Traditional Fairy Tales: Rumplestiltskin & Red Riding Hood (online)
- NSN presents Earth Up storytelling conference (online)
- Exquisite Stories: Live Storytellers (online)
- 10 Apr
- NSN presents Earth Up storytelling conference (online)
- A Storytelling Landscape: Island Tales Of The Tidelands – Vore Tullye
- 11 Apr
- The Stoop Storytelling Series presents “Never Have I Ever” (in-person, Baltimore, MD)
- 12 Apr
- Speak Your Truth Open Mic (online)
- RISK! Live Storytelling (in-person and online)
- 13 Apr
- Six Feet Apart Production Presents Open Mic Story Slam, Theme: Hindsight (online)
- The Grapevine Storytelling presents Binnie Tate Wilkin and Krupa Vinayagamoorthy (online)
- Pour One Out hosted by Ada Cheng (online)
- 14 Apr
- If You Could See Me Presents: When I Grow-up written and performed by Donna Joyce (in-person, Richmond, VA)
- Better Said Than Done presents Twisted Tales: dual stories interwoven (online)
- 16 Apr
- Bay Area Storytelling Festival (BASF) (in-person and online)
- Fairy Tale Variations: SLEEPING BEAUTY (online)
- 18 Apr
- SocietyX : Cheaper Than Therapy – Story Circle (online)
- 20 Apr
- SAC Story Swap Genre Storytelling Series — Historical Stories
- 21 Apr
- RISK! Live Storytelling (in-person and online)
- Telltale Presents: What I Should Have Said…
- Durham Storytellers – Monthly Storytelling Gathering
- One Nature Stories – free online storytelling event
- 22 Apr
- Stone Soup Storytelling Festival (in-person and online)
- 23 Apr
- Storytime with Mama Renee
- Stone Soup Storytelling Festival (in-person and online)
- The Waiting Room: Health and Healthcare Comedy and Storytelling (online)
- 24 Apr
- Stone Soup Storytelling Festival (in-person and online)
- 26 Apr
- SAM Online Story Circle Open Mic (online)
- 27 Apr
- Telling Favorites – Theme Favorite Gathering (online)
- 29 Apr
- Northlands Annual Fringe-Fest! (online)
- 28 Apr
- Six Feet Apart Productions presents Tall Tales (online)
- Naughty COMEDY SHOW & SLAM by Womxn ( in-person, Takoma Park, MD)
- 30 Apr
- Northlands Annual Fringe-Fest! (online)
- Story District presents “Sucker for Love” (in-person, Washington, DC)
- Walpurgisnacht: Stories of the witches’ night (online)
- Better Said Than Done presents Spectacle: Stories for Sore Eyes (online and in-person Fairfax, VA)
Over a range of dates
- Every Sunday Grit (true stories that matter) with Sean Wellington
- Every Monday Workshop!Workshop! Storytelling and open mic
- Most Tuesdays at 1030 AM EST Tales on Tuesday with Teri (Facebook live)
- Every Tuesday The Story Space open mic for all ages
- Every Tuesday and Thursday at 1:00 PM EST – Bill Harley
- Every Tuesday SocietyX: What’s Your Story Evening Jam Sessions
- Every First Tuesday Natural Born Storytellers: Once Upon a Tuesday
- Every 4th Tuesday – Story Arts of Minnesota Open Mic
- Every Wednesday African Diaspora and Indigenous Storytelling (online)
- Every Wednesday and Friday – Mezrab Live Storytelling Night
- Storytelling from Amsterdam
- Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 4:00 PM CDT – Laura Packer, Facebook live storytelling
- First Thursday – The Moth (in-person, Washington DC)
- Every Thursday – The Antidote – Storytelling Show
- Every Thursday – Totally True Things: A Socially-Conscious Storytelling Show
- Every Friday at 8:00 pm – 1001 Nights of Storytelling
- Themes will vary
- Every 4th Friday at 7 pm EST – The Iridescent Robot Storytelling Club
- Every week day 2:00 pm – Priscilla Howe
- Digital Decameron—stories for families in self-quarantine
- Every first Monday of the month
- First Monday Storytelling hosted by Manuel Camacho
- Third Monday of the month – The Moth (in-person, Washington DC)
- Every Month on second Wed of the month
- Last Thursday of every month
- Every Third Thursday –
- Durham Storytellers – Monthly Storytelling Gathering (online)