
March is here! Women’s History Month is here! Stories are here! There are tons and tons of opportunities listed below to hear stories from and about women. Everything from stories from Black women barbers to my personal favorite, The Women’s Storytelling Festival being held in Fairfax, VA. And don’t forget about the fact that 20 Mar is Internal Storytelling Day, a day celebrated worldwide for the art and craft of telling stories. (Click here for more info)
Note: I ran a bit behind in putting this list together this month. While I’ll update it more in a few days, be sure to check the links in the following paragraph as well. They have a lot of show listings as well.)
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/), The Voices in the Glen Storytelling Guild (https://voicesintheglen.org/) and Chicago Storytelling
https://chicago-storytelling.com/events-at-a-glance as they have story 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!
- 7 Mar
- Ottawa Story Tellers present “Story Swap Online”
- Open-Mic Virtual Poetry and Storytelling session (online)
- 8 Mar
- Grapevine Storytelling featuring Sam Payne and Jane Dorfman (online)
- Six Feet Apart Productions Presents Open Mic Storyslam, Theme: Grass is Greener (online)
- 13 Mar
- Story Extreme presents “March Madness – Stories about going crazy, losing your cool, or getting spring fever” (in-person, Alexandria, VA)
- 14 Mar
- Story District Presents “She Comes First” (in-person, Washington, DC)
- 15 Mar
- Ottawa Story Tellers present “Story Swap Online”
- 16 Mar
- CultureSeries: Sisters with Clippers: True Stories from Black Women Barbers (in-person, Washington, DC)
- Inspire:DC | Stories About Success (in-person, Washington, DC)
- 18 Mar
- Let Me Tell Ya! “Feelin’ Lucky” – Live Story Swap (in-person, Viniton, VA)
- 20 Mar
- The Moth, Theme “Stakes” (in-person, Washington, DC)
- Secretly Y’all presents: JEST (in-person, Richmond, VA)
- 22 Mar
- Six Feet Apart Productions Presents “Three Years and We’re Still Here!” (online)
- 24 Mar
- Better Said Than Done presents the Women’s Storytelling Festival (in-person and streaming, Fairfax, VA)
- 25 Mar
- Better Said Than Done presents the Women’s Storytelling Festival (in-person and streaming, Fairfax, VA)
- Speaking Truth to Power: Gayle Turner tells stories of Moses (in-person, Richmond, VA)
- 26 Mar
- Better Said Than Done presents the Women’s Storytelling Festival (in-person and streaming, Fairfax, VA)
- Ottawa Story Tellers present: (un)told (online)
- 31 Mar
- SAA Storytellers: Your Stories On Stage (online)
Over a range of dates or regularly reoccurring
- Every Sunday
- Grit (true stories that matter) with Sean Wellington
- First Sunday of each month
- If You Could See Me presents Holding Space for Stories of Choice and Access (online)
- Last Sunday of each month
- Allographic Virtual Open Mic (online)
- Every Monday
- Workshop!Workshop! Storytelling and open mic
- SF Storytellers Toastmasters
- First Monday of the month
- First Monday Storytelling hosted by Manuel Camacho (nothing this month)
- Third Monday of the month
- The Moth (in-person, Washington DC)
- SocietyX : Cheaper Than Therapy – Story Circle (online)
- Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 4:00 PM CDT – Laura Packer, Facebook live storytelling
- Most Tuesdays at 1000 AM EST Tales on Tuesday with Teri (Facebook live)
- Every Tuesday and Thursday at 1:00 PM EST
- Bill Harley
- Every Tuesday
- SocietyX: What’s Your Story Evening Jam Sessions
- The Story Space open mic for all ages
- First Tuesday
- Natural Born Storytellers: Once Upon a Tuesday (nothing this month)
- Second Tuesday
- Speak Your Truth Open Mic
- Fourth Tuesday
- Story Arts of Minnesota Open Mic
- Every Wednesday (Nothing this month)
- African Diaspora and Indigenous Storytelling (online)
- Second Wed of the month
- Pour One Out: A Monthly Storytelling Series
- Third Wed of the month
- SAC Story Swap Genre Storytelling Series (online)
- Ploneering Parishes Storytelling (online)
- First Thursday –
- The Moth (in-person, Washington DC)
- Every Thursday
- The Antidote – Storytelling Show (nothing this month)
- Totally True Things: A Socially-Conscious Storytelling Show (nothing this month)
- Last Thursday of every month
- The Story Show (Open Mic) (nothing this month)
- Third Thursday –
- Durham Storytellers – Monthly Storytelling Gathering (online)
- One Nature Stories – free online storytelling event
- Fourth Friday at 7 pm EST – The Iridescent Robot Storytelling Club (online) (nothing this month)
- Fourth Saturday of the Month
- The Waiting Room: Health and Healthcare Comedy and Storytelling (online)
- First Saturday of every month
- DP Story Slam- Share a story or just listen. Your story, your platform! (in-person, Manassas, VA)
- Fourth Saturday of every month
- Storymasters Toastmasters Club (online)
- Every week day 2:00 pm – Priscilla Howe
- Digital Decameron—stories for families in self-quarantine